By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.…
Armstrong Williams: Former U.K Prime Minister Liz Truss recalls Queen Elizabeth’s worsening health | STAFF COMMENTARY
https://www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LIZ-TRUSS-Video-with-BS-Logo.mp4 “She was such an admirable person.” Former Prime Minister to the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, reflected solemnly as she recounted her firsthand observations during the final days of Queen Elizabeth II’s life, giving a detailed account of the circumstances that hinted at the late Queen’s deteriorating health. For instance, Truss shared a particularly telling…
Local sustainability-focused activities set for Earth Month | CLARKSVILLE
Traditionally Earth Day has been celebrated on April 22. As part of a growing global focus on environmental issues, the celebration has evolved into Earth Month, with observances and activities planned throughout April. Local festivities offer a number of opportunities to join in the efforts to promote sustainability and protect the planet. The Clarksville Commons…
Funeral services scheduled for Key Bridge collapse victim Maynor Suazo Sandoval
Funeral services for Maynor Suazo Sandoval, one of the six construction workers killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, are scheduled for this weekend. A celebration of life and prayer service for Sandoval, a father of two who lived in Owings Mills, is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Friday at March Life Tribute…
Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and LINLEY SANDERS (Associated Press) Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold — symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are…
MTA strikes out with light rail to Camden Yards | READER COMMENTARY
On Sunday, April 14, the Maryland Transit Administration and Baltimore Light RailLink had an opportunity to shine. Many people attempted to use the light rail system to go down to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Unfortunately, someone was proverbially asleep at the switch (“A to-do list for upgrading public transit around Baltimore,” Feb. 29). Our…
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in US more likely to believe in climate change: AP-NORC poll
By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS (Associated Press) Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change, according to a new poll. It also suggests that partisanship may not have as much of an impact on this group’s environmental…
FBI raid in Key Bridge collapse raises maritime safety questions | STAFF COMMENTARY
It doesn’t take an ancient mariner or even an engineer third class to recognize something is seriously amiss when FBI agents show up at the site of a devastating maritime collision. That’s what happened Monday when federal authorities raided the Dali, the giant container ship that struck and quickly collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge…
Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban
By JOHN RABY (Associated Press) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia…
Yellen says Iran’s actions could cause global ‘economic spillovers’ and warns of more sanctions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of potential global economic damage from rising tensions in the Middle East and pledged that the U.S. and its allies won’t hesitate to use their sanctions powers to address Iran’s “malign and destabilizing activity” in the region. She made her remarks…
Police won’t be charged for July’s in-custody death of Glen Burnie man, Baltimore prosecutors say
Police officers who last July handcuffed and helped restrain a man who died hours later will not face criminal charges, the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office determined. City prosecutors who reviewed the case wrote in a declination report that handcuffing the man, Trea Ellinger, 29, was necessary and safe, and was proportionately less force than what…
First Harford Square Community Connections Day | PHOTOS
A small group of homeowners in First Harford Square in Edgewood, hosted a community connections day Saturday to unite the community and change the negative stigma bestowed on their municipality, and specifically First Harford Square. Our Community houses 592 units, of which 150 residents and children participated. April 13, 2024: A. J. Johnson picks of…
Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans
By ALEXA ST. JOHN (Associated Press) Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change. Coral reef bleaching across at least 53 countries, territories or local economies has been confirmed from February 2023 to now, scientists…
Proposal would radically reshape Catholic Baltimore, cut parishes by 66%
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has been working for two years to develop a plan for retooling its operations in the city, and officials have taken their biggest step so far in asserting how serious they are about changing its way of doing business in Baltimore. A proposal shared Sunday with parishioners would, if approved, cut…
Legislative session should have been extended | READER COMMENTARY
Given the plethora of bills before the Maryland General Assembly this April — and the session being interrupted by threats of violence, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and a lunar eclipse of the sun — why did the legislative session have to be locked in to 90 days? The Baltimore Sun reports the legislators…
Carroll Community College nursing students train for mass casualty incident
Nursing students at Carroll Community College got a lesson in how they should respond in the event of a mass casualty incident in the area. The training exercise, held April 3 and 10 on the Westminster campus, was a collaboration between students and first responders, with scenarios involving various injuries and medical conditions. Carroll Community…
Kevin Dayhoff: Carroll Arts Council enriches our quality of life
It was 21 years ago, on April 4, 2003, when the Carroll Arts Center began operations at the newly renovated, adaptively reused Carroll Theatre at 91 W. Main St., Westminster. A year earlier, on Feb. 11, groundbreaking ceremonies marked the beginning of the renovations to the historic theater. The Art Deco-style theater had opened on…
Sun cartoon rankles readers | READER COMMENTARIES
Every accusation is an admission The political cartoon in The Sun on April 11 (“Orange man bad“) provided yet another opportunity to step through that Republican-looking glass, where every accusation is an admission and every slander is a confession. The most glaring switcheroo operant here is the two lists under the heading of “Party Platforms.” …
Mural unveiled for Key Bridge collapse victims at vigil
Yellow vests, hard hats and work boots cling to wooden crosses memorializing six men. Miguel Luna. Jose Mynor Lopez. Dorlian Castillo Cabrera. Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez Fuentes. Carlos Hernandez. Maynor Suazo Sandoval. Behind their crosses stands a mural depicting the tragedy that claimed their lives: They were members of a construction crew filling potholes on the…
Classic musical ‘Cinderella’ set for Dulaney High School
Bippity-boppity-boo…Cinderella will be taking her turn at the ball when The Dulaney Theatre Company takes the stage for four performances of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” The show is the annual spring musical, an all-student production April 4-7 at Dulaney High School. The familiar story will be set to music with some favorite numbers like “Th…
General Assembly answered some budget questions, but ‘delayed the inevitable’ on taxes
It was, for some, an outcome by design. For others, it was almost completely avoidable. Either way the reality is the same: Maryland lawmakers finished their historic 446th session Monday in Annapolis in a way that will set them up to face the same looming question that greeted them when they arrived this year. How,…
