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The city is starting to use hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce opioid and drug use.
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2026 WYPR Coverage of Maryland General Assembly
Live in Maryland with a Virginia plate? State lawmakers push new penalties to stop that
State legislators are also on track to require Marylanders to clear snow and ice off of their cars before hitting the road.
Marylanders overwhelmingly support Medicaid, bill to tax drug ads
The poll also found Marylanders think the state should help cover health costs.
Maryland Democrats’ energy proposal clears House with some bipartisan support
The Maryland House speaker, Senate president and governor are all backing the Utility RELIEF Act to bring down energy bills, but House Republicans spent over three hours trying to adjust the legislation.
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Aaron CurtisThis week on the podcast, two stories about women bearing it all in the wild back in the day. -
Aberdeen Proving Ground/CC BY 2.0This week on the podcast, two stories about people pleading their cases.
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Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSICFour years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback. -
Anas Baba/NPRThe ceasefire, in effect for the past six months, has brought some reprieve to Palestinians in Gaza despite continued hardship, displacement and Israeli restrictions on aid. -
Jeff Golden/Getty ImageNorris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger. -
Ben de la Cruz/NPRHarerimana Ismail of Uganda is a community health worker who checks on kids with HIV. He lost his salary after the Trump administration's aid cuts but he keeps doing his job. -
Jonathan Olley/Amazon MGM StudiosThe story is fundamentally hopeful, just like Andy Weir's The Martian. -
Gregory Bull/APThe USS Boxer group of three ships, carrying thousands of Marines from the 11the Marine Expeditionary Unit, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks, NPR has confirmed. -
Ariana Cubillos/APOnce a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela's most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside. -
Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Vanity Fair; Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesWhat could be more delightful than cannibal invertebrates and food-related weather events? A lot of things! -
Brandon Bell/Getty Images North AmericaFrom waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, but prices are still rising. -
Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPRWe asked our audience to share the creative ways they limit their own phone use. They range from the practical (keep your phone in another room) to the creative (pair your phone with a fun paperback).
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