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Jose Umana

Maryland

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Digital Editor and Journalist at WTOP-FM (Washington, DC)

Digital editor, journalist ✍️ @WTOP l 🎙️@TheBadHombresFC l @NWSLmedia member ⚽l @merrillcollege alum 🐢 Bluesky: https://t.co/xFVdnMxEFT

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  • 4 days ago | wtop.com | Jose Umana

    Starting next school year, students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will have stricter rules regarding their cellphone use during class. New guidelines released by Montgomery County Public Schools will require students of all grade levels to keep their mobile devices turned off and out of sight when “use is not permitted.”The list of devices include mobile instruments capable of sending or receiving data via voice, video or text, including cellphones, tablets, laptops and smartwatches.

  • 5 days ago | wtop.com | Jose Umana

    Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the D.C. region was doing better economically, according to the most recent State of the Capital Region report. But one of the authors says that with recent decisions being made by President Donald Trump’s administration, its future now remains unclear. The report evaluates how the different parts of the D.C. area’s housing, population and employment situations recovered from the pandemic.

  • 1 week ago | wtop.com | Jose Umana

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  • 2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Jose Umana

    D.C. police are investigating a double shooting in the Petworth neighborhood that left a man dead and a teenage boy injured on Tuesday night. Authorities responded to the area of Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue near the Petworth Metro Station just after 9 p.m.,When officers arrived to the scene, officers found two males, one adult and one teen, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a nearby hospital. The adult male later died due to his injuries.

  • 2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Jose Umana

    One of the most prestigious high school boys basketball games in the nation is taking place this weekend in the D.C. region. The Capital Classic brings together the top young talent from the D.C. area as they take on some of the best players from the rest of the United States in a special showcase exhibition. The game, which is celebrating its 52nd anniversary, has a historic lineage that dates back to 1974.

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