LANHAM, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- 2u, a company that offers online education and services, issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2024, by Matt Norden, interim chief executive officer and chief financial officer: * * * The future of education is evolving, and so are we. Today, we're announcing an important decision: 2U will transition away from our traditional boot camp offerings. In their place, we're developing new, innovative technical microcredentials--shorter, more flexible, and affordable p  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources posted the following news on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Funding approved for DNR's Program Open Space Local, Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure, and Rural Legacy programs * * * The Board of Public Works today approved Maryland Department of Natural Resources items totaling $3.6 million in grants to local governments to improve parks and protect land with perpetual conservation easements. More than $2 million in Pro  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 6 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Johns Hopkins Medicine has been awarded more than $18 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to lead a multi-institutional effort to develop a novel extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and advanced life-support system device. ECMO devices assist patients by enabling heart and lung function when their organs are too damaged or weak to function normally. The two-and-a-half-  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 6 -- The Maryland State Board of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Today, State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Carey M. Wright and State Board of Education President Dr. Joshua Michael issued a joint statement on the decision of the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review (AELR) to decline voting Wednesday on the emergency regulation related to reportable offenses. The State Board took emergency action at its Octob  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that former state employee Racquel Britt Davis, 51, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to a felony theft scheme before the Honorable Robert E. Cahill, Jr., in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Ms. Davis is alleged to have stolen approximately $63,898.33 in the form of payments received from American Family Life A  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 6 -- The Maryland Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has identified the officers and deputy involved in the police-involved vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in La Plata, Charles County, Maryland. The La Plata Police Department officers are identified as Police Officer First Class Jacob Shuar, a 2-year   more

VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 -- PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity, issued the following agency statement on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * PJM provides this statement concerning the design of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project: PJM presented a number of future proposals to maintain reliability of the grid at the Dec. 3 meeting of PJM's Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee. During the open meeting, the Mar  more