End of an Era: Guests Visit Six Flags America One Last Time as Park Closes After 50 Years

After more than half a century of rollercoaster rides, family days out and summer memories, Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland has officially closed its gates for the last time. The park, which welcomed millions since opening in the 1970s, bid...

Kevin Willard: Charting the Path Back to Men’s Basketball Success

Kevin Willard stood on the hardwood floor of the Finneran Pavilion on Sept. 17, gazing up at the roaring crowd before him. Willard was familiar with the arena’s reverberating energy and packed stands. But that was the first time he was able to...

In Memoriam: Charles Hummel (1932-2025)

Charles Hummel, circa 1990, Photo courtesy Winterthur. Compiled by Madelia Hickman Ring, Editor I really appreciated Charlie’s broad insights on museums. With several others, Charlie consulted for a museum where I worked. The leadership very much...

Beta Soars in Stock Market Debut. Can It Reach New Heights?

Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. One day in June, Beta Technologies founder Kyle Clark hopped into the cockpit of his company’s electric airplane prototype, Alia, and flew four passengers from...

Make:cast – Makerspaces in Schools with Sarah H. Chung

Sarah H. Chung is a maker educator who has worked on the development of a 20,000 foot makerspace for Center City public charter schools in Washington, DC. She’s had several stops on her journey as a maker educator, working in formal and informal...

Six Flags America Shuts Down Permanently After 51 Years Of Operation

Getty Images Six Flags America closed permanently Sunday after 51 years, ending operations at the 131-acre Maryland park in Bowie. The amusement park announced closure plans in May. Wait times exceeded two hours for popular attractions including...

Daily on Energy: U.S. to skip COP30, a rare earths bill, and Exxon threatens EU exit

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Monday, readers! We hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep yesterday as we all turned our clocks backward for Daylight Saving. We are one week away from the United Nations’ annual climate change...

Six Flags America guest arrested after climbing permanently closed Batman-themed roller coaster: 'Dumbass' By Joey Nolfi

Six Flags America permanently closed Sunday after 51 years of operation. Guest video shows another attendee climbing the 115-foot lift hill of the closed Batwing coaster. The user called the guest a "dumbass" before posting another clip of...

Body cam footage released, driver identified 1 week after crash involving monkeys

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - One week has passed since the crash involving 21 monkeys on I-59 in Jasper County. Now, one week on, new developments have surfaced involving the crash. WDAM and WLOX have obtained exclusive body camera footage,...

FDA Drug Unit chief resigns as he is sued

George Tidmarsh, the head of the FDA’s drug division, resigned on Sunday after he was placed on leave Friday, “after the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Inspector General were notified of serious concerns about his personal...

WEIS MARKETS REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2025 RESULTS

Company's third quarter comparable store sales excluding fuel increased 2.5 percent SUNBURY, Pa., Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Weis Markets, Inc. (NYSE: WMK) today reported its financial results for the 13-week third quarter and 39-week...

Rams Rookie QB Watch: Is Arch Manning-watch back?

This past week of the college football season was uneventful, from a quarterback perspective, to say the least. Ty Simpson and Dante Moore were on a bye week while Fernando Mendoza was on a virtual bye as Indiana played Maryland. The most notable...

Former Marine recruiter still values victories in guiding youth

n 1975, Barry Manilow released his hit single, “Could It Be Magic.” That same year, George Austin, born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and wore the Marine Corps uniform for two decades. “I was taught at an...

At least 3 dead, 11 injured in ‘catastrophic’ UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, governor says

LOUISVILLE, KY — At least three people were killed and 11 others injured after a UPS cargo plane was involved in a "catastrophic crash" in Louisville, causing a large fire that sent a plume of smoke high into the sky, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear...

Offshore Aviation Group Addresses Questions At Piney Point Meeting

PINEY POINT, Md. — A full house filled the seats at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum on Monday, Nov. 3, for a community information meeting where Offshore Aviation Group outlined its purchase and redevelopment plans for the 320-acre Piney Point...

2025 election results for Northwest Ohio & Southeast Michigan | LIVE

Election results are being counted across northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan after polls closed Tuesday. The results that display below for contested races and local issues are unofficial and will remain so until each county board of elections...

National Weather Service Red Flag Warning, Special Weather Statement for Augusta County

The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement followed by a Red Flag Warning about an hour later for the Augusta County region. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will...

HEIDELBERG MONKEY WAR

A Jasper County woman shot down one of the three wild Rhesus monkeys on Sunday morning that had been on the loose since last Tuesday. The resident, Jessica Bond Ferguson, said her son woke her up just after 6 a.m., saying he believed a monkey was...

Who protects us when the EPA won’t?

Like many communities along the East Coast, the town of Crisfield, Maryland, has a flooding problem. As the climate changes, storms are growing more intense, and rising ocean waters are increasingly pushing into low-lying areas, causing chronic...

JK Rowling condemns Glamour magazine for naming gender-confused men ‘Women of the Year’

News Glamour UK's 'Women of the Year' awards to nine gender-confused men sparked outrage, with critics accusing the magazine of promoting the idea that men can be better women. (LifeSiteNews) — Women are outraged after Glamour UK named a group of...