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News Bites: Drug and Human Trafficking, Two Die in Maryland Hoarding House Fire, and Fed Funding Cuts
This week's news included stories about human and drug trafficking, a Maryland house fire rescue effort is impacted by hoarding conditions, and state impacts of Federal funding cuts.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains held in El Salvador mega-prison after deportation from U.S.; political fallout grows over legality and advocacy.
April 18, 2025
President Donald Trump could sign a sweeping executive order banning gain-of-function research — research that makes viruses more dangerous in the lab — as soon as May 6, according to a source who has worked with the National Security Council on the issue.
April 18, 2025
Weirton man pleads guilty to fentanyl distribution in multi-state drug ring, faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
April 18, 2025
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was finally able to meet Thursday night with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Beltsville resident who was erroneously deported last month to his native El Salvador, where he has been held incommunicado in that country’s megaprison for terrorists.
April 18, 2025
UN sounds alarm over journalist deaths, aid blockade, and rising malnutrition in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli strikes.
April 18, 2025
UN warns South Sudan risks renewed civil war as political conflict and humanitarian crisis deepen.
April 16, 2025
UN forum tackles reparations, racial bias in AI, and Haiti’s colonial debt legacy affecting people of African descent.
April 15, 2025
Two people died in a Faulkner house fire; hoarding conditions hampered firefighting and the cause remains under investigation.
April 18, 2025
Laurel man sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for selling drugs and illegal firearms, including machineguns, in undercover sting.
April 18, 2025
Keyser woman pleads guilty in Mineral County fentanyl and meth trafficking case; 2 kilograms of drugs seized in apartment raid.
April 15, 2025
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order shifting some of the responsibility from the federal government to states and localities to improve their infrastructure to address risks, including cybercrimes.
April 18, 2025
Most Americans learned what an N95 mask was during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what many still don’t know is that every one of them was certified by a single, government-run lab in Bruceton, Allegheny County.
April 18, 2025
Danville man sentenced to 30 years in prison for running a multi-state fentanyl conspiracy from a lab in Union County.
April 18, 2025
Gov. Glenn Youngkin dubbed April 14-19 Virginia Screen-Free Week, which the governor’s administration encourages citizens of all ages to observe by reducing their time on digital devices and increasing activities that promote human connection, physical activity and improved mental health.
April 15, 2025
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) on Wednesday issued a blistering final report on the January water crisis that left Richmond residents and businesses without clean drinking water for days — and delivered a second formal notice of violation against the city, demanding a full corrective action plan.
April 18, 2025