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USPS Raising Forever Stamp Prices By Nearly 5%: What To Know USPS Raising Forever Stamp Prices By Nearly 5%: What To Know
USPS Raising Forever Stamp Prices By Nearly 5%: What To Know The US Postal Service is expected to raise the cost of Forever stamps and other mailing services. The USPS has proposed increasing the rate of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents. The new price would officially go into effect on Sunday, July 12, if approved. The proposal would also raise metered 1-ounce letters from 74 cents to 78 cents, domestic postcards from 61 cents to 65 cents, and international postcards and 1-ounce international letters from $1.70 to $1.75. The additional-ounce price for single-piece letters would stay at 29 cents. The Postal Se…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Maryland Teen, Preteen Killed In Shooting; Double Homicide Investigation Underway (DEVELOPING) Maryland Teen, Preteen Killed In Shooting; Double Homicide Investigation Underway (DEVELOPING)
Maryland Teen, Preteen Killed In Shooting; Double Homicide Investigation Underway (Developing) Two children are dead in Maryland as police launch a homicide investigation into their deaths, authorities confirmed early on Wednesday morning. A 9-year-old and a 15-year-old were shot and killed Tuesday night in Baltimore County, where detectives are now investigating a double murder that began as a reported shooting in a Gwynn Oak neighborhood. Residents in the 6100 block of Talles Road, 21207, can expect a police presence as officers investigate the circumstances surrounding a shooting. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. PIO is enroute to the location. #…

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Traffic
Pilot Couldn't Find Airport After Declaring Emergency Before Fatal Maryland Plane Crash: NTSB Pilot Couldn't Find Airport After Declaring Emergency Before Fatal Maryland Plane Crash: NTSB
Pilot Couldn't Find Airport After Declaring Emergency Before Fatal Maryland Plane Crash: NTSB He was trying to make it to the runway. Instead, the pilot told air traffic controllers he couldn't see the airport before the plane disappeared from radar and crashed, killing all three people on board, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board. New details released Tuesday, July 7, by the agency reveal the final moments before the June 20 crash near Bowie in Anne Arundel County that claimed the lives of a pilot and two passengers. Investigators say the Piper PA-28-181 left Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg around 4:30 p.m. for Ocean City Municipal Ai…

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Politics
Twice-Deported Man Charged In Virginia Rape Case Lands Back In ICE's Crosshairs Twice-Deported Man Charged In Virginia Rape Case Lands Back In ICE's Crosshairs
Twice-Deported Man Charged In Virginia Rape Case Lands Back In ICE's Crosshairs He was deported. Twice. Now, federal immigration officials say a man charged with rape and abduction in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Northern Virginia is once again facing removal after his latest arrest. Juan Arevalo Mendez, who DHS identifies as a citizen of El Salvador, was arrested on June 30 in Prince William County in connection with a September 2025 assault in Falls Church, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mendez is charged in Fairfax County with rape by force and abducting an adult with the intent to sexually assault, officials said. The same day h…

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News
Loaded Ghost Gun, Tequila, Amphetamines: Repeat DC Gun Offender Headed Back To Prison Loaded Ghost Gun, Tequila, Amphetamines: Repeat DC Gun Offender Headed Back To Prison
Loaded Ghost Gun, Tequila, Amphetamines: Repeat DC Gun Offender Headed Back To Prison He already had two gun convictions. Then, officers spotted him walking down a DC street with a bottle of tequila. A Southeast Washington man with a long history of illegal firearm offenses has been sentenced to federal prison after officers found him carrying a loaded ghost gun while boozing up on the street, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday, July 7. Rhondell Williams, 39, was sentenced to 14 months in prison by US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm, ammunition, and a prohibited weapon as a convicted felon. The case began around…

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Weather
Virginia Officer Saves Overheated Bearded Dragon Found 'Cooking' On Hot Asphalt Virginia Officer Saves Overheated Bearded Dragon Found 'Cooking' On Hot Asphalt
Virginia Officer Saves Overheated Bearded Dragon Found 'Cooking' On Hot Asphalt Someone was having a really bad day in the Virginia heat. A tiny bearded dragon narrowly avoided becoming roadkill after a Manassas police officer spotted the reptile "cooking" on scorching asphalt and rushed it to safety. The unusual rescue happened during the recent stretch of blistering temperatures in the region, where an officer with the Manassas City Police Department came across the lizard stranded on hot pavement. According to the department, the bearded dragon was so overheated that it immediately plunged its head into a bowl of cool water after arriving at the local animal shelte…

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Police & Fire
Landlord With Exotic Zoo Arrested After Threatening Tenants In Bizarre Maryland Scene: Sheriff Landlord With Exotic Zoo Arrested After Threatening Tenants In Bizarre Maryland Scene: Sheriff
Landlord With Exotic Zoo Arrested After Threatening Tenants In Bizarre Maryland Scene: Sheriff Sir Leander Evans Gamble allegedly pulled a gun on his own Maryland tenants. Then deputies started looking around. What started as a strange encounter in Waldorf involving the 57-year-old landlord and three people renting a trailer on his property ended with a startling discovery of neglected exotic pets, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Officers were first called to the 10000 block of Penjack Place, where there was a reported assault involving an armed man. During the incident, it is alleged that Gamble retrieved a handgun from his residence, pointed it at the v…

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Traffic
Two Water Main Breaks Shut Down Major Virginia Roads Within Minutes Of Each Other (DEVELOPING) Two Water Main Breaks Shut Down Major Virginia Roads Within Minutes Of Each Other (DEVELOPING)
Two Water Main Breaks Shut Down Major Virginia Roads Within Minutes Of Each Other (Developing) It wasn't just one flooded roadway. It was two. Virginia drivers were hit with a double dose of traffic headaches Tuesday afternoon after separate water main breaks forced the closure of two major Fairfax County roads just minutes apart. The first break was reported shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, in Bailey's Crossroads, where all lanes of Columbia Pike at Spring Lane and Carlyn Hill Drive were shut down, according to Fairfax County police. Eight minutes later, officers announced another full road closure after a separate water main break flooded Richmond Highway (Route 1) at Popk…

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News
Maryland AG Clears Officers After Report Details Final Minutes Of Autistic 911 Caller Maryland AG Clears Officers After Report Details Final Minutes Of Autistic 911 Caller
Maryland AG Clears Officers After Report Details Final Minutes Of Autistic 911 Caller What began as a desperate call for help ended in gunfire. Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced on Tuesday, July 7, that no criminal charges will be filed against the three Howard County police officers who fatally shot 25-year-old Alexander Lamorie outside his Columbia apartment complex earlier this year. New details have been released in the Attorney General's new report. The shooting happened shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 1, at the Patuxent Commons apartments on Freetown Road in Columbia. According to the AG's Independent Investigations Division, Lamorie called…

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Police & Fire
After Losing Heroic Fiancé, Home In Maryland Fire, Community Steps Up For Family After Losing Heroic Fiancé, Home In Maryland Fire, Community Steps Up For Family
After Losing Heroic Fiancé, Home In Maryland Fire, Community Steps Up For Family A Navy veteran died trying to save his 10-year-old son from a burning Southern Maryland home, unaware the boy had already escaped safely. Now, a Maryland community is wrapping its arms around Lauren Copenhaver and her family after a devastating house fire in Hollywood claimed the life of her fiancé, Christopher Gierhart, destroyed their home, and left them with little more than each other. In just over a day, hundreds of people have donated more than $35,000 through an online fundraiser. Others have offered furniture, clothing, school supplies, kitchen supplies, and household essentials.  …

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Business
Bacteria Found In Popular Shampoo Prompts Recall: What To Know Bacteria Found In Popular Shampoo Prompts Recall: What To Know
Bacteria Found In Popular Shampoo Prompts Recall: What To Know A popular salon shampoo is being recalled because it may be contaminated with bacteria. Kao USA voluntarily recalled select lots of Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo, according to a company announcement posted by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, July 1. The recall affects 8.5-ounce and 33.8-ounce bottles sold in the US and Canada. According to the company, the shampoo may contain Pluralibacter gergoviae bacteria. The bacteria pose little medical risk to healthy people, but people with weakened immune systems may be more susceptible to infection, the FDA said. The aff…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
100+ MPH Getaway Ends In Crash Moments After Virginia Teen Eludes Officer: Police 100+ MPH Getaway Ends In Crash Moments After Virginia Teen Eludes Officer: Police
100+ MPH Getaway Ends In Crash Moments After Virginia Teen Eludes Officer: Police Noubassem Namde did his best to avoid arrest in Northern Virginia on Tuesday morning. His best wasn't good enough. The 19-year-old topped 100 mph early on July 7 as he was attempting to elude a traffic stop for speeding, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department. Then he crashed in Spotsylvania. Investigators say an officer was clearing from a traffic stop on Emancipation Highway when he observed a vehicle speeding by him. He attempted to stop the driver, but Namde kept going, hitting speeds topping 100 mph in a 45 mph zone before the pursuit was called off. Namde did not g…

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