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11/13/2025

Una tormenta geomagnética iluminó los cielos del DMV el martes en la noche. Aquí algunas fotos enviadas por los televidentes.

11/13/2025

11/13/2025

Guatemalan Chicken Restaurant Opening Soon Outside White Marsh Mall

A Guatemalan chicken restaurant is opening soon outside the White Marsh Mall. The eatery will occupy the former Burger King building.

Pollo Campero, a Latin American chicken restaurant, is opening soon outside the White Marsh Mall. This will be the chain's first location in Baltimore County.

The quick-service eatery will be located in the former Burger King space at 8233 Perry Hall Blvd. The stand-alone building neighbors the 7-Eleven gas station in the mall parking lot. The closest business attached to the mall is Buffalo Wild Wings.

The restaurant has been on foodies' watch lists since June. That's when County Council Member David Marks (R-Upper Falls) announced in the South Perry Hall Boulevard Improvement Association Facebook group that "permits have been applied for."

White Marsh Mall has undergone some changes over the past year.

An entity of Spinoso Real Estate Group acquired the mall from Brookfield Properties for $190 million in October 2024.

That November, the recently sold mall announced that Pollo Campero was on its way.

In the same announcement, the mall said Kanji Sushi would open a sit-down restaurant in the food court in the former Greene Turtle. Kanji Sushi was open by this July.

Across the food court, The Original Pancake House opened in the former Red Robin by April 2025.

Pollo Campero will offer fried and roasted chicken. There will also be empanadas and sandwiches. Refreshments will include horchata and mango juices.

Pollo Campero was founded in Guatemala in 1971.

"To us, Campero means flavor," the restaurant's website says. "A deep, rich and unique taste that can only be obtained by uniting the freshest ingredients with the best, complementary spices. It's about combining generations of family recipes into the perfect, savory bite."

This will be Maryland's 11th Pollo Campero. The other locations are in:

Annapolis Mall.
Bethesda (Westfield Montgomery mall).
Columbia (The Mall in Columbia).
Frederick.
Gaithersburg.
Hyattsville.
Laurel.
Langley Park.
Wheaton.
Westfield Wheaton mall.

09/10/2025

09/10/2025

Family homelessness is down 61% since 2015.

Part of that is because we closed the unsafe and outdated DC General facility—and replaced it with local, service-rich shelters across the city.

A snapshot of short-term housing for families that we've opened over the past decade⬇️

09/10/2025

IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, who died on this day in 2022. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/6-G96N

09/10/2025

For eight years, the Obama Foundation has had the privilege of inspiring, empowering, and connecting changemakers across the globe. Each one of our embodies our mission to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world.

Today, we proudly welcome our newest cohorts from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States into our six-month Obama Leaders program. With over 200 leaders from 70 countries and territories, this network is growing stronger by the year — and so is our shared commitment to meaningful change.

👏 Join us in celebrating the 2025-2026 Obama Leaders and learn more about the program by visiting: https://obama.org/programs/leaders/

09/10/2025

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

09/10/2025

09/10/2025

Let me just come right out and say it: I love Bernie Sanders. Happy birthday, old friend. Bernie has more guts than any politician I know. Hell, he has more guts than just about anyone I know. Few people have been as dedicated to unrigging our economy and combatting the American oligarchy as him. Here we are back in 2016 during his first presidential run. He had just given a rousing speech in Oakland. I was proud to support him then and I’m proud to still be in the fight with him now.