Students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise
Through Sandy Hook Promise, Graham learned how young people can engage and teach others about preventing gun violence. Soon, she founded a SAVE club at her school.
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Inside one federal government building: When a passion for peace is torn to pieces
The sight of amputated limbs, deserted buildings and roads piled up with rubble clung to her.
On LaToya’s 2006 visit to Monrovia, the Liberian civil wars had left the capital a devastated city.
UMD Baltimore’s Dr. Kirsten Lyke, a force in medicine, warns of ‘really treacherous times’
Although her colleagues describe her as incredibly humble, Dr. Kirsten Lyke’s exceptional work in the medical field not only speaks for itself, it shouts from the rooftops. Not only did Lyke help develop the first Ebola vaccine and the first Zika virus vaccine, she worked on the phase one studies of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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‘There’s nothing left of the Republican Party’: Maryland veterans join pro-Ukraine GOP group
In the depths of the ocean, a young submarine officer spent his part of the Cold War on the USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class fast-attack submarine built to track and sink Soviet ballistic missile subs.
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College students move across state lines — and lose access to therapy as a result
Young people all over the United States lose access to their therapists when they move across state lines, simply because therapists aren’t licensed to practice everywhere. States license health service providers — and even in an age of virtual medical appointments, they can only offer care to patients in a state where they’re licensed.
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Prince George’s far outstrips other Maryland jurisdictions in highway deaths
A 31-year-old Hyattsville woman was killed in March when the car she was riding in collided with another vehicle at the Adelphi Road and Riggs Road intersection, fewer than two miles from the University of Maryland.
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Maryland’s largest underground coal mine changes hands
Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after its previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned its assets to pay creditors.
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Port of Baltimore unlikely to see tariff impacts until next month
It is still too early to gauge the impacts of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs on imported goods on the Port of Baltimore, despite other ports experiencing changes.
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DC area food industry shaken after DHS visits more than 100 businesses
Department of Homeland Security agents visited more than 100 businesses in the Washington area last week, including nearly a dozen popular restaurants, leaving owners and staff on edge.
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Maryland brewers concerned tariffs will make tough times tougher
Maryland breweries have yet to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19 fully, and the Trump administration’s tariffs have added another wrinkle to their bounce-back efforts.
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