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Doodles, platform sneakers, finder of things. Mumsie to two. Has a dog the size of a small pony. Happy to chat. Audience Engagement Editor | @thebaltimorebanner.com

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
DOGE slashed 3/4 of the personnel from the CDC lab that’s supposed to prevent turbodiarrhea outbreaks www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 28/06/2026
UMD professor Dan Ortiz Leizman is going viral for instruments they create from unlikely materials — the cheap plastic chairs known as Monoblocs. buff.ly/fttvQsE
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 16/06/2026
NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:
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DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 20/05/2026
Are you a Maryland voter caught up in the mail-in ballot mix-up? Our politics reporter @brendawintrode.bsky.social would like to hear from you. Comment below or email brenda.wintrode@thebanner.com
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What to know about Maryland’s mail ballot mix-up
The board of elections instructed affected Maryland voters to throw away their first ballot and its return envelope. They are sending a new ballot and return envelope.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 20/04/2026
About seven years ago, amid an arms race of so-called “super shoes,” Under Armour began a quest to build a high-performance distance running shoe. The culmination, thus far, is the Velociti Elite 3, which defending Boston women’s champion Sharon Lokedi will lace up once again. buff.ly/BqpDPA8
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/02/2026
Winter storm sweeps across Maryland, with heavy snow on Eastern Shore buff.ly/AkiZEGb
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 07/02/2026
In Maryland, where the upper bay is more likely to freeze, the state usually operates three steel-hulled boats that patrol the estuary’s icy reaches. Like giant snow plows, they clear critical channels for those who need to leave the harbor in frigid temperatures. buff.ly/knV22zI
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 31/01/2026
It’s a multimodal dance to get shiploads of salt from northern Chile’s Atacama Desert to wintry roads in the mid-Atlantic — and a key part of the choreography takes place at the Port of Baltimore in the sprint following a snowstorm. buff.ly/dSgBJ0Y
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 24/01/2026
@nickmiroff.bsky.social: “‘These are people who have no business setting foot into our office,’ one senior ICE official told me, describing new recruits who appeared physically unfit for the job.”
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The Truth About ICE’s Recruiting Push
Trump officials are touting 12,000 new hires in four months. Getting them onto U.S. streets may take longer.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/01/2026
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches: newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/12/2025
A TSA choir at BWI Airport has gone viral with their rendition of the Mariah Carey classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” buff.ly/YeF6xFK
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 19/11/2025
Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
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Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she left as a child.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 17/11/2025
Seconds after activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo confronted immigration agents on a Southeast Baltimore residential street Sunday morning, one of them shoved him several times, he said. buff.ly/WUhgqDP
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/11/2025
Senate president joins push to ban ICE agreements in Maryland
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Senate president joins push to ban ICE agreements in Maryland
“This is not something we can aid and abet here in the state of Maryland,” Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 13/11/2025
Johns Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year, the school announced Thursday. The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/10/2025
If the tag on your T-shirt says “Made in India,” there’s a good chance it came from Tiruppur. Interviews with more than a dozen factory workers, labor contractors and business executives revealed how rapidly President Trump’s trade war has upended lives and livelihoods across the one-industry town.
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Trump tariffs bring India’s massive garment industry to its knees
Just seven weeks after Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on India, many of Tiruppur’s garment factories have ground to a halt, putting thousands out of work.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 01/10/2025
Maryland plans to use state money to provide food and cash assistance and pay state employee salaries typically funded with federal dollars as it rides out a government shutdown, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday. buff.ly/sUiCJDK
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 09/09/2025
We spoke with actor and writer Michael Strassner about his new film The Baltimorons. He'll be throwing out the first pitch at the Orioles-Pirates game on Wednesday before rushing over to the Senator Theatre for the film’s sold-out Maryland premiere. Q&A: buff.ly/6oWC85d
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 26/07/2025
Catch blue catfish and win awards? Welcome to Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby. Read more: One scientist hopes his Eastern Shore fishing derby boosts the fish fight buff.ly/M5m1oHM
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/06/2025
With prices soaring, eggs have been reported stolen from porches and farm stands. At one point, federal agents at the border were seizing eggs more often than fentanyl. Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
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The Great Egg Heist: 280,000 eggs disappeared from America’s top producer. Then came a ransom note.
As prices skyrocketed, and egg giant Cal-Maine raked in record profits, the company was hit by one of the biggest egg thefts in history.
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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
“I think, when she saw the contract it was when she realized, ‘OK, this is the real deal.’” The family of one of the nation’s fastest high school sprinters takes you inside a landmark NIL deal. How Elise Cooper navigated an uncharted, hazardous market: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/colle...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/06/2025
More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health signed a letter in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health, in a rare sign of open resistance by career government employees.
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NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling.
More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 05/06/2025
Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
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Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to challenge their deportations.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 05/06/2025
UPDATE: Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red ➡️ The 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill has been linked to a Johns Hopkins facility in East Baltimore. ➡️ Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
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Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
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Emily Opilo @emilyopilo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Your BGE bill is set to go up again June 1. The Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered BGE to flatten those bills ahead of costly summer months, reports @briaovers.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/bge-...
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As BGE bills are about to rise again, utility commission demands a delay
The Maryland Public Service Commission is ordering Baltimore Gas and Electric to mitigate the effects of an impending supply-side rate increase by shifting cost recovery to less expensive times of yea...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/05/2025
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the French biochemist and physician who was often called the father of the abortion pill — and who was also known for his pioneering studies on the role of steroid hormones in human reproduction and aging — died on Friday. He was 98. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/h...
A portrait photo of Étienne-Émile Baulieu, an older man wearing a purple and blue checkered suit. A headline reads: "1926-2025: Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Scientist Behind the Abortion Pill, Dies at 98." Julie Glassberg for The New York Times.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/05/2025
Breaking News: The CDC kept Covid shots on an updated vaccination schedule for children, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be taken off.
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C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
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callan @callan.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
never change, baltimore
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/05/2025
Breaking News: A new breast cancer study found that one type of mammogram is much better at finding tumors in dense breasts. It isn’t widely used for screening in the U.S.
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One Type of Mammogram Proves Better for Women With Dense Breasts
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/05/2025
One type of mammography is much better at finding tumors in dense breasts. It isn’t widely used for screening in the U.S.
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One Type of Mammogram Proves Better for Women With Dense Breasts
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 05/05/2025
We just won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of the overdose crisis. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 02/05/2025
This is what May Day protests looked and sounded like in Baltimore today. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/04/2025
Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.
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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/04/2025
Israel has used the war in Gaza to rapidly test and deploy A.I.-backed military technologies to a degree that had not been seen before, U.S. and Israeli defense officials said. The tools have sometimes led to mistaken identifications and arrests, as well as civilian deaths, officials said.
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Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“Mr. Prada’s disappearance has created concerns that more immigrants have been deported to El Salvador than previously known. It also raises the question of whether some deportees may have been sent to other countries with no record of it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
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An Immigrant Held in U.S. Custody ‘Has Simply Disappeared’
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2025
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat."
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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat (Gift Article)
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 19/04/2025
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
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The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2025
“You can’t find a more exciting historical story.” 250 years after Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, we followed the 16-mile route and spoke to people who felt a sense of wonder about that April night. nyti.ms/4cPQeun
A map titled "Retracing Paul Revere's Route"
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NPR @npr.org · 19/04/2025
Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
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She grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passport
Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 19/04/2025
Just before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.
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Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/04/2025
The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social
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The 40-something single dad shaping liberal media from his laptop
Acyn Torabi dominates social media with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?
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NPR @npr.org · 19/04/2025
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the Chicago Bulls cap that is being cited as evidence of a deported Maryland man's gang membership.
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Opinion: When a hat becomes a threat
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the Chicago Bulls cap that is being cited as evidence of a deported Maryland man's gang membership.
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Andy Kostka @afkostka.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
On the first City Connect night of the year, the Orioles honor Akim Davis’ life. His father threw the first pitch. Rest in peace. From November: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/oriol...
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Teen bicyclist in Orioles' City Connect video dies in hit-and-run crash
When the Orioles unveiled their special edition City Connect uniforms, Davis appeared in a video where he spread word around the city.
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