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    Naval Academy upper-class midshipmen take an oath as they prepare to lead plebes through their first summer.  A new Pentagon report found that better training and support for peer leaders may help reduce sexual assaults at the service academies.
    Naval Academy should adapt traditions, add training to reverse spike in sexual misconduct, report says
    The spike in sexual assaults at service academies was worst in Annapolis, where 23% of female midshipmen experienced unwanted sexual contact and sexual harassment. The causes are both unique to the Naval Academy and common to all college freshmen.
    Flames from a wildfire burn in Kihei, Hawaii, on Wednesday.
    Weinberg Foundation donates $850K to wildfire-ravaged Hawaii
    One of the nation’s largest foundations, though headquartered in Baltimore, has strong Hawaii ties and gave away $850,000 in grants to communities across the state affected by the wildfires.
    President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021.
    Trump charged by Justice Department for efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss
    Donald Trump has been charged by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It’s the third criminal case brought against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House.
    Tonya Webb (center with her arms folded) is an associate professor specializing in microbiology and immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She also heads up the Diversity In Cancer Research Internship Program.
    Cultivating the next generation of diverse cancer fighters
    Tonya Webb, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, gravitated to cancer research after several family members battled the disease. Now she inspires future cancer fighters.
    An entranceway to a building includes a revolving door. Above the door are letters that spell out business appointments. On the facade above, letters spell out Edgar Hoover FBI Building.
    Feds amend criteria for new FBI headquarters, giving Maryland bid a boost
    The GSA anticipates making a selection in the next few months.
    Photo collage of two young women behind a circular pill pack of birth control and a ripped-up prescription form
    First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
    American women and girls will be able to buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops.
    Black therapist surrounded by police and Black clients
    Black therapists cope with their own trauma, influx of new patients as a result of the pandemic
    The pandemic and the national racial reckoning led to a surge in patients and clients for Black therapists. Some of those therapists are still processing the experiences themselves.
    Picture of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
    Letters: Community colleges vital to bringing equity to higher education
    The role of community colleges in bringing equity to higher education is all the more crucial after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action in college admission, Sandra L. Kurtinitis, president of the Community College of Baltimore County, says.
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Commentary: Public-private collaboration helping to rebuild Maryland
    Partnerships using public and private investment are benefiting infrastructure projects such as the expansion of Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel and B&O Railroad Museum improvements, Ed McDonald, a commissioner at the Maryland Port Administration, says.
    The front of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.
    Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loans
    A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for millions of Americans.
    The Naval Academy Class of 2027, incoming plebes, take the oath of office on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
    Senate abortion fight snares first woman picked to lead the Naval Academy as I-Day passes
    As another Induction Day comes and goes at the Naval Academy, Rear Adm. Yvette Davids’ confirmation as the first woman superintendent is one of more than 250 military promotions hung up in the U.S. Senate by a protest over abortion policy.
    File photo of Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Campus.
    Supreme Court rules that colleges must stop considering the race of applicants for admission
    The court’s conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.
    Jasmine Norton poses for a portrait in Hampden on June 22, 2023. She plans to open The Urban Oyster, a sit-down restaurant, on 36th Street at the end of summer 2023.
    Maryland ranks No. 2 in nation for successful minority entrepreneurs, study says
    A new study by Lendio shows Maryland is the second-best state in the country for minority entrepreneurs to succeed. (Hawaii was first and Montana was last.)
    USS Carl M. Levin commissioning
    Navy commissions guided-missile destroyer at Port of Baltimore
    The U.S. Navy on Saturday commissioned a new guided-missile destroyer named for late Michigan Sen. Carl M. Levin at the Port of Baltimore.
    Nadine Seiler holds up a sign in front of SCOTUS at the Women’s March on the anniversary of the overturn of Roe v Wade on June 24, 2023.
    Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised on one-year anniversary
    Marylanders were among those who traveled to Washington, D.C., on Saturday for rallies on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe. v. Wade, which had protected a woman's right to an abortion for a half-century.
    Jordan McNair was a freshman offensive lineman for the University of Maryland.
    Mfume, Cardin push to require college emergency action plans for heat illnesses
    The measure was introduced five years after Jordan McNair, a University of Maryland football player, collapsed due to heatstroke during practice and later died.
    Baltimore performance group Urban Foli plays at Malcolm Ruff's annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 17, 2023.
    Juneteenth encourages a sense of pride, community and history for Black Americans
    A growing number of people are celebrating Juneteenth, which commemorates the day when the last enslaved African descendants in Texas learned they were free.
    Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting with all of the U.S. Attorneys in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
    Justice Department accuses Minneapolis police of rights violations after George Floyd’s killing
    The Justice Department has found that Minneapolis police engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discriminating against Black and Native American people following an investigation prompted by the killing of George Floyd.
    A statue of Pro Football Hall of Fame player Ray Lewis stands outside M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens, in South Baltimore.
    Ray Lewis III, son of former Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis, dead at 28, younger brother says
    Brother Rahsaan Lewis revealed the death in an Instagram post on Thursday.
    Scenes of Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus
    Johns Hopkins pulls LGBTQ glossary offline after ‘lesbian’ definition draws criticism
    Johns Hopkins’ definition of lesbians as “non-men” triggered online outrage from both the right and left, labels of misogyny and even criticism from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
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