Damaging Winds, Downpours Threaten DMV As Storm System Nears: Updated Track, Timing Damaging Winds, Downpours Threaten DMV As Storm System Nears: Updated Track, Timing
Damaging Winds, Downpours Threaten DMV As Storm System Nears: Updated Track, Timing A new storm system is sharpening its aim. Ahead of the system's arrival, Wednesday, June 17, will be warmer and more humid. Mostly sunny skies will be followed by a slight chance of showers or scattered thunderstorms, mainly at night. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely from midday into the afternoon on Thursday, June 18, across much of the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service. Some storms could become severe, with damaging winds the main concern. The updated AccuWeather track shows areas expected to see the strongest storms. One risk zone extends from nor…
New Study Challenges Long-Held Belief About Alcohol: What To Know New Study Challenges Long-Held Belief About Alcohol: What To Know
New Study Challenges Long-Held Belief About Alcohol: What To Know A common habit is getting a closer scientific look. A study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found no protective health effect from alcohol at any level of consumption. The study examined how drinking affects the lifetime risk of death from alcohol-related causes in the US. Researchers estimated that men who drink 14 drinks per week face about a 1-in-25 lifetime risk of dying from an alcohol-related illness or injury. That equals a 4 percent lifetime death risk tied to a drinking level that previous federal dietary guidance placed at the upper end for men. The stu…
'Love Island USA' Executive Producer Dies Suddenly While Filming Season 8 'Love Island USA' Executive Producer Dies Suddenly While Filming Season 8
'Love Island USA' Executive Producer Dies Suddenly While Filming Season 8 A hit reality show is mourning one of the people who helped shape what viewers saw and heard. James Barker, an executive producer on "Love Island USA," died while the show’s eighth season was being filmed in Fiji in the South Pacific. He was 40. ITV America and Peacock confirmed on Monday, June 15, that Barker died after what they described as an "unexpected medical emergency," NBC News reported. No official cause of death has been publicly released. Barker joined "Love Island USA" in 2020 as a story producer and rose to executive producer, a role he held for the last three seasons, …
McDonald's Reviving Fan-Favorite Menu Item McDonald's Reviving Fan-Favorite Menu Item
McDonald's Reviving Fan-Favorite Menu Item McDonald's is bringing back one of its most recognizable desserts for a limited time as summer gets underway. The Fried Apple Pie will return to participating McDonald's locations nationwide, the fast-food giant announced in a news release on Tuesday, June 16. The handheld dessert will be available starting on Tuesday, June 23. In the 1960s, an East Tennessee McDonald's restaurant owner named Litton Cochran created a fried apple hand pie. The dessert became a local favorite before eventually becoming a McDonald's classic. The Fried Apple Pie features an apple filling wr…
Clothing Returns Surge As GLP-1 Users Drop Sizes: How Retailers Are Responding Clothing Returns Surge As GLP-1 Users Drop Sizes: How Retailers Are Responding
Clothing Returns Surge As Glp-1 Users Drop Sizes: How Retailers Are Responding A major shift in shopping habits is creating a costly fit problem for clothing sellers. Retailers are seeing more apparel returns and exchanges tied to customers' use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications. The drugs, a class that includes medications used for weight loss and diabetes treatment, can lead to rapid body-size changes. That has some shoppers buying multiple sizes of the same item, trying them on at home, and returning what does not fit. Some users can drop about one clothing size a month at peak weight loss, according to The Wall Street Journal. That creates a moving target for sho…
Colbert's Joke Cost CBS Money, Exactly As Planned Colbert's Joke Cost CBS Money, Exactly As Planned
Colbert's Joke Cost CBS Money, Exactly As Planned Stephen Colbert wasn't wrong. When the late-night host joked on the May 21 finale that anyone using the iconic "Peanuts" theme without permission would have to "pay through the nose," CBS was already on its way to doing exactly that. The network struck a licensing agreement with Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. (LMFP) for the use of Vince Guaraldi's famed composition "Linus and Lucy" during Colbert's bit on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." And proceeds from the deal will be donated to World Central Kitchen, LMFP announced this week. It all went down during the "Meanwhile…
Dazzling Days-Long Display Underway As Jupiter, Mercury, Venus Align With Moon Dazzling Days-Long Display Underway As Jupiter, Mercury, Venus Align With Moon
Dazzling Days-Long Display Underway As Jupiter, Mercury, Venus Align With Moon The evening sky is about to put the finishing touch on a rare June display. A slender crescent moon will join Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus in the western sky Tuesday, June 16, through Thursday, June 18, creating one of the month’s best skywatching moments. The best viewing window will be about 30 to 60 minutes after sunset. In the Northeast, that means roughly between 8:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The moon will rise higher in the sky each night before finally moving above the planets on Thursday evening. Look low toward the west-northwest horizon. A clear, flat view will matter. Trees, bui…
Mom Grabs Infant, Shuts Door As Flames Tear Through Maryland Garage: Fire Marshal Mom Grabs Infant, Shuts Door As Flames Tear Through Maryland Garage: Fire Marshal
Mom Grabs Infant, Shuts Door As Flames Tear Through Maryland Garage: Fire Marshal A Maryland mother saved her infant, and possibly her home, after a fire broke out on Tuesday morning, officials say. Shortly after 8 a.m. on June 16, a mother heard a smoke alarm and went looking for the source inside her Kingsville home. Then she found flames ripping through her attached garage. Then came a decision that investigators say may have saved the rest of the home. The woman grabbed her infant son, shut the door between the garage and the rest of the residence, and escaped before calling 911, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. The fire drew firefig…
Maryland Man Who Made Girls Cut Themselves, Write In Blood During Twisted Livestreams Sentenced Maryland Man Who Made Girls Cut Themselves, Write In Blood During Twisted Livestreams Sentenced
Maryland Man Who Made Girls Cut Themselves, Write In Blood During Twisted Livestreams Sentenced A Maryland man tied to a violent extremist network is heading to prison after admitting to sexually exploiting multiple underage victims in a disturbing online scheme that spanned the globe. Halethorpe native Erik Lee Madison, 21, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to sexually exploiting, cyberstalking, and preying on nearly a dozen young girls, according to federal authorities. Madison used the internet between November 2024 and November 2025 to manipulate and control vulnerable teens, forcing them into acts of abuse, self-harm, and humiliation as p…
Towson Student Nazir Bell Found Dead In Potomac River After Multi-Day Search Near Great Falls Towson Student Nazir Bell Found Dead In Potomac River After Multi-Day Search Near Great Falls
Towson Student Nazir Bell Found Dead In Potomac River After Multi-Day Search Near Great Falls The search for Nazir Bell ended in tragedy Tuesday afternoon in Maryland. Search crews recovered the body of the 20-year-old swimmer from the Potomac River on Tuesday, June 16, bringing a heartbreaking end to a multi-day operation near Great Falls, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer announced. Bell had been missing since Sunday night, when he was reported in distress in the water near Billy Goat Trail A, across from Sandy Landing. The search began shortly after 6:15 p.m. on June 14 and quickly grew into a massive response involving crews on both sides of t…
'Peckers' Finds A Perch: Maryland Firefighters, 6-Year-Old Help Rescue Lost Bird In Potomac 'Peckers' Finds A Perch: Maryland Firefighters, 6-Year-Old Help Rescue Lost Bird In Potomac
'Peckers' Finds A Perch: Maryland Firefighters, 6-Year-Old Help Rescue Lost Bird In Potomac Not every call in Maryland ends with flashing lights and sirens. Sometimes, it ends with a tiny green bird named "Peckers." Firefighters in Potomac got an unusual request on Monday when a resident reported a colorful bird perched high in a tree that appeared to belong to someone. Members of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Engine 733 responded and quickly realized this wasn't your average backyard visitor. The bright-green parakeet seemed comfortable around people, leading crews to believe it was likely somebody's pet. So they got creative. Armed with birdseed and a little patience, fir…
Machine Guns, Stolen Weapons Flowed Into Maryland Through Alabama Pipeline, Feds Say Machine Guns, Stolen Weapons Flowed Into Maryland Through Alabama Pipeline, Feds Say
Machine Guns, Stolen Weapons Flowed Into Maryland Through Alabama Pipeline, Feds Say Federal agents say Lester Ramos Perez wasn't bringing furniture with him when he relocated from Alabama to Maryland. A firearms pipeline stretching from the Deep South into Maryland has landed a Guatemalan national living in Waldorf behind bars after investigators say he trafficked stolen guns and machine gun-converted weapons into the state, federal authorities announced. Ramos Perez, 29, has now been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in the weapons trafficking conspiracy and for possessing a firearm as a prohibited person due to his citizenship status. Investigators first sta…