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Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people recommended a ban on some helicopter flights Tuesday to improve safety, saying the current setup “poses an intolerable risk.”

Like many other colleges last spring, Hopkins grappled with balancing free speech and campus safety after students organized a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

Makary is considered one of Trump’s more conventional health nominees and is widely expected to be confirmed.

Five people were onboard the single-engine plane that crashed and burst into flames in a parking lot near a small airport.

The mass email went to a “broad population of HHS employees,” landing in their inboxes days before agency heads are due to offer plans for shrinking their workforces.

A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period began this week.

Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Saturday as the Vatican machinery and Holy Year celebrations marched on without him, this weekend dedicated to the Catholic Church’s volunteers.

A group of labor unions is asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.

We’re here to help you understand what went down recently with President Donald Trump's tariffs and layoffs and how it may impact Maryland.

There’s been plenty of debate over the practice, but about 70 countries — about 40% of those across the globe — currently use what Americans call daylight saving time.

Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J. Blige, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos Def and Ice Cube, has died.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has postponed 25% tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month amid widespread fears of the impact of a broader trade war.

Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and the local businesses serving them.

The Trump administration deleted a list of hundreds of federally owned buildings it had deemed “not core to government operations” less then 24 hours after it was published.

President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers.

The federal government is the nation’s largest employer of veterans. Maryland vets are among those losing jobs — and bracing for potential service cuts.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, two conservatives, joined the three liberal justices to form a majority.

Trump, who has billionaire adviser Elon Musk orchestrating his efforts to slash the size and scope of the federal government, said he is working to “reclaim democracy from this unaccountable bureaucracy” and threatened federal workers anew with firings if they resist his agenda.

Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health.