ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Police say a woman reported to be in labor and her boyfriend were robbed in Annapolis as they headed to a hospital. The couple was confronted by three men with guns as they left an apartment on Copeland Street early Sunday. When the woman’s boyfriend fled, police spokeswoman Cpl. Amy Miguez […]
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BGE Preparing for Impending Winter Storm and Encourages Customers to Prepare in Advance of Sunday Evening’s Forecasted Freezing Rain and Snow
BGE Media Hotline: 410-470-7433 BALTIMORE (March 2, 2014) — Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) continues to closely monitor an impending winter storm, forecasted to bring freezing rain, high wind and wind gusts and a possible five to twelve inches of dry snow to BGE’s central Maryland service area Sunday evening through Monday. The company […]
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Baltimore’s Muse 360 Open House and Family Day of Artful Infusion
Members of the Baltimore community looking to infuse art into their lives have less than two weeks before the Muse 360 Arts Family and Friends Day at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. The March 15 event will host a variety of events from an open jazz class beginning at 9:30 a.m. […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Prince George’s County Male Educators Convene Summit
On a frigid Saturday morning recently in Prince George’s County there was a gathering of a rare species in public schools: Male teachers. And while there were less than 100 people in Charles Herbert Flowers High School’s cavernous auditorium in Springdale, the meeting –dubbed The First Annual Male Educator Summit: Envisioning the Future of Prince […]
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Study: Women with Certain Gene Mutations Advised to Remove Ovaries by Age 35
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology recommends that women with certain gene mutations take preventative steps to fight their increased risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. In keeping with the saying that “prevention is better than cure,” women with altered BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are now advised to remove the […]
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D.C. Mayor Gray Unveils ‘ForWARD 8’
If D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray gets his way, employment and commerce should soon be looking up in Washington D.C.’s Ward 8, the long-neglected southeast corner of the city, under an initiative called “forWARD 8: Investing in Our Future.” Under the initiative unveiled Feb. 26, Gray said he is calling for $2.5 million in the upcoming […]
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CDC: Early Childhood Obesity Down, More Improvement Needed
The number of young obese children in the United States has gone down according to new data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the CDC data showed that obesity among children between the ages of two and five has […]
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Attack on Washington, D.C. Carrier Prompts $50k Reward by U. S. Postal Inspection Service
U.S. Postal inspectors and D.C. police officers are investigating a brazen attack on a postal carrier as he went about his job in broad daylight Feb. 25 along a route where he has worked for years in Northeast Washington. It was about 4 p.m. and the carrier, whose name was not released because he is […]
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Prince George’s School Board Approves $1.75 Billion Budget
The Prince George’s County School Board on Feb. 25 unanimously approved a $1.75 billion budget that provides for increases in funding for full-day pre-kindergarten in a few high poverty communities, expanding art and foreign language programs and restoring some parent liaison positions to improve interaction between school administrators and parents. It was the first budget […]
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D.C. Council Member Wants Marijuana Testing Banned from the Hiring Process
Mayoral candidate and Council member Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) wants to amend a measure currently under consideration by the D.C. Council to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana to prohibit testing for marijuana by potential employers. Orange has proposed an amendment to the “Simple Possession of Small Quantities Of Marijuana Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2013,” […]
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President Obama Launches ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative
Throughout his tenure in the White House, President Obama has come under fire for seemingly distancing himself from Black concerns and failing to create programs that targeted the unique challenges of the African-American community. But on Feb. 27 – with the specter of a re-election no longer hanging over him – Obama introduced an initiative […]
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D.C. Health Insurance Cos. Directed to Cover Transgender Health Care Expenses
Mayor Vincent Gray (D) announced on Feb. 27 in a press conference that insurance plans regulated by the D.C. government must cover transgender health care expenses, including gender-reassignment surgery. D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking (DISB) issued a bulletin that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and expression by insurance companies writing health insurance […]