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Senator Fetterman Speeding Before Maryland Crash, Troopers Said: Report Senator Fetterman Speeding Before Maryland Crash, Troopers Said: Report
Senator Fetterman Speeding Before Maryland Crash, Troopers Said: Report Maryland state troopers who responded to Sen. John Fetterman's I-70 crash on June 9 said he might have been speeding before the accident, according to body camera footage obtained by the Washington Post. Fetterman and his wife Giselle were in a Chevrolet Tahoe that rear-ended a Chevrolet Impala on Interstate 70 near Interstate 68 in Hagerstown, officials said previously.  Both Fettermans and the driver of the Impala were taken to a hospital, according to the MSP crash report. The Senator's office has said he was treated for a bruised shoulder and released.  In the body camer…

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by Mac Bullock
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Fourth Body Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse Fourth Body Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Fourth Body Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse A fourth body has been recovered from the scene of the Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse, responders announced. Unified Command said only that the body was that of a construction worker presumed dead in the collapse on Tuesday, March 26. The body was recovered Sunday, April 14. The victim will not be identified at the family's request but was positively identified on Monday, April 15 by the medical examiner. On Friday, April 5, divers located the body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, from the Patapsco River, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott said. The bodies of 35-year-old Alejan…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
DMV Region Reacts To Local News Outlet Getting Shut Down, Reporter Releases DMV Region Reacts To Local News Outlet Getting Shut Down, Reporter Releases
DMV Region Reacts To Local News Outlet Getting Shut Down, Reporter Releases A popular local news outlet in the DMV region is being shut down - again - after the agency released more than a dozen employees and plans to shift toward a different business model.  The backlash was swift and harsh on Friday, Feb. 23, when WAMU announced it would be shutting down DCist, which was shuttered unexpectedly as users were redirected to a website for the company's radio station. Layoffs were confirmed by their union on Friday morning. If you believe in the power of local journalism to hold the government accountable, to bring levity to your day, or to tell you something new …

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland's Omer Balva Killed By Hezbollah Anti-Tank Missile While Serving In IDF Maryland's Omer Balva Killed By Hezbollah Anti-Tank Missile While Serving In IDF
Maryland's Omer Balva Killed By Hezbollah Anti-Tank Missile While Serving In IDF A Maryland native died while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, those who knew him said. Omer Balva, 22, of Rockville, died on Friday, Oct. 20, by an antitank missile fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the IDF confirmed. Balva, a dual American-Israeli citizen, was a commander in the 9203rd Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade, from Herzliya. It is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of Staff Sgt. (res.) Omer Balva, 22, a brave commander in the 9203rd... Posted by Alexander Muss High School in Israel on Saturday, October 21, 2023 View this post on Instagra…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Commanders' Jamin Davis Had Virginia Reckless Driving Plea Rejected: Here's What Happens Next Commanders' Jamin Davis Had Virginia Reckless Driving Plea Rejected: Here's What Happens Next
Commanders' Jamin Davis Had Virginia Reckless Driving Plea Rejected: Here's What Happens Next Washington Commanders’ linebacker Jamin Davis will have a few more weeks to shore up his defense after a judge rejected his revised plea for alleged recklessly driving in Loudoun County. The Commanders' first round pick in 2021 is accused of driving 114 mph in a 45 mph zone on Loudoun County Parkway near Evergreen Ridge Drive, just outside Leesburg, in March 2022. The 24-year-old linebacker, who is famously passionate about NASCAR, was convicted in May of reckless driving and sentenced to 30 days in jail, which he appealed. Davis was scheduled to make his next court appearance last we…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Virginia FBI Agent Convicted Of Spying For Russia, Robert Hanssen, Found Dead In Fed Pen Virginia FBI Agent Convicted Of Spying For Russia, Robert Hanssen, Found Dead In Fed Pen
Virginia FBI Agent Convicted Of Spying For Russia, Robert Hanssen, Found Dead In Fed Pen Notorious FBI agent-turned-spy, Robert Hanssen, was found dead in his cell at a maximum security prison in Colorado, various news outlets are reporting citing federal officials. The 79-year-old former Vienna, VA resident was apparently found unresponsive just before 7 a.m. on Monday, June 5, the Washington Post reports. Purported attempts to save him were unsuccessful. Hanssen's case is considered among the most egregious espionage cases in US history. In February 2001, federal investigators learned Hanssen was set to make a dead drop at Foxstone Park in Fairfax County, a place where he'd…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Teacher Shot By Student In Virginia On Road To Recovery Teacher Shot By Student In Virginia On Road To Recovery
Teacher Shot By Student In Virginia On Road To Recovery The first grade teacher who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students in Virginia was on the road to recovery as of Monday, Jan. 9. Abby Zwerner, 25, was able to confiscate the gun from her first grade student at Richneck Elementary School last week when he pulled the trigger, a parent tells the Washington Post. Zwerner was in serious but stable condition, confirms Richneck Elementary School in a statement.  "We are happy to learn today that she is in stable condition and is talking with family and friends," school officials state. Zwerner had reportedly yelled to the rest of …

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Shot Raking Leaves In Prince George's County Dies, 13 Teen Boy Shot Raking Leaves In Prince George's County Dies, 13
Teen Boy Shot Raking Leaves In Prince George's County Dies, 13 Support was surging for the family of a 13-year-old boy shot and killed while raking leaves outside of his home in Prince George's County. Jayz Agnew had been fighting for his life after being shot in the head Tuesday, Nov. 8 outside of his home in Hillcrest Heights, the Washington Post reports. Jayz AgnewJuanita Agnew GoFundMe Jayz' mom, Juanita Agnew, created a GoFundMe page for her family that had raised more than $16,800 as of Sunday, Nov. 13. She remembered her son as a loving and gentle child whose "only squabbles are with his little sister Aaliyah over video games." No arrests h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Disruptive Passenger Removed From United Airlines Flight From NJ To Costa Rica: Reports Disruptive Passenger Removed From United Airlines Flight From NJ To Costa Rica: Reports
Disruptive Passenger Removed From United Airlines Flight From NJ To Costa Rica: Reports A United Airlines flight making its way from New Jersey to Costa Rica was forced to make an unexpected pitstop in Virginia for an unruly passenger Wednesday, Aug. 17, as first reported by the Washington Post. One passenger was reportedly removed from the flight for being unwieldy and causing a disruption on the plane, though United Airlines has not released official details of the incident. The FBI was involved in the investigation, according to the Washington Post. Flight 1080 left Newark Liberty International Airport shortly after 8:30 a.m. with a planned landing set in San Jose, Costa Ri…

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by Zak Failla
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Amber Heard Found Guilty On All Defamation Charges Against Johnny Depp Amber Heard Found Guilty On All Defamation Charges Against Johnny Depp
Amber Heard Found Guilty On All Defamation Charges Against Johnny Depp A Fairfax County jury found Amber Heard guilty on all defamation charges against her ex-husband Johnny Depp on Wednesday, June 1.  The seven-person jury said Heard "acted with malice" when she made several defamatory statements about Depp in a Washington Post article in 2018 in which Heard described being a victim of domestic violence.  Depp had previously sued Heard for $50 million over the allegations and Heard countersued for $100 million. Depp was successfully able to prove that he did not abuse Heard despite her allegations.  "From the very beginning, I have the goal of bringing this…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Pretended To Be Officer For Better Parking: Police Virginia Man Pretended To Be Officer For Better Parking: Police
Virginia Man Pretended To Be Officer For Better Parking: Police A Virginia man accused of impersonating a police officer to get a better parking spot was arrested with an arsenal of weapons and a cache of law enforcement gear, authorities said.  Josh Taber, 38 of Alexandria, told staff at the Ramada by Wyndham in Rockville that he was an "agent" and needed to park his SUV front of the building when he checked in earlier this month, Montgomery County police said. He even flashed a badge that seemed to back up his claim.  However, when vice detectives staked out the hotel as part of a prostitution probe on May 10, they were confused by the …

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by Josh Lanier
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Popular DC 'Chef Ziggy' Dies (TRIBUTE) Popular DC 'Chef Ziggy' Dies (TRIBUTE)
Popular DC 'Chef Ziggy' Dies (Tribute) Eliezer Albino "Chef Ziggy" Segui knew the best way to people's hearts was through their stomachs. The popular Puerto Rican food vendor made a name for himself serving up scrumptious delights to the Columbia Heights community of Washington DC.  His food even drew raves from the Washington Post, which profiled Chef Ziggy and his cheery attitude despite his troubles at Christmas 2020. Unfortunately, Chef Ziggy died last week and the community that he served is coming together to remember the way he loved "sharing his food, humor and culture with others in DC." "He will be sorely missed by …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Cold Case Killing Of Maryland's Leslie Jennings Remains Open Investigation Cold Case Killing Of Maryland's Leslie Jennings Remains Open Investigation
Cold Case Killing Of Maryland's Leslie Jennings Remains Open Investigation Monday, May 2 marked 21 years since Leslie Preer, 50, was found slain in her Montgomery County home.  Detectives however, have never stopped investigating the murder — and won't untl they have answers, they said. Preer's husband and went to check on her when she failed to show up to work that fateful day in 2001. Her blood was found in the foyer, and her coworker called the police to the Chevy Chase home on the 4800 block of Drummond Avenue around 11:47 a.m., reported the Washington Post.  Leslie was found dead inside of the residence with apparent trauma to her body. T…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Who Made History With Pig Heart Transplant Dies 2 Months Later Maryland Man Who Made History With Pig Heart Transplant Dies 2 Months Later
Maryland Man Who Made History With Pig Heart Transplant Dies 2 Months Later The Maryland man who became the first person in the world to receive a heart transplant from a pig died on Tuesday, March 8. David Bennett, 57, died at University of Maryland Medical Center, just two months after the historic surgery.  He had been living with severe heart disease and opted for surgery as the best option — the other being death. "It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live. I know it's a shot in the dark, but it's my last choice," said Bennett, a day before the surgery. "I look forward to getting out of bed after I recover." A hospital spokeswoman told the Ne…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pig-Heart Transplant Patient Not 'Deserving' Due To Criminal Past, Victim's Family Says Pig-Heart Transplant Patient Not 'Deserving' Due To Criminal Past, Victim's Family Says
Pig-Heart Transplant Patient Not 'Deserving' Due To Criminal Past, Victim's Family Says A man who made history as the world's first pig-heart transplant recipient was convicted of stabbing a man in the 1980s, making him undeserving of the transplant, the victim's family tells the Washington Post. David Bennett Sr., 57, received a genetically modified pig-heart to replace his own after he was diagnosed with terminal heart disease. Thirty-four years earlier, Bennett Sr. stabbed Edward Schumaker multiple times, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, The Post says. Bennett and family.UMD School of Medicine "He gets a second chance with a new heart — but I wish, in my opini…

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by Joe Gomez
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Police In Maryland Investigate Fliers Blaming Jewish People For COVID-19 Police In Maryland Investigate Fliers Blaming Jewish People For COVID-19
Police In Maryland Investigate Fliers Blaming Jewish People For Covid-19 Police in Montgomery County, MD say someone in Silver Spring was spreading Anti-Semitic fliers reportedly blaming Jewish people for COVID-19 and they're trying to find out who is responsible.   Investigators say on Dec. 19, at around 9:40 a.m. officers responded to the 1900 block of Brisbone Street on the report of a bias related incident.  When they arrived, they observed literature containing Anti-Semitic language. A witness says they saw an unknown male in a Volkswagen Jetta throw the literature from his car window at around 12:45 a.m.  Numerous fliers containing…

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by Joe Gomez