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A bill that would prohibit local law enforcement from communicating with ICE unless a detainee is a convicted felon is making a comeback with just three days left in the legislative session.
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Gov. Wes Moore signs $71B Maryland budget; no tax increases but fiscal concerns loom
The governor signed off on a balanced budget Wednesday morning, but questions around how state officials plan to balance an impending $3 billion deficit are underway.
Maryland lawmakers on course to ban sale of Glocks and ‘machine gun convertible pistols’
The bill would make Maryland the only state other than California to ban the sale of semiautomatic handguns that can be converted into machine guns with an illegal aftermarket device.
Maryland Senate passes utility relief bill, House and advocates concerned with changes
The Senate added some hefty amendments to the House’s version of the Utility RELIEF Act, and the House speaker and consumer advocates worry the changes will provide less relief for ratepayers.
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Andrew Medichini/APPope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years. -
Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty ImagesThe Bollywood legend was one of the world's most recorded artists — who, by her own reckoning, made more than 12,000 songs. -
NPRNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KUT listener Nell Newton and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
AFP/via Getty ImagesIn a rare interview, a wounded Hezbollah commander tells NPR about his secretive Shia Muslim militia's new command structure and how it has managed to keep firing rockets into northern Israel. -
AP/APAfter talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. will "blockade" the Strait of Hormuz. -
Jonathan Olley/Amazon MGM StudiosThe science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other scientists say about the basis for the amazing events of the film. -
Getty Images/Collage by Emily BogleFrom SZA and Kendrick Lamar, to MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchee, there's been an uptick in recent years of prominent artists joining forces for a co-headlining tour. -
Rod Lamkey/APThe order comes as the Trump administration challenges a lower court ruling that the estimated $300-million project requires congressional approval. -
Jon Elswick/APThe proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River. -
Rob Schmitz/NPRHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been accused of corruption. Sightseers now flock to his hometown as groups aim to raise awareness of what they say are the leader's excesses.
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