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Zak Failla

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zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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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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Police & Fire
Shooting Suspect Surrenders In Fredericksburg Teen Attack; Accomplice Apprehended: Police Shooting Suspect Surrenders In Fredericksburg Teen Attack; Accomplice Apprehended: Police
Shooting Suspect Surrenders In Fredericksburg Teen Attack; Accomplice Apprehended: Police A Virginia man accused of opening fire on a teenager has turned himself in, and an alleged accomplice was also apprehended, authorities announced. Camron Robinson, 20, of King George County, was arrested on Monday, June 30, one week after a shooting in the 1100 block of Central Park Boulevard that left a teen hospitalized, according to Fredericksburg Police. The shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, June 23, police said. Officers were called to the scene after a 911 caller reported a shooting injury. When officers arrived, they found a juvenile victim suffering from a gunshot wou…

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News
Thousands Lose Power In Baltimore As Violent Storms Slam Region Thousands Lose Power In Baltimore As Violent Storms Slam Region
Thousands Lose Power In Baltimore As Violent Storms Slam Region Thousands in Maryland once again find themselves without power as sweltering heat and wild storms roll through the region. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, Baltimore Gas & Electric was reporting nearly 300 active outages that were impacting 7,815 of their 1.34 million customers across the state. Severe thunderstorm and flood warnings were issued by the National Weather Service across parts of Maryland was the area braced for the latest round of wicked weather. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9 PM EDT for the District Of Columbia, DE, MD, NJ south-central/south…

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Police & Fire
$1M Fire Rips Through Montgomery County Apartment Building, Displaces Six Families: Officials $1M Fire Rips Through Montgomery County Apartment Building, Displaces Six Families: Officials
$1M Fire Rips Through Montgomery County Apartment Building, Displaces Six Families: Officials It started with a mattress — and sent flames through the top floor. A two-alarm fire caused nearly $1 million in damage, injured two Montgomery County firefighters, and displaced at least six families in Gaithersburg on Tuesday, July 1, officials said. Fire crews responded around 10 a.m. to a three-story apartment building at 746 Quince Orchard Boulevard, near Rabbit Road in the Potomac Oaks community, according to MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer. More… Quince Orchard Boulevard, three-story apartment building,, nearly 100 FFs on scene, temp on scene 90°, two (2) firefighters injured/ev…

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Politics
FBI Picks New Headquarters Location — And It's Not In Maryland Or Virginia FBI Picks New Headquarters Location — And It's Not In Maryland Or Virginia
FBI Picks New Headquarters Location — And It's Not In Maryland Or Virginia Maryland and Virginia just got ghosted. After years of public debate and political wrangling over where to build a massive new FBI campus — with locations in Maryland and Virginia as the top contenders — the Trump administration has decided to keep the bureau’s headquarters right in Washington, DC, officials announced Tuesday, July 1. Under the Biden administration in 2023, officials chose a site in Greenbelt, though that plan never came to fruition. The FBI and the US General Services Administration (GSA) confirmed the new location will be the Ronald Reagan Building complex in downtown DC…

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Schools
UPenn Bans Trans Athletes After Feds Find Title IX Violations, Ending Lia Thomas Case UPenn Bans Trans Athletes After Feds Find Title IX Violations, Ending Lia Thomas Case
UPenn Bans Trans Athletes After Feds Find Title IX Violations, Ending Lia Thomas Case The University of Pennsylvania will no longer allow male athletes in women’s sports. The US Department of Education announced Tuesday, July 1, that the school (UPenn) has signed a Resolution Agreement after federal investigators found the school violated Title IX by permitting “a male to compete in female athletic programs and occupy female-only intimate facilities.” According to the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the findings stemmed from a Title IX investigation that began after UPenn awarded swimmer Lia Thomas a roster spot on the women’s swim team.  UPenn had been at …

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Virginia Man Threatened To Rape Cop’s Daughter, Emailed Child Porn: Feds Virginia Man Threatened To Rape Cop’s Daughter, Emailed Child Porn: Feds
Virginia Man Threatened To Rape Cop’s Daughter, Emailed Child Porn: Feds What started as a parking complaint ended in disturbing federal charges for a Virginia man. Xavier Joseph Stafford, 22, of Williamsburg, admitted this week to threatening to rape a police officer's daughter over a simple parking dispute, federal authorities announced. Specifically, Stafford pleaded guilty on Monday, June 30 to distributing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children, according to the US Attorney's Office. According to court documents, on Feb. 14 and 15, a police officer made contact with, and requested he move his vehicle from private property in Wi…

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Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out At St. Rita Catholic Church In Dundalk, Officials Say (PHOTOS) Fire Breaks Out At St. Rita Catholic Church In Dundalk, Officials Say (PHOTOS)
Fire Breaks Out At St. Rita Catholic Church In Dundalk, Officials Say (Photos) Baltimore County firefighters braved oppressive heat while battling a two-alarm blaze that tore through a historic Maryland church Tuesday afternoon. Crews were called around 3 p.m. on July 1, to St. Rita Catholic Church on the 2900 block of Dunleer Road in Dundalk, where flames and smoke were seen pouring from the building’s bell tower. 2nd ALARM BUILDING FIRE 2900 BLK Dunleer Rd | #BCoFD Crews arrived to fire showing | Crews actively working to extinguish and contain the fire| PIO Enroute |DT 14:34 pic.twitter.com/Jbran2skrx — Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) July 1, 2025…

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DC Woman Crushed By Large Tree Limb During Hike In Shenandoah National Park, Family Says DC Woman Crushed By Large Tree Limb During Hike In Shenandoah National Park, Family Says
DC Woman Crushed By Large Tree Limb During Hike In Shenandoah National Park, Family Says A relaxing hike turned into a fight for her life. District resident Theresa Puhr is recovering in the ICU after a tree limb fell on her during a sudden thunderstorm in Shenandoah National Park, according to her family. The accident happened on June 19, 2025, as the DC native and her husband, Steven Wagner, were finishing up a hike, friends said. They were less than a mile from their car when the storm swept in. Theresa Puhr GoFundMe “Within seconds of the storm sweeping in, a large tree limb fell down on Theresa, badly injuring her,” Kaley Wagner wrote on a GoFundMe campaign titled…

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Police & Fire
Woman Attacked During Jordan Sneaker Deal, Suspect Barricades In Bedroom: Stafford Sheriff Woman Attacked During Jordan Sneaker Deal, Suspect Barricades In Bedroom: Stafford Sheriff
Woman Attacked During Jordan Sneaker Deal, Suspect Barricades In Bedroom: Stafford Sheriff He wouldn’t come out — so they went in. A man wanted for multiple assaults was busted in Virginia after he allegedly attacked a woman during a shoe sale, then tried to hide in a bedroom when deputies came knocking, authorities said. Deputies responded to a home on Dover Place at 8:38 p.m. on Monday, June 30, after a woman reported being assaulted while trying to buy Jordan sneakers, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The woman arrived at Romaine Williamson's Stafford home in an attempt to buy the shoes, but instead she was attacked during the deal, leading to a wild chain o…

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Columbia Couple Found Dead Inside Home In Suspected Murder-Suicide: Police Columbia Couple Found Dead Inside Home In Suspected Murder-Suicide: Police
Columbia Couple Found Dead Inside Home In Suspected Murder-Suicide: Police New details have been released as police investigate after a man and woman were found dead in a grisly scene in Maryland on Monday night, police say. Howard County Police are investigating a suspected domestic murder-suicide in Columbia after a man and woman were found dead inside a home on Summer Blossom Lane. Officers responded to the 7500 block around 8:15 p.m. on June 30, after an acquaintance went to check on the pair and found both bodies inside, police said Tuesday, July 1. Through investigation, police say detectives believe Ahmad Kharma, 23, shot and killed Shannon Buschner, 47, b…

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