It was 1942, a few months after the Japanese attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today, when Takashi Kariya, 17, and his family joined thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans held captive at the Tanforan Assembly Center.
Teen Cigar use is on the Rise
Cigarette smoking has decreased among high school students by nearly 40 percent since 2000, but cigar smoking has increased by more than 11 percent.
Maryland Weighs Fracking’s Potential Impact
The public debate over fracking has swept across Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Colorado and Wyoming, where reserves of natural gas lie deep underground, trapped bubble-like in shale formations
Maryland Slow to Report Mental Health Problems to Gun Background Check Database
A new report has found Maryland lax in reporting mental health and substance abuse records to a national database used to run background checks on gun purchasers.
Homeless Baltimoreans Find Lifesaving Care
Health Care for the Homeless delivers care to approximately 7,000 individuals in Baltimore each year, providing adult and pediatric medical care, mental health services, dental care and addiction treatment.
ICC Due to Open Soon
On November 22 many Maryland drivers may find their commute a little easier. That’s when the remaining two sections of the Intercounty Connector, the
stretch between I-270 and I-95, is scheduled to open.
Maryland Wrestling Coach Rises Above Race
University of Maryland Wrestling Head Coach Kerry McCoy is one of five black head coaches in NCAA Division I wrestling.
Demolished Dam Finds New Home Helping Oysters
For more than 100 years, Simkins Dam in Ellicott City prevented eels, herring and shad from migrating upriver before it was torn down last winter at the urging of environmentalists. In its more eco-friendly second life, the dam’s concrete will serve as the base for a new oyster reef near the mouth of the Chester River.
Maryland Graduates in More Debt Than Ever Before
The average college graduate in Maryland had $21,750 in student loan debt in 2010, according to the report by the Institute for College Access & Success’ Project on Student Debt, a nine percent increase from the year before.
Romney Wins Maryland — In Early Presidential Money Race
Maryland residents have donated nearly $1 million to Republican presidential candidates so far this year — with Mitt Romney ahead — despite the state’s true blue reputation.