The ongoing war was at the forefront as the Ukrainian festival returned to Baltimore this weekend following a two-year, pandemic-related hiatus.
Maryland
Cox holds day of events in Republican friendly Allegany County
Allegany County voters heavily favored former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Former Hogan donors gave Moore four times more than Cox
Democratic nominee for Maryland governor Wes Moore has received nearly four times as much in campaign donations from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s former financial supporters as has Del. Dan Cox, the Republican nominee.
Moore, Cox hand out water in Baltimore areas with E. coli outbreak
The Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor handed out water the city’s Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park communities, which have been under a boil water advisory.
Maryland residents receive first shots of new COVID-19 vaccine
The Maryland Department of Health suggests residents use the state’s COVID Vaccination Site Searcher to find the new booster nearby.
Weekly drive-through deals hope in Frederick
The organizer estimates that during the two years they operated the drive, they provided 300 to 450 families a week’s worth of groceries every Monday.
Ukrainian reporter jailed in Crimea sent to crowded cell block to make room for prisoners of war, says U.S.-funded employer Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Vladislav Yesypenko, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent sentenced to six years in prison for his reporting in Russian-occupied Crimea, has recently been moved to a dirtier, more crowded prison floor.
One Reporter’s Story Shows Outlook For Release Of Kurdish Journalists Worsens Under Turkey’s Authoritarian Path
Nedim Turfent, already imprisoned for six years, lost more privileges this year
Hong Kong journalists and activists fear China’s retaliation, even abroad
Vague China-imposed national security law wiped out protests and independent reporting.
Imprisoned journalist Katerina Andreeva charged with treason just months ahead of release
“The situation itself is frightening,” Igor Ilyash, Katerina Andreeva’s husband and a journalist, told Capital News Service recently. “She is, apparently, too bright and famous of a journalist to let her go now.”