Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state.
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Yaakov Reichman, 32, turned himself in to police on Monday. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter and neglect of a minor, according to court documents.
Crews have largely completed the installation of trestles — overwater wooden platforms that jut over the Patapsco River — to use during the construction of the bridge.
Thursday’s eclipse will be partial but notable: 96.3% of the moon’s surface will be covered and visible to billions of people across all of North and South America, as well as parts of Europe and Africa.
“I always believed I was a better hitter than I was showing in the big leagues,” Jacob Young said in May. “I’ve hit my whole life, so getting to the big leagues and struggling was really hard.”
Baltimore ethics director J. Christoph Amberger’s past at Agora Companies resurfaces as the city pursues a consumer protection lawsuit against the Baltimore-based publishing company.
Sgt. Mark Rutkowski, 51, of Canton, who’d been with the department for more than 25 years, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to theft and misconduct in office.
Tony Toskov, a long-time Maryland entrepreneur, who founded the medical and adult-use cannabis dispensary Green Point Wellness, is one rooted deeply in the communities it serves.
Baltimore City Community College is the seventh institution to ratify a contract since the Maryland legislature first granted community college faculty the right to unionize in 2021.