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CNN has canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” show on the news media, and said Thursday that its host, Brian Stelter, a Towson University alumnus, is leaving the network. The show’s last broadcast will be Sunday. CNN has been looking to cut costs but also to put forth a less opinionated product. Stelter has written a book, “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth” and been critical of Fox News, making him a frequent target of CNN’s conservative critics.

Mariner Finance faces a lawsuit by five states and Washington, D.C., that alleges the Baltimore-based mortgage lender charges customers for hidden additional products they either didn’t agreed to buy or didn’t know about. The suit, led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, claims Mariner added hundreds to thousands of dollars to the total amount consumers owed. The suit says Mariner charged Pennsylvanians $19.5 million for add-ons from 2015 to 2018 and charged another $8 million in interest for these premiums in the same period.

The developer of a new luxury town home development in Annapolis has pledged to alter his site plans, a move that appeases City Council members and neighbors in surrounding communities. Ward 4 Alderwoman Sheila Finlayson said Tuesday that she had a very productive meeting with Nelson Epega, CEO of Bando Investment Group and developer of Athens Annapolis, a 48-home luxury community under construction south of Aris T. Allen Boulevard. Most significantly, Epega agreed to seek approval from the State Highway Administration for an access road off the four-lane split highway.

The Washington Commanders’ bid for a sports-betting license at FedEx Field received final approval Wednesday. The Sports Wagering Application Review Commission in Maryland approved the application for a Class A-1 sports-betting facility at the Landover, Maryland, stadium submitted by Commanders owner Dan Snyder. Under Maryland law, the review commission can only approve sports-betting licenses it finds are in the public interest, which includes whether the proposal would enhance state fiscal resources, spur economic development and help regulate an otherwise-unregulated black market.

Solar company CI Renewables has moved its headquarters to Mount Washington from New Jersey and formed a partnership with Baltimore’s Mayson-Dixon Cos. The move will allow CI Renewables to invest more heavily in commercial Maryland developments at the same time it is finishing a 12-project solar installation in Howard County government buildings in Ellicott City and Columbia. The new partnership will build on new federal and state incentives and grants to move toward more sustainable energy plans for the future amid the climate crisis, said Josh Smith, managing partner of CI Renewables. It will also help to move solar products into disinvested communities in the city and surrounding counties.

It took nearly six years to move a little more than four miles, but Marriott International Inc.’s long-planned headquarters relocation to downtown Bethesda is substantially complete. Executives hosted a media tour Monday of the global hospitality company’s new corporate home ahead of an official ribbon-cutting ceremony next month. The last group of employees moved into the 21-story, 785,000-square-foot building at 7750 Wisconsin Ave. last week, after Marriott (NASDAQ: MAR) announced its intention to relocate from the Rock Spring business park in suburban Bethesda in October 2016. In that time, the company has weathered a global pandemic that significantly impacted its finances and trimmed its workforce.