BALTIMORE, MD—A hacker group claims to have leaked the Social Security numbers and other personal information of 2.9 billion people from a data broker. The personal data belonged to a variety of people from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The breach was carried out by a group called USDoD, who claim to have hacked into the National […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A rocket launch at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will be visible in Maryland on Tuesday morning. The RockSat-X mission launch from Wallops on August 13, 2024. The launch window opens at 6:00 a.m. EDT. The Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket will carry student-designed experiments to suborbital space. The experiments were developed by nine university and community college teams as part of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland’s sports wagering market generated $6,254,056 in contributions to the state from a handle of $333,269,669 during July 2024. Sports wagering contributions go to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund, which supports public education programs. The $6.3 million contribution to the state in July 2024 was the fourth-best single-month total and was nearly double the $3.3 million figure recorded […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The national average price of gasoline fell 3.2 cents in the last week to $3.41 per gallon, marking the second consecutive week of decline, according to GasBuddy. This is a 11.6-cent drop from a month ago and a 42.5-cent decline from a year ago. Diesel prices also fell 3.4 cents in the last week, going to $3.72 per gallon, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says that sightings of tarpon, a fish usually associated with warmer southern waters, are on the rise in the state. DNR officials say that it has been spotted several times in Maryland in the past two years. Some of these sightings have been confirmed by anglers who have caught the fish. One such […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland State Police are warning residents to beware of a new telephone scam carried out by scammers pretending to be police officers. According to the police, the scammers are able to fraudulently identify themselves using the names of real Maryland State troopers. The caller IDs can even be made to look like legitimate numbers from the police. Police are […]
UPDATE: The headline and body of this article have been updated to provide additional information and clarity. Story continues below… ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore this week visited ION Storage Systems, a Maryland-based manufacturer of solid-state batteries for the defense, aerospace, medical, consumer, electric vehicle, and grid storage industries. During the visit in Beltsville, the governor announced $11 million in funding […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Baltimore area though midnight EDT tonight. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. […]