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Still in shock, we heard that the hospitals had issued an urgent appeal for blood. We walked along Tel Aviv’s suddenly deserted streets to Sourasky Medical Center—one of the city’s largest hospitals—and there discovered hundreds of Israelis already lined up to donate blood.
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Newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing sharp criticisms from most of Maryland’s House Democrats, who view the Louisiana lawmaker as a political extremist and opponent of democracy.
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Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown when the House passed a continuing resolution just hours before its deadline expired on Sept. 30. Now they have 45 days to pass a permanent spending plan for the next fiscal year before the government could again face a shutdown on Nov. 17.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to advance Jacob Lew as the nominee for ambassador to Israel.
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New state laws reducing expungement waiting periods and legalizing adult cannabis possession have made more Marylanders eligible to remove convictions from their records.
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Jacob Lew, President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, received pushback from Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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Supporters of a Montgomery County proposal to raise tipped workers’ minimum wage clashed with opponents who came out to testify at a council hearing Tuesday afternoon.
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In a Stand Against Violence in Israel, Irene Weiss to Share Her Testimony at Chabad of Howard County Ellicott City,
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MYSTERIES OF SPACE & SKY — one of THE longest-running UFO conferences in the country — returns to Gambrills, Maryland
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“I’m here to say very clearly, we are here to stand with the state of Israel, to recognize the right of Israel to exist, to recognize the right for Israel to defend itself, to recognize the right of Israelis to live without fear,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told the crowd.
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