WASHINGTON POST: Homeless activists gather Monday to protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case centered on an Oregon city’s laws on people camping and […]
WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there’s “no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old” without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school […]
DBK NEWS: The University of Maryland’s campus food pantry saw a more than 60 percent increase in users between 2022 and 2023, according to pantry manager Larry Tumlin. The pantry, which offers students and staff […]
WTOP NEWS: More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team […]
WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County, Maryland, business owner wants you to think before you throw out that used dress or shirt. Sadiqa Brown, co-founder of New Digz Consignment, wants residents to know that donating […]
WTOP NEWS: The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a […]
BALTIMORE BANNER: The day after the bodies of two victims were recovered from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the focus at the site of the wreckage turned from recovery to salvage. “This is not […]
WTOP NEWS: More than 12 hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, six members of a road crew who were on the Baltimore bridge at the time it was rammed by a […]
WTOP NEWS: As part of a multimillion dollar rehabilitation project to address flooding issues, officials say 140 of D.C.’s famed cherry trees will be cut down along the Tidal Basin and Potomac River for construction. […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: State health officials have placed their bid for Maryland to be among the first participants in a federal program that will help fund state initiatives to improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities, while […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: In 1996, the Maryland General Assembly spent its entire legislative session debating a proposal to build a new state-funded football stadium in downtown Baltimore, along with plans to spend millions more on infrastructure […]
WTOP NEWS: A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route […]
The United Black Clergy of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has been part of Souls to the Polls — an initiative to bring Black congregants in disenfranchised communities to the polls on the Sunday before election […]
The city of Hyattsville will feature a colorful mural to enliven an area that’s part of Prince George’s County’s arts district. A mural called “The Sky’s The Limit” will be prominently displayed on the Pyramid […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it is opening an investigation into alleged discriminatory hiring and promotion practices by the Maryland State Police. The department has the authority to launch an investigation known […]
In an effort to curb packaging made from fossil fuels, Wegmans Food Markets said Thursday that it will stop providing single-use plastic bags in all of its Maryland stores. The decision came after an announcement […]
The commission charged with regulating Maryland’s move into sports wagering decided this week that the best way to diversify the new industry is to create an application process that does not take into account — […]
In 2019, the owners of Bowie’s Freeway Airport in Prince George’s County won a controversial vote at the county council level that rezoned the land it sits on to allow for much greater density. Similar […]
With online and retail sports betting now legal in more than 30 states, the portrait of a new problem gambler is emerging: the high school student. Although the legal age for gambling ranges from 18 […]
A new development is being considered for a wooded lot next to the upcoming Purple Line station just outside Riverdale Park. Located behind the Megamart off East West Highway and Kenilworth Avenue, the Headen Spring development would […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (DC News Now) — The University of Maryland College Park Campus canceled all in-person and remote classes due to power outages on Wednesday. In-person orientations were also canceled as well as telework. […]
Most of Maryland’s public colleges have been seeing declines in enrollment in recent years. Between fall 2018 and fall 2021, the University System of Maryland saw a decline of more than 6%. The exceptions are […]
