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Maryland Helicopter Crews Train To Pluck Stranded Animals From Places Rescuers Can't Reach Maryland Helicopter Crews Train To Pluck Stranded Animals From Places Rescuers Can't Reach
Maryland Helicopter Crews Train To Pluck Stranded Animals From Places Rescuers Can't Reach Not every rescue comes with two legs. Maryland helicopter crews spent Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Aberdeen Proving Ground learning how to reach and evacuate animals when disaster leaves them stranded somewhere traditional ground crews cannot go. The exercise brought together the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Response Team, Maryland State Police Aviation Command, Maryland Army National Guard, Maryland Task Force 1 and Harford County Animal Control. The mission was straightforward: prepare for the animals that can get caught in the same floods, storms and other natural or man-made disasters that se…

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115 MPH, 115 Months: Maryland Fugitive Gets Matching Prison Term After I-81 Virginia Chase: DOJ 115 MPH, 115 Months: Maryland Fugitive Gets Matching Prison Term After I-81 Virginia Chase: DOJ
115 MPH, 115 Months: Maryland Fugitive Gets Matching Prison Term After I-81 Virginia Chase: DOJ One month behind bars for every mile per hour. A Philly fugitive wanted out of Maryland who hit 115 mph while fleeing police in Virginia will now spend 115 months in federal prison, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Corey Frances Potter, 30, was sentenced following a February chase on I-81 that tore through a work zone before ending with his vehicle overturned in the median in Rockingham County. And what investigators found after the crash only made things worse. Potter was heading north from Roanoke toward Winchester when law enforcement caught up with him and attempted a tra…

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Drivers To Get Millions In Debt Relief Under $694M Auto Loan Settlement Drivers To Get Millions In Debt Relief Under $694M Auto Loan Settlement
Drivers To Get Millions In Debt Relief Under $694M Auto Loan Settlement A major subprime auto lender has reached a $694 million settlement after it was accused of giving consumers car loans they could not afford. Credit Acceptance Corporation agreed to provide cash and debt relief to consumers under the settlement with 40 states and Washington, DC, the attorneys general announced on Thursday, Sept. 17. The states accused Credit Acceptance of making risky loans to people with limited or damaged credit histories. The company's internal system predicted some of those borrowers would be unable to repay even the principal. Many consumers later defaulted and lo…

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Driver Gets One Year Behind Bars After 84 MPH Crash Killed Woman Heading Home From Church Driver Gets One Year Behind Bars After 84 MPH Crash Killed Woman Heading Home From Church
Driver Gets One Year Behind Bars After 84 MPH Crash Killed Woman Heading Home From Church Nineteen years of Jesica Argueta's sentence won't be spent behind bars. The 24-year-old Maryland driver who was going more than twice the speed limit when she caused a crash that killed an 85-year-old woman heading home from church has been ordered to serve just one year in prison. Jesica Argueta, 24, of Silver Spring, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 16, to 20 years, with all but one year suspended, following her guilty plea in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The sentence comes more than a year after a violent morning rush-hour crash that left Josephine Gieske fighting for her life. …

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'Needed To Put The Dog Down': Man Stabbed His Dog 14 Times In Maryland, Sheriff Says 'Needed To Put The Dog Down': Man Stabbed His Dog 14 Times In Maryland, Sheriff Says
'Needed To Put The Dog Down': Man Stabbed His Dog 14 Times In Maryland, Sheriff Says A 34-year-old Virginia man whose dog jumped out of his vehicle in Maryland is facing charges after putting the animal down by stabbing it more than a dozen times. Deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office were met with a grisly scene early on Thursday morning, when they found Reston resident Erfan Behnam on the side of the road covered in blood and dog hair. Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sept. 17, deputies were called to the 7900 block of Hollow Road when a passerby reported a disabled vehicle along the roadside with a driver who claimed he had run over his dog, killing it. The t…

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Teen Arrested After Armed Robbery Reported Inside Maryland High School: Police (DEVELOPING) Teen Arrested After Armed Robbery Reported Inside Maryland High School: Police (DEVELOPING)
Teen Arrested After Armed Robbery Reported Inside Maryland High School: Police (Developing) A juvenile was arrested after an armed robbery was reported inside a Maryland high school on Thursday afternoon, police said. Montgomery County Police officers were called to Northwest High School in Germantown at approximately 12:35 p.m. on Sept. 17 for the reported robbery. Around the same time, a student told a staff member that another student had a gun inside a school bathroom and had shown the weapon to another student, according to a message Principal Scott Smith sent to Northwest families. Staff and security responded and contacted the police. As they approached the bathroom, the …

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Children Hospitalized After Swallowing Magnets From Recalled Toys Children Hospitalized After Swallowing Magnets From Recalled Toys
Children Hospitalized After Swallowing Magnets From Recalled Toys A popular magnetic toy set is being recalled after two children swallowed magnets and were hospitalized. Colerinsec issued the recall for about 38,507 Jerify Magnetic Humanoid Toy Sets, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Thursday, Sept. 17. The toys violate the mandatory federal toy safety standard because they can release loose high-powered magnets. If swallowed, the magnets can attract each other or other metal objects inside the body and become lodged in the digestive system. This can cause intestinal perforations, twisting or blockages, blood poisoning, and death. …

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Vehicle Fire, Debris Shut All Eastbound ICC Lanes As Backup Stretches More Than A Mile Vehicle Fire, Debris Shut All Eastbound ICC Lanes As Backup Stretches More Than A Mile
Vehicle Fire, Debris Shut All Eastbound ICC Lanes As Backup Stretches More Than A Mile Drivers were squeezing past trouble on the shoulder of a busy Maryland highway Thursday afternoon. A vehicle fire shut down all three eastbound lanes of the Intercounty Connector past Layhill Road in Montgomery County shortly before noon on Sept. 17, according to Maryland transportation officials. The incident was reported at approximately 11:55 a.m. and involved one vehicle. As responders worked at the scene, MATOC reported debris in the roadway and warned that delays were building with all eastbound travel lanes blocked. Silver Spring, MD - Aerial of the scene of a reported vehicle f…

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Gunman Steals DC Artist Shady Rose's Scooter, Leaving Them Without Ride To Work, Shows Gunman Steals DC Artist Shady Rose's Scooter, Leaving Them Without Ride To Work, Shows
Gunman Steals DC Artist Shady Rose's Scooter, Leaving Them Without Ride To Work, Shows A DC artist was left without their main mode of transportation after being robbed at gunpoint of the scooter they relied on to get to work and shows. Shady Rose, known to friends as Nana, had their black Buddy scooter forcefully stolen during what a friend described as a violent robbery. In response, Yousef Karim set up a GoFundMe campaign for Rose, which quickly garnered the community's attention. The fundraiser does not specify when or where the robbery happened, and authorities have not publicly announced an arrest in connection with the theft. For Rose, however, the scooter was more t…

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Lexus, Mercedes Torched Outside Maryland Home In Suspected Arson: Fire Marshal Lexus, Mercedes Torched Outside Maryland Home In Suspected Arson: Fire Marshal
Lexus, Mercedes Torched Outside Maryland Home In Suspected Arson: Fire Marshal Someone apparently wanted these cars burned. A Lexus and Mercedes were found engulfed in flames outside a Maryland home early Thursday, Sept. 17, in what investigators believe was an intentionally set fire. The Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department was called to 10 Jameson Court in Charles County shortly before 1:30 a.m., according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Waiting for the four responding firefighters were a Lexus LS400 and Mercedes C240 burning in the parking area outside the residence. It took approximately 20 minutes to bring the one-alarm fire under control. Nobody was inju…

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Best Airports Ranked In New Traveler Satisfaction Study: How Dulles, Reagan Fared Best Airports Ranked In New Traveler Satisfaction Study: How Dulles, Reagan Fared
Best Airports Ranked In New Traveler Satisfaction Study: How Dulles, Reagan Fared The nation's best airports for traveler satisfaction have been revealed in a new ranking. JD Power released its 2026 North America Airport Satisfaction Study on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The study was based on 24,710 surveys from US and Canadian residents who traveled through at least one airport in either country. The consumer intelligence company ranked airports based on seven factors, including ease of travel, trust, terminal facilities, staff, departure and travel-to-airport experience, food, beverage and retail, and arrival and travel-from-airport experience. "For the better part of t…

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Inside The $9.9M Mansion That Was Too Big For Mike Tyson And 50 Cent Inside The $9.9M Mansion That Was Too Big For Mike Tyson And 50 Cent
Inside The $9.9M Mansion That Was Too Big For Mike Tyson And 50 Cent At 51,000 square feet, this lavish Connecticut mansion was too big for even Mike Tyson and 50 Cent. Now listed for $9.9 million, the home is 18 times the size of a regulation tennis court. The property has one of those, too. Tyson bought the Farmington estate for about $3 million in 1996, according to The New York Post. He sold it to Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, for $4.1 million in 2003. The foyer with its elaborate double staircase and elevator. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Both celebrities left their marks on the mansion, which has enough amenities to ri…

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