Maryland Transportation Authority taps Kiewit to design Key Bridge rebuild
The $73 million contract is the first step in a multi-phase process
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Illustration by Alex Fine for APM ReportsMaryland automatically charges more teens as adults than almost any other state. An analysis of recent decisions found that some judges rely on what juvenile justice advocates say is unfair reasoning to keep those young people in adult court.
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Amr Nabil/APTuesday's strike was among the deadliest strikes yet in a sprawl of crowded tent camps along the Gaza coast that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of civilians. -
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Juliana Yamada/APApple unveiled new models of its iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch — most of which will be available in stores later this month. -
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Ian Cheibub for NPRNPR's coverage of their effort to invent an mRNA vaccine that would be free for all countries to manufacture brought them an award for altruism in health. We checked in on their progress. -
FBIU.S. prosecutors allege the pastor illegally funneled money to his church in the Philippines. They also say he victimized minors and young women, requiring them to perform "night duty." -
Cheriss May/NPRFor its 20th anniversary, the DC Jazz Festival featured performances throughout the Washington, D.C., area culminating in a weekend jam-packed with performances stretched across several venues at The Wharf in Southwest Washington. -
Image courtesy of/Coral Restoration FoundationA year after the worst coral bleaching ever recorded, Florida's reefs are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean temperatures, scientists say this summer they didn’t see significant bleaching.
