Some residents in Montgomery County described Sunday’s storm as a white-out of hail that ripped through tree limbs and left debris scattered across front yards. “It sounded like a hurricane,” said Matt Morris, of Silver Spring. Once the clouds parted and the sun peaked through, Morris took out his rake and trash can to clean up as much debris as he could. “The trees were sideways, leaves were everywhere. It […]

Some residents in Montgomery County described Sunday’s storm as a white-out of Many Americans assume that if they have a good job, they’ll have a good health care plan. And if they have insurance, they assume that they are immune from the health care debate. In reality, many of us are just one major illness away from financial devastation. I know, I’ve been there. About a decade ago, I was severely injured after […]

Thousands of volunteers across the Commonwealth of Virginia took part on Saturday in the 31st annual “Clean the Bay Day” — the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) shoreline and stream cleanup, deemed one of the largest volunteer events in Virginia. CBF dedicated the event to those affected by yesterday’s shooting in Virginia Beach and held a moment of silence for the victims at many cleanup sites across Virginia this morning.  “This […]

The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain hidden from view during President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Japan. A U.S. defense official said Patrick Shanahan, Trump’s acting defense chief, is also considering sending out formal guidance to military units in order to avoid similar […]

An infant and a toddler were found unharmed inside the rural Virginia home where the bodies of their parents and 14-year-old half-brother were discovered. The deaths of Michael Coleman, 39; Rachel Ozuna, 34, and Kyrrus Ozuna, 14, have been ruled homicides, authorities said.  Anne Arundel County Police say a man with a knife was shot by a police officer Friday night, Police in Maryland say an assault suspect is recovering […]

It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means that most people are at the beach, barbecuing and participating in various outside activities. But for many teens this holiday weekend also marks prom, and Sasha Obama is one of them. The former President Barack Obama’s younger daughter attended her senior prom in Washington D.C. on Friday, May 24th and looked stunning in a simple, elegant black dress, as her prom photos showed. Obama’s prom photos started making […]

The highly anticipated contemporary market will open with first-to-region restaurants, retail, cultural programming and pop-ups, including Juan Manuel Barrientos. La Cosecha, EDENS’ contemporary Latin market, will open this summer in the heart of the nation’s capital and the Union Market District at 1270 4th Street NE with more than a dozen businesses in over 20,000 square feet of culinary, retail, entertainment and community space. Meaning “the harvest” in Spanish, La Cosecha, […]