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    Paper, fax machines, stress. Inside cyberattacks on hospitals
    Saint Agnes Hospital was just the latest to face a cyberattack, which are increasingly focused on health care facilities. Workers want more attention to their stress.
    Members of a nurses union rally to address staffing issues outside Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Catonsville on June 20, 2024.
    Fewer people want to become police officers. What can be done about it?
    Distrust in police and increased scrutiny on the profession are among the reasons many are turning away from the job. Departments around the state are trying to come up with creative ways to reverse the trend.
    Robbie Wright, Baltimore County Police corporal, speaks with students attending a criminal justice fair at Community College of Baltimore County.
    Biden vows to stay in race after meeting with Moore, other Democratic governors
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joined other Democratic governors in meeting Wednesday with President Joe Biden, who says he's staying in the race for president.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore talks with President Joe Biden in April near the site of the Key Bridge collapse in Dundalk.
    Maryland contract with welfare payments provider promises to combat stolen SNAP benefits
    The contract promises to swiftly implement encrypted chip technology used in credit and debit cards — along with a myriad of other protections — for Marylanders that use the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other cash assistance.
    NAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.
    Maryland Department of Health workers win nearly $600K settlement in pay dispute
    A state employee union alleged that hospital employees were not paid overtime for working extra hours. Instead, the state Department of Health had them to pick up extra shifts as independent contractors, paying them a lower rate.
    Patrick Moran of the AFSCME union representing correctional officers speaks at a Maryland Board of Public Works meeting at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Thousands of correctional officers were awarded millions in back pay.
    Wes Moore to join other Democratic governors in post-debate meeting with President Biden
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will join other Democratic governors in a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday night amid rising concerns about the president’s re-election campaign.
    President Joe Biden, accompanied by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, speaks near the site of the collapsed Key Bridge. Biden, on Friday, April 5, 2024, said " we will not rest ... until the cement has dried on the entirety of a new bridge, a new bridge."
    More companies in Maryland hiring private security guards to ward off crime
    The state is requiring new training as companies increasingly turn to use of private security guards to fight crime as fewer people become police officers.
    Alex Godfrey stands in front of Ross Dress For Less, looking out into the Laurel Lakes Centre parking lot on a sunny afternoon.
    Home contractors have a bad reputation. This Columbia woman is trying to change it.
    Valerie Traore knows people have a hard time working with contractors. A Woman’s Brush, her small contracting company that specializes in deck staining and cabinet painting, is determined to give the industry a better reputation.
    Val Traore, owner of A Woman’s Brush, poses for a portrait in her company’s Columbia office on June 27, 2024.
    Wes Moore, David Rubenstein and others say what ‘pursuit of happiness’ means to them
    What the heck did Thomas Jefferson mean by writing that we had a right to the pursuit of happiness? I asked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, food historian Joyce White, Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein, nonprofit leader and teacher Tatiana Klein and artist Jeff Huntington what it means to them. Here’s what they said.
    Gov. Wes Moore sprays Orioles fans in the Bird Box splash zone during the final game of their series against the Yankees at Camden Yards on July 30, 2023.
    Everything you need to know about traffic this July 4 weekend
    Here’s what you need to know about traffic if you’re planning to spend July 4 at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor or heading to the beach by way of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and U.S. 50.
    Know where to drive and where not to park this Independence Day.
    Crowd Fund Baltimore is new, but it’s already scored some wins for small businesses
    Crowd Fund Baltimore, the first crowdfunding platform for Maryland small businesses, kicked off in February and has already helped a Montgomery County Black-owned wine company and a Venezuelan restaurant in Baltimore raise money for expansion plans.
    Jon’ll Boyd (left) and Matthew (right) Boyd are the founders of Boyd Cru Wines, the first Black family-owned wine company in Maryland. Also pictured are their sons.
    What’s the Ravens’ next offensive evolution? Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely could make it ‘special.’
    As training camp approaches, the prospect of a more tight-end-heavy Ravens offense has become a subject of fascination in Baltimore.
    Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews (89) gives a thumbs up to the crowd while talking with teammate Isaiah Likely (80) during pregame warmups for a 2022 preseason matchup. When both tight ends are on the field, the Ravens tend to have success.
    Gas infrastructure spending worsens energy burden for low-income families, Maryland utility advocate says
    The Office of People’s Counsel, a state agency that represents Maryland utility customers, says more than $700 million a year in gas infrastructure spending by utilities is worsening the energy burden on low-income communities and hampering the state’s efforts to hit ambitious clean energy and emissions reduction targets.
    David Lapp, the head of the Office of People’s Counsel, said Maryland should not be investing such a hefty sum on gas projects.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott celebrates his ‘Black job’ in clap back at Trump remarks
    Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s use of the phrase “Black jobs” caught the attention and ire of many Black Americans, including Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.
    Mayor Brandon Scott has demonstrated his willingness to speak out against comments he views as racist.
    The Chesapeake Bay Program flunked its 2025 cleanup goals. What happens next?
    The Chesapeake Bay Program has established a “Beyond 2025″ committee to develop recommendations for future cleanup efforts. The committee’s recommendations are expected to be made public in early July and the final report will be delivered near the end of the year.
    Annapolis Roads just south of the Chesapeake Bay is where ships headed into the Port of Baltimore  wait for an open pier.
    Richardson, Thomas shine in 200 meters; McDonogh’s Elise Cooper posts 15th-best time
    Cooper, who will be a senior at McDonogh School this year, posted a time of 22.71 seconds, a personal best, to finish fifth in her race.
    Sha’Carri Richardson matched her personal best time in the 200 meters Friday at the Olympic track trials.
    Judge approves home detention for driver convicted in deadly I-695 crash
    Melachi Brown, 21, of Windsor Mill, who pleaded guilty to felony manslaughter in a two-vehicle crash that killed six people working in a Baltimore Beltway work zone, was allowed by a judge to serve the remainder of his 18-month jail sentence on home detention.
    Overhead footage of crash on I-695 that killed six highway workers.
    Olympic gymnastics hopeful Kayla DiCello of Maryland scratches from U.S. trials with leg injury
    DiCello was considered a strong contender to join the five-woman team led by Simone Biles that will head to Paris next month as heavy favorites to win gold.
    Kayla DiCello, pictured during the Winter Cup, injured her right leg at the Olympic trials Friday in Minneapolis.
    Female performers to take center stage at Ladybug Music Festival in Ellicott City on Saturday
    Old Ellicott City on Saturday will play host to what organizers are calling the nation’s largest free music festival with female-fronted groups Saturday. The festival is expanding into Maryland this year after more than a decade of being held in Delaware.
    File photo of the Ladybug Music Festival in Delaware, which expands to Old Ellicott City on Saturday, June 29, 2024.
    Maryland has tons of new mental health care providers. Are they for real?
    For all the new providers, relatively few new patients are being served.
    The Maryland Department of Health offices in Baltimore.
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