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We share the best things to do every weekend in The Weekend Scene newsletter – it’s completely free to subscribe! Summertime traditions like movies under the stars and free outdoor concerts are starting to pop up in the DMV, too. National Harbor offers both with Movies on the Potomac and its Salute the Sunset concert series. Remember: Sunday is Mother’s Day, so you still have time to order flowers or plan a fun activity. From markets to drag brunch, we have lots of ideas for things to do with a special person in your life. Here’s what to do this…
BOSTON — Red Sox top starter Garrett Crochet posted a rather ordinary line Sunday against the Twins, allowing a single run on four hits while striking out six batters in five innings. His day, however, was anything but normal.Crochet allowed a Byron Buxton homer on the first pitch he threw, was hit in the nose by Carlos Correa liner to lead off the fourth and saw his four-seam fastball velocity drop somewhat significantly from where it has been all season. In the end, the lefty took a no decision as relievers Garrett Whitlock and Justin Slaten blew an early Red…
President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen Alcatraz as federal penitentiary, directing multiple agencies to rebuild and expand the former prison to house what he described as the country’s most violent and repeat offenders. In posts on social media and remarks to reporters, Trump framed the proposal as part of a broader agenda, calling Alcatraz a symbol of “Law, Order, and JUSTICE.” Trump issued the directive to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and the FBI, stating his goal to reopen Alcatraz as a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” facility. However, he has not publicly detailed…
Their wallets were in a Disney World of hurt. A Florida father left online viewers speechless after revealing that he paid nearly $1,400 to take his family of five to Disney World for just one day. A video detailing the exorbitant price tag has amassed over 7.7 million views on X. “Here’s what a day at Disney cost me for a family of five,” explained the unnamed patriarch, who documented the price of tickets, parking, meals and snacks, along with items at the souvenir shops. Before even embarking on the money-hemorrhaging adventure, the dad reportedly shelled out $30 for all-day…
The prison was closed in 1963, and Alcatraz Island is currently operated as a tourist site. SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times…
A verdict was reached on Monday, May 5, 2025, in the trial of Maurice Hill, a 42-year-old man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during an hourslong standoff in North Philadelphia’s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood that gripped the city and nation nearly six years ago. This article will be updated once the verdict is revealed. The standoff and shooting The incident unfolded on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. as narcotics officers served a warrant at a home near North 15th and West Butler streets. Officials said the officers entered the kitchen of the home when Hill – who was armed…
Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to expand military operations in Gaza, with the stated goal of seizing and holding the entire territory. Officials said the campaign aims to defeat Hamas and recover Israeli hostages still held in the enclave. The plan, described as gradual and long-term by officials, shifts the strategy from temporary raids to complete territorial control, marking a significant escalation in Israel’s war strategy. Military leaders expect the new operations phase to last several months, beginning with a focus on specific areas. Israeli forces already control about a third of the Gaza Strip and resumed ground operations…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson could sign the Democrats’ new nearly $78 billion, two-year budget this week.Ferguson promised to go through the budget line by line before signing.The budget includes $8.7 billion in new taxes to close a $16 billion budget shortfall. It also includes a $7.5 billion capital improvement plan, funding construction and infrastructure projects across the state. The plan marks an investment in affordable housing, public school construction, and the protection of natural resources. RELATED | Washington state legislature approves $77 billion budget amid tax debatesIt also scraps a proposal to furlough state employees one day a…
After a year that, city officials said, saw more than 100,000 quality of life services addressed through Philadelphia’s One Philly, United City Cleaning Initiative, the city is bringing it back for another year. On Monday, at Harrowgate Park in Philadelphia’s Kensington community, city officials announced that the program would be brought back for its second year and third iteration. The initiative, which looks to tackle, what officials called in a statement, “persistent quality-of-life issues such as litter, illegal dumping, graffiti, abandoned vehicles, vacant lots, and nuisance properties,” will operated on a 13-week schedule from May 5 through August 1, 2025.…
PHOENIX — The key to cracking a series of fatal shootings in the Phoenix area in 2017 came when police were called to a blood-spattered apartment where they arrested a man who was suspected of killing his mother and stepfather.Authorities say evidence found there linked Cleophus Cooksey Jr. to four other killings. Police found a gun used in several of them, a necklace belonging to a victim and the vehicle keys of a woman whose partially nude body was found in an alley. AP FILE – This undated file booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office shows Cleophus…