Gloria Steinem Dies: Feminist Icon Helped Reshape America Gloria Steinem Dies: Feminist Icon Helped Reshape America
Gloria Steinem Dies: Feminist Icon Helped Reshape America A towering figure who helped reshape the national conversation over women’s rights has died. Gloria Steinem, the pioneering journalist, activist, and leader of the modern feminist movement, was 92.  Her death was announced Thursday, Sept. 3, after she died peacefully at her New York City home A statement posted to Steinem’s official Instagram account said she was surrounded by loved ones and remained committed to the fight for equality until the end. "Gloria’s near-century on earth were years well-lived, and she continued working for equality until the very end," the statement said. …
What’s MD's Signature Sandwich? New List Serves Up State-By-State Picks What’s MD's Signature Sandwich? New List Serves Up State-By-State Picks
What’s MD's Signature Sandwich? New List Serves Up State-By-State Picks Every state has its own flavor, and one new list is putting those regional loyalties between two slices of bread. Tasting Table named the most iconic sandwich in every state in a list updated Tuesday, Aug. 25. The selections were based on local ingredients, traditions, preferences, and culinary history. Across Daily Voice’s seven-state footprint, New York’s representative is the pastrami sandwich. The publication highlighted the classic combination of pastrami and rye bread associated with New York’s Jewish delis. A pastrami sandwich piled high at New York City's iconic Carnegie Del…
TV Star Opens Up About Major Health Ordeal TV Star Opens Up About Major Health Ordeal
TV Star Opens Up About Major Health Ordeal A familiar television star is opening up about a frightening medical ordeal that unfolded largely outside the public eye. Busy Philipps revealed she was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumor after a full-body MRI detected a mass before she developed obvious symptoms, she told People in an exclusive interview published Wednesday, Aug. 26. The 2.6-centimeter tumor was identified as a grade 2 oligodendroglioma, a slow-growing form of brain cancer. The 47-year-old Philipps underwent a roughly five-hour operation Monday, March 2, to remove the tumor from her frontal lobe. She later needed…
Halloween Candy Sold At Major Retailers Recalled Over Health Risk Halloween Candy Sold At Major Retailers Recalled Over Health Risk
Halloween Candy Sold At Major Retailers Recalled Over Health Risk A popular Halloween treat is being pulled from store shelves in more than a dozen states due to a potentially serious health risk. Crystal Temptations is recalling several sizes of its Halloween Chocolatey Eyeballs because the candy contains milk that is not declared on the packaging, according to an announcement posted by the US Food and Drug Administration.  The candy was sold at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, and Sierra Trading Post stores, according to the FDA announcement. People with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk could suffer a serious or life-threatening allergic rea…
MapQuest Rises To No. 1 App Amid 'Lake America' Backlash MapQuest Rises To No. 1 App Amid 'Lake America' Backlash
MapQuest Rises To No. 1 App Amid 'Lake America' Backlash A digital mapping pioneer from the dial-up era has suddenly found a very modern route back to the top. MapQuest has surged to No. 1 among free iPhone apps in the US after refusing to follow a controversial geographic name change adopted by competing mapping services. Apple's live US App Store chart ranked MapQuest No. 1 on Wednesday, Sept. 2, ahead of ChatGPT at No. 2. The surge follows MapQuest's decision to continue displaying Lake Ontario under its longstanding name after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to rename the Great Lake "Lake America" amid a trade dispute with Ca…
Early Labor Day Deals Start At Amazon: How Much Shoppers Can Save Early Labor Day Deals Start At Amazon: How Much Shoppers Can Save
Early Labor Day Deals Start At Amazon: How Much Shoppers Can Save Labor Day is still more than a week away, but one of the country’s biggest online retailers is already rolling out holiday discounts. Amazon has launched its Labor Day sale ahead of the Monday, Sept. 7, holiday, with deals spanning home goods, electronics, fashion, beauty, outdoor gear, and other categories. The retailer’s homepage was advertising savings of up to 45 percent Saturday, Aug. 29, along with limited-time deals and discounts tied to saved items and shopping categories. Amazon’s homepage Saturday, Aug. 29, advertised Labor Day savings of up to 45 percent across several sh…
43 Kilos Of Cocaine Led DEA To Ronthony Ward's Maryland Stash House, Prosecutors Say 43 Kilos Of Cocaine Led DEA To Ronthony Ward's Maryland Stash House, Prosecutors Say
43 Kilos Of Cocaine Led DEA To Ronthony Ward's Maryland Stash House, Prosecutors Say A five-minute meeting helped unravel a massive Maryland drug operation. The DEA investigation that began with the seizure of 43 kilograms of cocaine ultimately led agents to a Fort Washington stash house, where prosecutors say they found fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and loaded guns. Now, Ronthony Ward is facing life in federal prison. Prosecutors say evidence presented at trial showed Ward was a member of a "large-scale drug-trafficking operation" in Prince George's County. In August 2023, while investigating a suspected Baltimore cocaine trafficker, DEA investigators tracked the intended ta…
Five Charged, But FBI Says Search Isn't Over In 5-Year-Old Maryland Girl's Murder Five Charged, But FBI Says Search Isn't Over In 5-Year-Old Maryland Girl's Murder
Five Charged, But FBI Says Search Isn't Over In 5-Year-Old Maryland Girl's Murder The arrests haven't closed the book on Na'Ryah Adams' murder. The FBI has now put up $15,000 as investigators continue working to identify everyone involved in the Aug. 11 killing of the 5-year-old at her family's home in Linkwood, bringing the total reward offered in the Maryland case to as much as $25,000. “If you know something about this shooting, share it with us,” FBI Baltimore Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul said while announcing the agency's contribution. The renewed push for information comes after five people were charged across two shootings in Dorchester County that investig…
'Forever Our Protector': Family Mourns Maryland Dad Killed In Suspected DUI Crash 'Forever Our Protector': Family Mourns Maryland Dad Killed In Suspected DUI Crash
'Forever Our Protector': Family Mourns Maryland Dad Killed In Suspected DUI Crash Chris Grimsley was the guy his family thought would always be there. Instead, the 40-year-old Maryland father was killed early Sunday, Aug. 30, in a Harford County crash that state police say may have involved impairment, leaving his family mourning a loved one they leaned on and a son without his dad. Grimsley was driving a Volkswagen Jetta shortly after 4 a.m. when he entered the intersection of MD Route 147 and MD Route 152 in Fallston, according to Maryland State Police. At the same time, investigators say a Toyota 4Runner driven by 27-year-old Todd Dunaway ran a red light and sla…
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…
Dolly Parton's Hollywood Star Defaced After Fans Leave Tributes Dolly Parton's Hollywood Star Defaced After Fans Leave Tributes
Dolly Parton's Hollywood Star Defaced After Fans Leave Tributes Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is being replaced after it was apparently vandalized days after the country music legend's death. The Hollywood Historic Trust and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced the replacement on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The new star will be available for viewing on Friday, Sept. 4. A vandal scratched over Parton's name on her star after a memorial for the singer was cleared away for previously planned repairs, ABC7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles reported. "Somebody decided to do this about 10 minutes before we got here," said Lore Corona, a woman …
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…
Target Unveils Major Beauty Makeover At 600+ Stores: See What's New Target Unveils Major Beauty Makeover At 600+ Stores: See What's New
Target Unveils Major Beauty Makeover At 600+ Stores: See What's New Target is giving its beauty section a major makeover. The retailer announced that it's launching Target Beauty Studio in more than 600 stores nationwide on Thursday, Sept. 10. The studio will also be available on Target's website. The launch comes shortly after Target's partnership with Ulta Beauty ended in August 2026. The companies launched their shop-in-shop partnership in 2021, bringing prestige beauty products into hundreds of Target stores. Target Beauty Studio will feature more than 1,600 products from 90 prestige, emerging, and global brands. More than two-thirds of the brands are …
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 …
‘BarbaraWhite’ And The Florida Men: Brothers Charged After Deadly Virginia Overdose ‘BarbaraWhite’ And The Florida Men: Brothers Charged After Deadly Virginia Overdose
‘BarbaraWhite’ And The Florida Men: Brothers Charged After Deadly Virginia Overdose The name sounded more like a “Breaking Bad” knockoff than an alleged darknet drug operation. Two Florida brothers accused of operating under the moniker “BarbaraWhite” were arrested after a fatal overdose in Virginia sparked a federal investigation, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The investigation began following a fatal overdose in Arlington, prosecutors said. What investigators say they ultimately uncovered stretched hundreds of miles south to Jacksonville. Vladislav Chernyshov, 35, and his younger brother, Stanislav Chernyshov, 30, allegedly …
150M+ Driver's Licenses Exposed On Dark Web, FBI Launches Probe: Report 150M+ Driver's Licenses Exposed On Dark Web, FBI Launches Probe: Report
150M+ Driver's Licenses Exposed On Dark Web, FBI Launches Probe: Report The FBI is investigating after more than 150 million driver's license scans from people across the US were being sold on the dark web, according to a report. The identity theft service Nexus claimed to have more than 153 million driver's licenses, along with more than 13 million other types of identification cards and documents. Brian Krebs, an investigative journalist specializing in cybersecurity, first reported on the data breach on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Nexus was advertised on the Russian cybercrime forum Exploit on Monday, Aug. 31. The service claimed to have identity documents belong…
Reported Shooting At Virginia Elementary School Prompts Evacuation, Lockdowns (DEVELOPING) Reported Shooting At Virginia Elementary School Prompts Evacuation, Lockdowns (DEVELOPING)
Reported Shooting At Virginia Elementary School Prompts Evacuation, Lockdowns (Developing) Cops flocked to an elementary school in Virginia after a shooting was reported Wednesday morning. Federal agents joined local and state authorities at Westwood Hills Elementary School in Waynesboro on Wednesday, Sept. 2, after what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives described as a "reported shooting incident." The emergency unfolded Wednesday morning at the Rosser Avenue school, prompting a massive law enforcement response and the evacuation of students and staff. By 10:30 a.m., the Augusta County Sheriff's Office said the incident had been "contained and secured" and …
Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff
Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff The Virginia parents of 5-year-old Saylor Hayes allegedly directed searchers away from a nearby body of water after their severely nonverbal autistic daughter disappeared, according to arrest warrants filed following her death. John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, of Bristol, VA, were arrested in Carter County, TN, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, and each charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk/willfully abandoning a child, the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office said. Saylor's body was found Monday morning, Aug. 31, in the waters near Hagley Landing following an inte…
‘Crime Junkie’ Arrested Outside Lindsay Clancy Trial Says Filming Jurors Was Misunderstanding ‘Crime Junkie’ Arrested Outside Lindsay Clancy Trial Says Filming Jurors Was Misunderstanding
‘Crime Junkie’ Arrested Outside Lindsay Clancy Trial Says Filming Jurors Was Misunderstanding The attorney for a self-described “crime junkie” accused of filming jurors outside the Lindsay Clancy murder trial called the incident a “misunderstanding.” Dawn Light, 56, of Sutton, was charged with aggravated intimidation of a juror on Tuesday, Sept. 1, after police said she entered a restricted area and recorded members of the deadlocked jury, Plymouth Assistant District Attorney Nicole Piacentini told the court. Light pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was released on personal recognizance.  Click here to watch video of Wednesday's hearing.  Lindsay Clancy is accused of killi…
Tony Romo Addresses DUI Arrest For First Time: 'I Own This Completely' Tony Romo Addresses DUI Arrest For First Time: 'I Own This Completely'
Tony Romo Addresses DUI Arrest For First Time: 'I Own This Completely' "NFL on CBS" lead analyst Tony Romo says he is taking full responsibility in his first public statement after his arrest on suspicion of driving while drunk in Wisconsin. Romo had his driving privileges revoked for six months after entering a no-contest plea to a civil offense of operating while intoxicated (OWI), ESPN reported. The 46-year-old entered his plea nearly six weeks after he was pulled over on Interstate 43 in Milwaukee. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback addressed the incident for the first time in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Sept. 1. "I own this completely…
Stormiest Stretch Set To Arrive With Multiple Rounds Ahead: Timing Stormiest Stretch Set To Arrive With Multiple Rounds Ahead: Timing
Stormiest Stretch Set To Arrive With Multiple Rounds Ahead: Timing The Northeast is entering the most volatile stretch of a multi-day storm pattern, with the threat shifting across the region before conditions finally improve. The National Weather Service says severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall will threaten parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, Sept. 2, with damaging winds, flash flooding, hail, and isolated tornadoes possible.  The NWS Weather Prediction Center has placed portions of the Lower Great Lakes and Northeast under a slight risk for excessive rainfall. The first areas facing the strongest storms Wednesday are western and central N…
'So Happy, So Innocent, So Small': Maryland Family Mourns Ezra Oliva-McMillan 'So Happy, So Innocent, So Small': Maryland Family Mourns Ezra Oliva-McMillan
'So Happy, So Innocent, So Small': Maryland Family Mourns Ezra Oliva-McMillan A Maryland family is facing the unimaginable after losing one of its smallest members. Ezra Davon Oliva-McMillan died on Thursday, Aug. 27, leaving behind a mother struggling to find the words, a father mourning his "happiest little man in the world," and a big sister who was rarely seen without him. The Lusby family is now raising money to lay Ezra to rest as tributes pour in for a little boy remembered for a smile that came easily and a laugh that was impossible to miss. "He was so happy, so innocent, so small," his mother, Sanaa Oliva, wrote after her son's death. "He was my everything.…