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Cancer Cases Kept Growing Near This NJ Landfill: NJ.com's New Findings Are Staggering Cancer Cases Kept Growing Near This NJ Landfill: NJ.com's New Findings Are Staggering
Cancer Cases Kept Growing Near This NJ Landfill: NJ.com's New Findings Are Staggering Any given neighbor near the Aeromarine landfill seems to have cancer. Now, a newly released study commissioned by NJ Advance Media is putting numbers to that fear — and the results are staggering. Residents living near the former landfill are 15% more likely to have cancer than other Monmouth County residents, according to findings released Tuesday, June 23 by the news outlet. Researchers also found cancer rates increased the closer residents lived to the contaminated site, NJ.com reports.m The findings come as NJ.com says it has documented 370 cancer cases within a roughly 0.6-square-mile…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Shifty Richmond Teens Traveled 60 Miles To Target Northern Virginia Businesses, Sheriff Says Shifty Richmond Teens Traveled 60 Miles To Target Northern Virginia Businesses, Sheriff Says
Shifty Richmond Teens Traveled 60 Miles To Target Northern Virginia Businesses, Sheriff Says A traveling group of teens who trekked from Richmond to Northern Virginia with ill intentions is facing charges after being thwarted by an alarm system, authorities announced. Douglas Garcia, 19, and four juveniles are all facing charges following an early-morning commercial burglary attempt on Thursday, June 18, according to the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office. The burglary attempt unraveled before sunrise in the 5300 block of Plank Road, where deputies responded to a commercial alarm activation and found a broken window and an unattended vehicle still running nearby. That vehicle had recen…

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by Zak Failla
Business
McDonald's Reviving Fan-Favorite Menu Item McDonald's Reviving Fan-Favorite Menu Item
McDonald's Reviving Fan-Favorite Menu Item McDonald's is bringing back one of its most recognizable desserts for a limited time as summer gets underway. The Fried Apple Pie will return to participating McDonald's locations nationwide, the fast-food giant announced in a news release on Tuesday, June 16. The handheld dessert will be available starting on Tuesday, June 23. In the 1960s, an East Tennessee McDonald's restaurant owner named Litton Cochran created a fried apple hand pie. The dessert became a local favorite before eventually becoming a McDonald's classic. The Fried Apple Pie features an apple filling wr…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Man Monitored Woman’s Movements, Inspected Her Body, Then Strangled Her To 'Instill Fear' Man Monitored Woman’s Movements, Inspected Her Body, Then Strangled Her To 'Instill Fear'
Man Monitored Woman’s Movements, Inspected Her Body, Then Strangled Her To 'Instill Fear' A convict who terrorized a woman in Maryland for months before beating her and strangling her for nearly a minute will spend more than a decade behind bars following a pattern of abuse, authorities announced. Ever Mauricio Gomez, 35, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following a series of assaults involving a woman that ended with her visibly injured after he absconded from a previous conviction for drug dealing, according to the Frederick County State's Attorney. On Oct. 18, 2025, officers from the Frederick Police Department were contacted about a domestic assault that had been rep…

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by Zak Failla
News
Nancy Guthrie Case Update: Troubling New Details Emerge About Ransom Note Nancy Guthrie Case Update: Troubling New Details Emerge About Ransom Note
Nancy Guthrie Case Update: Troubling New Details Emerge About Ransom Note A deeply troubling new detail has emerged in the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother. Click here for a new, updated story - Savannah Guthrie Responds On Air To Chilling New Report About Her Missing Mom: Watch NBC News reported Tuesday, June 23, that a second ransom note sent to media outlets said 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie had died after she vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home. Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, disappeared on Sunday, Feb. 1. She has not been found. The note, sent Friday, Feb. 6, claimed her death was unintentional and said she was …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Popular Blood Pressure Medication Recalled, FDA Says: What To Know Popular Blood Pressure Medication Recalled, FDA Says: What To Know
Popular Blood Pressure Medication Recalled, FDA Says: What To Know More than 11,000 bottles of a blood pressure medication are being recalled because the tablets may not dissolve properly in a person's body. Inventia Healthcare Limited voluntarily recalled 25-milligram tablets of chlorthalidone, according to a Food and Drug Administration enforcement report dated Friday, June 5. The medication is commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure and fluid retention. The recalled tablets were sold in 100-count and 1,000-count bottles. A total of 11,460 bottles are included in the recall. According to the FDA, the recall was issued b…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
Federal Judge Rejects DOJ Demand For Maryland Voter Records In Major Election Ruling Federal Judge Rejects DOJ Demand For Maryland Voter Records In Major Election Ruling
Federal Judge Rejects DOJ Demand For Maryland Voter Records In Major Election Ruling A federal judge in Maryland has dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking access to the state's voter registration database, handing election officials another victory in a growing legal fight playing out across the country. US District Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled that Maryland elections officials are not required to provide the state's computerized statewide voter registration list to the federal government under the section of the Civil Rights Act cited by the Department of Justice. The lawsuit targeted Maryland State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis after state off…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Dies After SUV Crashes Inside Maryland Parking Garage Near Whole Foods Woman Dies After SUV Crashes Inside Maryland Parking Garage Near Whole Foods
Woman Dies After SUV Crashes Inside Maryland Parking Garage Near Whole Foods A trip to Whole Foods in Maryland ended tragically for a woman who was killed in a single-vehicle crash inside a Montgomery County parking garage. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 22, first responders were called to the 11300 block of Woodglen Drive in Rockville, where there was a reported crash involving a vehicle that struck a barrier at the entrance. UPDATE: The single-vehicle collision inside a parking garage in the 11300 block of Woodglen Dr. is now being investigated as a fatal crash. An adult female driver has been pronounced dead at the scene.#MCPNews #MCPD pic.twitter.com…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Trooper's Cruiser Catches Fire After Hydroplaning Crash On I-495 In Fairfax County Trooper's Cruiser Catches Fire After Hydroplaning Crash On I-495 In Fairfax County
Trooper's Cruiser Catches Fire After Hydroplaning Crash On I-495 In Fairfax County Water on the Beltway turned dangerous fast. A Virginia State Police trooper suffered minor injuries after his cruiser hit standing water, crashed, and caught fire on I-495 in Fairfax County on Monday, June 22, authorities said. The crash happened shortly after 5 p.m. in the northbound lanes near Route 236 while the trooper was responding to a call, according to Virginia State Police. The cruiser hit standing water, causing the trooper to lose control and strike another vehicle, police said. The impact forced that vehicle into the jersey wall. Then the trooper's cruiser caught fire. …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
'Immeasurable Loss': Maryland Firefighter Tyler Hendrix Dies At 18 Weeks After Graduation 'Immeasurable Loss': Maryland Firefighter Tyler Hendrix Dies At 18 Weeks After Graduation
'Immeasurable Loss': Maryland Firefighter Tyler Hendrix Dies At 18 Weeks After Graduation One minute, Tyler Hendrix was celebrating graduation with loved ones. The next, an entire Maryland community was mourning one of its own. Hendrix, an 18-year-old firefighter, recent Kent Island High School graduate, and future US Air Force recruit, died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 21, leaving family, friends, fellow firefighters, and classmates heartbroken across Maryland's Eastern Shore. The loss has sent shockwaves through several communities, where tributes continue pouring in for the teenager remembered as fearless, hardworking, and always willing to help others. The United Communitie…

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by Zak Failla
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Busted By His Own Stare? DC Man Caught On Camera Admits To Massive DMV Mail Theft Scheme: Feds Busted By His Own Stare? DC Man Caught On Camera Admits To Massive DMV Mail Theft Scheme: Feds
Busted By His Own Stare? DC Man Caught On Camera Admits To Massive DMV Mail Theft Scheme: Feds Ibrahim De La Cruz didn't just get caught on camera. He practically posed for it. A Maryland-linked mail theft spree that stretched across luxury apartment buildings in the DMV unraveled after investigators tracked a DC man accused of robbing a postal worker, stealing USPS master keys, and then helping himself to residents' mail from Washington to Northern Virginia and beyond, federal prosecutors announced Monday, June 22. The guilty plea came from the 26-year-old DC man known as "Black Migo," who admitted in federal court to robbing a US Postal Service maintenance worker and using the sto…

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by Zak Failla
Business
The Guitar Came Home: Stolen Vintage Martin Returns To Maryland After Multi-State Odyssey The Guitar Came Home: Stolen Vintage Martin Returns To Maryland After Multi-State Odyssey
The Guitar Came Home: Stolen Vintage Martin Returns To Maryland After Multi-State Odyssey It took a detour through New Jersey, a storage unit, and a multi-state theft investigation. But one very famous Maryland guitar is finally back where it belongs. A vintage 1947 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar stolen from Music Land earlier this year has been recovered and returned to its owner, bringing a happy ending to one of Bel Air's most talked-about theft cases. The nearly 80-year-old instrument, valued at approximately $16,000, was stolen from Music Land on Gateway Drive in Bel Air on Monday, Feb. 3, according to the Bel Air Police Department. At the time, investigators said three suspe…

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by Zak Failla