Shemar White Charged After Ramming 3 Vehicles Before Maryland Deputies Open Fire: Sheriff Shemar White Charged After Ramming 3 Vehicles Before Maryland Deputies Open Fire: Sheriff
Shemar White Charged After Ramming 3 Vehicles Before Maryland Deputies Open Fire: Sheriff The man at the center of a chaotic confrontation with Maryland deputies now has a name and a list of charges. Shemar Mekhi White, 23, of Abingdon, was charged following the Tuesday incident that ended with two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies opening fire and White running from his vehicle, authorities announced Wednesday. The charges come a day after deputies with the sheriff's office Crime Suppression Unit responded to a community tip and spotted what they believed was drug activity near Abingdon Road. Deputies attempted to stop White's vehicle shortly after 12:20 p.m., but inves…
Coast Guard Pilots Make First Single-Engine Landing At DCA With DHS Secretary Aboard Coast Guard Pilots Make First Single-Engine Landing At DCA With DHS Secretary Aboard
Coast Guard Pilots Make First Single-Engine Landing At DCA With DHS Secretary Aboard The pilots who safely brought a disabled Coast Guard jet back to the ground in Virginia had never done it before. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Coast Guard pilots told him after Wednesday, Sept. 2's emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that it was their first time landing on a single engine. “The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine,” Mullin said in a post on X. “No panic, just straight professionalism.” The United States Coast Guard pilots made the single engine landing feel routine. No panic, jus…
Stranger Tried Striking Up Conversation Before Carjacking In Virginia, Police Say Stranger Tried Striking Up Conversation Before Carjacking In Virginia, Police Say
Stranger Tried Striking Up Conversation Before Carjacking In Virginia, Police Say She followed her victim all the way to the car. A 26-year-old District woman is behind bars in Virginia after police say she threatened a woman, stole her keys and took off in her vehicle during a Sunday night carjacking in Arlington. Leah Elaine Johnson approached the woman from behind as she walked through the Colonial Village neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. on Aug. 31, according to Arlington County Police on Wednesday. At first, Johnson allegedly tried to strike up a conversation. The woman kept walking toward her vehicle. Johnson followed. Then came the threat, police say. Inves…
NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave
NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave Erin Piacenti was on her first day back following maternity leave when she was fatally stabbed in Times Square on Monday, Aug. 31. Piacenti, a Chester, NJ resident, had welcomed her daughter Madison five months ago, according to a GoFundMe set up to support her daughter and husband, Frank. "Becoming a mother was Erin's lifelong ambition, and Madison gave her the greatest possible joy," Shray Gupta, who organized the fundraiser said. "Erin's life was defined not by the circumstances of her death, but instead by the way she lived. Erin was deeply devoted to her family and friends, except…
Cause Of Death Determined For Acting Icon Tim Curry Cause Of Death Determined For Acting Icon Tim Curry
Cause Of Death Determined For Acting Icon Tim Curry New details have emerged about the death of Tim Curry, the magnetic British performer who turned eccentric characters into enduring pop-culture icons. Curry’s primary cause of death was coronary artery disease, according to public health documents obtained exclusively by People and reported Wednesday, Sept. 2. The documents listed Curry’s history of stroke and kidney cancer as contributing conditions. No surgeries were performed for any of those ailments, People reported. Curry died Tuesday, Aug. 25, at his home in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 80. The actor and sing…
Rambo Left A Virginia Shelter Healthy, 2 Months Later He Was Beaten, Broken And Dumped: PETA Rambo Left A Virginia Shelter Healthy, 2 Months Later He Was Beaten, Broken And Dumped: PETA
Rambo Left A Virginia Shelter Healthy, 2 Months Later He Was Beaten, Broken And Dumped: PETA Rambo looked like a different dog two months later. The tiny Yorkshire terrier had been healthy and bright-eyed when he was adopted from a Virginia shelter in May.  By the night of Wednesday, July 29, he was found dumped in a Norfolk field with broken bones, traumatic injuries, and so much fear that he panicked when people came near him, according to PETA. Now Rambo is dead, and a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered to find whoever abused him. A witness told PETA that a woman believed to be in her 30s pulled Rambo from a carrier near Armistead Avenue and East 24th Street, left h…
Police Activity Shuts Down I-695 Outer Loop In Maryland As Traffic Backs Up (DEVELOPING) Police Activity Shuts Down I-695 Outer Loop In Maryland As Traffic Backs Up (DEVELOPING)
Police Activity Shuts Down I-695 Outer Loop In Maryland As Traffic Backs Up (Developing) The Beltway came to a standstill in Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. All three travel lanes of the I-695 Outer Loop were shut down in Baltimore County shortly after 2 p.m. on Sept. 2 due to police activity, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. The incident was reported shortly before 2:15 p.m. past Exit 11A for I-95, near the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. All three Outer Loop travel lanes were closed, along with both shoulders and the right exit ramp, according to the alert. The Inner Loop remained open. Traffic cameras showed a long line of vehicles backed up behind t…
Dog Kills Aggressive Raccoon That Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland, Officials Say Dog Kills Aggressive Raccoon That Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland, Officials Say
Dog Kills Aggressive Raccoon That Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland, Officials Say This dog picked a fight with the wrong raccoon. An aggressive raccoon killed by a dog in Maryland later tested positive for rabies, prompting health officials to warn that other pets or people may have encountered the infected animal before its death. Carroll County Animal Control was called to the area near York Street and the Route 140 crossing in Taneytown on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 27, after the dog killed the raccoon, according to the county Health Department. Testing later confirmed the raccoon was rabid. Now health officials are trying to determine whether anyone else cross…
Taco Bell Debuts New Ice Cream Taco With Sweet Twist Taco Bell Debuts New Ice Cream Taco With Sweet Twist
Taco Bell Debuts New Ice Cream Taco With Sweet Twist Taco Bell is putting chocolate and ice cream inside its tacos with a new dessert option. The fast-food chain began selling the Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco at participating restaurants nationwide on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The $3.99 ice cream taco features a crispy waffle cone shell filled with churro-flavored ice cream and covered with puffed rice and a dark chocolate-flavored coating. The dessert is Taco Bell's second collaboration with Salt & Straw after the two brands launched the Tacolate in 2025. The original ice cream taco sold out during its launch weekend and was …
Oily Rags Spontaneously Combust, Spark House Fire: Officials Oily Rags Spontaneously Combust, Spark House Fire: Officials
Oily Rags Spontaneously Combust, Spark House Fire: Officials No match. No candle. No electrical spark. A pile of oily rags was enough to ignite a Virginia house fire on Sunday morning, according to fire officials. The flames broke out shortly after 7 a.m. on Aug. 31 at an occupied home in the 1200 block of Stafford Avenue in Fredericksburg, prompting a response from city firefighters and crews from Spotsylvania and Stafford counties. Everyone inside managed to get out on their own before firefighters arrived. No injuries were reported, and a secondary search confirmed nobody remained inside. The fire in Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg Fi…
Family Of Trooper Killed In Fiery I-81 Crash Sues Truck Driver, Freight Firms Family Of Trooper Killed In Fiery I-81 Crash Sues Truck Driver, Freight Firms
Family Of Trooper Killed In Fiery I-81 Crash Sues Truck Driver, Freight Firms The mother of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper First Class Michael E. Pahira Jr. has sued the Massachusetts truck driver accused of causing the fiery Interstate 81 crash that killed him, as well as the Alabama trucking company and Texas freight broker behind the load. Patricia Pahira filed the federal wrongful-death and survival lawsuit Wednesday, Sept. 2, individually and as administrator of her son’s estate. The complaint names driver Michael Bon, Augustin Freight Services LLC, and SNK Logistics LLC as defendants. Pahira, 44, was conducting a commercial vehicle safety inspection on I-81 …
Man Who Followed 15-Year-Old Through Target Arrested At His Home: Police Man Who Followed 15-Year-Old Through Target Arrested At His Home: Police
Man Who Followed 15-Year-Old Through Target Arrested At His Home: Police He didn't stay unidentified for long. One day after a 15-year-old girl was followed through a Virginia Target by a man who exposed himself to her, police say they tracked their suspect to his home. Joel Robert Stevenson, 29, of Manassas, was arrested at his home on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Stevenson is accused of following the teen through the Target at Fortuna Center Plaza in Dumfries shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31. Investigators say the girl was inside the store with acquaintances when she noticed a man she didn't know. Then …