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    Why extreme heat causes trains to slow down
    When steel, the backbone of railroads, heats and expands, there’s a risk of buckling, where the track snaps out to the side. Trains cannot move when this happens.
    An Amtrak train arrives train going to Boston arrives at Penn Station on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Baltimore swelters as temps hit 105 degrees. Here’s when the heat dome ends.
    The Baltimore region saw its second-hottest June temperature ever on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
    A strong ridge of high pressure has trapped very warm air over the Baltimore region for days in a phenomenon known as a heat dome.
    Safety rules face stress test as Baltimore continues trash collection amid heat wave
    As Baltimore swelters under extreme heat this week, the city is making adjustments to trash and recycling collection to keep workers safe, but said pickups will continue as scheduled.
    Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
    A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel gives rise to hopes for a long-term peace
    The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday after a rocky start.
    TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 19: Cleanup efforts are underway at a damaged building used by the Iranian Broadcasting Organisation, hit by Israeli missiles days earlier on June 16, during a press tour on June 19, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Over recent days, Iran has been hit by a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting military and nuclear sites, as well as top military officials, prompting Iran to launch a counterattack.
    Ryan O’Hearn would like a shot at the Home Run Derby, even if it’s a long shot
    Ryan O’Hearn is a favorite to become a major league All-Star for the first time in his career.
    Maryland social studies curriculum update reflects concerns about antisemitism
    Maryland's rewrite was criticized at points for some of the initial changes and for leaving social studies teachers out of the process.
    Maryland’s state board of education approved updates to social studies standards over concerns about growing antisemitism.
    Trump pulled the plug on Maryland’s EV transition. What’s next?
    Electric vehicle sales already lagged far below Maryland’s benchmarks, and so far the state isn’t fighting to preserve the policy, targeted by Republicans.
    Teslas can be seen parked at the Tesla Dealership in Owings Mills, MD on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
    Diontae Johnson explains why he refused to enter game for Ravens: ‘Just wasn’t for me’
    "I understand what you’re saying, but I’m not [going to] go in," Johnson said in an interview. "So I just sat on the bench, and that’s when they suspended me.”
    Wide receiver Diontae Johnson works out before the Ravens' game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 7, 2024.
    Gov. Moore institutes hiring freeze, employee buyouts
    Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and planning to eliminate vacant jobs and possibly consolidate offices.
    Gov. Wes Moore is freezing the hiring of new state employees, offering voluntary buyouts and eliminating vacant jobs across state government.
    It just got tougher to ban books in Maryland school libraries
    Maryland’s school board changed state regulations to align with a law that prevents removing books from school libraries without due process.
    The library and media center inside Oakland Mills High School in Columbia.
    Harriet Tubman gets a roadside historical marker on the Eastern Shore
    Gov. Wes Moore unveiled a new roadside historical marker celebrating abolitionist Harriet Tubman and marking her birthplace.
    A roadside sign commemorating Harriet Tubman's birthplace on the Eastern Shore. The sign reads: arriet Tubman was born Araminta "Minty" Ross CA. 1822 to Ben Ross and Harriet "Rit" Green on Anthony Thompson's farm along Harrisville Road. While still a child, Minty and her mother were sent to the Edward Brodess farm. She returned to work alongside her father, an expert timberman. He taught her to read the landscape and night sky. Here, she met black watermen, a source of secret communication for enslaved people.
    Mfume withdraws run for leadership role on powerful House committee
    The full Democratic Caucus chose Robert Garcia shortly after Kweisi Mfume and Texas' Jasmine Crockett dropped out.
    U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks at a press conference in Baltimore.
    Ravens QB Lamar Jackson requested fully guaranteed deal, got little interest from NFL teams before 2023 extension, document shows
    Before Jackson signed his deal, Eric DeCosta was preparing for the 2023 NFL draft “under the assumption that Mr. Jackson would no longer be playing for the Ravens."
    Quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) takes questions from reporters on June 17 following the team’s mandatory minicamp.
    Trump ceasefire plan falters as Israel says Iran launched more missiles
    President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for the NATO summit that in his view, both sides had violated the nascent agreement.
    A general view shows Tehran skyline, Iran Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
    For relievers at Camden Yards, a benches-clearing brawl is both awkward and hilarious
    At Camden Yards, the home and away bullpens are stacked together in straightaway center field. The relievers from either team use the same staircase to join the fracas.
    BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 31:  Benches clear after Coly Mayo #16 of the Baltimore Orioles and Lenyn Sosa #50 of the Chicago White Sox exchange pushes after a run down in the fourth inning during a baseball game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 31, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.  (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
    For a teacher accused of abusing students, ‘not guilty’ doesn’t equal public exoneration
    When a teacher accused of sexually abusing students is found not guilty, the pain won’t go away easily. Not for the teacher, the student, their families or the community.
    From left, Matthew Schlegel’s attorneys Andrew Harvey, Peter O’Neill, and Patrick Seidel speak to reporters outside the Annapolis courthouse last week.
    Orioles players, fans and staffers find ways to beat the heat
    Temperatures soared to 100 degrees Monday night, making it the hottest first pitch this season
    Baltimore Orioles fan Solomon Baker, 8, uses a misting station to cool off at his first-ever game.
    Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries
    The court’s majority did not detail its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket. All three liberal justices dissented.
    In this image provided by the White House, President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President JD Vance sit in the Situation Room, Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the White House in Washington.
    Judge allows company to survey route for contentious Maryland power line
    The proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would cross some 400 different properties across the three counties.
    A sign protesting the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project power line stands in a yard in Parkton, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.
    A heat dome is bringing dangerous temps to Maryland. Here’s what to know.
    A strong ridge of high pressure is creating “very warm” air mass over the region, a phenomenon known as a heat dome.
    Local residents relax inside the lobby of the Zeta Center for Healthy and Active Aging, one of the Baltimore City Health Department’s cooling centers, in northwest Baltimore on Monday.
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