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1+ day, 4+ hour ago (40+ words) Mark Kelly alleged Donald Trump has "no regard for the rule of law" after the Pentagon announced an investigation into the Democratic senator. The call quickly reached an impasse as it became clear ... Gov. Shapiro to speak about Chesapeake restoration...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago (250+ words) BALTIMORE " Governor Wes Moore and the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council approved a revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement on Tuesday at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, setting a new 2040 deadline for states to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution to the bay. Representatives from all six Chesapeake Bay watershed states"Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and New York"as well as the EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and Washington, D.C., attended the meeting. Initially, the deadline for Maryland and other watershed states to reach the reduction goal was set for 2025, but the revised agreement establishes broader environmental objectives. In addition to clean water, officials want to maintain thriving habitats, fisheries, and wildlife in the bay, including healthy landscapes and engaged communities. Just last October, Baltimore celebrated the largest oyster restoration in decades in the Bay. The oyster population in the Bay…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1068+ words) For at least the next year, Gov. Josh Shapiro will helm a multistate effort to clean and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The nine-member Chesapeake Executive Council elected Gov. Josh Shapiro as its chair during a public meeting Tuesday at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. In accepting the role, the first-term Democrat acknowledged Pennsylvania has historically taken a "backseat" to addressing concerns impacting the Chesapeake Bay, but he said those days are over. "Pennsylvania is back in the game, and we are all in when it comes to the bay," Shapiro said, noting that he is building on the efforts of his predecessor, Tom Wolf, to raise the state's status in protecting the Chesapeake. The council comprises the governors of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C., the U.S. Environmental…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (96+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. State Sen. Mark Peake said he'll step down Dec. 31 as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia after eight months in the role, following big election losses. RICHMOND " The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia said Monday that he'll step down from the position at the end of the year as GOP leaders regroup following heavy losses in the Nov. 4 statewide elections....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago (25+ words) Gov. Josh Shapiro braved the snow to head to Baltimore on Tuesday where he accepted his new role as chair of the Chesapeake Executive Council....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (327+ words) A new coffee shop and patisserie in Chesapeake offers shoppers a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping. Owner Bailey Potterf, a Navy wife, started baking from home in 2020, focusing mainly on macarons. She turned the hobby into a business after family and friends offered to pay her for the French sandwich cookies and other items. A self-taught baker,she pushed her pink cooler to the curb every weekend to attract new customers. It worked: She would sell out every time. When she added more treats, folks would gobble them up too,but meeting this demand left no room in her house to create more confections. So she decided to expand to a brick-and-mortar. I visited twice to see what was new and to snag a chai oatmeal cream pie. It reminded me of a well-known national brand....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (948+ words) Students applying to college know they can't " or at least shouldn't " use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read them. AI tools are now being incorporated into how student applications are screened and analyzed, admissions directors say. It can be a delicate topic, and not all colleges are eager to talk about it, but higher education is among the many industries where artificial intelligence is rapidly taking on tasks once reserved for humans. In some cases, schools are quietly slipping AI into their evaluation process, experts say. Others are touting the technology's potential to speed up their review of applications, cut processing times and even perform some tasks better than humans. "Humans get tired; some days are better than others. The…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1623+ words) LOUDOUN " When'Julia Mason'moved into her new home in'Loudoun Meadows'six years ago, the community was less than 10 years old, and the view across'Quail Ridge Lake'was a farm, with woods and a red-and-white barn. Mason didn't know that the same day she arrived, a developer broke ground for a 1-million-square-foot data center for'Amazon Web Services'that now rises 70 feet directly across from her home on a cul-de-sac in this community near'Aldie'in southeastern'Loudoun County. A data center is seen from a street in the Loudoun Meadows housing community in'Loudoun County. The view from the community landing on'Quail Ridge Lake'now features the Amazon complex on one side and a 1.5-million-square-foot data center built by Microsoft on the other, with an electric power substation next to it. Neither data center is operating yet, but their presence is inescapable. "It was a farm when we were looking…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (231+ words) Four-star quarterback Troy Huhn, ESPN's No. 10 pocket passer in the 2026 cycle, announced his commitment to Virginia Tech on Monday, reuniting with coach James Franklin as the latest former Penn State pledge to join the Hokies' incoming recruiting class. Hunh, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound prospect from San Marcos, California, began Monday as the top uncommitted quarterback in the SC Next 2026 ESPN 300. Intially committed to Penn State in June 2024, Huhn decommitted on Oct. 16 -- four days after the program fired Franklin. Huhn's decision to join the Hokies arrived hours after Cole Bergeron, the nation's 34th-ranked pocket passer, decommitted from Virginia Tech on Monday. Huhn competed in the Elite 11 Finals in June and projects as a prototypical, big-armed pocket passer at the next level. He completed 75% of his passes for 2,438 yards and 29 touchdowns and added eight rushing scores in his senior season at California's Mission…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago (189+ words) NC State and Virginia will open the 2026 College Football Season in Brazil, in the first-ever game in South America. N.C. State and Virginia will open next season in Brazil, becoming the first college football game played in South America. The game will be played Aug. 29, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, according to an announcement from the schools, organizers and the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Brazil game, first reported by Pack Pride in November, will count as a league game. The teams had agreed to a home-and-home nonconference series that wouldn't count in the ACC standings since games were added outside the league scheduling model. The Wolfpack won this year's matchup in September. The Brazil game would replace the Cavaliers' home game that was set for next year, though now it's been integrated into the league slate as the ACC moves to a…...