People and Milestones

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (394+ words) On Saturday, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo hosted a panda party in the District to celebrate Qing Bao’s fifth birthday. And plenty of her fans showed up dressed for the occasion. Six-and-a-half-year-old Abby Shelley wore a panda dress to the celebration....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (127+ words) While the winning image didn’t break contest rules, organizers say AI modifications will be grounds for disqualification next year. Howard County school bus travels off route to Carroll County before students alert police Motorcyclist killed, another injured in Ocean City…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1372+ words) Roughly four minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, a ladder truck from Arlington, Virginia’s Fire Station 5 was the first unit on the scene. Twenty-five years later, hundreds gathered at the same firehouse to mark the anniversary…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (22+ words) NEW YORK (AP) — New York ceremony begins marking 25 years since 9/11, with a tolling bell and a moment of silence....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (531+ words) Saul Hafting grew up reading the Guinness World Records books. Now he’s in one. “It’s awesome,” the 21-year-old Annapolis Royal resident said. “I am very excited to get a copy of my own and flip through it and see my…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (105+ words) Capital Gazette ‘Cannot fit another desk’: Several Severna Park schools face crowded classrooms Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame announces 2026 induction class Navy football’s next test? One…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (655+ words) Momentum is starting to build for this year’s 46th annual Terry Fox Run in Wolfville. It will take place Sunday, Sept. 20, with registration starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Wolfville Lions Community Hall, located at 36 Elm Ave. The event begins at 10 a.m....

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1283+ words) SOUTHERN MARYLAND — Long before their names appeared on concert marquees, television credits, bestselling novels and Hall of Fame plaques, several famous Americans began their stories in Southern Maryland. One pair of brothers went from Charles County classrooms to the heights…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (652+ words) Dawn Moore, wife of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, said Darren Foxwell was "a gift to all of us who knew him." Darren Foxwell’s family, from left: mother Kerry Daly, sister Colleen Foxwell and father Len Foxwell. They stand alongside Maryland…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (189+ words) The largest grand street parade in Berwick & District Gala Days’ 81-year history took place Sept. 7. A record number of 41 entries were in the parade. Despite a wet and windy few days for the annual festival, people lined Commercial Street to…...