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Gov. Wes Moore: Maryland must reckon with structural challenges facing state economy, budget 08/20/2023 12:15am • Listing concerns about Maryland's future economic outlook, Gov. Wes Moore (D) made it clear to state and county officials Saturday that there may be some hard fiscal decisions coming up in the next state budget, both for them and for himself as governor. "It's going to take the discipline of elec Tech executive's brutal kidnapping caught on surveillance video 08/19/2023 10:02pm • ▶ Watch Video: Who Shot the Tech Exec? This story originally aired on April 2, 2022. It was updated on Aug. 19, 2023.Tushar Atre, a successful tech-executive-turned-cannabis-entrepreneur had a multimillion-dollar home on the California coast, where he spent his What would Maryland do if there was a natural disaster? 08/19/2023 08:30pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Even on a pleasant, breezy, partly sunny day in Ocean City, with the waters of Assawoman Bay lapping gently against the pedestrian promenad Crouser retains shot put title at worlds after nearly staying home due to blood clots 08/19/2023 06:02pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — OK, so, Ryan Crouser didn't set a new world record. This win felt even better than that. Just before the American shot-putter was scheduled to leave for the world athletics championships in Budapest, Crouser was diagnosed with two blood clots in his lower leg. The doctors Md. mother on new RSV vaccine: 'I just wish we had this last year' 08/19/2023 05:30pm • A new RSV shot for infants called Beyfortus, a monoclonal antibody treatment for the respiratory disease, is set to hit the market soon. Doctors have said early trials and subsequent FDA approval show how effective the shot is. And now, a Maryland mother and the doctor who treated her infant daug Jones, Waller and Hyatt deliver as Giants offense makes impressive preseason debut 08/19/2023 04:33pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tight end Darren Waller and rookie wide receiver Jalin Hyatt are living up to all the hype that surrounded them coming to the New York Giants. The 30-year-old Waller has developed a strong rapport with Daniel Jones since being acquired in a trade from Las Vegas, clearl Communities across New England picking up after a spate of tornadoes 08/19/2023 03:53pm • BOSTON (AP) — Communities across New England were picking up Saturday a day after a spate of tornadoes swept through the region. Four tornadoes were confirmed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and the National Weather Service was investigating a possible fifth in eastern Connecticut. Friday's str Md. state police shoot man after they say he attacked a trooper with a knife 08/19/2023 03:05pm • Maryland State Police are investigating a shooting involving state troopers that left a man hospitalized Friday evening in St. Mary's County. Just before 11 p.m. on Friday, Maryland State Police said two troopers responded to a report of a possible suicidal person at a home in the 44000 block of Thousands more evacuated as Tenerife fire rages on Spain's Canary Islands 08/19/2023 02:34pm • SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Thousands more residents of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have fled their homes as a wildfire that authorities deemed “out of control” raged on for a fourth day. The regional government for the Canary Islands said that 4,000 more people were GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco 08/19/2023 01:52pm • General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city. The state Department of Motor Vehicles asked for the reduction after a Cruise vehicle without a human driver collided with an unspe ‘Lahaina belongs to its people’: Hawaii governor insists fire-ravaged Maui community will be rebuilt as search efforts continue 08/19/2023 01:20pm • (CNN) — Amid concerns that speculators may snap up destroyed land, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green insisted Friday that the years-long undertaking of rebuilding Maui’s historic Lahaina community will prioritize residents’ desires over those of property developers. “Let me be clear. Lahaina belongs ‘It was a death trap.’ These workers died in triple-digit heat. Now their loved ones demand change 08/19/2023 01:15pm • Los Angeles (CNN) — Gabriel Infante, 24, was dazed and sweating in the unforgiving sun. The heat index was over 100 degrees on the fifth day of his new job installing fiber optic cables in the San Antonio, Texas, area. Late that afternoon, he lunged at another coworker in a fit of delirium, all Last rodeo for Longhorn Network, the Texas venture with ESPN that once rattled the Big 12 08/19/2023 08:10am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When the Longhorn Network launched in 2011, the 20-year, $300 million partnership with ESPN set up Texas with its own 24-hour television showcase that sent shockwaves across college sports some say can still be felt today. Rivals in the Big 12 Conference bitterly complained th Light pollution is killing the vibe for courting fireflies 08/19/2023 08:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Fireflies put on a summertime light show Fireflies are the romantics of the insect world. In the summer months, they emerge from the ground with love on the brain. They only live for two to three weeks once they've become full adults and in that time they don't even eat. Decathlete Trey Hardee's mental health struggles began after celebrated career ended 08/19/2023 05:58am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A year ago, Trey Hardee found himself alone in a hotel room, hitting rock bottom. Struggling to cope with the realities of life in the aftermath of a successful track career, the father of three, a two-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the decathlon, was t