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Statues are problematic. We throw them up for the great and the good, but they all too easily paper over the bad traits and dirty bibs from which none of us are immune. These are the very things that make the person who is being venerated in bronze, a human rather than a symbol, and if we are able to relate to them on that level, then it only makes their accomplishments all the more incredible. I thought a lot about monuments watching this documentary portrait of Dublin rock icon Phil Lynott b...

At 5-foot-2, a college guard puts up numbers that overshadow his height Rick Maese, The Washington Post Dec. 24, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail UMBC guard Darnell Rogers watches shoot-around with teammates before a game last season against St. Francis (Pa.).photo for The Washington Post by Terrance Williams. CATONSVILLE, Md. - When the huddle breaks, the players scatter, and the one in the center is finally visible. Darnell Rogers stands only chest-high to his teammates, a full head shorter than hi...

People often talk about the impact Irish musicians have had on our national self-confidence over the years, whether it’s U2’s dragon-slaying in America, Enya’s sonic ubiquity in the late 1980s, or The Boomtown Rats’ first appearance on Top of the Pops. But before any of them, and long before the dreaded boy bands, there was Philo. From the moment Thin Lizzy first appeared on Top of the Pops in 1973 having scored an unlikely hit with the traditional song Whiskey in the Jar, Phil Lynott...

The March 17 murder of eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent, in three Atlanta-area spas shocked the nation, as we witnessed another instance of devastating, targeted violence. And unfortunately, acts of racism, discrimination and violence against Asians and Asian Americans have been on a steady rise for the last year, fueled […] Songwriter and lead guitarist of Grammy Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish Mark Bryan dropped a new solo album Midlife Priceless last Friday. T...

>> actually its a tax. wait until you hear who gets hit the hardest. its not the rich. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. hope you had a fantastic weekend. we have eric sitting in today for steve. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> this means youre up so early, you could nod off during "the five" today, are you concerned about that? >> i wont nod off. ill be here, ill be there. lot of news today. >> there is. dana perino will be here a little later to ...

the areba restaurant chain. he was flying to scottsdale when the chopper crashed into a river. the three passengers on board also died. no word on the cause. people living on cape cod may need bigger boats. two great whites spotted right off the coast of cape cod. one of them was measured at 16 feet could weigh as much as 2,000 pounds, the sharks are drawn there because of seals in the area. there are no planes to close the beaches yet but a close eye is being kept on the waters especi...

so far so good on 95 toward the fort mchenry. 295 checking out just fine towards 100. 11 minutes in the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to go south on 95 from the beltway down towards 32. heres a quick live look at traffic. no sign of delays on 895 in the northbound direction. so far so good on the north side at dulaney valley. no problems to report on the entire beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> police are investigating an early-morning shooting in west baltimo...

>> teresa sullivan is not expected to attend a public meeting at 3:00. that meeting on campus could get her job back after a tumultuous two weeks that included an ultimatum by the governor. >> they wanted to excel. they have set high standards. the general assembly has set high standards for the university. reinstate teresa sullivan. >> hundreds or thousands of students faculty, and supporters will descend on the campus as the fate of teresa sullivan is decided this afternoon by the bo...

at the school. he had gone there to fight another student. >> kind of makes you nervous, you know, that anybody could walk on school grounds and approach a student like that. >> reporter: though parents like eric bell are alarmed. adult involvement in similar situations is becoming more prevalent. >> help me, mom. >> no, get up and fight now. >> reporter: last may, a lansdowne mother encouraged her son to fight a bully. >> let go of her. >> reporter: here, the harford county father jum...

violated the law. state police decline to do so. two police unions already voted no confidence in the police chief, saying he turned a blind eye. the governor told wjz he is not getting involved. there is an ongoing investigation, a spokesperson said, and we prefer to let that run its course. >> reporter: and for his part, leopold main tapes he has -- maintains he has done nothing wrong. he and the chief have no plans to step down. next, they asked options going forward. and they plan ...