WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), Alexandria, Virginia, and Advance CTE, Silver Spring, Maryland, two organizations focused on developing career education programs, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the proposed Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities. The associations express strong support for the Department's initiative to utilize discretionary gran  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland posted the following news release: * * * Baltimore Woman Sentenced For Money Laundering And Wire Fraud Scheme U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Lakeisha Parker, 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, including six months of home detention, for her role in a large, multi-member money laundering conspiracy. Judge Maddox  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Nov. 17 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * DHA senior enlisted leader emphasizes positive attitude * "Make your career, your career," Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Johnson, Defense Health Agency's senior enlisted leader, said to a roomful of airmen who were attending the Frontline Supervisors Course at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sept. 30. Johnson participated in a panel of senior en  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCE expands fleet support with first CH-53K engine induction * Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) continues to expand its support of naval aviation's heavy lift mission with the recent induction of a CH-53K King Stallion engine, the first of its kind to undergo depot-level maintenance. Following the first induction of a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for maintenance at FRCE in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Submits Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Fights Back Against Trump's Attacks on the Federal Trade Commission House Democrats' Litigation Task Force mobilized 163 House and 44 Senate Democrats in support of a legal challenge to President Trump's unlawful attempt to remove Rebecca Slaughter, a duly a  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 18 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Jane Fonda to be Honored at Impact + Profit Conference CCP and the Social Impact Entertainment Society are co-hosting third annual event, scheduled for Dec. 4 and 5 in Los Angeles. By Stephanie Desmon Actress and activist Jane Fonda, alongside storytellers and producers from across the entertainment-education spectrum, will headline the Impact + Profit Confer  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 18 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Tool Predicts Graft Failure After Kidney Transplant Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a new electronic medical records-based tool that should help doctors predict which patients are most at risk of losing a transplanted kidney graft. The study, which was federally funded by the National Institutes of Health and published (https://journals.lww.com/cjasn/full  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions and Civil Rights Violations * The Department of Justice announced that Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, entered a plea of guilty today before U.S. District Judge Mark A. Kearney on 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs,  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions and Civil Rights Violations United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Mark A. Kearney on 17 counts of mailing threa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS), Baltimore, has submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding the agency's proposal to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, designated as Document ID BLM-2025-0001-0001. The organization firmly opposes the proposed rescission, emphasizing its importance for wildlife habitat on public lands. The Public Lands Rule, adopted in 2024, is critical for preserving ecosystems that support vario  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 17 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * NNU demands House stand up for workers and call a vote on the Protect America's Workforce Act * National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, provided this statement as the Protect America's Workforce Act discharge petition reached an important milestone, with 218 congressional signatures in the U.S. House of Representatives, allowing it to move qui  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 17 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * North Carolina nurses urge state legislature to fully fund Medicaid to protect communities * Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina (NNOC-NC), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), call on the North Carolina legislature to stop playing politics with patients' health and follow Governor Josh Stein's call to hold a special legislative  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 17 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses urge Illinois regulators to reject Ascension application to close Elk Grove obstetrics unit * At a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 18, nurses from Ascension hospitals will note their deep opposition to the Catholic system's proposed elimination of obstetrics services at Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove, Ill. to the state's Health Facilities and Services Review Board (IHFS  more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida posted the following news release: * * * Owners and CEO of Wholesale Pharmaceutical Company Convicted of Distributing More Than $92 Million of Black-Market HIV Drugs A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale convicted two Maryland brothers who owned a pharmaceutical wholesale company on Oct. 29 for their roles in a scheme to purchase and resell more than $92 million worth of illegally obtained misbranded H  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Demands Ed Martin Preserve and Produce Records Amid Allegations of Illegal Cover-Up of Weaponization Working Group Activities Letter Exposes Alleged Destruction of Federal Records and Secret Communications on Personal Devices to Conceal Politically Motivated Investigations; Warns Martin's Failure to Comply  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * Sentinel-6B Launch Contributing to Key NOAA Ocean Applications * The Sentinel-6B (S-6B) satellite was launched on November 16, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It is the second satellite of the Sentinel-6 series of spacecraft. This series is part of an international partnership with NOAA, E  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Soto earns lifetime achievement award for fuzing excellence * Gabriel Soto and his friends built model aircraft in the late 1970s. Military ones. F-4 Phantoms, F-14 Tomcats, F-16 Fighting Falcons. You name it. They glued extra weapons on them, more bombs, more rockets, until the aircraft carried impossible loads. In bedroom battles, nothing detonated by accident. Nothing ever ki  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Studies find local cannabis dispensaries lead to drop in opioid prescriptions SPH researcher co-authors papers showing patients find alternative pain relief through medical, recreational marijuana * Cannabis may be a pain-management substitute for people experiencing chronic or acute pain from conditions like cancer, according to new research co-authored by a Unive  more

GLOUCESTER POINT, Virginia, Nov. 18 -- William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science issued the following Q&A on Nov. 17, 20225, by Ethan Smith with Rom Lipcius, Batten School professor and coordinator of the Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey: * * * Answering your questions about the blue crab population status Batten School Professor Rom Lipcius, VIMS coordinator of the Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, addresses recent population changes * The annual Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, a  more

YORK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18 -- York College of Pennsylvania issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * York College Hosts Largest Open House Since 2017, Welcomes Record-Breaking Interest from Prospective Students York College of Pennsylvania welcomed its highest registration numbers and highest attended Open House since 2017 on Saturday, November 15, drawing 293 prospective students and a total of 806 attendees including guests. Families traveled to campus from eight states: Connectic  more