The Wizards released their 2022 Las Vegas Summer League minicamp roster on Monday afternoon and the group, which will be led by Wizards assistant coach Zach Guthrie, has several names that stand out. Atop that list is Johnny Davis, whom the Wizards just picked 10th overall in last week's draft....
At almost eight months pregnant, Brittany Echols, 31, stood in the Saturday afternoon heat; the stifling humidity hard on anyone as it topped 70 percent outside the Supreme Court. Yet, defiant to the blazing sun, sign in hand, she participated in her very first protest. “My daughter is my choice,”...
The Washington Commanders will hope Carson Wentz stabilizes the quarterback position this season. Since losing Kirk Cousins in free agency, Washington has played multiple signal-callers in each of the past four seasons. The franchise responded by acquiring Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts, bringing the 29-year-old back to the NFC East.
The NBA is paying close attention to the Brooklyn Nets. Kyrie Irving has until Wednesday to accept a $36.5 million player option for the 2022-23 season or enter free agency. If he leaves, the Nets could face the doomsday scenario of Kevin Durant also wanting a change of scenery. According...
Washington — Right-wing activist and "Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexander testified before a Washington, D.C., grand jury on Friday about his involvement in rallies supporting former President Donald Trump ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, according to his lawyer and a statement obtained by CBS News. His...
Dr. Laura Meyers, the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, joined Cheddar News for updates on the status of Planned Parenthood with the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v Wade. "I would say the important thing is that abortion remains legal in our three jurisdictions that we serve: Maryland, the District [of Columbia], and Virginia," she said. Meyers also discussed what the future might bring for her organization. "I'll say this, we are going to fight in the courts like heck to ensure that people have access to safe and legal abortion, and of course, we're going to take to the streets as well."
Right-wing media has long been convinced any pallets of bricks are solely the property of anti-fascist activists. And on Friday night, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was tripped up over the conspiracy theory. “@CapitolPolice why are there 20 pallets of bricks one block from the House Office Buildings?” Boebert tweeted, apparently...
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speak at a news conference on Republican lawmakers' response to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. During the news conference, Gaetz and Greene said that federal agents were allegedly present during the insurrection and the ones inciting the riot. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
ELMIRA, NY (WENY) -- The Moving Wall, a half-size traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC is coming to Elmira at the end of June. The Wall will be on continuous public display at Eldridge Park beginning at 5PM on Wednesday, June 29th until 4PM on Monday, July 4th. The Wall will be escorted to the park by the Horseheads American Legion Riders, with a motorcycle escort from Horseheads to Elmira, with a stop for a brief service at Woodlawn National Cemetery.
A convicted felon has been arrested on charges related to a recent Annapolis shooting. Sources tell Report Annapolis News that shortly after 12:00pm on June 2, 2022, emergency units responded to Gilma's Salon located in the 1900 block of Fairfax Road following the report of a shooting.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Supreme Court’s overturn of the landmark abortion-rights case, Roe vs. Wade, has some people questioning the future of abortion access in our area. It’s also sparked a religious debate among some groups. WUSA9 headed to Falls Church to speak with one clinic that provides abortion services.
BETHESDA, Md., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has been named one of The Washington Post's 2022 Top Workplaces in the Washington, D.C. area every year since the award's founding. Selection is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC.
Melissa Grant was wrapping up a staff meeting on Friday when her phone and other employees’ phones lit up with the news alert: The Supreme Court had overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. The chief operations...
Five people were hospitalized after an accident involving a police vehicle and an overturned Naval Academy ambulance occured in Annapolis. The Anne Arundel County Police cruiser and ambulance were involved in the accident that occurred on Jennifer Road at 7:16am, on June 24, police said. A patient and three fire department personnel, who were inside of the ambulance at the time of the crash, and the officer behind the wheel of the cruiser, were all evaluated at a nearby hospital.
When the Philadelphia 76ers went through the first half of the 2021-2022 NBA season navigating through the Ben Simmons saga, they had several players they were willing to trade the All-Star guard for if those prospects became available. For months, the Sixers’ top target was rumored to be Portland ...
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform so far has been unable to serve Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder with a subpoena to testify on Capitol Hill, a spokesperson said Monday. The committee is investigating allegations about the Commanders’ workplace culture. Media reports have detailed allegations of sexual misconduct from...
Support Intelligent, In-Depth, Trustworthy Journalism. Nick Schifrin is the foreign affairs and defense correspondent for PBS NewsHour, based in Washington, D.C. He leads NewsHour's foreign reporting and has created week-long, in-depth series for NewsHour from China, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Cuba, Mexico, and the Baltics. The PBS NewsHour series "Inside Putin's Russia" won a 2018 Peabody Award and the National Press Club's Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. In November 2020, Schifrin received the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Media Award for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs.
The Washington Capitals are in need of goaltending help. Does this team have the worst goaltending in the league? No. I don’t think that’s even close to being the case. Yet the team does have two younger goalies and neither of those guys have been able to seize the opportunity and claim the starters job.