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National Weather Service Red Flag Warning, Special Weather Statement for Augusta County
The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement followed by a Red Flag Warning about an hour later for the Augusta County region. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will...
Druid Lake Project enters final design phase ahead of 2028 construction
Updates to Druid Lake and Druid Hill Park are back on track, as plans for an update to Baltimore’s historic park promise boathouses, event spaces and more neighborhood connectivity by 2029. A yearslong transformation of Druid Lake and Druid Hill...
FDA Drug Unit chief resigns as he is sued
George Tidmarsh, the head of the FDA’s drug division, resigned on Sunday after he was placed on leave Friday, “after the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Inspector General were notified of serious concerns about his personal...
Exelon’s data-center demand grows 12% in Q3; profit beats estimates
Exelon Corp saw a 12% rise in demand from potential data center customers in the third quarter as the major U.S. electric utility pushes to change state laws barring it from developing new power plants, its executives said on Tuesday. Big Tech’s...
The Creative Genius Brothers Behind Jack Reacher
Lee Child had written a dozen novels about Jack Reacher—the clever, jacked-up former Army cop who now drifts around the country carrying only a toothbrush and an ATM card looking for justice to fight for—by the time I read my first. I don’t know...
All The News Fit For AI: Study Finds Publishers Are Using It, With Little Disclosure
Almost 10% of articles in U.S. newspapers contain some text written with artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study by the University of Maryland. The report, based on a tool developed by Pangram Labs, found that of 186,000 articles...
Weather Talk: What will the weather pattern be over the next 10 days?
Weather Talk: What will the weather pattern be over the next 10 days? SOGGY PATTERN? IS IT ARE WE GOING TO GET SOME RAIN. WE’RE GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WE DON’T SEE A BIG RAIN ON THE HORIZON COMING UP HERE, BUT IT WILL BE AN...
Revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement Nearing Final Passage
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, pictured from the Eastport neighborhood in September 2025. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters) ANNAPOLIS — A revised agreement to restore the Chesapeake Bay is speeding toward final passage, after a key...
David Braun’s USC game week press conference notes
After a well-earned bye week, Northwestern football is back in action this Friday night against No. 20 USC. The Trojans will be less rested, but also found a way to do what the Wildcats could not last weekend in a road victory over Nebraska....
Alston announces 120 new jobs in NY plant to meet rail manufacturing demand
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has announced that it is seeking to fill nearly 120 positions at its train manufacturing site in Plattsburgh, NY. The company is staffing up to produce 374 state-of-the-art commuter rail...
A portal into another life: Photographing America's abandoned homes
The houses are worn by weather and time, photographed in isolation like forgotten monuments. They have a haunted feel: Windows are boarded on Victorian-era turrets; paint flakes off the towering composite columns of a once-grand portico;...
Program Spotlight 2025: The Odyssey School
Reading and Writing Tutoring Program At The Odyssey School, the individualized Reading and Writing Tutoring Program empowers students with dyslexia and language learning differences to become confident, capable learners. Every child receives...
Nuclear Story: How The Public Falls In And Out Of Loving A Fuel
LUSBY, MD.-March 12: The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power plant in southern Maryland on March 12, 2011 in Lusby, Md. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images Periodically, there is a sea...
A new park for future generations of Baltimoreans | GUEST COMMENTARY
In the game of genetic roulette, my sisters got the gene for nature, and I got the one for urban dynamism. Each of them found renewal in landscapes, but I was energized by city views. So, 10 years ago, when I decided to sell my home in bosky...
Dolphins on the brink of collapse: Tua Tagovailoa's millionaire contract halts changes in Miami
Tension at the Miami Dolphins continues to mount week after week, reaching critical levels following their recent loss to the Baltimore Ravens that leaves them with a 2-7 record and an internal environment fraught with uncertainty surrounding...
Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides opportunities for collective healing
In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston. They had lain hidden for some 200 years in an unmarked 18th-century burial ground. For more than two...
Deep Creek Daily Notes Blog November 4
The weather today will be sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. West winds of around 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph. New in our Marketplace! Black Executive Desk and Credenza with Hutch for FREE! These feature dark brown tops, show some wear...
Amazon Web Services announces new sub-sea Fastnet transatlantic data cable between West Cork and US
The cable, which will be one of the highest capacity cables to date across the Atlantic, will land in Castlefreke in 2028 and could offer ‘diversity’ against ‘issues’ affecting Irish transatlantic cables landing in Mayo and Dublin The new...
Ghoulish: Judge’s leftist Halloween lawn display raises distrust
A justice on the state Supreme Court in Maryland has undermined the public’s confidence in that institution by posting on his lawn leftist political ideologies. Like “Here lies the Constitution,” “RIP Freedom of Speech,” “RIP Food Aid,” “Beware...