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Reagan Dulles BWI

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Today’s tides (High tides in Bold )

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com ; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s -sunny, pc -partly cloudy, c -cloudy, r -rain,

sh - showers, t -thunderstorms, sf -snow flurries,

sn -snow, i -ice

Moon Phases Solar system

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

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Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

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Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Yesterday's National

88° 3:57 p.m.

69° 4:11 a.m.

83°/65°

99° 2011

49° 19 77

88° 2:27 p.m.

62° 4:25 a.m.

81°/60°

97 ° 200 7

36° 19 77

90° 2:31 p.m.

66° 4:28 a.m.

82°/60°

99° 2011

43° 19 77

Washington 3:52 a.m. 10:49 a.m. 4:17 p.m. 10:55 p.m.
Annapolis 1:29 a.m. 7:41 a.m. 12:59 p.m. 7:35 p.m.
Ocean City 3:25 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 4:01 p.m. 10:17 p.m.
Norfolk 5:12 a.m. 11:27 a.m. 5:52 p.m. none
Point Lookout 3:50 a.m. 9:11 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 10:14 p.m.

84

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62 ° 84

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65 ° 75

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65 ° 80

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67 ° 85

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69 ° 86

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70 °

Sun 5:42 a.m. 8:32 p.m.

Moon 3:07 p.m. 2:33 a.m.

Venus 3:55 a.m. 5:36 p.m.

Mars 2:29 a.m. 2:54 p.m.

Jupiter 2:11 a.m. 2:23 p.m.

Saturn 12:33 a.m. 11:05 a.m.

June 14

Full

June 20

Last

Quarter

June 28

New

July 6

First

Quarter

0.15"

0.66"

1.05"

19 .62"

17.18"

0.02"

0.52"

1.19"

17.74"

18.43"

0.04"

0.09"

1.09"

19.11"

18.32"

Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny, winds subsiding. High 63
to 67. Winds west–northwest 12–25 mph. Tonight, clear.
Low 49 to 53. Winds north–northwest 6–12 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, breezy, humid, a stray
thunderstorm in the morning. High 81 to 90. Winds
southwest 10– 20 mph. Tonight, clear. Low 63 to 69. Winds
northwest 7–14 mph. Friday, partly sunny; noticeably less
humid than recent days. High 73 to 79.

Pollen: High

Grass Low

Tr ees Moderate

Weeds Low

Mold High

UV: Extreme

11 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Ozone

89/61

90/69

81/ 64

81/5 9

84/60

82/ 64

84/58

85/5 7

80/54

88/70

83/ 69

80/57 84/62

78/56

64/49 84/62

70 °

68 °

74 °

72 °

Waterways: Upper Potomac River : Today, partly sunny. Wind west–
northwest 10–20 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. Visibility unrestricted.

• Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay : Today, partly sunny. Wind west
  10–20 knots. Waves 1–2 feet on the Lower Potomac; 1–3 feet on
  the Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages : The stage at Little Falls will be
  around 3.40 feet today, with no change of 3.40 Friday. Flood stage
  at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 71/55/r 75/54/pc

Albuquerque 92/67/pc 97/71/pc

Anchorage 64/51/sh 66/53/c

Atlanta 86/65/t 85/66/t

Austin 99/73/s 103/75/pc

Baltimore 84/58/s 83/64/pc

Billings, MT 79/58/c 84/60/c

Birmingham 85/63/t 81/66/t

Bismarck, ND 76/53/c 80/59/c

Boise 86/63/pc 89/62/pc

Boston 74/60/r 78/60/s

Buffalo 64/54/pc 69/57/c

Burlington, VT 63/56/r 76/56/pc

Charleston, SC 91/72/t 88/74/pc

Charleston, WV 73/53/pc 75/55/c

Charlotte 90/63/pc 85/66/s

Cheyenne, WY 82/53/c 87/61/c

Chicago 77/59/pc 74/59/c

Cincinnati 75/58/pc 74/58/t

Cleveland 71/56/pc 74/57/c

Dallas 97/79/pc 100/78/pc

Denver 88/57/pc 92/62/c

Des Moines 78/60/pc 76/60/t

Detroit 74/54/pc 75/56/c

El Paso 100/73/c 102/77/s

Fairbanks, AK 65/43/pc 67/45/s

Fargo, ND 78/54/c 79/61/pc

Hartford, CT 79/55/r 80/56/s

Honolulu 86/73/s 86/73/s

Houston 97/77/s 99/77/pc

Indianapolis 77/59/pc 73/57/t

Jackson, MS 89/71/t 85/72/t

Jacksonville, FL 92/72/t 91/73/t

Kansas City, MO 81/64/pc 79/63/t

Las Vegas 107/85/s 109/85/s

Little Rock 85/67/t 80/69/t

Los Angeles 82/64/pc 85/67/s

Louisville 79/62/pc 78/62/t

Memphis 85/67/pc 80/68/t

Miami 89/75/t 87/75/t

Milwaukee 75/58/pc 74/59/c

Minneapolis 78/60/pc 79/63/s

Nashville 82/60/s 79/62/t

New Orleans 94/79/pc 91/78/t

New York City 80/61/r 80/64/s

Norfolk 90/69/t 79/67/pc

Oklahoma City 83/69/c 89/69/pc

Omaha 80/61/t 77/63/pc

Orlando 91/75/pc 90/74/t

Philadelphia 84/62/sh 82/66/s

Phoenix 110/86/s 113/88/s

Pittsburgh 71/55/pc 73/57/c

Portland, ME 65/53/r 74/55/pc

Portland, OR 74/62/r 70/61/sh

Providence, RI 76/57/r 78/58/s

Raleigh, NC 89/63/pc 85/66/s

Reno, NV 93/62/pc 96/62/s

Richmond 89/61/pc 85/63/pc

Sacramento 99/68/pc 104/68/s

St. Louis 83/67/s 76/61/t

St. Thomas, VI 86/78/s 87/78/s

Salt Lake City 92/67/pc 95/70/s

San Diego 70/63/pc 73/64/pc

San Francisco 76/60/pc 79/60/s

San Juan, PR 90/77/pc 90/78/c

Seattle 62/57/r 66/56/sh

Spokane, WA 73/57/c 68/56/sh

Syracuse 64/54/sh 74/53/pc

Tampa 90/80/s 89/79/t

Wichita 80/65/t 84/67/pc

Addis Ababa 72/54/r 73/54/pc

Amsterdam 65/54/pc 69/57/pc

Athens 85/71/pc 83/68/t

Auckland 62/55/pc 62/55/pc

Baghdad 111/81/pc 105/78/pc

Bangkok 94/80/t 94/80/t

Beijing 84/61/c 79/62/t

Berlin 74/56/pc 76/58/pc

Bogota 63/49/r 64/50/r

Brussels 68/52/pc 72/57/pc

Buenos Aires 59/42/c 51/40/s

Cairo 103/79/s 103/81/s

Caracas 74/64/t 74/64/t

Copenhagen 66/56/t 67/56/pc

Dakar 84/76/pc 83/75/c

Dublin 69/52/sh 67/51/sh

Edinburgh 66/56/pc 67/54/sh

Frankfurt 69/50/t 75/56/pc

Geneva 67/48/pc 74/53/s

Ham., Bermuda 81/75/pc 80/76/pc

Helsinki 69/50/pc 72/54/pc

Ho Chi Minh City 95/79/t 95/78/t

Hong Kong 85/81/t 86/81/t

Islamabad 108/82/pc 107/80/c

Istanbul 80/68/pc 85/68/c

Jerusalem 88/66/s 91/70/s

Johannesburg 67/42/s 63/40/s

Kabul 82/65/s 83/65/pc

Kingston, Jam. 88/78/pc 88/78/pc

Kolkata 99/86/pc 98/86/c

Kyiv 84/61/pc 85/62/pc

Lagos 89/75/sh 88/74/t

Lima 67/59/pc 66/58/c

Lisbon 82/67/s 89/67/s

London 66/59/pc 74/53/pc

Madrid 92/63/s 95/68/s

Manila 95/81/t 94/80/t

Mexico City 72/54/t 78/58/t

Montreal 62/56/sh 69/57/r

Moscow 82/62/pc 83/60/pc

Mumbai 92/84/t 91/85/t

Nairobi 76/55/pc 76/57/pc

New Delhi 109/89/pc 109/89/pc

Oslo 65/53/c 68/54/sh

Ottawa 63/52/sh 67/51/sh

Paris 69/57/pc 77/58/pc

Prague 65/56/r 71/52/pc

Rio de Janeiro 75/70/c 78/68/pc

Riyadh 115/86/s 115/84/s

Rome 81/64/pc 85/66/s

San Salvador 83/69/t 82/69/t

Santiago 65/40/pc 72/40/pc

Sarajevo 69/55/t 64/56/t

Seoul 76/59/sh 82/64/pc

Shanghai 85/70/c 76/68/s

Singapore 87/77/t 88/77/t

Stockholm 70/54/c 72/54/sh

Sydney 61/50/s 63/49/s

Taipei City 81/75/t 85/76/t

Tehran 96/78/s 94/73/s

Tokyo 73/64/c 76/68/c

Toronto 69/53/pc 73/55/pc

Vienna 69/58/t 69/58/sh

Warsaw 81/62/t 75/57/t

Today

Shower,

breezy

Friday

Partly sunny

Saturday

Rain, t-storm

Sunday

T-storm

possible

Monday

Showers

Tuesday

Partly sunny

Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

Statistics through 5 p.m. Wednesday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +2.6° yr. to date: +0.5°

High: Las Vegas, NV 107°

Low: Bodie State Park, CA 28°

World

High: Jahra, Kuwait 123°

Low: La Paz, Bolivia 18°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND: WNW 10–20 mph

HUMIDITY: Moderate

CHNCE PRECIP: 40%

FEELS*: 87°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 87°

W 6–12 mph

Moderate

10%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 74°

NNE 6–12 mph

Moderate

95%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 82°

SSW 6–12 mph

Moderate

30%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 85°

SW 7–14 mph

Moderate

40%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 87°

NNW 6–12 mph

Moderate

25%

Departing clouds, plenty of sun

If clouds are still around early, they
should be departing with haste. The
main portion of the day will be
partly to mostly sunny as winds blow
out of the northwest. Highs will be
near 80 and into the low 80s.

The Weather

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BY NGAN HO

Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old
Black boy, was dragged from his
cell and hanged from a sycamore
tree outside the Towson jailhouse
in Baltimore County by a mob of
white men in 1885.
His tragic lynching was cov-
ered during a public hearing Sat-
urday at the Baltimore County
Council Chambers in Towson by
the Maryland Lynching Truth
and Reconciliation Commission
(MLTRC).
“We started the process of ac-
knowledging the legacy of racial
lynching in the state of Mary-
land,” said Charles Chavis, vice
chair of the MLTRC. “And it’s
really just the beginning” of that
endeavor with these public hear-
ings, he said.
The commission was estab-
lished in 2019 through House Bill

307. It’s the first of its kind in the
     United States and is dedicated to
     researching cases of racially moti-
     vated lynchings in the country.
     The MLTRC is authorized to
     hold public meetings and region-
     al hearings where lynchings of
     African Americans by a White
     mob has been documented and
     develop recommendations for ad-
     dressing the legacy of lynching.
     Dozens of people heard from
     speakers, including community
     leaders and scholars, who re-
     counted Cooper’s case, explored
     the role of local government and
     news outlets at that time and its
     significance today.

An all-White jury convicted

Cooper of assault and rape of a

White teenage girl, Mary Cather-

ine Gray, in an area then known

as Rockland in Baltimore County.

He was sentenced to death by a

jury that deliberated for less than

a minute. Neither Cooper nor

Gray said Gray was raped; only a

doctor who examined Gray testi-

fied to that, said Jennifer Liles, a

public historian.

Why Cooper allegedly attacked

Gray is unclear, but records show

Cooper said he did it for the

“devilment” of it, Liles said, allud-

ing to undiagnosed personality

disorders as culprit. Rape was

punishable by death back then.

Fearing the verdict might be

reversed upon appeal, a mob of

masked White men dragged Coo-

per from his cell and hanged him

from a sycamore tree outside the

Towson jailhouse. He was one of

approximately 40 Black Mary-

landers lynched, as documented

by historians.

The MLTRC’s hearing process

allows members of the public,

including the descendants of vic-

tims, witnesses and perpetrators,

the opportunity to offer testimo-

ny about how these killings have

impacted their lives and their

communities — in addition to

allowing them the opportunity to

make recommendations for

achieving racial healing.

Juliet Hinley, a descendant of

one of Cooper’s lynchers, told

attendees it may be insufficient

for her to apologize on behalf of

her ancestors, but she is grateful

that the truth came to light. Hine-

ly’s great-great-grandfather, Mil-

ton Walters Offutt, was identified

as the leader of the lynch mob.

“I am in awe of the archive that

brought this truth to light,” she

said, holding back tears. “I believe

that the crime of Howard Coo-

per’s murder is no longer unre-

solved, that his perpetrators are

no longer in control of his legacy.”

The Baltimore Sun’s editorial

board recently published an edi-

torial acknowledging its unbal-

anced reporting of Cooper’s case.

According to an April 1885

account in the newspaper, the

Sun described Cooper as much

older than he was — “about 24

years of age” — “stout,” about

5 feet 9 inches tall, and “well

known” as a criminal offender,

although writers offered no spe-

cifics.

Other articles recounted the

circumstances law enforcement

faced and the righteous anger of

the White community, but almost

nothing was said on behalf of the

lynching victims, the lack of due

process they were afforded, or the

effects their slayings had on Black

communities, according to the

editorial.

Will Schwarz, founder of the

Maryland Lynching Memorial

Project (MLMP), said 4 00 years of

pain s till lingers.

“I hope that today’s testimo-

nies has helped illuminate the

dark history of Baltimore County

that we’ve examined and will

motivate each of us to look for

ways that we can heal that pain,”

Schwarz said.

The MLMP, a coalition of 13

county chapters working to docu-

ment the history of lynching in

Maryland, last year memorialized

Cooper with a marker and cer-

emony near the Towson jail

where he was imprisoned. Coo-

per’s marker in Towson is the

second of its kind in the state.

Gov. Larry Hogan (R) last year

also granted posthumous par-

dons to 34 Maryland lynching

victims, including Cooper.

Saturday’s public hearing in

Baltimore County is the second

public hearing conducted by the

MLTRC. The first MLTRC public

hearing was held in Allegany

County and examined the 1907

lynching of William Burns.

“I know we’re united by a de-

sire to advance the cause of racial

justice, but also by our belief that

we can move the needle and be

united by hope,” Schwarz said.

“These are not easy times to be

hopeful, but really that is what

makes it so much more important

that we maintain it and nurture.”

— Baltimore Sun

MARYLAND

State commission holds hearing on 1885 lynching of 15-year-old in Towson

KIM HAIRSTON/BALTIMORE SUN

Members of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, from left, Maya Davis,

David Armenti and Charles Chavis, listen to testimony this week on the slaying of Howard Cooper.

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