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WEATHER ALERT| Extreme heat, humidity, storms, and flooding in Maryland
BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Updated 8 a.m. July 17 — Another hot and humid day ahead for Baltimore with a chance of storms and flooding. Baltimore is included in a HEAT ADVISORY today since Wednesday is hot and steamy with highs in the upper 90s and feel-like temperatures in the triple digits.
Chesapeake And Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Provides $35.8 Million For Ecological Restoration Projects
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is awarding $35.8 million from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to 34 ecological restoration projects encompassing 122 sites throughout the state for Fiscal Year 2025. The projects were selected to improve water quality and habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed while building local resilience to climate impacts.
Md. Health Department using targeted outreach to tackle pre-diabetes this summer
It’s not your imagination. You really have been seeing more health prevention ads in your social media feed. If you live in one of Maryland’s high health risk areas for diabetes, heart attack, stroke or other chronic diseases, Maryland’s Department of Health is actively looking for you.
Police Searching For Burglary Suspects Heading From Anne Arundel County To Bowie (Developing)
According to investigators, two suspects fled in a vehicle following a burglary near Route 450 and headed into Bowie, where they got out and took off on foot. Police say that they were on foot in Prince George's County off Route 197/Bowie Road. One suspect was described as a Black...
Details Released: Two Arrested In Connection To Violent Robbery And Murder In Prince George’s County
SUITLAND, Md. – In a significant development, Akiya Gabrielle Bagley and Walter Jayvon Plummer were arrested following a violent robbery and shooting incident that took place on June 27, 2024, in Suitland, Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a distress call at...
Annual Security Studies Program Enriches Macquarie University Post-Graduates with U.S.-Australia Insights
START recently hosted the seventh annual "U.S. Perspectives on Contemporary Security Issues and U.S.-Australia Cooperation" study tour between June 16-27, 2024. A joint initiative between UMD's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and Macquarie University’s Department of Security Studies and Criminology, the program brought more than 20 graduate students to UMD for a series of site visits, lectures/presentations, panels, and networking opportunities. Students had the opportunity to engage with scholars and practitioners in cyber security, government relations, energy/environment, military, public/cultural diplomacy, intelligence, disinformation, and terrorism/extremism across government and international organizations, think tanks, and universities. Additionally, students engaged with START teams, learning more about START research and tools available to them to support their own academic and professional endeavors.
Dangerous heatwave hits DC area, setting new records
The Washington Metropolitan area is experiencing a dangerous heatwave, prompting warnings and precautions from officials. Currently, the area is on its third consecutive day of temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. FOX 5's Caitlin Roth delivers the forecast.
Meditative Art Workshop Inspired by ARTfactory’s Current Exhibit “Just Another Day”
Creative Flow: Paint Meditation & Conversation with Artists, Bee and Special Guest. Friday, July 26, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dive into a sanctuary of creativity at Creative Flow: Paint Meditation and Conversation with Artists, Bee and Special Guest on Friday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m. at ARTfactory (9419 Battle Street, Manassas).
Washington Studio School | Artist Talk with Courtney Applequist Behind the Works of (M)other
Join them at Washington Studio School for an exciting artist talk by WSS faculty and practicing artist, Courtney Applequist as she discusses her works in her current solo show (M)other, now on view at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery. In this talk, Courtney will delve deep into her distinctive process of excavating and layering in her large-scale multimedia works. This exhibition explores the monumentality of ordinary relationships and the pliant nature of the self through a maternal lens, the complexity and power held within the concept of (M)other.
Several trees in DC's Garfield Park to come down after woman killed by falling tree limb
WASHINGTON (7News) — The six trees deemed dead after last week’s inspections at Garfield Park will be scheduled to come down, according to a spokesperson. Workers for DDOT's Urban Forestry Division inspected every tree in the park last Thursday, a day after a tree limb fell on a woman, killing her.
From diagnosis to cider domination: Lost Boy Cider's journey to sugar-free success
Lost Boy Cider owner and founder Tristan Wright joined Good Morning Washington Tuesday to spotlight his local sugar-free cider business. "Seven years ago, I got diagnosed with Celiac disease and so I started making cider in my kitchen," Wright said. "I went out to the west coast and enrolled in a cider production program at Portland State University and found myself up at Cornell in the viticulture center, learning how to actually make wine. Now, as a joke, we're in severe debt, known to cidery."
Police: New York man allegedly demanded gold bars from Silver Spring woman or Russia would take her money
SILVER SPRING, Md. (DC News Now) — Police arrested a man from New York for allegedly demanding an 82-year-old woman to transfer her assets into gold bars over to him or Russia was going to take her money. The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) said 19-year-old Zhenyong Weng, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was arrested for […]
Hangry Joe’s Germantown Opens This Week
Hangry Joe’s at 19730 Germantown Rd in the Shops at Germantown shopping center is scheduled to open on Wednesday, July 17. The restaurant will hold a ribbon-cutting celebration with the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce at 12pm. Hangry Joe’s is located on the strip next to the Safeway, in the...
Judge Tables Modified Release Decisions for Shooting Co-Defendants
Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. Defense attorney Alvin Thomas asked DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe to modifyrelease conditions for shooting defendants during a July 16 hearing. Daniel Cary, 29, and Chantel Stewart, 33, are charged with two counts of assault...
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