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State Department Official From Maryland Resigns Over Biden's Support For Israel State Department Official From Maryland Resigns Over Biden's Support For Israel
State Department Official From Maryland Resigns Over Biden's Support For Israel Senior US State Department official Josh Paul has stepped down from his position amid President Joe Biden's response to the Israel-Hamas conflict overseas, he says. After more than 11 years with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), Paul announced his resignation in an open letter on LinkedIn, citing a promise the Maryland native made to himself that conflicts with the current regime's handling of the ongoing war.   Paul said that he is leaving his position because "in our current course with regards to the continued - indeed, expanded and expedited - provision of lethal …

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Victim Killed In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Was 25-Year-Old Georgetown Graduate Victim Killed In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Was 25-Year-Old Georgetown Graduate
Victim Killed In Silver Spring High-Rise Fire Was 25-Year-Old Georgetown Graduate Support is surging for the family of a 25-year-old woman who was killed in a Silver Spring high-rise fire over the weekend. More than $7,500 had been raised as of Monday, Feb. 20 for the family of Melanie Diaz on a GoFundMe, launched by a relative. Diaz was in The Point at 8750 Georgia Avenue, as smoke billowed from the seventh floor, and flames ripped through the building early Saturday, Feb. 18. A Georgetown University graduate, Diaz worked for the Aspen Institute, a DC-based think tank, according to her LinkedIn page and those who knew her. Diaz was apparently trying to escape the…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Murder Conviction Overturned For Baltimore Man At Center Of 'Serial' Podcast Murder Conviction Overturned For Baltimore Man At Center Of 'Serial' Podcast
Murder Conviction Overturned For Baltimore Man At Center Of 'Serial' Podcast Adnan Syed spent over 20 years of what was supposed to be the rest of his life in a prison cell. That was until Sept. 19, when a judge overturned his murder conviction. The 41-year-old had been serving time for the 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, who was found dead in a Baltimore park. Hae Min LeeWikipedia In 2014, the podcast, Serial, was created, which took a deep dive into all of the details within Syed's case. Host Sarah Koenig caught the attention of people across the county, all wondering if Syed was truly guilty of Lee's tragic murder.  "This is not a po…

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by AJ Goldbloom
News
PA Dad Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal PA Dad Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal
PA Dad Gets Probation In College Admissions Scandal A Pennsylvania man was sentenced in Boston on Thursday, Aug. 11 to one year of probation for bribing a Georgetown University coach into recruiting his daughter, according to the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts. Robert Repella, 63, of Ambler, will serve the first 25 days of his sentence in home detention, as well as complete 220 hours of community service and pay a $220,000 fine, the office said. The former CEO of Harmony Biosciences pleaded guilty in May 2020 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Repella agreed to pay Gordon E…

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by Nicole Acosta