BALTIMORE, MD—Two men have been indicted in connection with a murder-for-hire enterprise that is accused of killing seven people in Baltimore, officials announced this week. Cornell Moore, 41, and Keith Russell, 37, were indicted by a Baltimore City Grand Jury on charges including participation in a criminal gang, first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, […]
UPDATE: The Maryland Lottery has issued a correction. The $1 million winner was sold at Check Cash Depot in Brooklyn. The $10,000 winner was at Briggs Chaney Deli in Silver Spring. Original story below… BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Lottery players woke up happier today after matching five numbers in different ways on the October 15 Mega Millions drawing, resulting in a $1 […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Tuesday announced a $27 million settlement with Precision Toxicology, resolving allegations of fraudulent billing and kickbacks. The settlement stems from a multi-state investigation into the San Diego-based laboratory, one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing companies. The allegations, brought by Maryland, other states, and the federal government, claimed that Precision billed […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has announced the successful completion of its first bug bounty program, which identified over 40 exploitable vulnerabilities in the state’s public-facing web assets. Launched as a pilot program focused on 12 key state websites, the initiative was later expanded to encompass all *.maryland.gov, *.md.gov, and *.state.md.us domains. This wide-ranging approach, modeled after […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price are announcing the recall of Fisher-Price Snuga Swings. The swing should never be used for sleep and bedding materials should never be added to it. If the product is used for sleep or bedding material is added, the headrest and body support insert on the seat pad can increase the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A rare comet that only visits Earth every 80,000 years will be visible in the evening sky in the Northern Hemisphere this week. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was 44 million miles from Earth as of this past Saturday and should be visible to the naked eye in the western sky shortly after sunset. The comet will be visible through […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The national average gas price in the U.S. saw a slight increase this week, climbing 3.3 cents to reach $3.16 per gallon, according to GasBuddy data. This rise, attributed to the recent attack on Israel by Iran, is countered by a decline in oil prices, which could lead to a price drop in the coming weeks. Patrick De Haan, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Transportation Authority Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Sunday morning in Baltimore City. The crash occurred at just before 3:15 a.m. on October 13 in the southbound lanes of I-95 near Keith Avenue (Exit 56). When officers arrived at the site, they found a silver Honda Accord Crosstour and a white Mack tractor trailer that […]