Volunteers are helping Montgomery County, Maryland, cope with a crisis of food insecurity due to loss of income because of the coronavirus pandemic. When asked to help with an effort of unprecedented size and scope, Montgomery County residents responded. At a Sikh spiritual center in North Potomac that’s not using its commercial kitchen due to restrictions on large gatherings, volunteers pack bags…
Daily Archives: September 17, 2020
Food Delivery Driver Thankful to Be Alive After Being Struck by His Car During Attempted Car Theft
A food delivery driver said he’s thankful to be alive after he was struck by his own car in an attempted car theft. D.C. police said a delivery driver left a Nissan Altima running at 18th and Newton streets NW Tuesday afternoon when a man got into the car and tried to drive off. The delivery driver, Denis Miranda, then…
Senior Fellow at Cato Institute Suggests Shutting Down Metrorail
A senior fellow with the think tank Cato Institute suggested Wednesday the Metrorail system should be shut down as ridership is way down and may not return for a while. “Now is the best time of all to shut down the system,†Randal O’Toole said. “It’ll have the least disruption and we can replace the system with buses, which will…
Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Kanye West’s Ballot Bid
The Supreme Court of Virginia has rejected an appeal from rapper Kanye West to appear on the state’s presidential ballot
Cummings Wrote of ‘Pure Pain’ From Trump Tweets on Baltimore
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings wrote he felt “pure pain†from President Donald Trump’s tweets about Baltimore in a memoir that’s being published posthumously
2 Men Facing 38 Counts in Shooting of Maryland Police Officers
Two men are facing 38 counts in connection to a shootout that inured three Prince George’s County police officers last month. A grand jury returned the indictments for 27-year-old Maurice Warren and 45-year-old Andre Smith Thursday. Charges include attempted first- and second-degree murder, robbery, and home invasion. “Everyone deserves to go home at night, every single one of us, whether…
Man stabbed in Chinatown has died; police seek woman armed with knife
Police said a fatal shooting in a separate incident in Southeast Washington appears justified.
Federal officials stockpiled munitions, sought ‘heat ray’ device before clearing Lafayette Square, whistleblower says
A Defense Department official said the emails were a routine inventory check to determine what equipment was available.