BALTIMORE – Boeing leadership and pilots appear before a Congressional committee to defend the safety of planes amidst controversy. Criticism arose after the door panel of a Boeing Alaskan Airlines jet flew off mid-air. Whistle blowers and Boeing employees have…
University of Maryland launches new institute on artificial intelligence
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Maryland has launched the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute. Students can learn the principles of AI and how it applies to their majors.
Home-schooled students get an out-of-this-world learning experience
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The College Park Aviation Museum hosted its spring home-school day. The event gives students an opportunity they don’t usually get: to work with different teachers and experience a classroom-like setting with other students. The students got…
Washington church marks 176th anniversary of greatest attempted slave escape
Rev. Brian Hamilton tapped his microphone, signaling the beginning of his service at Westminster Presbyterian Church in honor of the 176th anniversary of the greatest attempted escape of enslaved people in American history — which happened in Washington.
After pandemic decreases, share of Black people in Maryland prisons peaks
The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland’s prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and prisons filled up again, the share of Black incarcerated people reached a five-year-high late last year, a Capital News Service data…
Top salvage, engineering firms tapped to salvage Key Bridge, open port
To remove the massive wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, state and federal authorities have brought in an elite group of contractors, ranging from a construction firm in Stockholm, salvage firms from Florida and New Jersey and a disaster…
What makes a hit? A look into 2024’s top-charting songs
Long gone are the days of yore where every other song on the charts is Katy Perry’s, Adele’s or Rihanna’s. Sort of.
DC domestic violence shelter prepares to celebrate 45th anniversary
A group of women spent several months making repairs to a huge three-story Victorian house in the nation’s capital to serve as one of the first undisclosed safe spaces for women and children dealing with domestic violence.
Pressing for shield law, former CBS reporter Herridge calls seizure of files ‘journalistic rape’
Veteran investigative journalist Catherine Herridge opened up during a House hearing about the seizure of her reporting files to push for a federal shield law for reporters.
Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness, will undergo a 3-year renovation
BALTIMORE – Maryland lawmakers have passed legislation to rebuild the Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes. The Stronach Group, the current owner of Pimlico, will transfer ownership to the state to renovate and redevelop the race course. The…