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A bill that would prohibit local law enforcement from communicating with ICE unless a detainee is a convicted felon is making a comeback with just three days left in the legislative session.
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Gov. Wes Moore signs $71B Maryland budget; no tax increases but fiscal concerns loom
The governor signed off on a balanced budget Wednesday morning, but questions around how state officials plan to balance an impending $3 billion deficit are underway.
Maryland lawmakers on course to ban sale of Glocks and ‘machine gun convertible pistols’
The bill would make Maryland the only state other than California to ban the sale of semiautomatic handguns that can be converted into machine guns with an illegal aftermarket device.
Maryland Senate passes utility relief bill, House and advocates concerned with changes
The Senate added some hefty amendments to the House’s version of the Utility RELIEF Act, and the House speaker and consumer advocates worry the changes will provide less relief for ratepayers.
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Aaron CurtisThis week on the podcast, two stories about people who may have been visited by loving spirits. -
Aaron CurtisThis week on the podcast, two stories about people who made the bad decision to fly with friends.
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Jon Elswick/APThe proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River. -
Rob Schmitz/NPRHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been accused of corruption. Sightseers now flock to his hometown as groups aim to raise awareness of what they say are the leader's excesses. -
Cambodia is recognizing the life-saving contributions of a rat named Magawa with a statue. The late rat sniffed out landmines for a non-profit group, and in a short career helped find more than 100.
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Tommy Trenchard for NPRIt's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon. -
DBenitostock/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIn her new book You've Been Pooping All Wrong, Dr. Trisha Pasricha shares habits and practices to make your relationship with your solid waste as smooth as possible -
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty ImagesIndia's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back. -
Claire Harbage/NPRNPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria. -
Bill Ingalls/NASAThe Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening. -
Patrick Sison/APAnthropic announced this week that its new model found security flaws in "every major operating system and web browser." Even before the news, AI models had gotten dramatically better at finding bugs. -
Martin Mejia/APWith 35 candidates in the race, Peru is set to elect its 9th president in less than a decade. Amid rising corruption and crime, voters are left asking: Can this election finally break the cycle?
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