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What Families Need to Know About Raising Kids in Maryland
Eye on Annapolis - Maryland
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July 30, 2025
Maryland offers numerous benefits for families seeking a safe and resourceful place to live. Still, quality can vary depending on where you go, and you’ll need to consider healthcare, living costs, and other factors before making a fully informed...
Baltimore City teens get hands-on experience with YouthWorks program
WBAL TV - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
A group of teens from across Baltimore City is spending the summer inside a classroom at the Maryland Institute College of Art as part of the YouthWorks program that has been running for more than 50 years.MICA is one of more than 700 sites around...
YouTube Begins Using Age-Guessing Technology in the U.S.
Digital Information World
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July 30, 2025
YouTube has started testing a new system in the United States that tries to figure out how old users are based on how they use the platform. This technology looks at different pieces of information to estimate whether someone might be a teenager,...
Maryland sets stricter coal dust control rules for CSX terminal in Baltimore
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has issued a new permit requiring CSX Transportation to surround its South Baltimore rail terminal with a windscreen taller than its coal piles, aiming to reduce coal dust blowing into the Curtis...
Baltimore leaders consider solutions for opioid crisis following mass overdose
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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The Baltimore City Council's Public Safety Committee heard about opioid trends and potential solutions to the drug crisis during a meeting Tuesday, nearly two weeks after a mass overdose in the Penn North community. Advocates and members of local...
Maryland’s budget: Who deserves credit (or blame)? | EDITORIAL
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
When it comes to the state of state government finances, Marylanders might be forgiven if they are a bit confused. On the one hand, there is Gov. Wes Moore’s claim that he inherited a $3 billion deficit that he has turned into a surplus while...
Baltimore continues outreach in Penn North, but residents still feel left behind
WYPR - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
Baltimore continued its outreach in the Penn North neighborhood, which suffered two mass overdoses incidents this month. On Monday, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) held a resource fair, drawing about 500 people...
Swing-state focus group research offers clues on what Democrats have to do to win back young men
The New Zealand Herald
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July 30, 2025
They felt no sympathy from the left, who they say brushed away their legitimate economic woes by citing their male privilege. They acknowledge historical patriarchy but assert that doesn’t make them invincible in a job market where graduate...
Loyola University Maryland receives $1 million gift supporting aspiring educators, creation of reflection space
Catholic Review - Maryland
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July 30, 2025
Loyola University Maryland’s School of Education received a $1 million gift from Elaine and Anthony Grillo to assist students pursuing education degrees and to support the renovation and expansion of Donnelly Science Center. The Grillo Future...
X-energy Strengthens Presence in Maryland with New State-of-the-Art Testing and Training Facility, Offices
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 30, 2025-- X-energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy” or the “Company”), a leading developer of advanced small modular nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation today announced the...
Trump administration halts, then releases NIH research funding
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Workers descend into the Metro station in front of the National Institutes of Health headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. (Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post) The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily halted all funding for science...
Guide to Maryland Festivals in 2025
Central Jersey
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July 29, 2025
The Maryland festival scene is something truly special. It’s not just the major music lineups or crab feasts, but the sheer variety of events that span every corner of the state. After hearing so many people talk about it (combined with my...
Laine Havens: Melding Science and Storytelling
NASA
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July 30, 2025
Science Communication Intern – Goddard Space Flight Center Laine Havens — now a senior at Cornell University and three-time NASA intern — grew up with a deep curiosity about how the universe works and a family that encouraged her to explore it....
Bloomsbury Partners with Digital Science to Monitor Online Impact
Newswise
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July 30, 2025
Newswise — Bloomsbury Academic & Professional today announced that it is partnering with Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, to introduce Altmetric Explorer across the whole of its e book...
Maryland board: Washington County violated Open Meetings Act
Herald Mail Media - Maryland
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The Washington County Board of Commissioners violated Maryland's Open Meetings Act by banning a disruptive activist for six months. The activist, Shaun Porter, has used foul language and mooned officials during public meetings. The Open Meetings...
Maryland will require giant ‘windscreen’ to shield South Baltimore from CSX coal dust
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
Maryland environmental regulators are expected Tuesday to impose new restrictions on the operations of a massive coal export terminal in South Baltimore, requiring its operator to erect a giant screen to keep dust from polluting the air of nearby...
The search for biosignatures in the Milky Way
Astronomy Magazine
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August 1, 2025
An atmosphere rich in hydrogen and water vapor shrouds the mini-Neptune exoplanet K2-18 b, shown in this artist’s concept. Beneath the clouds, a liquid ocean might exist on the surface of a rocky body that could sustain life. Credit: Illustration:...
Maryland nonprofit spending sparks questions, Moore-Hogan messaging war
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 29, 2025
Days after The Baltimore Sun reported Maryland leaders don’t know how much the state spends on nonprofits annually, the revelations have prompted questions about oversight of taxpayer funds — and a messaging war between representatives of Gov. Wes...
The Outside Story: Finding a Baltimore checkerspot
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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A few summers ago, I was walking my dog in a pasture near my house when a butterfly landed on my bare leg. It was a medium-sized black butterfly with orange crescents along the margins of its wings and rows of white dots adjacent to the border....
How A Southern Maryland Drum Camp Is Changing Young Lives Through Music
The Bay Net - Maryland
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July 30, 2025
Source: SoMar Drummers, Inc. Facebook | Campers pose for a photo at the 2025 camp ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. — Promising young drummers from around the country once again made their way to Southern Maryland earlier this month for the SoMar Drummers...