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The Maryland Transit Administration announced Thursday that it’s eliminating all nine Express BusLink routes plus two LocalLink routes next week as concerns for stopping the spread of coronavirus continue to rise.
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The Carroll County Health Department Thursday afternoon announced nine additional cases COVID-19 in the county, bringing the total confirmed cases to 129. They also announced six recoveries in people who had been in isolation.
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Baltimore Police said a man died Thursday in a shooting on Reisterstown Road in the Towanda-Grantley neighborhood of Northwest Baltimore.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is getting pressure to close down the state’s gun stores, which have been allowed to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic when most other retailers have had to shut their doors.
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Yielding to pressure from voting rights advocates, the Maryland Board of Elections reversed itself Thursday, recommending the state offer at least one in-person voting center in each county for the June 2 primary in spite of concerns about the new coronavirus outbreak.
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The state received 34 percent of the 778,129 face masks it requested, 26 percent of the 421,532 N95 respirator masks it sought, and 43 percent of the 330,540 requested gloves.
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Howard County has received a AAA bond rating from all three of the nation’s credit-rating agencies, County Executive Calvin Ball announced Thursday.
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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maryland jumped another 17% Thursday to more than 2,000, and scores of out-of-work residents have filed for unemployment benefits as businesses continued to shut their doors in response, state officials said.
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Nearly 85,000 Maryland residents filed for unemployment benefits last week as business continued to shut their doors in response to the growing COVID-19 outbreak.
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A Pumphrey woman was charged Wednesday with violating Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive order after police said she refused to leave a terminal of BWI Airport, which has been restricted under the emergency coronavirus measures to use by ticketed passengers and employees.
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Immigrants’ rights advocates on Thursday urged a federal judge to order the release of two people from Maryland immigration detention facilities, including one in Howard County, saying their medical conditions carry a high risk of death or serious illness from a coronavirus infection.
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Anna V. Kobsa, an opera singer and confidante of operatic soprano Rosa Ponselle, has died at age 91.
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Dr. Nicholas DeClaris, a professor of electrical engineering and a Shock Trauma protocol founder, has died at age 89.
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Six residents and one staff member have tested positive for coronavirus at Genesis Loch Raven Center in Parkville, Baltimore County officials say.
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Maryland’s health department has not published data on the racial breakdown of coronavirus cases, despite escalating pressure from black lawmakers.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will sign into law legislation that makes it easier for doctors to use telehealth to treat patients.
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Carroll County Public Schools will not administer state assessments for math, language arts, science, social studies or alternative assessments. They will also not administer the climate survey which accompanied state testing for the first time last year.
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Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. and other county officials are hosting a virtual town hall April 2 to give updates on the county’s coronavirus response.
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Two recent deflating events prodded me to question the future of restoring the Chesapeake Bay.
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Carroll County’s commissioners voted this week to approve postponing the annual tax sale and freezing penalties to ease the financial hardship some have experienced as the coronavirus has spread.
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Johns Hopkins team 3D prints part to help coronavirus patients share ventilators.
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Howard Community College recently donated more than 2,300 pieces of personal protective equipment to the Howard County Office of Emergency Management to help protect medical professionals during the coronavirus health emergency.
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As of this week, there were only about 260 overdue requests for cleaning a dirty alley or street.
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In nursing homes with vulnerable residents, the coronavirus is cutting a particularly deadly path. And the nation’s lack of testing, coupled with its inability to effectively trace the contacts of those infected, has left local and state health departments blind in the battle to intervene.
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Early forecasts for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season suggest it will be another active one, with a key group of meteorologists predicting a nearly 70% chance that a major storm will strike the United States.
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Bullets tore through a Severn home with five people inside early Thursday morning, Anne Arundel County police said.
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Cara Yerman, 26, awoke to the light being switched on in her hospital room. She was hooked up to an IV and on oxygen, with a bucket to pee in so she didn’t contaminate the adjacent bathroom.
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More than 42,000 Marylanders were among a record 3.3 million Americans who filed for unemployment last week — so many that the claims are overloading the system.
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Unemployment claims in the county nearly doubled in the past week alone with 8,983 people filing for unemployment benefits, capping off a month that started at 146 claims filed.
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Five men were shot in Baltimore Wednesday, two of them, including an 18-year-old, died.
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A once-prominent Orthodox rabbi who secretly videotaped nude women at a Jewish ritual bath in Washington was released early from prison amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Technological hiccups disrupted Anne Arundel County District Judge Thomas Pryal’s bail review docket March 24, signs of a criminal justice system adapting on the fly to the implications of the rapidly evolving coronavirus pandemic — from the courtroom to county jails.
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These are the confirmed Maryland cases of the novel coronavirus, the illness that causes the COVID-19 disease, confirmed by the Maryland Department of Health. The table and map below shows what has been reported by the state and updates at 10 a.m. each day.
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To capture the widespread impact of COVID-19 in Maryland, we are making direct appeals to readers to be a part of our coverage. Responses to the prompts below supplement other reporting methods, including interviews and observations from the field, which continue with proper precautions.
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The $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program opens Friday, offering loans of up to $10 million, mostly to employers with fewer than 500 workers that are designed to help employers keeping paying their workers.
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The disclosure came two days after the prison system said it had its first confirmed cases of COVID-19, with an inmate and two non-corrections contract staff testing positive at facilities in Jessup and Baltimore.
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The Baltimore Sun is looking to memorialize those who have died from coronavirus in the Baltimore area or who have connections to our region.
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Days after Gov. Larry Hogan's stay-at-home directive was issued, Marylanders still have questions. Here are some answers from his spokesman.
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As cases of the coronavirus continue to rise, health care workers and first responders have been forced to extremes to deal with shortages of personal protective gear. And now some people in the Carroll County community are stepping up to help.
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Under Armour founder Kevin Plank earned $5.6 million in 2019, a 9% decrease, though the company placed the value of Plank’s compensation in his last year as CEO at $1.95 million.
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Two people were killed in a shooting in Mount Airy on Thursday afternoon, and the shooter is dead as well, police have confirmed.
