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Man accused of driving his dead mother to Pennsylvania also faces 2 murder charges in Maryland
WBAL - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
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,...
Baltimore Community Lending celebrates opening of new headquarters
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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July 5, 2025
By Kendra Bryant AFRO Intern Baltimore Community Lending (BCL) recently celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in downtown Baltimore with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Baltimore Community Lending CEO Watchen Bruce cuts the ribbon with former...
Babesiosis, Lyme Disease Emerging Co-Infection Threat from Deer Ticks in Maryland
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
By Doug Holl, Defense Health Agency-Public Health It’s almost a rite of passage for service members conducting field training during the spring and summer months in Maryland—the tick check. This careful, whole-body scan can help prevent serious...
Challenges to Accessing and Utilizing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services in Rwanda
Dove Medical Press
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July 9, 2025
Introduction Adolescents, defined according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations, are individuals aged between 10 and 19 years.1 It is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, marked by significant and rapid...
Video shows pastor fight back during armed carjacking in Baltimore: “He picked the wrong car”
WSVN 7 - Florida
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July 9, 2025
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Video obtained by WJZ shows a pastor from a Connecticut church fighting back as he was carjacked at gunpoint while visiting Baltimore on June 29. Pastor Kenneth Moales Jr., who serves as the Bishop-Elect for the Cathedral of the...
Maryland man killed, 2 injured in Licking County crash
WBNS - Ohio
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Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol were called on a report of a three-vehicle crash around 3 p.m. near the intersection of state Route 13 and U.S. Route 40. COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Maryland man was killed and two other people were injured in a...
Baltimore man killed in Licking County triple-vehicle crash
WCMH - Ohio
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July 5, 2025
by: Orri Benatar Posted: Jul 5, 2025 / 11:58 AM EDT Updated: Jul 5, 2025 / 11:58 AM EDT NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) — A man from Baltimore is dead and four people from Ohio are injured after a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Licking County....
On the Badge ~ Denmar Hospital
The Pocahontas Times - West Virginia
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July 9, 2025
The West Virginia State Colored Tuberculosis Sanitarium for the care of black TB patients was re-established as Denmar Hospital in 1957. The hospital closed in 1990 and reopened in 1993 as Denmar Correctional Center. Preserving Pocahontas photo...
With surgical skill, a Baltimore County institution keeps bluegrass alive
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
Emory Knode considers himself born into music. His birth certificate lists his father’s occupation as “musician.” Knode strums a little guitar, yes, and knows his way around the trumpet, sure. But his true talent lies in repairs. If anyone can...
Technical.ly expands to cover all of Maryland’s innovation economy
Technical.ly
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July 9, 2025
Technical.ly’s first expansion was to Baltimore, both because we saw the startup and tech ecosystem growing and because I didn’t own a car and the trains ran frequently there from where I lived. Over the next 14 years, we would hold our first team...
Maryland aging slightly faster than U.S. as a whole, new Census numbers show
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 5, 2025
Some of the fastest aging is occurring in central Maryland counties. This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. America is aging, but...
Doulas can be a lifeline for Black moms–in Baltimore, cost doesn’t have to be a barrier
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
By Shiauna Ledbetter In January 2025, I signed up to join the Birth Companions—a program where nursing students at Johns Hopkins train as doulas and offer services free of cost to people having babies in the greater Baltimore area. But I had no...
June heat wave sent hundreds to Maryland ERs, caused seven heat-related deaths in a single week
Baltimore Brew - Maryland
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A late June heat wave led to skyrocketing emergency room visits and seven heat-related deaths in a single week, boosting the total number of heat-related deaths this year to nine, according to the latest state report. The data from the Maryland...
Maryland Medicaid recipients fear loss of coverage, though it won’t happen for years
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 5, 2025
Though the first cuts won’t hit immediately, Marylanders on Medicaid fear they could suffer significant health setbacks under the “big, beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed Friday. Some currently enrolled, including Samantha...
6 Ways Social Media is Ruining Your Health
Beliefnet - Virginia
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Unsplash There’s little use in denying the fact that social media affects your health. Whether physically, psychologically, or a combination of the two, the addiction to our screens can have some pretty dire consequences to our health if left...
Pa. drops charge in favor of murder charges in Baltimore County
WBAL TV - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
SOMERSET. TURNING NOW TO VIDEO YOU’LL ONLY SEE ON NEWS EIGHT. THIS IS VIDEO OF KEVIN ON GOING TO COURT TODAY CHARGED WITH ABUSE OF THE CORPSE AFTER HIS MOTHER WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR IN LANCASTER COUNTY LAST MONTH. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ WAS AT...
Celebrating National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: A look at therapists with religious- based practices
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
By Marnita Coleman Special to the AFRO Finding a therapist is not as easy as receiving a referral from your primary care physician (PCP). It’s a tricky task that places the patient in the driver’s seat– unlike when specialists are needed and come...
Baltimore Is Seeing the City’s Fewest Homicides in 50 Years. Here’s Why.
The Japan News
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July 5, 2025
Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, left, and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott take part in a community walk through Baltimore’s Belair-Edison neighborhood in 2024. The Washington Post 12:11 JST, July 5, 2025 In 2021,...
Man arrested, held without bond for weekend shooting in Cockeysville
FOX45 - Maryland
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(WBFF) — Baltimore County Police announced the arrest of a man in relation to a shooting in Cockeysville that left another man injured. Jeffrey O. Davis, 39, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, among other charges. ALSO READ | Male...
This Baltimore Food Incubator Is a Local Economic Engine
Next City
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July 9, 2025
Part retail space, part incubator for local ventures, Culinary Architecture shows how food-centered businesses can advance lasting neighborhood renewal. This piece is part of an ongoing series on women entrepreneurs addressing community and...