Around Maryland

Doctors have told health services to prepare for a new era of cancer screening after a study found a simple blood test could spot multiple cancer types in patients before they develop clear symptoms. The Pathfinder study offered the blood test to more than 6,600 adults aged 50 and over, and detected dozens of new cases of disease. Many cancers were at an early stage and nearly three-quarters were forms not routinely screened for.

Five police officers will not be charged in the 2021 death of a Virginia man after a preliminary report from the Office of the Attorney General cleared them, police said. Daniel Michael Holley, 23, died on Nov. 14, 2021, in Frederick Health Hospital, two days after police used a Taser on him during an altercation, a news release from the Frederick Police Department said.

Once, Baltimore drinking water was a constant danger. Poor sanitation left the water dirty and often unfit to drink. In the early 20th century, “summer diarrhea,” a seasonal rise of gastrointestinal illness caused by microorganisms, was a leading cause of death among infants and children. Such dangers have become a distant memory in Baltimore, at least until city officials detected E. coli in the tap water.

Coppin State University will get $1,108,885, and Frostburg State University is set to receive $828,371. Coppin State is one of three historically Black colleges and universities to be chosen for the program. The other two are Prairie View A&M University and Winston-Salem State University, which received awards of about $700,000 each.

University of Maryland alumnus Stanley R. Zupnik has made a $25 million commitment toward a new building that will help prepare new generations of engineers and foster collaboration between disciplines in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. Named in his honor, Stanley R. Zupnik Hall will be the new home of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and will include mechanical engineering, the Quantum Technology Center and the Maryland Transportation Institute.

Bedtimes had long passed by the time Friday night’s U.S. Open semifinal ended around midnight, but still some youth members of the Junior Tennis Champions Center remained glued to a television screen as Marylander and JTCC alumnus Frances Tiafoe gave a post-match interview. Tiafoe lost in five thrilling sets to No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz, but his U.S. Open run was nevertheless spectacular and captivating. The 24-year-old became the first American man to reach a U.S. Open semifinal in 16 years and the first Black man to do so since Arthur Ashe, the man whom the stadium Tiafoe played in Friday night is named after, in 1972. With the best performances of his career, including a win over legend Rafael Nadal, Tiafoe launched himself to international relevance and the edge of stardom.

A Danish training ship hit the moored USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul on Sunday morning in the Inner Harbor, according to a statement from the U.S. Navy. No U.S. Navy personnel were injured and there was no serious damage to the Navy ship, a U.S. Navy spokesperson said in a statement. The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul was docked on the port side of the west wall in the Inner Harbor at 11:17 a.m. Sunday when the Danmark crashed into it during Maryland Fleet Week. A representative from Sail Baltimore, which brings visiting vessels to the harbor to showcase different cultures and maritime history, referred questions about damage to the Danmark to the U.S. Navy.