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For years, crumbs of cannabis impacted a Maryland man's life. Now he sees a clearer future 06/18/2024 06:44pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — For years, a few crumbs of cannabis played an outsized role in shaping Shiloh Jordan’s life. With a stroke of a pen by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Jordan looks forward to that being in the past for him — as well as tens of thousands of other Marylanders who have been pardoned for Biden is offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship. Here's how the plan will work 06/18/2024 06:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children. It is one of President Joe Biden's most sweeping i Florida medical marijuana patients get an unexpected email praising DeSantis 06/18/2024 06:26pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has more than 700,000 medical marijuana patients and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is battling a proposal to allow recreational use of marijuana — wants them all to know what a great job he's doing. The Department of Health last week sent a blast email to 23 years after mysterious killing of Chevy Chase woman, police say DNA has led to arrest of suspect 06/18/2024 05:26pm • Twenty-three years after a woman was found dead in her Chevy Chase home, Montgomery County, Maryland, police have made an arrest in the case. Eugene Teodor Gligor, 44, was arrested in D.C. on Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder, according to a news release from police. The body of 50- Here’s where courts are slowing Republican efforts for a state role in enforcing immigration law 06/18/2024 02:27pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over immigration policy in the United States, but several Republican-led states have continued to push for a role in enforcing regulations out of frustration with current policy and as a way to criticize Democratic U.S. Pre Golf updates scorecard rule by allowing extra 15 minutes to fix errors and avoid disqualification 06/18/2024 02:24pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — The temptation would be to refer to a change in the scorecard procedure as the “Jordan Rule," only because Jordan Spieth was the most recent example. Players now have an additional 15 minutes to correct their scorecard before it is deemed to have been returned. Players wer FACT FOCUS: Biden's pause as he left a star-studded LA fundraiser becomes a target for opponents 06/18/2024 01:33pm • Video from a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles for President Joe Biden on Saturday is circulating on social media with claims that he froze up onstage as he exited the event. “Biden froze again last night and had to get escorted out by Obama,” reads one post on X that had received approxima Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed in the DC area 06/18/2024 12:20pm • On June 19, 1865, a Union general informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended — two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery. June 19 — or Juneteenth — was recognized by Congress as the 12th Mental health expert highlights hurdles facing LGBTQ+ youth this Pride Month 06/18/2024 12:09pm • WTOP is marking Pride Month by showcasing the people, places and important issues in the LGBTQ+ communities in the D.C. area. Check back all throughout June as we share these stories, on air and online. Rejection, bullying and discrimination are all factors that can lead to mental health challe Undersea explorers mark a tragic day. Things to know about the Titan disaster anniversary 06/18/2024 10:01am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A year after an experimental submersible imploded en route to the Titanic, unanswered questions linger — with no immediate answers. Tuesday marks one year since the Titan vanished on its way to the historic wreckage site. After a five-day search that captured the world's a 2024 Virginia primary: US Senate, House races (live results) 06/18/2024 05:26am • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for WTOP’s team coverage of the Virginia primary.  Voters in Virginia are choosing candidates in several crowded U.S. House and Senate races in the June 18 primary. Virginia's primary election results wil Matt About Town: Experience a happy hour like never before … with alpacas! 06/18/2024 04:23am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis returns to play for Game 5 of NBA Finals against Mavericks 06/18/2024 01:26am • BOSTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis returned for the Boston Celtics just in time to help them win an NBA championship. The 7-foot-2 Latvian came back on Monday night after missing the previous two games, scoring five points with one rebound in 16 minutes to help the Celtics beat the Mavericks 106-88 A postseason like almost none other for Luka Doncic, even without a title 06/17/2024 11:48pm • Luka Doncic's first trip to the NBA Finals didn't result in his first championship. That said, the Dallas star most definitely left his mark on these playoffs. Doncic finished the postseason as the NBA's leader in points (635), rebounds (208) and assists (178). He's only the second player in NBA his Akio Toyoda, grandson of Toyota founder, wins shareholders' approval to stay in leadership 06/17/2024 11:38pm • TOKYO (AP) — Toyota shareholders voted Tuesday in support of all the company's proposals, including keeping Akio Toyoda, grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as chairman on the board. Details on the vote tallies were not immediately available. But the company confirmed the majority vote