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Maryland nurse shows parents mistakes to avoid when installing car seats
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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A Maryland nurse is emphasizing the importance of properly installing a child's car seat, especially as families prepare for summer road trips and activities. Julie Siejack, a nurse with UM Upper Chesapeake Health and a certified Child Passenger...
Maryland leaders reacting after President Trump’s megabill passes in House
WBAL - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s big trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday in Congress, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July...
Maryland pays man $2.7 million for nearly 30 years of wrongful incarceration
WMAR-2 News - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
A Maryland man is being compensated after having been wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 30 years. James Langhorne was just 23 years old when his life turned upside down. In 1996, he was accused and convicted of the murder of Laurence Jones, three...
Baltimore homicides hit historic low, but leaders say ‘work is far from over’
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
After a year of historic reductions in homicides, the first half of 2025 is looking even brighter for Charm City officials. There have been 68 homicides and 164 nonfatal shootings in Baltimore the first six months of the year, according to city...
Travel nurse platforms draw scrutiny in health care gig economy
The News Journal - Delaware
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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...
UM Launches Educational Program Bridging Engineering, Medicine
Digital Engineering 24/7
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July 9, 2025
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...
The 9 biggest true crime cases in Pennsylvania history
Keystone Newsroom - Pennsylvania
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July 23, 2025
Read about nine true cases of murder, robbery, and scandal in Pennsylvania. Many Americans turn to podcasts and documentaries for true stories of crime and mystery. However, you can also turn to real cases from Pennsylvania’s history for a dose of...
Former Maryland broadcaster Tim Strachan remembered for strength, perseverance
The Diamondback - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
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’...
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin calls Trump ‘schoolyard bully’ after president calls him a ‘dope’ with an ‘ugly face’
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump took time out from rallying support for his “big, beautiful bill” to call Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin a “dope” with an “ugly face.” “This DOPE has been consistently losing to me for YEARS, and I love watching his...
Tractor trailer dangles off Beltway bridge, forcing Maryland closures
NBC 4 - Washington D.C.
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July 10, 2025
All lanes on the Capital Beltway (I-495) Outer Loop are blocked Thursday morning as crews try to remove a dangling tractor trailer from a bridge after a crash, officials say. Commuters should expect delays. The truck crashed at about 1 a.m....
Bryce Harper says he's healthy and feels "great" after 4 extra-base hits
CBS 3 Philly - Pennsylvania
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Updated on: July 10, 2025 / 8:12 AM EDT / AP CBS News Live CBS News Philadelphia Live Bryce Harper had a monster game Wednesday as the Phillies dominated the San Francisco Giants 13-0 at Oracle Park. Harper homered and smacked three doubles in his...
AstraZeneca announces $50bn US investment plans by 2030
Yahoo Finance
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AstraZeneca has announced $50bn investment plans in the US by 2030 for drug manufacturing, and research and development (R&D). The investment represents a substantial capital infusion to the $3.5bn announced in November 2024. The focus of this...
3 more heat-related deaths reported in Baltimore area
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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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...
Two men arrested after fight, stabbing in Maryland over Trump sign
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
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...
University of Maryland School of Medicine Launches Groundbreaking Study on THC/CBD Therapy for Dementia-Related Agitation at End of Life
Newswise
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July 10, 2025
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...
MM 7.9: Maryland men’s basketball adds two more new members to coaching staff
Testudo Times - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
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...
GOP megabill will mean higher health costs for many Americans
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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July 9, 2025
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...
Crash leaves tractor-trailer dangling off a bridge on I-495 in Maryland
WUSA 9 - Washington D.C.
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July 10, 2025
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...
Trump administration warns Maryland to drop ‘gender ideology’ from federally funded programs
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
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....
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...