UMES Lawsuits: Four former UMES employees filed separate discrimination and retaliation suits in Somerset County Circuit Court, naming UMES President Heidi Anderson and alleging issues from unequal pay to improper investigations and due-process violations. Privacy Tech: Salisbury Police Chief Dave Meienschein detailed Flock Safety use, saying the system is ~70% deployed, access is limited to authorized personnel, searches require a case number, and data is retained for 30 days. Defense AI Scrutiny: Concerns are rising over the Pentagon’s War Data Platform integration contract awarded to Accenture Federal Services, with critics questioning whether the same approach that caused earlier problems is being repeated. Health Access in Maryland: Maryland expanded its free vaccine program to 10 federally qualified health centers for uninsured/underinsured adults, adding more no-cost immunization sites statewide. Biomanufacturing Training: CASTL and NIBRT are partnering to bring biomanufacturing training to Canada, aiming to strengthen the regional workforce. Wildfire Smoke & Pregnancy: A new study says wildfire smoke has more than doubled as a prenatal air-pollution driver, threatening to erase gains from cleaner car and factory emissions. Cancer Care Tech: MedStar Georgetown surgeons used a da Vinci Single-Port robotic system to complete three different procedures in one week, including a single-incision nipple-sparing mastectomy with reconstruction. Space Science: New JWST findings suggest the “little red dots” from the early universe may evolve into active galaxy centers.