A man climbed the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. on Friday to protest the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The man, who has revealed himself on Twitter as Guido Reichstadter, began climbing the bridge at around 11 a.m., according to FOX 5 DC. While the man was on the bridge, traffic came to a halt while officials tried to contact the man.
During an Oath Keepers court hearing, federal prosecutors said the Jan. 6 Committee has given no clue to when — or whether — they'll allow an early peek at a trove of evidence.
“Stop the Steal” leader Ali Alexander, who helped organize rallies before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, appeared before a federal grand jury on Friday. Alexander’s attorney Paul Kamenar provided a lengthy statement regarding his cooperation with the Justice Department and the Jan. 6 Committee, but it kept mum about the secret grand jury proceedings.
Prince William Police said 21-year-old Meliodas Catori Okami Scindian, of Clifton, was arrested Thursday, June 23, and was taken into custody without incident.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC will open its “Our Places: Connecting People and Nature” exhibit on July 1. “Our Places” is meant to be hands-on and to drive home the point that not only is nature all around us but we are connected to it in countless ways, even in the middle of an urban area like DC, the museum’s website explains.
Kevon Harris has accepted a summer league invite from the Timberwolves, his agent Billy Davis of Family of Athletes told Hoops Rumors. Harris, a 6’6 guard, averaged 14.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals for the Raptors’ G League affiliate this season, shooting 49% from the floor and 39% from deep.
On Thursday night, the Wizards selected Johnny Davis from the University of Wisconsin with the 10th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Davis earned the Big Ten Player of the Year award after averaging 19.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 31 games as he led the Badgers through an arduous Big Ten schedule. In addition to being named Big Ten Player of the Year, Davis earned the 2022 Lute Olson National Player of the Year, Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year and was a consensus First-Team All-American. Davis’ stellar sophomore season, one in which he improved his scoring average by 12.7 points per game, was spurred by the confidence his coaches and teammates breathed into him.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial has made a jury's multimillion-dollar award official. Judge Penney Azcarate entered a written order Friday for Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for damaging his reputation by describing herself as a domestic abuse victim in a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote.
WASHINGTON, DC (7News) — The House sent President Joe Biden the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists. The Democratic-led chamber approved the election-year legislation on...
WASHINGTON (7News) — The Metropolitan Police Department has begun a "full departmental activation" through Tuesday, June 28, according to a statement released Friday afternoon. The ramp-up in security was decided in response to potential demonstrations following the Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization-- which eliminates...
With little fanfare, Zöe's Kitchen at Bradlee Shopping Center in Alexandria has closed its doors. The fast-casual restaurant at 3644 King St., served up Mediterranean-style kabobs, roll-ups, salads and more for the past nine years after opening in the fall of 2013. It took the place of a Chicken Out.
The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for nearly a half-century. The decision by the court’s conservative majority overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The...
Following a raid on a Germantown apartment allegedly serving as a haven for guns and drugs on June 22, seven individuals arrested were held without bond in Montgomery County District Court Friday. The suspects face various gun and drug charges, including the possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute. MyMCM...