By Jeff Hager Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, Maryland (WMAR) — No, it’s not your standard-issue law enforcement tools of the trade, but the Hussman Institute for Autism wants officers to be better equipped to calm people with autism who are in crisis during encounters with police. “It’s really having an individual
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. It’s offering $8 billion to entice the nation’s industries, engineers and planners to figure out how to produce and deliver clean hydrogen.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth’s atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. It’s offering $8 billion to entice the nation’s industries, engineers and planners to figure out how to produce and deliver clean hydrogen.
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles’ home opener against the New York Yankees on Thursday has been postponed because of severe weather in the forecast. The Orioles announced the game would be pushed back to 3:05 p.m. Friday, which had been scheduled as an off day before the teams meet again Saturday and Sunday. Dean
Continue ReadingBy Russell Shellberg Click here for updates on this story LAINGSBURG, Michigan (WSYM) — We all have a favorite hobby. But if you ask some students at Laingsburg High School what their favorite hobby is, they may have a different answer you might not expect, robotics. The robotics club has quickly become a hit among
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Cash-starved Bed, Bath & Beyond, which is scrambling to avoid bankruptcy, announced a $120 million lifeline to help it stock near-empty shelves. One reason that the chain’s sales have fallen and losses have mounted is that the company doesn’t have the funds needed to buy inventory in order to stock shelves.
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A report from Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown released Wednesday alleges 156 Catholic clergy members and others abused at least 600 children over the course of more than six decades. “From the 1940s through 2002, over a hundred priests and other Archdiocese personnel engaged in horrific and repeated
Continue ReadingBy ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, making those states the latest to restrict transgender health care as Republican-led legislatures continue to curb LGBTQ+ rights this year. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation Wednesday that will
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Harper has taken on-field batting practice for the first time since Tommy John surgery last fall. The Philadelphia Phillies said Harper hit on the field before Tuesday night’s game at Yankee Stadium. Harper, a two-time National League MVP, was operated on last Nov. 23 and was projected to return as
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Chris Pratt se sinceró sobre cómo conoció a su actual esposa, la escritora Katherine Schwarzenegger, y por qué su encuentro se produjo en el momento justo. Este martes, en el programa “The Drew Barrymore Show”, el actor de doblaje de “Super Mario Bros.”, de 43 años, reveló que “hubo un momento
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he has completed his final round of chemotherapy. He has non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He has posted an Instagram video of him ringing the “victory bell” along with a lengthy note thanking his medical team, wife, family, friends and fans. He says the past five months “have
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants. That’s an update to standards imposed more than a decade ago. The proposal would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development
Continue ReadingBy Larry Wallace Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WSYM) — For more than a month, Rosalyn Williams and her son have made a hotel their home after her unit at Autumn Ridge Apartments was red tagged. She first found out about her apartment issues when code compliance came for an inspection.
Continue ReadingBy Gabriella Mercurio Click here for updates on this story Tallahassee (WTXL) — “Drop the charge! Drop the charge!” A different kind of protest for a group in Tallahassee pushing against a potential six-week abortion ban. Now, they’re calling for charges to be dropped for 11 people arrested outside of city hall for trespassing. “Our
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — Peter Murrell, esposo de la ex primera ministra de Escocia Nicola Sturgeon, quedó en libertad y no enfrenta ningún cargo por ahora, luego de que lo detuvieran este miércoles en relación con una investigación sobre la financiación del Partido Nacional Escocés (SNP, por sus siglas en inglés), según la Policía
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — A near-century old abortion ban that fueled one of the largest ballot drives in Michigan history was repealed Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, just months after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state’s constitution. “Today, we’re going to take action to make sure that our statutes
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans removed the state’s only nonbinary legislator from House committees after the lawmaker provided refuge to a transgender rights activist. In Florida, two Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in a protest over abortion restrictions. And in Tennessee, three Democratic House members are facing expulsion
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BLOOD, LISA MASCARO and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has welcomed Taiwan’s president in a rare high-level meeting on U.S. soil. The face-to-face session with President Tsai Ing-wen risks anger from China. More than a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined Republican McCarthy for the
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump stepped into a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon, his usual bravado was replaced with palpable anger and notable silence as the former president was reduced to a criminal defendant in custody. By the time he returned to his Mar-a-Lago club hours later, he was
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Brandt Click here for updates on this story TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WTXL) — Tallahassee Classical School could be at risk of losing state funding and their charter school status. Superintendent Rocky Hanna wrote in a letter last week that Tallahassee Classical has only four board members rather than the required five. This violation is
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