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    Maryland has already had 2 heat-related deaths so far this year
    Maryland has seen two heat-related deaths so far in 2024 — both before 2023 even saw one.
    The sun sets in Baltimore on June 22, 2024.
    Despite record crowds, Baltimore Pride’s LGBTQ critics say organizers dropped the ball
    Despite the record number of attendees at this year’s Baltimore Pride, some critics raised a slew of concerns, ranging from the overall safety of the event to the approach organizers have taken in the overall running of Pride Month offerings.
    Miss Gay Maryland Stormi Skye waves as she continues down the parade route at Baltimore Pride on June 15, 2024.
    Smoking in the name of science: What cannabis research could tell us next year
    “The smoke box” at the Cannabis Science Lab in Baltimore is about as fancy as its nickname, but it’s in one of the most advanced marijuana research labs in the country.
    A close-up of some of Loudy Puff Boyz and Gurlz Klub's strains of cannabis plants.
    Child care is scarce in Maryland and the nation — and the pandemic made matters worse
    The number of children in Maryland who need child care exceeds the number of slots available in child care facilities.
    Sarah Haddaway and her husband, Noah, with their son Brooks. The Allegany County family, like many Maryland families, has struggled to find child care.
    Hundreds of new laws go in effect on July 1. Here’s what to look out for.
    Hundreds of bills that were passed in session this year will become law on July 1, covering everything from banning vaping indoors to benefits for uniformed service members.
    Senate President Bill Ferguson and Gov. Wes Moore sign a bill into law at a bill signing ceremony following the conclusion of the 2024 Maryland General Assembly.
    Maryland’s former superintendent quietly resigned. Where is he headed?
    Board of education officials acknowledged for the first time that the embattled former chief of schools has left the state.
    Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury, state school board president Clarence Crawford and school board vice president Josh Michael at a press conference in August.
    Six years after the Capital Gazette murders, I’m still searching for meaning
    Lines carved by the wind on the sand are no different than what followed the violence that ended five lives on June 28, 2018 — energy moving from one form to another.
    Wreaths are laid at a ceremony memorializing the victims of the 2018 Capital Gazette shooting on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in downtown Annapolis. A smaller ceremony Friday will mark six years since the deaths of Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman, Wendi Winters, John McNamara and Rebecca Smith.
    McDonogh’s Elise Cooper joins stars in advancing in Olympic trials
    Cooper finished third in her heat in 23.05 seconds.
    EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 27: Elise Cooper and McKenzie Long compete in the first round of the women's 200 meters on Day Seven of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon.
    A sometimes halting Biden tries at debate to confront Trump, who responds with falsehoods
    The debate, featuring deeply personal attacks by both men, came at a pivotal juncture in their unpopular presidential rematch and a critical moment to make their cases before a national television audience.
    Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Original photos by Getty Images and Ulysses Muñoz.
    Bowie’s Khoi Young struggles on opening night at U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials
    The U.S. men's team will be determined Saturday.
    Khoi Young of Bowie competes on the rings Thursday night in Minneapolis. Young put together a brilliant vault but otherwise struggled. He came off the horse — perhaps his best event — and was ninth or worse on five of the six events.
    Feds to reveal key detail to judge in case against neo-Nazi charged in power grid plot
    Prosecutors have agreed to tell a judge whether the government used a controversial foreign surveillance method in their case against Brandon Russell, 28, of Orlando, Florida, who is accused of plotting to attack power substations around Baltimore.
    Brandon Russell. A Maryland woman conspired with the Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
    Mom of Gavin Knupp, teen killed in Ocean City hit-and-run, charged with embezzlement
    Tiffany Knupp faces nine charges for embezzling $12,625 from the Gavin Knupp Foundation and a local restaurant that raised money for the foundation.
    Gavin Knupp's mother, Tiffany Knupp, fixes and adds things to his memorial on the side of the service road where the hit-and-run took place last summer.
    Biden pardons military members convicted for gay sex
    President Joe Biden pardoned former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, which will clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. The pardon goes even further to protect LGBTQIA+ service members than the controversial policy “don’t ask, don’t tell” that was repealed in 2010.
    President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Baltimore.
    Supreme Court halts enforcement of plan to limit downwind power plant pollution
    The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution.
    Steam rises into the clear blue sky from the Brunner Island power station, a coal-fired electric-generating facility on the Susquehanna River in southern Pennsylvania.
    Pikesville 12-year-old found after going missing for a week
    Tayzha Alona Warren, 12, has been found after being missing for a week, Baltimore County Police said Thursday.
    Tayzha Alona Warren, 12, holds an Easter basket during a gathering in April. (Photo courtesy of Mia Brooks)
    Baltimore native Donnell Whittenburg approaches Olympic trials with fresh outlook
    At 29, Whittenburg is the oldest gymnast competing this weekend in Minneapolis.
    Donnell Whittenburg says he will not let making or missing the Olympics define his success.
    Virginia voted to weaken rules on crab dredging. Maryland objects.
    The decision allows Virginia to study the viability of a winter fishery, but does not automatically create one.
    Crabs caught by JC Hudgins in the Chesapeake Bay in Mathews, Va., on Friday, June 10, 2022.
    Maryland Democrats remove volunteer from party role after online video accusations
    The Maryland Democratic Party said it removed Michael Knaapen from his volunteer leadership role with the party after learning about the video and accusations.
    A Maryland Democratic Party volunteer has been removed from his role after a video documented explicit messages he admitted sending to someone posing as a teen.
    Maryland is spending billions more on education. Here’s what leaders want in return.
    “If you don’t set ambitious goals, you’re never going to reach them," said Carey Wright, Maryland's Superintendent of Schools.
    “If you don’t set ambitious goals, you’re never going to reach them," said Carey Wright, Maryland's Superintendent of Schools.
    Man charged in parole agent’s killing was flagged as combative before fatal visit
    The scanner chatter contradicts statements made by the state’s public safety chief, Carolyn Scruggs, that there were no clear warning signs that Sewell posed a risk to Martinez.
    Carolyn Scruggs, secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, speaks during a meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
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