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McLean company developing satellite messaging for smartphones 01/10/2023 12:23pm • Iridium's network of 66 satellites cover the entire globe. (Courtesy Iridium) McLean, Virginia-based Iridium has partnered with wireless technology company Qualcomm Technologies to develop satellite messaging for smartphones. It is being developed in coordination with Qualcomm's Snapdragon mo How to negotiate your medical bills 01/10/2023 10:00am • If you've ever had an insanely high medical bill arrive in the mail, you've probably contemplated your options: Pay the bill and dine on ramen noodles for the next few years? Take out a loan? Ignore the bill and risk it going to collections? There is a better alternative: Learn how to negotiate your Frederick Co.'s crisis center gets boost from federal spending bill 01/09/2023 01:25pm • Frederick County, Maryland, is slated to get about $2 million in federal funding for county projects thanks to last month's congressional spending bill — including hundreds of thousands to support a new 24-hour center for people experiencing mental health crises. “These projects will help to Electric vehicles at CES give a peek at the future of battery-driven transportation 01/09/2023 12:50pm • If one were to stroll through the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the venue that housed the Consumer Electronics Show’s behemoth automotive exhibition over the past few days, you’d be excused for thinking that all vehicles presently in circulation are electric. After all, pretty Abortion, guns, cannabis, jobs, to be debated in Maryland 01/09/2023 08:09am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers will be taking up measures relating to abortion rights and guns, in response to U.S. Supreme Court rulings, when they convene for their 90-day legislative session this Wednesday. The lawmakers will also be grappling with the licensing and taxing of recreat New twist in the disappearance of a Mass. woman who worked in DC real estate 01/09/2023 07:28am • Police in Massachusetts have arrested the husband of Ana Walshe; the mom of three worked in D.C. real estate and went missing on New Year's Day. The Norfolk County, Massachusetts District Attorney Michael Morrissey said that 46-year-old Brian Walshe was arrested by Cohassett and Massachusetts Sta Woman critically injured after house fire in College Park 01/09/2023 07:14am • A woman suffered life-threatening injuries during a fire in College Park, Maryland, on Saturday afternoon, according to the Prince George’s County Fire Department. Shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, a fire broke out in a two-story single family home in the 9700 block of Wichita Avenue. 10 takeaways from the Wizards at the midpoint of the season 01/09/2023 12:02am • 10 takeaways from Wizards at halfway point originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Wizards would certainly prefer to be in a better position as they reach the midway point of the 2022-23 season, now at 17-24 through 41 games, losers of three straight. Amid injuries, one of the most difficult Suspect arrested in 2019 DC murder case 01/08/2023 07:44am • D.C. police arrested a Prince George's County, Maryland, man in connection to a 2019 murder of a 16-year-old in Southeast D.C. Bernard Eddy, 22, of Suitland, was charged with first degree murder while armed with an unlicensed firearm in the death of 16-year-old Steffen Brathwaite. More CES 2023 food tech exhibitors take on global issues of food waste, healthy cuisine prep 01/07/2023 04:18pm • Topics such as product safety, food insecurity and supply chain logistics continue to make headlines, keeping very much alive the public’s overall awareness to the fact that despite the proliferation of the world’s food supply, global hunger and food waste are still major issues. At the Consu Police in DC and Massachusetts search for missing mother of three 01/07/2023 12:42pm • A Massachusetts mother of three young kids who works in real estate in D.C. has been missing since New Year’s Day, setting off a desperate attempt for police to find the woman after she seemingly vanished without a trace. Ana Walshe, 39, was last seen at her home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, a s Md. Hospital Association: With another uptick in COVID cases, hospitals are nearing capacity 01/06/2023 09:22pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland hospitals are almost at capacity with longer wait times to help patients, due in part to “another steep uptick in Marylanders nee Local DC laws delayed due to holdup in Congress 01/06/2023 04:07pm • As the process to elect a speaker continued to drag on in the House of Representatives on Friday, the delay had an impact on local laws passed by the D.C. Council and signed by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Before bills in the District can officially take effect and become law, they must be reviewed in Co A new era of fashion-driven tech launches at CES 01/06/2023 08:28am • Through the years, fashion has never truly been a major focus at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. While wearables have long been a featured element at the world’s largest gathering for technology and innovation, most of those elements have focused more on function than form. Commanders coordinators acknowledge disappointing end but remain optimistic on future 01/05/2023 04:45pm • Turner, Del Rio acknowledge disappointing end, optimistic on future originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonASHBURN, Va. -- After blowing a prime opportunity against the Cleveland Browns this past Sunday, the Washington Commanders will miss the postseason for a second straight year. And, barring