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Youth Tackle Football: Balancing risks and rewards depends on race and place

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Capital News Service

Youth participation in tackle football has been declining for years as medical studies have linked the sport with brain injury and long-term behavioral issues. But not all parents balance risks versus rewards the same way.

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Will China attack the US setting off World War III?

April 28, 2023May 7, 2023 Bryan Renbaum

China’s recent military drills off the coast of Taiwan, a nation that the U.S. has pledged to defend in the event of an invasion, makes the situation even more chilling, as a potential nuclear showdown between Chinese and American forces could be the first step on the road to armageddon.

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Gambling in Maryland: Is the extra revenue worth the price of addiction?

March 23, 2023March 30, 2023 Bryan Renbaum

About 30 years ago when Maryland gambling was largely confined to gaming nights to raise funds for first responders few could have predicted it would turn into a multi-billion dollar industry with six casinos and an aggressively expanding online sports betting market.

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‘Patient Abandonment’ alleged by clients, staff of GenPsych mental health services company in Columbia after abrupt closure

January 19, 2023January 27, 2023 Glynis Kazanjian

GenPsych, a regional acute mental health services company, abruptly closed its Howard County location Friday, giving less than a day’s notice to the staff and the adolescent clients they served, according to interviews with staff and parents of patients.

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Former Howard County School Superintendent Michael Hickey’s death leaves more questions than answers

January 11, 2023January 19, 2023 Bryan Renbaum

A Baltimore Post-Examiner investigation into the death of Michael Edward Hickey and a review of documents obtained by this publication tells a different and troubling story.

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Critics Charge Ball Violated Ethic’s Law by Hiring His Sister-In-Law as his Public Information Officer While She Worked as his Campaign Consultant

April 14, 2022March 30, 2023 Bryan Renbaum

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball paid four county employees more than $101,000 to do consulting work for his re-election campaign and also hired his sister-in-law in a position that some say violated the county law.