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Maryland families, disability advocates reveal what scares them most in Gov. Wes Moore's proposed DDA cuts

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BALTIMORE — Carmen Houston-Ludlam leads an active life. The 27-year-old, who has Down syndrome, stays busy with swimming, snowboarding, cheerleading and a job at MOD Pizza in Dunkirk, where she’s amassed a fan club of sorts — people who go to the store when she’s working just for her to make their pizzas.

“She just loves life,” said...Read more

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Biden rule cleared hurdles to lifesaving HIV drug, but in Georgia barriers remain

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ATLANTA — Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has faced repeated challenges getting the lifesaving drug that can prevent new HIV infections.

Years ago, Wilkins was dating a man newly diagnosed with HIV and went to get tested, she said, but was not offered PrEP. ...Read more

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Baltimore Legionella samples sent late to lab, documents say

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BALTIMORE — A public health expert said the city of Baltimore should commit to additional Legionella testing after documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun show that Legionella retest results from several city buildings, including City Hall, might be less reliable than previously thought.

Legionella is a naturally occurring bacteria found in ...Read more

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A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along

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The best and the worst thing about vaccination, pediatrician Dr. Adam Ratner says, is that it "makes nothing happen."

A child successfully inoculated against a vaccine-preventable disease — the measles, let's say, to name the most infectious of them all — doesn't fall sick with that condition, doesn't miss school, doesn't go to the hospital...Read more

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Grief, shock and support: Remembering the 10 Alaskans who died on Bering Air Flight 445

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The 10 people killed in the crash of a Bering Air flight in Western Alaska last week included a group of engineers from the Anchorage area working on a water plant, a teaching mentor from the Mat-Su and four Nome and Unalakleet residents, including the pilot and a school counselor.

The incident, the third fatal plane crash...Read more

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Homelessness is on the rise in the US. Why is Miami-Dade reporting a decrease?

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MIAMI — Due to rising costs, changes in migration and natural disasters, the number of people living on America’s streets rose 7% between 2023 and 2024 as homelessness reached an all-time high.

But in Miami-Dade County, that number has dropped to an 11-year low, according to a recent census conducted by the county’s homeless services ...Read more

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Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can't

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State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will they be able to count on the federal government?

Trump has called the Federal Emergency Management Agency a “disaster” and suggested it might “go away.” He said states would ...Read more

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Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'Karina's Bill,' aimed at getting guns away from alleged domestic abusers

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Monday aimed at shoring up protections for domestic violence victims by spelling out when law enforcement is required to take guns from alleged abusers with orders of protection against them.

What was popularly known as “Karina’s bill” was named after a woman who was shot and killed in Chicago’s ...Read more

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Trump reverses Biden action to replace plastic straws with paper

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing an effort by his predecessor, Joe Biden, to phase out the use of plastic straws within the federal government and replace them with paper products, targeting an environmental reform that has long drawn the Republican’s ire.

“I don’t think that plastic is going to ...Read more

Costs for many Minnesota factories just jumped as Trump places new tariffs on steel, aluminum

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Hibbing Fabricators on the Iron Range has had a fantastic four years.

Sales grew 60% as orders from Cirrus and other aircraft makers jumped for the high-precision aluminum, steel and copper parts made by the company’s 37 workers.

Business has been so robust, co-owner Rally Hess just added five workers.

But Hess is worried. His company might...Read more

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Trump says 'no' when asked if ready to name Vance as successor

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said “no” when asked if he viewed Vice President JD Vance as his successor, saying it was too early to make such a determination.

“No, but he’s very capable,” Trump told Fox News anchor Bret Baier in an interview taped last week, excerpts from which were released Monday.

“I think you have a lot...Read more

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Trump fires top ethics official overseeing conflicts of interest

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has fired the head of the federal Office of Government Ethics, which oversees disclosure and potential conflicts of interest involving top government officials, according to a post on the agency’s blog.

David Huitema, an appointee of President Joe Biden, was confirmed as director of the agency by the U.S...Read more

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Trump's Department of Justice order to dismiss federal corruption case against NYC Mayor Adams sparks outrage

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NEW YORK — The Justice Department on Monday night told federal prosecutors in Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case to drop the charges against him — an astonishing move that immediately sparked political backlash.

It comes after Adams has fostered a close working relationship with President Donald Trump in recent weeks, visiting him near Mar...Read more

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Trial for alleged ringleader in $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme begins

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — As the trial for the alleged ringleader of a quarter billion dollar pandemic-era meal fraud scheme opened Monday, prosecutors told jurors the evidence would show how the founder “transformed a sleepy nonprofit into an engine for the largest COVID fraud in the country.”

Meanwhile, the defense cast Aimee Bock, the 44-year-...Read more

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Trump Justice Department orders Manhattan US Attorney to dismiss corruption case against Mayor Adams

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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice late Monday ordered the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams, casting serious doubt over the future of the explosive case and the historic independence of the prosecutor’s office, the New York Daily News has confirmed.

The ...Read more

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Fort Liberty will be Fort Bragg again. But there's a twist to the controversial name

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Less than two years after Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty, the North Carolina Army base’s name is changing back to Fort Bragg.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Army officials Monday to change the name. But it’s not the same soldier for whom the base was initially named.

Instead of renaming the base after Gen. Braxton ...Read more

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Trump wants more military money as DOGE eyes big cuts elsewhere

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wants to increase the amount of money for the U.S. military, a goal that runs counter to efforts from his top ally — Elon Musk — to slash trillions of dollars of federal spending.

“We want to raise defense spending. I think we have to have it,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ ...Read more

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Madigan jurors end 9th day of deliberations with no verdict

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CHICAGO — Jurors in the corruption trial of ex-House speaker Michael Madigan remained silent Monday, ending their ninth day of deliberations without asking any questions or reaching a verdict.

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey, who is presiding over the Madigan case, is apparently preparing for the possibility that deliberations could ...Read more

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Senate advances Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to become DNI

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WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee to become director of national intelligence, is one step closer to confirmation after the Senate crossed a procedural hurdle Monday.

Senators voted 52-46 to approve a cloture motion on Gabbard’s nomination. The vote on confirmation could come as soon as late Tuesday unless members agree to shorten the...Read more

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Republicans are confident in Trump's leadership -- but fewer like his ethics, poll finds

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President Donald Trump nears the one-month mark of his second term with confidence from Republicans about his leadership skills and mental capacity to take on the highest office, a recent poll says.

While 76% of Republicans tout his leadership skills, the poll found a significant drop in his ability to act ethically.

The Pew Research Center ...Read more