Maryland police have confirmed that three people are dead and one critically injured after a shooting at a factory in Smithsburg, Maryland on Thursday afternoon. The factory, Columbia Machine, manufactures concrete products equipment. Smithsburg is about 70 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to reports of an active …
Monthly Archives: June 2022
5 Marines dead in military aircraft crash in Southern California desert
The Marine Corps said Thursday that all five Marines on board an Osprey were killed when the aircraft crashed Wednesday afternoon in a remote part of California. The aircraft was based at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, according to officials. The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement that the MV-22 Osprey, belonging to the …
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PGA Tour suspends 17 golfers, including Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, who are competing in LIV Golf Invitational Series
The PGA Tour announced on Thursday that they have suspended 17 players who are competing in the first event of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series this week near London, after it warned of potential discipline. Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, Kevin Na, Talor Gooch, Sergio Garcia, Matt Jones, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and …
First footage is released from the Amazon reboot of ‘A League of Their Own’
Amazon has shared the first footage of its forthcoming reboot of Penny Marshall’s beloved classic A League of Their Own. The eight-episode drama, from creators Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham and Sony TV, will debut its entire first season on Friday, Aug. 12. The minute-long teaser, set to Stevie Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen” offers a …
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Grammy Awards announce 5 new categories, including Songwriter of the Year
The Recording Academy announced five new Grammy Awards categories that will be introduced in 2023. Among them are Songwriter of the Year, Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media, Best Spoken Word Album, Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Americana Performance. In addition, the Recording Academy will present a Special Merit Award …
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Boston Celtics beat Golden State Warriors 116-100 to take 2-1 lead in NBA Finals
The Celtics Jaylen Brown scored 27 points and Jayson Tatum added 26, helping Boston defeat the Warriors with a 116-100 win, and giving them a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals. Marcus Smart added 24 points and Al Horford added 11 points, eight rebounds and six assists to bring the Celtics to victory. The Warriors …
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Police arrest armed man near Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on attempted murder charges
Police arrested an armed man near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just before 2 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. Authorities noted that the man, identified as 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California, said that he wanted to kill Kavanaugh, and had called 911 on himself. During the call, police said …
Mass shooting survivors, witnesses and family members testify at House committee hearing on gun control
The House committee on gun control heard testimony on Wednesday from witnesses and survivors of the Uvalde shooting. The hearing was held ahead of scheduled votes in the House on several pieces of gun control legislation, and included survivors of the shooting, several parents and a doctor who treated some of the children killed in …
90 women, including U.S. gymnasts, file claims against the FBI for $1 billion in damages in Larry Nassar case
Some of the biggest names in U.S. gymnastics are among the 90 women to have filed federal tort claims against the FBI, demanding $1billion in damages for their mishandling of the investigation into former Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar, a longtime U.S. Olympic team doctor who worked at Michigan State University, faces charges that …
‘Ted Lasso’ star and writer Brett Goldstein confirms Season 3 will be its last
Ted Lasso star and writer Brett Goldstein confirmed that Season 3 will mark the end of the hit Apple TV+ series. Goldstein told told U.K.’s The Sunday Times when asked if the show would conclude in the third season: “We are writing it like that. It was planned as three. Spoiler alert: everyone dies.” Goldstein’s …
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