BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: After sustaining a particularly nasty puncture wound to the chest, Patrick, a striking and much loved 8-year-old roan gelding, was referred to the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center (EMC) for emergency treatment. Owned by Lauren Parr from Mount Airy, Maryland, Patrick, a thoroughbred-Connemara crossbreed, is a talented eventer horse ridden by her son, James Power. He is known in competition as Brambleridge Ponder  more

LANHAM, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- 2u, a company that offers online education and services, issued the following news: * * * Expanded partnership includes the Institute's online graduate certificate in healthcare administration, offering learners a flexible path to pursue a full MHA degree and advance their careers * * * Arlington, VA and Boston, MA - October 23, 2024 - 2U, a global leader in online education, and the MGH Institute of Health Professions (the "Institute"), today announced that the   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Charlotte, NC (Wednesday, October 23, 2024) -- Global edtech leader Discovery Education and select partners present a host of new, free resources that empower students, educators, and families to observe Red Ribbon Week 2024. These specially curated resources are available on the Discovery Education Red Ribbon Week website and within the award-winning K-12 learning  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Today, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision to not seek charges in the January 30, 2024 fatal police-involved shooting in New Carrollton, Maryland. On January 30, 2024, at approximately 4:35 a.m., officers with the New Carrollton Police Department were on patrol in the 7500 block of Annapolis Road in New Carrollton, when they observed a disabled SUV  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * 24 AGs Call on Ninth Circuit to Allow Emergency Abortion Care in Idaho * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/102324_Amicus_CA_NY_Et_Al.pdf) in U.S. v. Idaho to protect access to emergency abortion care in Idaho. The brief urges the Unit  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Oct. 23 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Maryland Department of General Services launched a state-of-the-art capital grants management system, replacing a cumbersome, manual-reliant process with a modernized digital platform. Designed by Submittable, the new platform will manage all grants authorized beginning in 2017 and will deliver increased efficiencies and accessibility for fu  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 23 -- The Maryland Department of Labor issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: * * * Maryland's unemployment rate of 2.9 percent remains below the national average * * * Maryland added 2,700 total jobs in September, all in the private sector, according to monthly data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Thus far in 2024, Maryland's employment has grown by 1.2 percent, slightly ahead of the national rate of 1  more

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- Sinclair, a media company and a provider of local news and sports, issued the following news release: BALTIMORE - ONE Media Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary of Sinclair, Inc., is pleased to announce Matthew Goldman has been named Vice President, Strategic and Technical Initiatives. In this newly created position, Goldman will lead the implementation, expansion, and support of advanced operational technologies, including High Dynamic Range Video (HDR). Goldman   more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * Expo to welcome Bob Ackerman, Gregg Smith and Greg Rogers to technology-focused panel * * * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announces the informative panel "Cyber, AI & Quantum - No Other Place but Maryland" set to take place at the upcoming 2024 Entrepreneur Expo at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel on December 4, 2024. This sessio  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, Oct. 24 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) has launched a Credit for Military Rank program, a new initiative designed to motivate active-duty and retired enlisted servicemembers to complete their undergraduate degrees. This innovative program awards academic credit based on experiences and skills that servicemembers gain as they rise through the ranks in the military. The new program expands UMG  more