The Cowgirls of Color made national headlines after The Guardian published an article recognizing the riders’ aim to win the relay division of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo as an all-female team, while simultaneously seeking to change the narrative about rodeo as a competition dominated by men.
During a series of victory speeches Friday, politicians praised Hoyer’s leadership. He was variously called the champion, quarterback, captain and general manager of the “Team Maryland” effort to win the FBI headquarters for Greenbelt.
The project is seen as a potential boon to Prince George’s County and the state, bringing thousands of jobs to a majority-Black county that has relatively few federal agency offices despite being so close to the nation’s capital.
Offering support to the former Baltimore state's attorney as she faces criminal prosecution would be following a legacy established by civil rights giants of the past, Haki S. Ammi, a community activist and author, says.
Omer Balva, of Rockville, was killed near the Israel-Lebanon border by an antitank missile fired by the militant group Hezbollah, according to The Washington Post.
In a letter to the school, Bowie State president Aminta Breaux told students and staff to expect “an increased presence of police and security officers with support from local police agencies and security services.”
Prince George’s Community College and Community College of Baltimore County received $173,640 and $197,410 respectively, to help with the cost of tuition for veterans, refugees and the underserved.
Thomas Smallwood led hundreds of enslaved people in Maryland and D.C. to freedom and made a point of letting the public, including enslavers, know what his “underground railroad” had achieved.
Mosby, 43, who was in office from 2015-2023, is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with two counts of perjury and making false statements on a loan application
The matchup, which began in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday evening and ended after midnight on Wednesday, was the first major quarterfinal between two African American men in the Open era, which dates to 1968.
Patrick Wojahn, 47, pleaded guilty to 60 counts of distribution of child pornography, 40 counts of possession of child pornography and 40 counts of possession of child pornography with the intent to distribute, according to a press release from the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office.
More than 1,000 medal events took place over twelve 12 days in 21 different, sports including basketball, swimming, table tennis, track and field, and badminton.