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Ellicott City flood alert sounds, Howard County works to reduce chronic devastation 06/23/2020 08:00pm • For the first time, early warning sirens sounded in historic Ellicott City on Monday evening, triggered by a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service. Despite almost two inches of rain in a one hour period, no serious damage was sustained in Maryland’s flood-prone tourist destinat Belly fat in older women is linked to a 39% higher risk of dementia within 15 years, study says 06/23/2020 07:10pm • For older adults, your current belly size could be a key indicator in whether you develop dementia within the next decade or two. For women that risk is particularly high. For women in later adulthood, above average belly fat can lead to a 39% increased risk of dementia within 15 years compared w Johns Hopkins faculty pushes against cuts prompted by pandemic 06/23/2020 11:38am • BALTIMORE — The faculty at Johns Hopkins University is demanding that the Baltimore school provide a detailed report of its finances and put a moratorium on the cuts to research funding and staffing salaries announced in April. The Baltimore Sun on Monday reported 600 faculty made the demands l Former Nationals star Gerardo Parra is a hit in Japan 06/23/2020 07:08am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'a4a8562e-b977-44c5-bfe1-15bb5440ef9c' }).render("621615367100ad83");}); The seats inside the Tokyo Dome were empt Bowser urges caution as DC enters Phase Two of reopening 06/22/2020 02:45pm • Berry Johnson, 10, holds a sign as he and others gather at Freedom Plaza for the Black Students Matter rally, which was organized by Educators for Equity on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images) With the Fourth of July weekend less Cash-out or refi? It depends (if you can even get one) 06/22/2020 09:05am • Tapping home equity is typically done through a cash-out refinance or a HELOC. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) More homeowners are considering tapping home equity, either out of need or as a hedge against potential need, amid the economic uncerta Richmond leaders say Confederate statues need to come down for public safety 06/22/2020 05:15am • Another night of violent clashes between police and demonstrators in Richmond, Virginia, has two members of the city council calling for the immediate removal of all Confederate monuments. So far, five memorials have been pulled down by protesters in recent weeks, and those that haven't been pull Theodore Roosevelt statue to be removed from front steps of New York's Museum of Natural History 06/22/2020 02:28am • In this Nov. 17, 2017 file photo, visitors to the American Museum of Natural History in New York look at a statue of Theodore Roosevelt, flanked by a Native American man and African American man. The statue will be coming down after the museum's proposal to remove it was approved by the city (AP Ph DMV services across DC, Md. and Va. resume as reopening process continues 06/21/2020 08:30am • Multiple departments of motor vehicle offices throughout the D.C. region will reopen their doors beginning Monday to provide in-person services for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is the latest: D.C. The Department of Motor Vehicles in D.C. will reopen its doors st French protesters decry racism, other systemic injustices 06/21/2020 02:24am • PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people in protested Saturday in Paris against racism and police violence and in memory of Black men who died following encounters with French police or under suspicious circumstances. The protesters marched to the former home of Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senega Watchdog experiencing ‘resistance to change’ from Metro management 06/19/2020 03:41pm • Metrorail’s independent watchdog agency remains concerned Metro is not doing enough to resolve issues brought to the forefront by a December smoke incident that has been called eerily similar to the fatal Yellow Line smoke incident near the L’Enfant Plaza station in 2015. “One of our major Metro oversight agency report on October crash points to train operator 06/18/2020 04:17pm • A scathing new report points a finger at a Metro train operator and the role this person had in a crash last fall. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, Metro’s independent oversight body, said one train was actually speeding up when it slammed into the back of another near the Farragut W U.Va.'s fall semester reopening plan released 06/18/2020 04:01am • As schools continue to develop plans for emerging from coronavirus restrictions and reopening for the fall semester, the University of Virginia is releasing new information for students who want to return when classes start on Aug. 25. The school unveiled a website filled with answers to question DC Jazz Festival From Home streams virtual performances across America 06/18/2020 12:39am • Marshall Keys is just one of the talented musicians who will perform at DC Jazz Fest From Home. (Eva Hambach) Since 2005, the D.C. Jazz Festival has become an annual summer tradition. This year, it's going virtual for nine straight days of music from June 21-29. "We decided back in Mar Montgomery County officials detail Phase Two, announce youth jobs program 06/17/2020 03:44pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is set to enter Phase Two of the lifting of COVID-19 safety regulations on Friday at 5 p.m., but officials on Wednesday emphasized caution as they provided details. Saying the county had seen a “significant reduction in cases last week, per day,” County Executive