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Explosive thrown at Japan PM at campaign event; 1 hurt
04/15/2023 05:51pm • WAKAYAMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction while he was campaigning at a fishing port in western Japan, officials said. Police wrestled a suspect to the ground as screaming bystanders scrambl
Survival diaries: Decade on, Boston Marathon bombing echoes
04/13/2023 06:40pm • BOSTON (AP) — She didn’t even know the Boston Marathon was going on when she wandered out for a walk along Boylston Street. Nor could she understand why someone would run 26.2 miles for “a statement necklace and a banana.” Then, Adrianne Haslet says, “My life changed.” The ballroom dance
Report details 'staggering' church sex abuse in Maryland
04/05/2023 05:56pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children over the past 80 years, according to a state report released Wednesday that accused church officials of decades of cover-ups. The report paints a damning
Maryland Gov. Moore’s controversial nominee for the Public Service Commission withdraws
02/28/2023 12:23pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Juan Alvarado, the gas industry official that Gov. Wes Moore (D) picked last week to serve on the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC),
High-rise fire kills 1, displaces 400 residents in DC suburb
02/18/2023 09:29pm •
SILVER
SPRING
, Md. (AP) — One person died and one is in critical condition after a fire early Saturday at a high-rise apartment building in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the Washington Post and other local media reported. The fire in downtown
Silver
Spring
sent more than a dozen other people, inc
Woman plotted with neo-Nazi to attack power grid, feds say
02/06/2023 06:55pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman spent months conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader based in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid, hoping to further their racist mission, law enforcement officials said Monday. The plan was thwarted when both suspects were arrested last week, adding t
Analysis: Trying to play good NBA defense 'wild, hot mess'
01/24/2023 05:58am • DENVER (AP) — Contrary to all those high-scoring games, players still are playing defense in the NBA. Seriously, they are. It's just the task of stopping two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic or Luka Doncic or Joel Embiid or anyone else in the league has become more challenging than ever. Indiana Pa
After the blast: 3 families devastated by Montgomery Co. condo blast share struggle to pick up the pieces
01/18/2023 07:15am • Sarah St. Jour and her husband Marc as well as the couple's 8-month-old daughter stand with Sequoia Royster and her son Zyir Cooper (from left to right). (WTOP/Mike Murillo) On Nov. 16, an
explosion
and fire ripped through the Potomac Oaks Condominium in Gaithersburg, Maryland, destroying two bu
Bars, watch parties and more: Where to watch the World Cup in the DC area
11/19/2022 10:37am • Starting Sunday, the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup begins. While the 28-day soccer tournament takes place over 6,800 miles away in Qatar, fans in the D.C. region will have a plethora of options available to watch matches and root for their national teams. Due to the tournament's popularity and adjust
Gaithersburg condo blast: Body found among rubble; police investigating possible 'criminal act'
11/17/2022 06:58pm • A day after an
explosion
and fire tore through the Potomac Oaks Condominium building in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Wednesday morning, officials have recovered a body from the rubble. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and Montgomery County police held a news conference Thursday afternoon and
12 injured, 2 critically, in
explosion
, fire at Gaithersburg condo building
11/16/2022 05:52pm • Twelve people were injured, including two critically, in an
explosion
and fire that ripped through a condo building in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Wednesday morning. The blast was reported at the Potomac Oaks Condominium, a row of garden-style condos in the 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard, near
Former rivals offer Wes Moore their full support at Democratic unity rally
08/02/2022 10:15am • Leading Maryland Democrats, including gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore, comptroller candidate Brooke Lierman, lieutenant governor nominee Aruna Miller and U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen gathered for a photo following a unity rally on Monday. (Maryland Matters/Bruce DePuyt). This conte
Stars turn out for Dior's 19,000 blooms at Paris show
06/24/2022 07:38pm • PARIS (AP) — Flowers, art, and Dior’s world-famous ateliers collided on Friday for a sweet-smelling
explosion
of creativity. The house's Paris Fashion Week show was an homage to late British painter Duncan Grant and celebrated member of London’s Bloomsbury Group, who died in 1978. VIP guests g
Today in History: May 22, Johnson's 'Great Society'
05/22/2022 12:01am • Today in History Today is Sunday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2022. There are 223 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his “Great Society,” saying that it “rests
Comedian Lewis Black ready to rant that we've gone 'Off the Rails' at Warner Theatre
05/03/2022 12:31am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” His comedy rants are perfectly suited to help us all vent about the past few years. Lewis Black explodes with hilarious anger at Warner Theatre on Friday and Saturday. "I was in solitary confinement for almost 12 weeks and
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