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Print Associated Press Marylands governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-kind pardon by a governor of a U.S. state. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order at an event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885 before his attorneys coul...

Reply Gov. Larry Hogan on Saturday issued a full posthumous pardon for 34 Maryland victims of racial lynching between 1854 and 1933, and said the fundamental rights of the slain were violated. The announcement came at a Towson event in honor of Howard Cooper. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) TOWSON, MD — Full posthumous pardons for 34 Maryland victims of racial lynching between 1854 and 1933, were issued Saturday by Gov. Larry Hogan. The announcement came at a Towson event in honor of Howard ...

Swiftwater Rescues Increased During Pandemic Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel saved 114 people during 2020, an increase of 22 as compared with 2019. The vast majority of people were rescued on the Potomac River and on the Billy Goat A trail, both in the area of Great Falls. Also during 2019, the county fell victim to numerous flash floods in which people needed to be rescued. During 2020, five people died. In 2019, two people succumbed. Normally, people head out to those and other pa...

Dont you dare take away our snow days, New York City. School kids need the magic of snow days. Students have a lot of catching up to do, but an unscheduled day off can teach adaptability, meteorology and team work — and be pretty magical, too. USA TODAY Editors note: On Tuesday, New York Citys Department of Education announced it will eliminate snow days in favor of remote learning for the 2021-22 school year. This column was originally published last December. When the biggest nor’easter...

Eight Montgomery County schools in top 25 on U.S. News & World Report list April 27, 2021 | 12:01 am April 26, 2021 After a one-year hiatus, Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda was once again named Maryland’s top high school in the latest version of an annual list released by U.S. News & World Report. Last year’s top school, Poolesville High, was No. 2 this year. This year, eight Montgomery County schools ranked among the state’s top 25, and four were ranked in the top five. None rank...

Once again, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been named the No. 1 high school in the U.S. Senior data analyst with U.S. News & World Report Eric Brooks said some of the things that put Thomas Jefferson on top include a nearly 100% graduation rate, and the fact that every senior took advanced placement exams and got a score of three or higher. As far as statewide testing goes, Brooks said, “All their students are proficient at reading and...

Montgomery High Schools Score High in U.S. News 2021 Rankings Whitman High School and Poolesville are the only Maryland High Schools in the top 150 this year. The U.S. News & World Report released their annual Best High School rankings Tuesday. At No. 111, Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda and at No. 119, Poolesville are the only two high schools in Maryland to make the top 150 nationally. U.S. News ranked more than 17,000 public high schools in the country based on their performance on stat...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. California and Oregon engineering teams take first place in SourceAmerica Design Challenge April 8, 2021 GMT SourceAmerica logo (PRNewsfoto/SourceAmerica) VIENNA, Va., April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Student engineering teams from Los Angeles, California and Portland, Oregon won the top prizes at the 2021 SourceAmerica Design Challenge for their efforts to address workplace obstacles facing people with dis...

Potomac Edison 2021 Tree Trimming Program Underway Company shifts to four-year trimming cycle in Maryland to enhance system reliability News provided by Share this article Share this article WILLIAMSPORT, Md., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has kicked off its 2021 tree trimming program with plans to clear vegetation along approximately 1,670 miles of power lines in its Maryland service area and 1,550 miles of lines in its territory i...

Former USPS Carrier Sentenced in Maryland for Working While Receiving Disability Comp April 1, 2021 A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) carrier has been sentenced on a federal charge in Maryland for making false statements to obtain disability compensation. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Ronald S. Repass, age 57, of Poolesville, Maryland, to five years of probation on the federal charge of making false statements or fraud to obtain federal employee...