Attention wearers of skinny jeans: don’t squat — at least not for long. Doctors in Australia report that a 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for four days after experiencing muscle damage, swelling, and nerve blockages in her legs after squatting for several hours while wearing tight-fitting denims. “We were surprised that this patient had such severe […]
A woman is facing charges after allegedly exposing herself to a police officer. The incident happened just before 1:00 p.m. on Friday in a park near Drew Elementary School in the Nauck neighborhood. Police say the woman, 50-year-old Arlington resident Delia Jones, exposed herself to a uniformed police officer. She was subsequently issued a court summons for […]
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a day after he announced he is battling an aggressive cancer, said through a spokeswoman Tuesday that he is against the use of the Confederate flag on license plates. Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Texas’ right to refuse to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag and […]
Hip-hop music mogul Diddy was arrested on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles Monday afternoon, where his son is on the football team. Campus police say he was arrested at UCLA’s Acosta Athletic Training Complex on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon shortly after 12:30 p.m. Diddy’s real name is Sean […]
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday he has “very advanced” and “very aggressive” cancer of the lymph nodes, but he said he will fight for a full recovery and continue to work as the state’s chief elected official. Hogan spoke candidly, choking up at times while also managing to keep a sense of humor, as […]
The Washington Postreports a new reality show based in Potomac, Maryland has been in the works. FamousDC where some said, despite nondisclosure agreements, they’d seen cameras at a popular workout facility. The Washington Post couldn’t get confirmation from anyone at the gym. But, The Post reports it got its hands on a “one-sheet” that talked […]
The body of former White House executive chef Walter Scheib was found Sunday in the mountains of New Mexico where he had gone hiking, officials said. Scheib, who served under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, has been absent since June 13 when he left to go for a hike alone on a mountain […]
Bill Saunders can still hear the officer’s words in his head: “You don’t belong here.” That was decades ago. But last week, news that a gunman spewing racist hatred attacked a church in his community took him right back to that day, when he had returned from fighting in Korea and was told he had […]
WASHINGTON – After two years of fighting to dismiss a parking ticket, a Silver Spring driver has been cleared of the $50 infraction but he intends to continue with a court challenge that calls into question an error in D.C. law. Daniel Riesenfield received a parking ticket at 7915 Eastern Avenue on the border between […]
A former friend who had reconnected with the man accused of a shooting massacre inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, said Dylann Storm Roof had become an avowed racist. Joey Meek reconnected with Roof a few weeks ago and said that while they got drunk together on vodka, Roof began complaining that […]