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Today in History: May 28, Dionne quintuplets are born in Canada - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 10 hours agoToday is Tuesday, May 28, the 149th day of 2024. On May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family ...
Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, threatened by climate change...
WTOP Washington· 53 minutes agoAll Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil’s Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the ...
Tech Company Hit With DOJ Fine After Racist ‘Whites Only’ Job Posting
The Daily Beast· 2 days agoA Virginia tech company was hit with a DOJ fine after it sent up a job posting seeking only white...
The Mayor of Falls Church is a first-generation immigrant. Here’s why she loves ‘the little city’ - ...
WTOP Washington· 5 days agoAll throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with...
Maryland native Maggie Rose returns home to perform at Rams Head and The Birchmere - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 6 days agoBorn in Potomac, Maryland, in 1988, she attended Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in D.C....
Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China pleads guilty in a Honolulu courtroom - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 4 days agoA former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a...
Stumpy, DC’s famous cherry blossom tree, dead at 25 - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 3 days agoAs hollow as his stump may have been, many people said Stumpy was a tiny cherry blossom tree with a...
Longtime umpire Ángel Hernández retires. He unsuccessfully sued MLB for racial discrimination - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 10 hours agoLongtime umpire Ángel Hernández, who unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball for racial...
After ‘whites only’ job posting, Va. tech company hit with fine from the Justice Department - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoThe job posting by Ashburn-based Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. was published in March 2023 and said...
Closers Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have Mavs on verge of sweeping Wolves in West finals - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 17 hours agoKyrie Irving screamed at the crowd, then turned and grabbed Luka Doncic in a bear hug after the play...