Franklin Gray was asleep in his apartment in Southeast D.C. when his niece jolted him awake. There was a fire, she said. They woke up her four young children, and Gray rushed to the living room window. Across the courtyard, in the building attached to theirs, a firefighter on a…
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Democrats have a 10-point advantage over Republicans when registered voters were asked this month who they want controlling Congress, NBC News reported.The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that congressional preference in the 2018 midterm elections was 50 percent for Democrats and 40 percent for Republicans. The difference is…
An FDNY firefighter who helped hundreds of people escape Lower Manhattan when he was a ferry boat captain on Sept. 11, 2001, died of a related illness, officials said.Marine Pilot Thomas Phelan of FDNY Marine Company 9 died Friday, according to officials. Putin Claims Crushing Victory in Russian Presidential Vote…
Fatal unsolved bombings in Texas this month were “meant to send a message,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said Sunday during a news conference but the message is unknown, NBC News reported.Manley said he hoped the bomber would “reach out to us before anyone else is injured or killed,” NBC…
It might be just a shed for many people, but for Karen Norkowski, it was more than that. The shed, her crafting room, is a reminder of 20 years of marriage, a husband’s love and now her place of serenity.The La Mesa widow has been fighting with the city of…
