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Bruce Springsteen Announces Star-Studded Protest Festival In DC Area
Bruce Springsteen is turning up the volume on a fight he has already taken to the stage.
Springsteen's representatives announced on Thursday, May 28, that he will return to the DC area on Saturday, Oct. 3, as a special guest at the first-ever "Power to the People" festival. The post described the event as "another night of music and resistance."
The one-day, two-stage event will be held at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, according to the festival announcement.
Tom Morello, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist and activist, is curating the festival, which organizers…
Pierre Deny Dies Suddenly: Actor Best Known For Netflix's 'Emily In Paris'
A familiar face from one of Netflix's most stylish hits is being remembered after a sudden loss.
French actor Pierre Deny, 69, died Monday, May 25, after what his daughters described as a "sudden and severe" case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, according to a report by Variety on Wednesday, May 27.
Deny was known internationally for playing Louis de Léon on Netflix's "Emily in Paris." His character was the powerful CEO of a luxury fashion company, JVMA.
He appeared in seasons three and four of the series. Louis was also the father of Nicolas de Léon, played by Paul Forman, whose …
DC Man Robbed Of Grill, Gucci Bag, Rolex Before Being Shot Five Times: DOJ
Rosendo Miller was pinned to the ground outside a Northeast DC convenience store, stripped of his Rolex, his Gucci bag, his cash, even the grill from his mouth before he was shot five times and left to die in the street, federal prosecutors said.
Now, nearly five years later, three DC men have been convicted of the killing.
Larry White, 25, Mark Anthony Fletcher III, 26, and Malik Keyon Bynum, 26, were found guilty Tuesday, May 26, following a five-day federal trial tied to the July 2021 robbery and murder outside the 2/4 Quick Trip on Brentwood Road NE, according to the Department of Justi…
Fake Oxy, Fake Xanax, Real Deaths: Darknet Pill Ring Busted After Nationwide Sales: VA DOJ
A counterfeit pill ring flooding the streets with fake Oxy, Xanax, and Adderall across the country landed four Massachusetts men in federal prison after causing more than a dozen overdose deaths, prosecutors in Virginia said.
What was inside the pills was more dangerous than what was advertised.
Investigators said Daniel John Blaney, 28, Kenneth Emmanuel Lora, 27, David Robert Kable Jr., 27, and Javier Alexander Bermudez, 31, all from Lynn, Massachusetts, manufactured counterfeit pills using industrial pill presses before shipping them across the United States.
Federal authorities say the …
Former Maryland Paramedic Gets Max Sentence For Sexual Abuse Of Kids In His Care: Prosecutors
A former paramedic in Maryland will spend decades in prison after admitting to sexually abusing an underage minor who was in his car, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
Donald Kennedy, 50, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, following an investigation into the sexual assault of a child.
According to the Wicomico County State's Attorney's Office, in 2017, Kennedy sexually abused a minor under his care. Then, between 2022 and 2023, he inappropriately touched another minor, also in his care.
"Those who are in positions of trust and power over children owe…
One Forgotten Phone Led To A Young Father’s Murder In Southeast DC, Jury Finds
If Kenneth Barksdale remembered his phone, he may still be alive.
Instead, the 28-year-old father walked straight into a deadly ambush outside his own home.
Now, his shooter is facing a lengthy prison stay.
District resident D'Andre Montgomery, 20, was found guilty in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia in connection with the violent murder of the young father in Southeast DC in December 2023.
According to federal prosecutors, at around 8 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2023, Montgomery, Kevin Hider, 20, and Eric Sheffield, 21, were driving around the 1200 block of 44th Place SE, pullin…
