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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 head of the federal agency investigating the door plug that blew off of a Boeing 737-MAX 9 in mid-flight in January testified Wednesday investigators do not yet have key documents from the aircraft manufacturer.
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“I’m not happy and I don’t want to leave, but I got five grandchildren,” Ruppersberger, who turned 78 in January, said in an interview with Capital News Service in his memento-filled office with a view of the United States Capitol.
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The worsening retirement crisis impacting senior citizens will overtake current workers down the line if not fixed, according to testimony during a Senate hearing Wednesday.
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More than 300 people died of suicides, homicides, and accidents in federal prisons between 2014 and 2021 — numbers that drew fire from a Senate panel Wednesday.
The deaths “too often have been the result of mismanagement and operational failures,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, who presided over a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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he persistence of economic, educational and legal disparities in the lives of Black women and girls would be the target of a federal task force recently proposed by a group of House members.
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American-made semiconductors and other parts have been found in Russian weapons used against Ukraine, even with strict Biden administration sanctions, analyts told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
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In the months following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the preeminent pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States increased its political spending nearly threefold, according to an analysis of the organization’s 2023 year-end filing with the Federal Election Commission.
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Black History Month is coming to a close, but Marylanders looking to more deeply explore Black history have plenty of options available to them year-round. Here are some stops in Maryland and D.C. that offer visitors the opportunity to journey through and reflect on historical figures, important moments, and stories of resilience and activism.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday denounced an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last week that frozen embryos have the same rights as children. Moore, a Democrat, said that the court’s decision was completely “out of step” with where citizens in the country are.
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February is Black History Month, an observance meant to honor and celebrate the achievements made by African Americans throughout the history of the United States.
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