Dominique Maria Bonessi is WAMU’s Maryland Reporter. She was previously the city hall reporter for WYPR, the NPR member station in Baltimore, where she focused on city politics, police and residents’ concerns. After graduating from the George Washington University in 2015, Dominique became a freelancer with the support of a grant from the International Center for Journalists to cover the lack of mental health and educational resources for refugees and their families in Istanbul, Turkey. She is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Levantine Arabic. Dominique is currently completing a Master’s in International Relations at American University.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it has concerns about air traffic controllers who work the midnight shift taking on extra work in an airspace as busy as LaGuardia's.
The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children. Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million.
Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.
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