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Doechii And SiR Booking Scam Leaves Promoter $187K Short For Baltimore Juneteenth Concert
Black Enterprise
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August 17, 2025
by Mary Spiller August 17, 2025 An Atlanta event company claims a booking agent pocketed nearly $200,000 by fabricating deals to secure TDE artists Doechii and SiR for Baltimore’s AFRAM Festival. An Atlanta event company is suing a booking agent...
Former Wildcat Tyler Loop named starting kicker for Baltimore Ravens
The Arizona Daily Star
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Tyler Loop was expected to become the starting kicker of the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie, but the former Arizona Wildcat solidified his starter status on Saturday. In the Baltimore Ravens' 31-13 preseason win over the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T...
Local business owners seek community help after devastating fire
My News 3 - Nevada
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The owners of Taste Budz Creole Kitchen are turning to the community for support after a fire last month gutted their restaurant. Sean and Latrischa Nelson, owners of the restaurant, described the experience as a "rollercoaster." "Since the fire,...
Utah, Idaho, Wyoming ranked among lowest for gender equality
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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LOGAN — Utah has been ranked the worst state in the nation for women’s equality in 2025, according to a new WalletHub report released ahead of Women’s Equality Day. The personal-finance website compared all 50 states across 17 measures of gender...
New BWI Flight + Wawa Opens + Dining Deals + Restaurant Shutters: MD Business
Patch
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August 15, 2025
MARYLAND — Summer Restaurant Week in Washington, D.C., includes at least two dozen Maryland eateries known for their tantalizing dishes and signature drinks. They're all worthy of a stop this week, especially with the specials they're offering...
Steel, struggle and Baltimore's history
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter - Maryland
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August 17, 2025
The Sparrows Point Steel Mill, once the largest in the world, was a Baltimore institution that shaped workers’ unions, housing and cultural dynamics in the city for more than 100 years, from 1887 until its final closing in 2012. In a Library of...
Quantum computing boss seeks to build a trillion-dollar company
The Times
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Boundless confidence is par for the course with US tech bosses. Niccolo de Masi is no different. Perhaps he has to be that way. The boss of IonQ, the US-listed quantum company, is championing a technology that is still on the cusp of realising its...
Christian radio station replaces classic rock station in Lancaster County
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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Radio listeners can tune in to a new 24-hour Christian radio station during their drive through Lancaster County. Four Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation, a nonprofit Christian radio broadcaster based in Harleysville, Montgomery County,...
American Booze Brands Just Found Out What 'Canada Dry' Really Means
Benzinga
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August 20, 2025
If you thought "Canada Dry" was just a soft drink, U.S. alcohol producers are discovering it's also a way to describe a Canadian market suddenly devoid of American booze. In the first half of 2025, U.S. alcohol exports to Canada plummeted by more...
Google Wallet adds support for another official state ID, bringing the total to 8
ZDNet
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August 20, 2025
Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesZDNET's takeaways Montana residents can now add their state ID to Google Wallet. This addition brings the feature to a total of eight states. Digital IDs are a companion to your physical ID,...
First fully integrated wireless autonomous charging platform announced
EV Engineering Online
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August 20, 2025
HEVO, a US-based developer of wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging systems, and STEER Tech, a Maryland company specializing in autonomous vehicle technology for fleet depot operations, have announced a partnership to integrate their respective...
Baltimore police ask for help to identify human remains found in 2024
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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By JT Moodee Lockman August 15, 2025 / 9:47 PM EDT / CBS Baltimore CBS News Live CBS News Baltimore Live Baltimore police on Thursday asked for the community's help to identify human remains that were found in August 2024. The body was found in...
Morning Notes for August 20, 2025
FFX Now - Virginia
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August 20, 2025
Capital One Center in Tysons on a misty morning (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) Hurricane Could Affect Virginia Coast — “Hurricane Erin will pass well offshore the Mid-Atlantic but close enough to generate strong winds and dangerous seas and surf...
Home values are rising in half the country, falling in the other
AZ Big Media - Arizona
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August 20, 2025
Home values fell in half of the nation’s largest markets over the past year, according to the latest market report from Zillow®. Buyers are gaining leverage across the country, with more markets tipping toward balance, and sellers cutting prices...
Baltimore's Brandon Young loses perfect game against Astros with infield hit
KHOU - Texas
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Young came into the game 0-6 with a 6.70 ERA through the first 10 starts of his MLB career. But he sure shut the Astros down Friday. HOUSTON — Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brandon Young had a perfect game working through 7 2/3 innings against...
BRITTNY BAGLEY
The Daily Record - Maryland
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August 20, 2025
B.Luxe Event Rentals. Brittny Bagley serves as owner and creative visionary officer of B.Luxe Event Rentals. The company is Baltimore’s only Black and woman-owned luxury event rental and production company. Bagley founded B.Luxe Event Rentals in...
D.C.’s Murder Rate Is More Than 500% Higher Than The Average State
The Federalist
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August 20, 2025
Democrats insist Washington, D.C., doesn’t face a crime problem. On a podcast last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D–NY, claimed, “I walk around all the time. I wake up early in the morning … And I feel perfectly safe.” He dismissed...
It’s Always an Easy Day at the Job When You’re Doing Little Work
98 Rock - Maryland
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August 20, 2025
This question comes off the back of a story in which a woman sued her company for not assigning her work to do. However, she was still getting paid for two decades despite doing little to no work over that time span. Famously, Baltimore’s very...
Baltimore County welcomes new Wawa as police beat firefighters in ‘Hoagies for Heroes’
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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There’s a new Wawa in Baltimore County. The doors of the chain famous for its hoagies, coffee and hot breakfast opened at 8 a.m. Thursday. The grand opening of the location at 8100 Belair Rd. in Nottingham offered free T-shirts to the first 100...
Federal Probe Intensifies As California Sen. Schiff Faces Maryland Mortgage Fraud Allegations
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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August 17, 2025
Senator Accused of Misrepresenting Residency to Secure Favorable Mortgage Rates and Tax Breaks Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) is now at the center of a federal investigation. Newly released records and a criminal referral from the Federal Housing...