BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision to not seek charges in the April 27, 2024 police-involved fatal collision in Montgomery County, Maryland. On April 27, 2024, at approximately 2:25 a.m., two on-duty Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies were traveling together in a marked police cruiser southbound on Rockville Pike near Flanders Avenue. The deputie  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 22 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced the availability of low-interest federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist Maryland farmers in central and western Maryland whose crops are experiencing drought conditions. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the designation following a summer that saw little to no rain in many regions of the  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Aug. 21 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: The University of Notre Dame is part of a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Gen-4 Engineering Research Center (ERC) called EARTH, which stands for Environmental Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub. Led by the University of Kansas, EARTH will bring together 80 institutions and researchers from a wide array of disciplines. In addition to Notre Dame, the University of Maryland, the University of Hawai'i, the  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: The anti-cancer drug olaparib may be effective in treating biochemically recurrent prostate cancer without accompanying hormone therapy for men who have mutations in genes such as BRCA2, according to results of a phase II clinical trial of 51 patients conducted at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and three other sites. The study was done of men experiencing signs of cancer recurrence after   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: This summer, several students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine traded their stethoscopes for lab coats, immersing themselves in biomedical research. From analyzing MRI images to studying bacteria, these future veterinarians explored scientific questions that could impact both animal and human health. The Summer Veterinary Student Research Program, now in its 17th year, offers an intensive 11-week  more