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'Best Father's Day Gift Ever': Bella Cooper Opens Her Eyes After Catastrophic Crash In Maryland
The best Father's Day gift Evan Cooper could have received came from a hospital bed.
After days on life support, multiple surgeries, and a community-wide prayer campaign, Bella Cooper opened her eyes and gave her father the sign he had been waiting for.
Across Maryland, family, friends, teammates, Girl Scouts, and strangers have been rallying around the young Essex-area athlete since she was struck by an SUV while riding her bike on Tuesday, June 16.
Now, there are signs of hope.
"Bella has opened her eyes multiple times," Renae Greensfelder wrote in an update shared Monday, June 22. "Eva…
A Cooking Contest Changed His Life. Mi Peru Founder Walter Huaman Changed Gaitherstown Forever
One cooking competition changed Walter Huaman Sr.'s life forever.
On Tuesday, June 23, family and friends gathered in Gaithersburg to say goodbye to the founder of Mi Peru Restaurant, a Peruvian chef whose journey carried him from the mountains of Peru to Montgomery County, where he built a restaurant legacy, raised seven children, and inspired those around him through decades of perseverance.
Huaman died Thursday, June 18, at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville following complications from a heart attack. He was 72.
Born on Nov. 20, 1953, in Tarma, Peru, Huaman discovered a passio…
$22.5M Gold Heist: Suspect In One Of Canada's Biggest Thefts Sentenced For US Guns In Socks
A man wanted in one of the biggest gold thefts in Canadian history is facing years behind bars in the United States after a Pennsylvania traffic stop uncovered a cache of guns hidden in a rental car, federal authorities announced.
Durante King-Mclean, 27, of Cambridge, Ontario, was back before a Harrisburg federal judge on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, for a 2023 case that prosecutors say exposed a cross-border weapons pipeline stretching from Florida to Canada.
He had 65 handguns crammed into the trunk of a rental car, each one hidden inside a sock, authorities said.
Among them were stolen weap…
Popular Comedian Charged In $8.7 Million Tax Evasion Case
A familiar comedy name is facing a serious legal spotlight far from the stage.
Carlos Mencia, 58, has been charged with 12 felony counts of state tax evasion after prosecutors said he failed to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income from 2019 through 2024, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced in releasing the complaint arrest warrant.
Mencia pleaded not guilty on Monday, June 22. His bail, initially set at $250,000 after his arrest, was reduced to $50,000, and he is scheduled to return to the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Aug. 14.
The complaint …
Prom, Graduation, Then Tragedy: DC Teen Daijah Cherry Remembered After Maryland Shooting
Prom photos. Graduation pictures. A diploma still fresh in her hands.
Less than two weeks later, Maryland detectives were investigating the killing of 18-year-old Daijah Cherry.
The recent H.D. Woodson High School graduate from Washington, DC, was fatally shot late Friday, June 19, outside a home in the 1400 block of Doewood Lane in Capitol Heights, according to Prince George's County Police.
Officers responded to the area at approximately 11:05 p.m. and found Cherry suffering from gunshot wounds outside the residence. She was rushed to a hospital, where she later died.
Now, as detectives…
