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    Beyoncé wins her first Emmy for ‘Beyoncé Bowl’ halftime show during Ravens game
    Beyoncé has added an Emmy to her collection of 35 Grammys. She won for outstanding costumes in her Netflix Christmas Day NFL halftime show, “Beyoncé Bowl.”
    Beyoncé performs during halftime of an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens in Houston last year.
    What to know about Trump’s potential change in federal marijuana policy
    President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states.
    Green marijuana plants are organized on red racks. In the background a man wearing a hair net and latex gloves loads a tray of plants into another rack.
    Tropical Storm Erin could become Atlantic season’s 1st hurricane later this week
    Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean and could become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season later this week, forecasters say.
    This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Erin on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (NOAA via AP)
    Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!’ dies at 60
    Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died.
    Twelve-year-old television actress Danielle Spencer rests at home in Malibu, C.A. after her release from Santa Monica Hospital on Friday, Sept. 16, 1977. Danielle is recovering from a car accident that killed her father, actor Timothy Pelt. With Danielle is her mother Cheryl Pelt and her pet dog. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Taylor Swift announces 12th studio album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
    Look what you made her do — Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
    FILE - Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour June 21, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
    Trump’s DC takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive
    Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday.
    A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington.
    Trump, again, calls out city. Baltimore says, ‘You’re wrong, hon.’
    President Donald Trump included Baltimore on a short list of Democratic-led cities he cast as crime-ridden, on the same day he deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
    President Donald Trump arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.
    Trump calls Baltimore ‘so far gone’ amid DC National Guard deployment
    For Trump, the effort to take over public safety in Washington reflects a next step in his law enforcement agenda after his aggressive push to stop illegal border crossings.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.
    Gen Z is driving a Y2K fashion comeback
    From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again.
    Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Lopez in the 2000s.
    Odyssey of the crab: Inside the 1,100-mile network feeding Maryland’s frenzy
    Within a generation, the Maryland crab business shifted from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the interstate.
    Rin Tho, center, helps load crab trucks at the Pomes Seafood warehouse in New Orleans, destined for processing in Alabama. Louisiana supplies more blue crabs nationally than any other state.
    Summer’s best meteor shower peaks soon. But the moon will interfere with viewing the Perseids
    This year, a bright moon will dampen viewing at the time of peak early Wednesday morning, so some experts recommend waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky.
    An outburst of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in August 2009 in this time-lapse image. Stargazers expect a similar outburst during next week’s Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible overnight on Aug. 11 and 12.
    Justice Department escalates scrutiny of Trump foes Letitia James and Adam Schiff
    The Justice Department is escalating efforts to scrutinize perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump with investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff.
    FILE - The seal of the Department of Justice is shown in Washington, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
    Suspected gunman and police officer dead in shooting near the CDC and Emory University
    A suspected gunman and a police officer are dead after law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter near the adjoining campuses of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University on Friday, authorities said.
    Armed police officers walk near the scene of shooting at the Emory University in Atlanta on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen to headline Iowa Democrats’ annual steak fry
    The Polk County Democrats’ annual steak fry draws party faithful from across the country. Chair Bill Brauch said Van Hollen was “a big get.”
    Baltimore City Councilman Mark Parker talks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen in Patterson Park during one of the many No Kings protests being held around the country in opposition to President Trump.
    Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
    James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.
    Apollo 8 astronauts, from left, James Lovell, command module pilot; William Anders, lunar module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander; stand in front of mission simulator prior to training in exercise for their scheduled six-day lunar orbital mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dec. 18, 1968. Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing seven months later, has died. He was 95. Borman died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Billings, Mont., according to a NASA statement Thursday, Nov. 9. (AP Photo/File)
    Trump presses for new census that excludes immigrants in US illegally. Can a president do that?
    President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally from the head count which determines political power and federal spending.
    President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arriving at the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Washington.
    Maryland judge blocks Trump’s birthright order in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision
    A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
    FILE - Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025.
    Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and former manager dies at 48
    Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and talent manager, has died of cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 48.
    FILE - Brandon Blackstock, from left, Kelly Clarkson appear at the Billboard Music Awards on May 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
    He played Superman on TV. Now Dean Cain will be an honorary ICE officer in real life.
    Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman on a 1990s television show, wants to join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
    FILE - Dean Cain speaks during a ceremony honoring Mehmet Oz with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
    Detention cells in Baltimore designed for short stays instead confine immigrants for days
    Under the Trump administration, ICE has detained immigrants in Baltimore holding rooms for an average of 51 hours, four times longer than the maximum time limit under its longstanding policy, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of federal data.
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