D.C. residents and businesses that don’t help clear nearby sidewalks this winter will face tougher consequences. “We’re going to give warnings first because it is finally operative this year,” Councilwoman Mary Cheh said at a Monday hearing, referring to the Winter Sidewalk Safety Amendment Act. “But thereafter, people will be getting citations.” It amounts to […]
A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been pulled from the school where he worked as a resource officer after video showed him slamming a student to the ground while classmates watched in horror. Deputy Ben Fields was caught on camera at Spring Valley High School in Columbia ordering a student out of her seat. The […]
The woman accused of driving under the influence and plowing her car into a crowd of spectators at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade also faces murder charges, police said Sunday. Adacia Chambers is being held in jail on four counts of second-degree murder for Saturday’s deadly crash, which killed four people and injured dozens […]
As Kirk Cousins ran toward the home locker room, he pointed toward a local TV reporter and screamed: “You like that?! You like that?!” He certainly had plenty to be excited about. After a week of chatter about whether he would remain the starting quarterback for the Washington Washington Football Team — and about whether […]
A shooting that left one person dead at Tennessee State University started after an apparent dispute over a dice game, Nashville police said. Two others were injured in the shooting at an outdoor courtyard at the campus in Nashville. They were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, said Kelli Sharpe, a university spokeswoman. The wounded are students, but […]
he two leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination won’t have to face off against the formidable — and always unpredictable — Vice President Joe Biden, who announced Wednesday afternoon that he won’t make a late entrance into the Democratic race. Now, it’s former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders alone in […]
Federal investigators suspect lightning might have caused the fire at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, senior officials in the FBI said Wednesday morning. The FBI has been working with the National Weather Service to determine whether the heavy storms in the area contributed to the fire. A forensics report of […]
It’s Back to the Future Day – the date Marty and Doc crashed the future in the second of the three time-hopping sci-fi adventure films. The sequel was released in November 1989. And watching it back nearly 26 years later, it’s impressive to note how many tech trends it predicted, even if it also contained […]
What will life be like in 30 years’ time? We asked six forecasters to do better than Back to the Future II’s predictions Back to the Future II, released in 1989, made a series of outlandish predictions about 2015, the year its key characters travel to from 1985. Although several of the film’s predictions, like […]
The New York Jets made a strong statement to themselves — and maybe the rest of the NFL — with a big bounce-back second half. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, and the resilient Jets overcame a sluggish start to beat the banged-up Washington Washington Football Team 34-20 on Sunday. […]