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Capital News Service is a student-powered news organization run by the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. With bureaus in Annapolis and Washington run by professional journalists with decades of experience, they deliver news in multiple formats via partner news organizations and a destination Website.
The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched into orbit on Feb. 8 on a quest to better understand the microscopic content of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.
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Supreme Court justices seemed conflicted Tuesday during oral arguments over whether a U.S. citizen can challenge the denial of a visa for a noncitizen spouse because the government expected that spouse to engage in unlawful activity.
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April 25 marks the beginning of the NFL Draft, a three-day event during which the league’s 32 teams select the top collegiate players. While none of this year’s most coveted prospects played college football in Maryland, the state may produce a few selections in the later rounds.
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In what advocates call the most important case on homelessness in 40 years, the Supreme Court must decide whether cities can punish the unhoused for sleeping in public when they have nowhere else to go.
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Explore Assateague Island. It’s a 37-mile-long island located on the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia. Assateague Island is known for the wild horses roaming the island’s beaches and forests.
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Workers at the Shipley’s Grant Starbucks cafe voted to unionize this week, just days ahead of a Supreme Court case involving the company’s challenge of a federal labor injunction.
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Pushing for a federal shield law for reporters, veteran investigative journalist Catherine Herridge opened up Thursday during a House hearing about the seizure of her reporting files after her recent termination from CBS.
Read moreThe coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland’s prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and prisons filled up again, the share of Black incarcerated people reached a five-year-high late last year, a Capital News Service data analysis has found.
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Rev. Brian Hamilton tapped his microphone, signaling the beginning of his service at Westminster Presbyterian Church in honor of the 176th anniversary of the greatest attempted escape of enslaved people in American history — which happened in Washington.
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The Supreme Court justices seemed divided Tuesday while hearing oral arguments over whether a federal obstruction law applies to more than 350 people involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol.
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