BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 16 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Today, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the February 1, 2024, fatal police shooting in Prince George's County, Maryland. On February 1, 2024, at approximately 5:25 p.m., a Prince George's County Police Department officer responded to an apartment in the 5100 block of Suitland Road after a 911 caller reported that someone b  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 16 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, October 15, 2024) -- Discovery Education and Honda present new resources that empower high school students to experiment with and understand driver and pedestrian safety. The new content is from Honda Safety Driven, a safety program and education initiative that empowers students nationwide to use safe driving skills as a roadmap to become r  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Charlotte, NC (Monday, October 14, 2024)--A new study reveals key areas of opportunity for addressing the most pressing issue facing educators today: student engagement. The Education Insights Report by Discovery Education captures prevailing attitudes and beliefs from superintendents, teachers, parents, and students. Survey data was collected by The Harri  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The key to better understanding the spread of infectious diseases may lie where the humanities and the health sciences meet. It's a theme that a group of Virginia Tech faculty is exploring to develop new undergraduate courses that will likely be offered next fall across departments. Professors in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences are teaming up with colleagues in the College of Science and the Virginia-Ma  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 16 -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Faculty epidemiologist to serve as organization's director of research and evaluation to advance its work strengthening families and addressing poverty * * * The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Baltimore's Center for Urban Families (CFUF) have entered into a unique partnership in which faculty member Amanda Smith, PhD, MPH, will serve as th  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: In a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine, the drug RK-33 has demonstrated promise in treating breast cancer that has spread to the bone (breast cancer bone metastasis). RK-33 was previously shown to help treat other types of cancer and viral illnesses. Patients with breast cancer and bone metastasis have limited treatment options and often rely on palliative care to ease difficult symptoms, i  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 16 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: OWEGO, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2024 - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a contract from the Apache Attack Helicopter Project Management Office (with the Apache Sensors Product Office having responsibility for the management of the program) to develop the Gen 3 Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI) / Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) APR-48B system for the U.S. Army's Apache helicopter fleet. The Gen 3 RFI system will pro  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 16 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that his office has reached a settlement with Precision Toxicology for $27 million to resolve allegations that it billed government health programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests and kickbacks to physicians in exchange for laboratory testing referrals. Precision, headquartered in San Diego, California, is on  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Louie, an 8-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel, is a loyal, happy, and lucky dog. A routine exam at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) discovered a serious and unexpected heart disease, atrioventricular (AV) block. His owners, Bobby and Bonnie Cooper, are no strangers to the breed or the heartbreak. Cavalier King Charles spaniels are genetically predisposed to  more