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A glance at some of the legislation approved in the Maryland General Assembly 04/09/2024 12:20am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly ended its 90-day legislative session on Monday. Here’s a look at some of the legislation lawmakers passed: BUDGET Maryland lawmakers mostly kept Gov. Wes Moore’s $63 billion budget proposal for the next fiscal year intact. They decided to add Maryland lawmakers OK bill to aid port employees after Baltimore bridge collapse at session's end 04/08/2024 11:57pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approved a measure to help employees at the Port of Baltimore affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a decision that came Monday in the waning hours of a state legislative session that has focused on efforts to rebuild and assure the public in m On the final day of Maryland's session, here are some bills you need to know about 04/08/2024 10:16pm • Maryland's General Assembly session began on Jan. 10 with dire news over projected deficits. It will end Monday with a total eclipse of the sun. In between, there was a lockdown in the legislative complex due to fears over a possible shooter near the premises, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collaps Youngkin proposes compromise path forward on state budget, calling for status quo on taxes 04/08/2024 08:15pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Democratic lawmakers who control the Virginia General Assembly have spent months at odds over taxes. The way to find compromise and get a new two-year budget done on time, Youngkin said Monday, is to set aside talk of cuts or increases f Cyprus president and Lebanese caretaker premier urge EU financial aid to curb migration from Lebanon 04/08/2024 09:35am • BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese caretaker prime minister and the Cypriot president are calling on the European Union to provide financial support to help cash-strapped Lebanon stop migrants from reaching European shores. President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to Beirut Monday, alongside his country's As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its way home 04/08/2024 09:00am • ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Cartlidge huddled with her husband and three sons on the living room floor of their Rolling Fork mobile home, i UK Foreign Secretary to urge US speaker to back help for Ukraine 04/08/2024 06:25am • LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to approve a new package of aid for Ukraine when he visits Washington this week, warning Congress that it is putting the security of the West at risk by continuing to hold up the funding. The trip is a chance Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US 04/08/2024 05:03am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Co Car Review: Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE is a sedan with good space and great gas efficiency 04/08/2024 04:34am • The Toyota Camry XLE Hybrid is a fuel-efficient mid-size sedan with impressive MPG. This might be the time to save a little, as a new version arrives for 2025 model year. (WTOP / Mike Parris) The mid-size sedan market isn’t as big as it used to be with more and more of us switching to crossove Commonwealth Games Federation plans to announce the new 2026 host next month 04/07/2024 11:02pm • LONDON (AP) — The Commonwealth Games Federation plans to announce a new host for its 2026 event next month, saying it has “multiple proposals” to replace Australia’s Victoria state. The CGF on Monday said it was keeping the proposals confidential. Victoria state lawmakers last July withdrew Red Wings use 3-goal first period to surge past Sabres 3-1 04/07/2024 09:50pm • DETROIT (AP) — Lucas Raymond, Patrick Kane and Dylan Larkin all scored in the first period and Alex Lyon made 37 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Sunday. The win gives Detroit 84 points, moving them past idle Pittsburgh and Philadelphia into the second wild-card spot Jurickson Profar's grand slam, Michael King's strong start lead Padres past Giants 4-0 04/07/2024 12:41am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jurickson Profar hit an early grand slam and Michael King pitched seven sharp innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. Xander Bogaerts and Manny Machado singled in the first before Ha-Seong Kim walked to load the ba Md. Senate approves several renter-focused bills on Saturday before Sine Die 04/07/2024 12:19am • In Maryland's state Senate chamber, lawmakers moved swiftly through dozens of bills in a Saturday afternoon session. The legislative flow was only disrupted occasionally, due to brief technical errors, confusion over which bills were being discussed, or senators away from their seats when they we P&G recalls 8.2 million bags of Tide, Gain and other laundry detergents over packaging defect 04/06/2024 10:13am • NEW YORK (AP) — Procter & Gamble is recalling more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry detergent packets sold in the U.S. and Canada due to a defect in the products' child-resistant packaging. According to Friday notices from both P&G and product-safety regulators in t Political pressure builds on House Speaker Johnson as Congress returns 04/06/2024 08:57am • Congress returns Monday after a two-week break and the list of major issues facing lawmakers has only grown while they were away from D.C. Most immediately, Congress will need to consider an emergency aid package related to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which has effe