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Scott Pelley Rips Bari Weiss For 'Murdering' '60 Minutes' Amid CBS News Shakeup: Reports
"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley accused controversial CBS News boss Bari Weiss of "murdering" the iconic program in the latest sign of newsroom turmoil, according to reports. Pelley made the blistering remarks during a staff meeting on Monday, June 1, The Guardian reported. His comments come days after CBS News fired "60 Minutes" executive producer Tanya Simon, along with correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega. The confrontation coincides with CBS naming Vanity Fair correspondent and former New York Times tech columnist Nick Bilton as the new executive pr…
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Days After Career Milestone, Maryland Paramedic Fighting To Walk Again After Motorcycle Crash
Just days after coworkers celebrated a major career milestone, firefighter-paramedic Justin Hogue found himself fighting through physical therapy at Baltimore's Shock Trauma after a devastating motorcycle crash. The Maryland first responder was airlifted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center by a Maryland State Police helicopter on Thursday, May 28, after a deer ran in front of his motorcycle, according to Hogue and organizers of a fundraiser launched to support his recovery. By Saturday, Hogue was posting updates from his hospital bed. "I haven't been able to walk up to this point," h…
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Firefighters Cut Apart Trail Bridge To Free Horse Trapped In Patuxent River State Park (
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Firefighters in Maryland headed into Patuxent River State Park on Sunday afternoon looking for an injured person on a trail. What they found instead was a horse in far worse shape. Crews were dispatched at approximately 1:40 p.m. on May 31, to the park in Brookville for a reported injured person, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. While searching the trail system by UTV, firefighters came across a horse whose leg had fallen through a wooden pedestrian bridge along the Red Trail. The animal was unable to stand. What started as a routine medica…
Obituaries
'She Lost Her Father, Best Friend': Community Mourns Ricky Hickman After Fatal Maryland Crash
The photos tell the story before the words ever do. At the beach. At school events. Dressed up for special occasions. Nearly every image shared since Richard "Ricky" Hickman III's death shows him alongside his daughter, Kimber. Now, after the 38-year-old Port Deposit father was killed in a motorcycle crash late Thursday night, family and friends are mourning a man they describe as a doting dad, loyal friend, and larger-than-life presence whose world revolved around his little girl. The crash was reported around 11 p.m. on May 29 on Camp Meeting Ground Road near Port Deposit, according to a…
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Massive Meteor Explosion Equal To 300 Tons Of TNT Triggers Sonic Boom, Rattling East Coast
Residents across New England were left stunned after a powerful double boom rattled buildings and shook the ground, triggering reports to police and earthquake officials. The cause, however, came from above. The strange event happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday when people from Connecticut to Canada reported hearing loud blasts, feeling buildings shake, or seeing a bright object streak across the sky. The American Meteor Society said the source was not an earthquake or an explosion. Instead, officials said a 3-foot-wide meteor entered Earth's atmosphere near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts b…
Sports
Northeast Dogs Starring In World Cup-Themed Event From 'Puppy Bowl' Producers
Rescue dogs from across the Northeast will be competing for hearts and glory in an event inspired by the "Puppy Bowl" to celebrate the 2026 FIFA World Cup. "LG Channels World Pup," a four-part puppy soccer tournament, will premiere on Wednesday, June 10, LG Electronics USA announced in a news release on Monday, June 1. The show will feature 48 adoptable rescue puppies representing eight national teams, like Australia, Germany, and the US. The bracket-style event comes from Bright Spot Content, which produces the "Puppy Bowl" each year before the Super Bowl for Animal Planet. "LG …
Police & Fire
Maryland Firefighter Demair Lloyd Dies Unexpectedly At 44 After 24-Hour Shift
For nearly 20 years, Demair Lloyd answered the call. Then, after finishing a routine 24-hour shift serving Prince George's County, the veteran firefighter-paramedic went home and suffered a medical emergency. He never made it back to the firehouse. Lloyd, 44, died after completing his shift, according to the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, which announced the loss of the longtime firefighter over the weekend. A member of the department since 2006, Lloyd spent his career serving out of Station 841 in Calverton, where colleagues remembered him not only as a firefighter and param…
Police & Fire
Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Baltimore, Police Say
More than three months after 15-year-old Tyonna Pierce was shot and killed in Baltimore, the teenager accused of pulling the trigger is finally in custody. A 15-year-old boy surrendered at Juvenile Bookings on Saturday, May 23, after Baltimore homicide detectives secured a first-degree murder warrant in Pierce's killing, police announced Monday. Pierce was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a home in the 2100 block of Druid Hill Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. The Baltimore teen was rushed to a hospital, where she later died. Investigators spent the next several m…
Police & Fire
Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say
A violent domestic disturbance in Virginia on Sunday afternoon ended in a firefight that left two officers wounded, a suspect hospitalized, and a police K9 dead. Officers from the Chesterfield County Police Department were called around 4:40 p.m. on May 31 to the 12900 block of Gumfork Place, where a woman alerted authorities that she was hiding in a bedroom after a man fired several shots during an argument. The woman advised that she had gotten into an argument with the man, during which he fired multiple shots, sending her scurrying upstairs to a bedroom as the man tried to get in the ro…
Police & Fire
Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt
The manhunt is over. Days after Carroll County Deputy Logan Utt was killed while responding to a welfare check in Virginia, the armed fugitive accused of pulling the trigger was captured just across state lines in North Carolina, authorities announced on Sunday night. Michael Puckett was taken into custody shortly after 8:30 p.m. on May 31 in Surry County, ending an intense search that had stretched across Virginia and North Carolina since Utt's death. According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, agents tracked Puckett's movements using a drone before moving in to make…
Business
Teen Summer Hiring May Hit Record Low In 2026: Here's Why
Teens looking for work are facing the toughest summer job market in decades as employers pull back due to rising inflation and higher fuel costs. Employers are forecast to add 790,000 teen jobs between May and July 2026, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The projection would mark the lowest summer hiring total since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the data in 1948. The global outplacement firm found that 2025 saw the worst summer for teen hiring on record, falling 25.6% from 2024 to 801,000 jobs. “Last summer was the weakest summer for teen hiring …
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? Aircraft Loses Part During Landing, Floats Behind Seacrets (
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A sunny Saturday afternoon behind Seacrets took an unexpected turn when a bright red amphibious aircraft wound up bobbing in Assawoman Bay after part of the plane apparently broke off during a water landing. The unusual incident happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, behind the iconic Ocean City waterfront destination, according to the Ocean City Fire Department. Emergency crews were called after a SeaRey, described by officials as a two-seat, single-engine amphibious flying boat, experienced trouble while landing on the water. The water rescue in Maryland. Ocean …
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