Baltimore native and 23-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps always looks cool in the pool. But this week at the Summer Olympics in Paris, the former competitive swimmer — a legend in his own right — got an extra dash of splash when NBC host and rap legend Snoop Dogg joined him. The duo went toe to toe in a pool that appeared to be quite a bit smaller than Phelps’ usual Olympic-sized water playground.
Maryland football opened fall camp Wednesday afternoon with palpable energy and excitement. One month before the regular-season opener against UConn, the Terps welcomed a special guest. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore took the field during the opening stretching period. Moore recently visited the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Commanders, but his trip to College Park was a little different.
Many have struggled with dramatically increasing rents in recent years, and rent stabilization is one way to provide and enforce predictability in the rents that tenants pay. A year ago, I regrettably joined my colleagues on the Rockville City Council in signing a letter against Montgomery County’s implementation of rent stabilization. I signed on despite having been the only council member to recommend a total moratorium on rent increases for the duration of the pandemic.
Brian Foreman’s Ford F-150 isn’t your average pickup truck. It’s more like a personal power plant. “One of the reasons we bought it was because we don’t have a backup generator for our house and we live in an area with a lot of exposed powerlines. So, we are always worried whenever a storm comes through and the trees start swinging that we are going to lose power,” Foreman told 11 News. “When we saw that this truck was available, the electric vehicle, and could power your house in case of a backup, we knew we were all in.”
The University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to update Title IX policies to reflect new federal language and requirements that take effect Thursday. Katherine Bainbridge, chief of the Higher Education Division at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, explained before the vote that the changes restore some protections pulled back in 2020, add protections for pregnant students and outline new procedures for students filing sexual misconduct complaints.
South Baltimore’s Yacht Basin Marina has been acquired by a local investment group with plans to construct 150 boat slips and a building on the Middle Branch. The newly named BYB Marina sits near the emerging Locke Landing townhome and apartment development at Port Covington next to Nick’s Fish House. The property sold for an undisclosed price to BYB Prop Real Estate Partners.
Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab beat market expectations for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday and issued a rosy sales forecast for the third quarter, signaling that robust digital-ad spending on its social media platforms can cover the cost of its artificial-intelligence investments. Shares of the company were up 6.8% after the bell. The Facebook and Instagram parent said it anticipates third-quarter revenue in the range of $38.5 billion to $41 billion, the midpoint of which is higher than analysts’ estimates of $39.1 billion, according to LSEG data.
August is here — a time for kids to enjoy a few more weeks of summer before they must return to the classroom. It’s also a time to have some fun at the Howard County Fair, which starts Saturday and runs through Friday, Aug. 9. The 78th annual Howard County Fair celebrates agriculture and its impact on the county. Community members can learn more about where their meat, milk and wool come from, as well as showcase their green thumbs in farm crop competitions.
More than 250 Marylanders with developmental disabilities were “erroneously” disenrolled this summer from Medicaid programs that gave them access to community services and other care, leaving family members frustrated and angry as they try to regain services for loved ones. “It feels like he somehow fell out of the system that was supposed to work for him,” said Frederick resident Patricia Marshall, 67, of her grandson’s sudden loss of his Medicaid waiver.
The Maryland State Education Association is under new management. Beginning Thursday, the powerful teachers’ union has a new president, Paul Lemle, and a new vice president, Nikki Woodward. They replace Cheryl Bost, who had been union president for the past six years, and Theresa Mitchell Dudley, whom Lemle defeated in a statewide vote for the presidency earlier this year.