COLUMBIA, Mo. — For decades, four invasive species of carp have been devouring plants, gorging on plankton and endangering an interconnected community of fish, plants and mollusks beneath the murky brown water of the Missouri River.
Ron Shaffer, a Washington Post journalist who wrote gritty investigative stories before launching a popular and sometimes cheeky column about commuting under the name of “Dr. Gridlock,” died N…
WASHINGTON — More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate ward…
BELGRADE, Serbia — At the main hospital in Romania’s capital, the morgue ran out of space for the dead in recent days, and doctors in Bulgaria have suspended routine surgeries so they can tend…
The dust had scarcely settled on the wreckage of the twin towers when a gentle Boston rabbi arrived in Lower Manhattan. He was not a first responder, but neither was his purpose of secondary i…
KENOSHA, Wis. — Less than three seconds elapsed between the time a protester in the streets fired a shot in the air and Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with his rifle, a use-of-force expert testi…
MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial could ask the jury to consider lesser charges when it gets the case, a move that could secure a conviction for some crime but tak…
STILWELL, Kan. — Traffic whizzing behind her, Rep. Sharice Davids gathered reporters at a transportation facility along U.S. 69 in eastern Kansas this week to celebrate the surge of federal mo…
WASHINGTON — The campaign to vaccinate elementary school age children in the U.S. is off to a strong start, health officials said Wednesday, but experts say there are signs that it will be dif…
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday tra…
WASHINGTON — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t …
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struggled Monday with whether to allow a lawsuit by Muslim men claiming religious bias by the FBI to go forward despite the government’s objection that doing so …
Kevin Buckley, a Newsweek foreign correspondent who wrote gripping accounts of the Vietnam War, including revealing previously unknown atrocities by U.S. troops, and later wrote a book about t…
AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas over new election laws that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats, who remain unable in Congress to pass legislat…
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Shortly after sunrise on a recent Saturday in Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents began lining up for free bottled water so they could drink and cook without fear of the …
Ron Shaffer, a Washington Post journalist who wrote gritty investigative stories before launching a popular and sometimes cheeky column about …
WASHINGTON — More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a w…
BELGRADE, Serbia — At the main hospital in Romania’s capital, the morgue ran out of space for the dead in recent days, and doctors in Bulgaria…
The dust had scarcely settled on the wreckage of the twin towers when a gentle Boston rabbi arrived in Lower Manhattan. He was not a first res…
KENOSHA, Wis. — Less than three seconds elapsed between the time a protester in the streets fired a shot in the air and Kyle Rittenhouse opene…
MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial could ask the jury to consider lesser charges when it gets the case, a move tha…
STILWELL, Kan. — Traffic whizzing behind her, Rep. Sharice Davids gathered reporters at a transportation facility along U.S. 69 in eastern Kan…
WASHINGTON — The campaign to vaccinate elementary school age children in the U.S. is off to a strong start, health officials said Wednesday, b…
WASHINGTON — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occu…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struggled Monday with whether to allow a lawsuit by Muslim men claiming religious bias by the FBI to go forward…
Kevin Buckley, a Newsweek foreign correspondent who wrote gripping accounts of the Vietnam War, including revealing previously unknown atrocit…
AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas over new election laws that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democra…
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Shortly after sunrise on a recent Saturday in Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents began lining up for free bottled water…
WASHINGTON — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occu…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struggled Monday with whether to allow a lawsuit by Muslim men claiming religious bias by the FBI to go forward…
Kevin Buckley, a Newsweek foreign correspondent who wrote gripping accounts of the Vietnam War, including revealing previously unknown atrocit…
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Shortly after sunrise on a recent Saturday in Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents began lining up for free bottled water…
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Hometown letters
- Why a weary world can still rejoice
- Battling the spiritual war
- Dear America, God is speaking. Are you listening?
- Waiting on the court
- Violence of honor killings deserves attention
- It's time to kill the $100 bill
- Won't donate to MSM now
- In favor of carbon fee
- Not sure state should have role in assisted suicide
- Veto should be overridden
Hometown sports
- Mount St. Mary's men's basketball sees comeback bid come up short in loss at Bryant
- Linganore students win, place high in national cornhole tournament
- Washington beats Giants on Gibson TD run, McCain's 2 INTs
- Bibby scores 23 to lead No. 10 Maryland women past Minnesota 87-73
- With CFP title on line, Georgia gets another crack at 'Bama
- Local Roundup: Mount men rally for first NEC win
- 'Definitely awesome': Crazy week culminates in Middletown grad Leonard's first game-day NFL action
- Blazers women lose to Roanoke
- No. 8 Indiana women top No. 6 Maryland for 1st win in series
- Middletown alum Rick Leonard makes his way to Minnesota's practice squad
Hometown obituaries
- Spokesman: Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens dies at age 91
- Hall of Fame QB Y.A. Tittle dead at 90
- Lew Ferguson, esteemed AP Kansas political reporter, dies
- Stephen Furst, who played Flounder in ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House,’ dies
- Gwynn Lee Klipp Smith
- Lester 'Andy' Hauck
- Michael Stuart Donnally
- LeRoy Moran
- Comedian Charlie Murphy, brother of Eddie, dies at 57
- Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90
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Jan 19Woman to Woman Mentoring Inc. at Frederick Community CollegeFree
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