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Judge Tells Trump Admin. to Restore Some Education Research Programs
Education Week
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August 18, 2025
The Trump administration must restore two sets of centers that help state education departments and schools with improvement strategies and the use of education research, after two companies involved in the programs sued over the abrupt...
In Maryland, there’s now a greener way to handle dead bodies: water cremation
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Brown fixes an employee's tie as the group poses for portraits by the funeral home’s fire crematorium. (Alex Kent/For The Washington Post) Inside a white brick building in West Baltimore, a long silver chamber full of water seesawed back and forth...
Maryland faces a special education funding crisis | GUEST COMMENTARY
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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August 18, 2025
The state of Maryland is facing a crisis you don’t see splashed across the headlines — but if you talk to parents and step inside classrooms across the state, you’ll feel it immediately. According to the National Education Association, Maryland...
Recovery efforts paused in search for missing swimmer at Baltimore County swim club
WMAR-2 News - Maryland
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August 18, 2025
COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — After seven hours searching the murky, deep water of the Beaver Dam Swimming Club quarry, authorities have paused operations to find the body of a missing swimmer. Family anxiously watched the efforts from afar, identifying the...
Recent grads get a chance to ‘impact millions’ at Maryland IT department
Technical.ly
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August 18, 2025
For today’s college graduates, the job market is far from stable. Tech hiring has slowed, and tariffs under the Trump administration have led to broader market uncertainty, making it harder for recent graduates to secure entry-level positions....
From HBO to Hulu, these Baltimore musicians are crafting your TV soundtracks
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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August 18, 2025
A 19th-century, coming-of-age adventure based on a bestselling novel. An anime action series starring a supernatural teenage girl. A gritty HBO crime drama led by Emmy winner Mark Ruffalo. If you’re in search of your next TV binge-watch, we’re...
University of Maryland Medical System Spins Out Healthcare Software Platform
MedCloud Insider
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News University of Maryland Medical System Spins Out Healthcare Software Platform By John K. Waters 08/18/2025 The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) has officially launched its first technology startup, Gallion Health, spinning out a...
Judge allows Maryland ‘forever chemicals’ lawsuit to proceed
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Story highlights Federal judge rejects most of Perdue’s motion to dismiss in Salisbury, Maryland, PFAS contamination case Residents allege wastewater disposal exposed community to health risks and environmental damage Five of seven claims move...
Royal Farms expanding EV charging network across Maryland
C-Store Dive
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August 18, 2025
Dive Brief: Royal Farms is expanding its electric vehicle charging network across its home state of Maryland, according to a recent announcement. The retailer is partnering with manufacturer Electrify America, which will bring its Hyper-Fast...
Maryland’s Infrastructure Is Aging — Here’s What’s Being Done to Keep It Running
Eye on Annapolis - Maryland
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August 18, 2025
Decades of wear, harsh weather, and population growth have left much of Maryland’s infrastructure strained and outdated. Roads crack under heavier traffic, water systems falter with age, and public machinery—trucks, lifts, pumps—works harder with...
NIH scientists lay foundation for potential gene─editing therapy for late─onset Tay─Sachs
Pharmabiz.com
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Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) successfully reduced the severity of late-onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS) disease in human cell cultures and a mouse model by using a novel gene-editing treatment. LOTS is a rare form of Tay-Sachs...
Baltimore sees progress on gun violence
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
Andrea Stevens AFRO Staff Writer astevens@afro.com Baltimore is often associated with high rates of violence, but after years of record-high shootings and homicides, the city is seeing a sustained decline in gun violence. Experts and city...
Science The Conversation Is time travel even possible? An astrophysicist explains the science behind the science fiction
Yahoo News
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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Will it ever be possible for time travel to occur? – Alana C., age 12, Queens, New York Have...
How is AI shaping the future of education? A Baltimore tech founder weighs in.
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Maryland education and tech professionals are weighing in as this Question Everything asks, "How is AI and new technology shaping the future of education?" There is no generation that is more important for our future than the next one, and the...
On GPS: The Trump administration’s war on science
CNN
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August 17, 2025
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he is cutting nearly half a billion dollars in federally funded mRNA vaccine research. Fareed speaks with former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen about the...
Scientists rush to create solutions for worsening crisis in food supply: 'There's a lot of excitement'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
Photo Credit: Carl Bernacchi Genetic tinkering could be our best bet to maintain global food supplies as our overheating planet threatens crop production, according to experts interviewed by The New York Times. At issue are heat records that...
Steel, struggle and Baltimore's history
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
The Sparrows Point Steel Mill, once the largest in the world, was a Baltimore institution that shaped workers’ unions, housing and cultural dynamics in the city for more than 100 years, from 1887 until its final closing in 2012. In a Library of...
Trump’s latest executive order will hurt scientific research | GUEST COMMENTARY
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which requires a “senior appointee” or “designee” to approve only those federal grants that match the president’s policy priorities, federal agency goals and the “national interest,” marks a major...
The beauty of Baltimore
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
When I first moved to Baltimore, I began to notice the city’s street art but initially reduced it to vandalism — a trademark of crime I had become accustomed to in Chicago. I saw it for what it was: illegal placement of spray paint. I never saw it...
My freshman year food guide: five Baltimore restaurants worth visiting
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
When I first moved to Baltimore, I didn’t know where anything was, let alone where to eat. Slowly, through a mix of recommendations, trial and error, and post-midterm cravings, I found a few spots that stuck. Although these might not make up a...