Displaced federal workers start journey toward new careers in Maryland’s K-12 classrooms

By Deborah Bailey AFRO Contributing Editor The first cohort of Maryland’s displaced federal workers are on their way to K-12 classrooms. Ethan Taylor and Sonia Arias are two of dozens of former federal workers taking classes this summer in...

Former Maryland broadcaster Tim Strachan remembered for strength, perseverance

Tim Strachan was determined to watch his DeMatha Stags in the 2024 Washington Catholic Athletic Association championship. On a cold November night, while battling cancer from a bed at Sibley Hospital, he checked himself out against doctors’...

Crash leaves tractor-trailer dangling off a bridge on I-495 in Maryland

The Beltway outer loop is closed between Old Georgetown Road and the I-270 spur due to the crash. BETHESDA, Md. — An early Thursday morning crash is causing delays on I-495 in Bethesda. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, a...

Two men arrested after fight, stabbing in Maryland over Trump sign

By Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun (TNS) Two men were arrested after a Sunday afternoon stabbing in North Baltimore that started over a dispute about a sign mentioning President Donald Trump. Thomas Christian, 55, and Matthew Middleton, 34, both face...

3 more heat-related deaths reported in Baltimore area

By JT Moodee Lockman July 9, 2025 / 4:12 PM EDT / CBS Baltimore CBS News Live CBS News Baltimore Live Three more people died from heat-related illnesses in the Baltimore region last week, bringing the total to 11 deaths across Maryland this...

Travel nurse platforms draw scrutiny in health care gig economy 

Nurses using gig-work platforms like CareRev often face conflicting expectations, expected to follow hospital protocols like employees but lacking employee benefits and protections. The classification of gig workers as independent contractors is...

University of Maryland School of Medicine Launches Groundbreaking Study on THC/CBD Therapy for Dementia-Related Agitation at End of Life

BYLINE: Holly Moody-Porter Newswise — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Palliative Medicine Program has launched a new clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Aging to explore a potential treatment for agitation in...

Trump administration warns Maryland to drop ‘gender ideology’ from federally funded programs

The Trump administration is threatening to defund grantees that promote different gender identities and certain sexual topics in schools — an effort set to impact two programs in Maryland that cost tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. The U.S....

As major pharmacies close in Baltimore, local ones struggle to fill in

A week later, there are more questions than answers surrounding mass overdose incident

It has been one week since the mass overdose in the Penn-North area that sent 27 people to the hospital. According to sources close to the investigation, Baltimore police are raising concerns about recently released lab results reportedly...

Maryland man killed, four others hurt in Licking County crash

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Maryland man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Licking County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said that Deron Lee, 30, of Baltimore, Maryland, was driving south on State Route 13 near Buckeye Lake...

Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service episode 7 recap: Celebrity chef finds health hazards at Callahan's Seafood Bar & Grill

Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service returned with episode 7 on July 9, 2025. Titled Callahan's Part One, the segment saw Gordon Ramsay visit Callahan's Seafood Bar & Grill to inspect the working conditions at the family-owned establishment, renowned...

UM Launches Educational Program Bridging Engineering, Medicine

Jointly, the University of Maryland, College Park's A. James Clark School of Engineering and the university's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS), alongside the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) at the...

Trump administration threatens to defund Maryland programs promoting 'gender ideology'

Washington, D.C. (WBFF) — The Trump administration is threatening to defund its grantees that promote different gender identities and certain sexual topics in schools — an effort set to impact two programs in Maryland that cost tens of millions of...

Trump's budget law could impact Maryland Planned Parenthood coverage

Some Marylanders seeking care at Planned Parenthood could feel the impacts of a new measure included in President Trump's domestic policy law.The law prevents people from using federal Medicaid coverage for services from health care providers that...

MM 7.9: Maryland men’s basketball adds two more new members to coaching staff

Maryland men’s basketball announced the signing of coaches Steve Gephardt and Eddie Benion on Tuesday. Excited to announce @EddieBenion as our Head Men's Basketball Athletic Trainer/Program Director For Basketball Sports Medicine! "Everyone in our...

Pastor from Bridgeport recounts fighting off armed carjacker: 'I cannot die in Baltimore'

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WABC) -- A pastor from Bridgeport, Connecticut described the frightening struggle between him and an armed carjacker who attempted to steal his Audi parked outside a restaurant near Baltimore last month, and it was all...

GOP megabill will mean higher health costs for many Americans

This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The tax and spending legislation President Donald Trump signed Friday, enacting much of his domestic agenda, cuts federal health spending by...

Littlestown infant dies after car hits residence in Maryland crash; 2 others injured

ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A 6-month-old infant from a Littlestown family died following a crash in Maryland that also hospitalized a toddler and a woman. The single-vehicle crash happened Sunday morning in the 12000 block of Woodsboro Pike...

Man accused of driving his dead mother to Pennsylvania also faces 2 murder charges in Maryland

A man whom prosecutors linked to two homicides in Baltimore County will soon face extradition from Pennsylvania. Kevin Ahn is accused by prosecutors of driving his 61-year-old mother’s body to his estranged sister’s house in Lancaster County,...