Zak Failla

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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Annapolis, MD
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'Way Out Of Your League': Wes Moore Tears Into Laura Loomer After Racist Tirade 'Way Out Of Your League': Wes Moore Tears Into Laura Loomer After Racist Tirade 'Way Out Of Your League': Wes Moore Tears Into Laura Loomer After Racist Tirade
'Way Out Of Your League': Wes Moore Tears Into Laura Loomer After Racist Tirade Wes Moore just told Laura Loomer to pick on someone her own size. The Maryland governor unloaded on the right-wing talking head on Monday, after she spent much of the weekend hurling racist and sexist insults at Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon and other prominent Black women, then repeatedly doubled down when the backlash came. Moore had apparently seen enough. "Laura Loomer, you traffic in low level insults, cruelty, and ugliness," the governor wrote in a blistering post on X. .@LauraLoomer - you traffic in low level insults, cruelty, and ugliness.You attack and insult Black women bec…

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by Zak Failla
Bridgeport, CT
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Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Connecticut Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Connecticut Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Connecticut Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95
Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Connecticut Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Ashley Taunton isn't out of the woods yet, but Taylor Swift is helping her get there. The 42-year-old Connecticut mother who suffered critical injuries while assisting a group of teenagers on I-95 got an unexpected assist from a certain 36-year-old singer. You may have heard of her. Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to the GoFundMe campaign for Ashley Taunton, whose recovery from a July crash has gone viral. PEOPLE confirmed on Friday that the pop star had contributed to the fund, which has since jumped to more than $87,000 since it was created in July. Taylor Swift made a big donation…

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by Zak Failla
Woodbridge, VA
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Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police
Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police One man is dead, and a family member is behind bars after a domestic dispute turned deadly in Northern Virginia. Ryheim Darnel Harrington, 25, is being held without bond following an investigation into an early Sunday morning stabbing that ended with Maliek Raykwon Harrington, 27, dead, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Both men are from Woodbridge. Officers were called shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Aug. 30 to a home in the 4600 block of Whitaker Place in Woodbridge where there were reports of a domestic dispute involving a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found…

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Germantown, MD
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Germantown Mustang Driver Charged In Wrong-Way I-270 Crash That Killed 2: Police Germantown Mustang Driver Charged In Wrong-Way I-270 Crash That Killed 2: Police Germantown Mustang Driver Charged In Wrong-Way I-270 Crash That Killed 2: Police
Germantown Mustang Driver Charged In Wrong-Way I-270 Crash That Killed 2: Police A family trip through Maryland ended with a mother and daughter dead and two others rushed to the hospital. Musammat Shamima Begum, 46, of Burke, and her daughter, Areebah Jahin, 23, of Alexandria, were riding in a Toyota Camry on I-270 in Montgomery County on Saturday, Aug. 29, when police say a Mustang came at them from the wrong direction. It was shortly before 6:50 p.m. The Camry was heading south near Democracy Boulevard when Jose Caballero Nolasco, 32, of Germantown, allegedly drove his Ford Mustang north into the southbound lanes, according to a preliminary Maryland State Police inv…

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by Zak Failla
Fort Washington, MD
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WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Fort Washington Park Police Shooting WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Fort Washington Park Police Shooting WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Fort Washington Park Police Shooting
Watch: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Fort Washington Park Police Shooting What began with reports of an armed man near the Potomac ended with a gunshot, a frantic rush into the water and officers trying to save a Maryland man as their body cameras rolled. Nearly a month after 30-year-old Alex Charles was fatally shot by a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer, the Maryland Attorney General's Office has released body-worn camera footage showing the tense encounter unfold at Fort Washington Park in Prince George's County. The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, July 31, after officers were called to the park for reports of a shooting and a man…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ
Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Gregory Grooms waited more than three hours outside his victim's apartment before springing a violent ambush. Now he will have five years in prison to think about that choice. The 27-year-old District resident was sentenced to five years in prison in DC Superior Court in connection with an attack in August 2024, according to the US Attorney's Office. "After this defendant and his accomplice spent hours lying in wait for their victim, they ambushed him at gunpoint, repeatedly pistol-whipped him, forced him to strip, and paraded him naked through his apartment building,” US Attorney Jeanine P…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting
21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting A burst of Friday afternoon gunfire has left a 21-year-old DC man dead and police searching for answers. Cortes Lilly, of Northeast DC, has been identified as the man killed in the quadruple shooting that broke out at approximately 1:42 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Saturday. Four men were found shot when officers reached the scene. Lilly was unconscious and not breathing. The other three men were conscious and breathing, police said. Three were taken by ambulance to area hospitals, while Lilly was airlifted by fi…

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by Zak Failla
Annapolis, MD
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$7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say $7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say $7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say
$7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say He didn't need a gun to pull off a multimillion-dollar heist. A Nigerian national who infiltrated employee email accounts and helped redirect more than $7.5 million from two charities, including one in Maryland, will spend eight years in federal prison for the elaborate cyber scheme. Olusegun Samson Adejorin, 32, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 28, to 96 months behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release, after a federal jury found him guilty of a wide-ranging scam following a six-day trial, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. The scheme ra…

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by Zak Failla
Annapolis, MD
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Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire
Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis Zips Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire What sounded like an explosion ended with a much better outcome in Maryland. Firefighters were called to ZIPS Cleaners in the 1900 block of West Street in Annapolis on Saturday, Aug. 29, for a reported explosion and commercial building fire, according to the fire department. By the time crews from the Annapolis Fire Department arrived, the danger had largely passed. Firefighters determined that a dry-cleaning machine malfunctioned, causing a sudden pressure release involving the machine and an adjacent dryer. An occupant inside the business quickly grabbed a portable fire extinguisher and…

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McLean, VA
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Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say
Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In McLean, Police Say Two children were allegedly assaulted by a 61-year-old daycare teacher in Northern Virginia, according to police. Alexandria resident Wafa Abdelhafiz Abdalla, an educator at the Faz Creative Education Learning Center in the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road in McLean, was arrested this week following an investigation into alleged assaults on children. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department determined that Abdalla forcefully pushed a 2-year-old boy to the floor and struck another 2-year-old boy in the head with an open hand while working as a teacher at the daycare. Abdalla was ar…

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