Maria Stainer
Articles by Maria Stainer
D.C. wreck; 10 injured in 4-car crash on Route 295
A four-car pile-up deemed a "mass casualty" by D.C. first responders injured 10 people, left one car atop of another and tied up two lanes of traffic on Route 295 during Thursday morning rush-hour. Published December 1, 2016
Collision between Baltimore school bus and commuter bus leaves six dead
Baltimore police said a collision involving a Maryland Transit Administration commuter bus and a school bus Tuesday morning has resulted in six deaths, but no children were on the bus. Published November 1, 2016
Enrique Pena Nieto: Mexico won’t pay for the wall; Donald Trump’s campaign positions a ‘threat’
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto reiterated to a Spanish-language news show Thursday that his country will not pay for a wall on the border with the U.S., a campaign assertion repeatedly made by Donald Trump, and that Mr. Trump's positions were a "threat" to the future of Mexico. Published September 2, 2016
Larry Hogan, Md. governor, signs executive order requiring schools to start after Labor Day
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Wednesday that will require schools in the state to start after Labor Day and end by June 15, beginning in the 2017-2018 school year. Published August 31, 2016
Montana Malik Barronette, ‘Baltimore’s No. 1 trigger puller,’ arrested: Police Commissioner Davis
Baltimore police on Monday announced the arrest of "Baltimore's No. 1 trigger puller," a gang member who is accused of more than a dozen homicides, the city's police commissioner said. Published August 22, 2016
Suspect shot by deputy outside of Inova Fairfax Hospital dies
A man shot by a Fairfax County deputy sheriff Monday night outside of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia after he threatened the deputy with "some sort of edged weapon" has died, police confirmed Tuesday morning. Published August 16, 2016
Macy’s to close 100 of its 728 stores
Macy's Inc. said Thursday that it intends to close approximately 100 of its 728 stores "proactively" as it pivots more toward digital shopping. Published August 11, 2016
John Hinckley, the man who shot Ronald Reagan, released from St. Elizabeths Hospital
A biographer of former President Ronald Reagan and the Reagan presidential library criticized a federal judge's decision Wednesday to grant full-time release to John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot Reagan in 1981. Published July 27, 2016
Multiple people fatally shot at Munich shopping center; 1 teen gunman dead
German police on Friday blamed a lone gunman for killing nine people and wounding 16 others at a Munich shopping center in what they earlier called "suspected terrorism" but then discovered was not related to the Islamic State terror group. Published July 22, 2016
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider on standby after weasel gnaws on power cable
The world's largest particle collider at CERN near Geneva was still on temporary standby mode Saturday, a day after a weasel gnawed on a cable and caused a power outage. Published April 30, 2016
Helicopter down near BWI Airport; train service disrupted
A helicopter crashed Saturday near BWI Airport, disrupting train service and causing a brush fire, but there were no fatalities, multiple news reports said. Published April 16, 2016
Microsoft’s Twitter AI robot, Tay, tweets support for Hitler, genocide of Mexicans
Twitter trolls made a dummy out of Microsoft's artificial intelligence chat robot, which learns through public interaction, by turning it into a pro-Nazi, racist within a day of its launch. Published March 24, 2016
Natural gas explosion rocks Seattle, levels three buildings, injures 9 firefighters
A massive explosion in Seattle leveled three buildings and left nine firefighters injured on Wednesday, NBC News reported. Published March 9, 2016
4 Maryland schools no longer on lockdown; P.G. County police still searching for 2 shooting suspects
Four Maryland schools were on lockdown briefly as a precaution Monday morning while Prince George's County Police searched for two suspects involved in a nearby shooting. Published February 29, 2016
Michael Schiavo on ‘disgusting’ pro-life ad: ‘Shame on Jeb Bush’
Michael Schiavo, husband of the late Terri Schiavo, lashed out Wednesday against what he calls a "disgusting" pro-life ad to air in South Carolina that uses her image, saying: "Shame on Jeb Bush." Published January 28, 2016
Scott Kelly, U.S. astronaut, takes to Reddit to answer questions about almost anything
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly conducted a Reddit question-and-answer session Sunday from the International Space Station, discussing everything from the particulars of being in space for almost a year to his favorite David Bowie song -- and it's not "Space Oddity." Published January 25, 2016
Paul McCartney remembers David Bowie as ‘a great star’
Paul McCartney took to Facebook to remember his friend David Bowie Monday after word spread of the iconic singer's death from cancer. Published January 11, 2016
Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia, ex-defense minster of El Salvador, expelled for human rights violations
U.S. officials said they removed a former defense minister of El Salvador Friday for his role in human rights violations committed during the 1980-1992 civil war in the Central American nation. Published January 11, 2016
Bill Clinton’s childhood home in Hope catches fire; arson suspected
Former President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Arkansas caught on fire early Friday morning in what Hope fire officials suspect is arson. Published December 25, 2015
Intel office dumps redacted Benghazi emails on Christmas Eve
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released 16 pages of redacted emails on Thursday, a Christmas Eve document dump related to the Benghazi attack in 2012 that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Published December 25, 2015
