Stokely Baksh
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Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she left as a child.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
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Seconds after activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo confronted immigration agents on a Southeast Baltimore residential street Sunday morning, one of them shoved him several times, he said. buff.ly/WUhgqDP
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Seconds after activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo confronted immigration agents on a Southeast Baltimore residential street Sunday morning, one of them shoved him several times, he said. buff.ly/WUhgqDP
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Senate president joins push to ban ICE agreements in Maryland
Senate president joins push to ban ICE agreements in Maryland
“This is not something we can aid and abet here in the state of Maryland,” Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Senate president joins push to ban ICE agreements in Maryland
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Johns Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year, the school announced Thursday.
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Johns Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year, the school announced Thursday.
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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If the tag on your T-shirt says “Made in India,” there’s a good chance it came from Tiruppur.
Interviews with more than a dozen factory workers, labor contractors and business executives revealed how rapidly President Trump’s trade war has upended lives and livelihoods across the one-industry town.
Interviews with more than a dozen factory workers, labor contractors and business executives revealed how rapidly President Trump’s trade war has upended lives and livelihoods across the one-industry town.
Trump tariffs bring India’s massive garment industry to its knees
Just seven weeks after Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on India, many of Tiruppur’s garment factories have ground to a halt, putting thousands out of work.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If the tag on your T-shirt says “Made in India,” there’s a good chance it came from Tiruppur.
Interviews with more than a dozen factory workers, labor contractors and business executives revealed how rapidly President Trump’s trade war has upended lives and livelihoods across the one-industry town.
Interviews with more than a dozen factory workers, labor contractors and business executives revealed how rapidly President Trump’s trade war has upended lives and livelihoods across the one-industry town.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Maryland plans to use state money to provide food and cash assistance and pay state employee salaries typically funded with federal dollars as it rides out a government shutdown, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday. buff.ly/sUiCJDK
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Maryland plans to use state money to provide food and cash assistance and pay state employee salaries typically funded with federal dollars as it rides out a government shutdown, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday. buff.ly/sUiCJDK
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We spoke with actor and writer Michael Strassner about his new film The Baltimorons.
He'll be throwing out the first pitch at the Orioles-Pirates game on Wednesday before rushing over to the Senator Theatre for the film’s sold-out Maryland premiere.
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He'll be throwing out the first pitch at the Orioles-Pirates game on Wednesday before rushing over to the Senator Theatre for the film’s sold-out Maryland premiere.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We spoke with actor and writer Michael Strassner about his new film The Baltimorons.
He'll be throwing out the first pitch at the Orioles-Pirates game on Wednesday before rushing over to the Senator Theatre for the film’s sold-out Maryland premiere.
Q&A: buff.ly/6oWC85d
He'll be throwing out the first pitch at the Orioles-Pirates game on Wednesday before rushing over to the Senator Theatre for the film’s sold-out Maryland premiere.
Q&A: buff.ly/6oWC85d
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Catch blue catfish and win awards? Welcome to Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby.
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Read more: One scientist hopes his Eastern Shore fishing derby boosts the fish fight buff.ly/M5m1oHM
July 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Catch blue catfish and win awards? Welcome to Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby.
Read more: One scientist hopes his Eastern Shore fishing derby boosts the fish fight buff.ly/M5m1oHM
Read more: One scientist hopes his Eastern Shore fishing derby boosts the fish fight buff.ly/M5m1oHM
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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
July 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
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With prices soaring, eggs have been reported stolen from porches and farm stands. At one point, federal agents at the border were seizing eggs more often than fentanyl.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
The Great Egg Heist: 280,000 eggs disappeared from America’s top producer. Then came a ransom note.
As prices skyrocketed, and egg giant Cal-Maine raked in record profits, the company was hit by one of the biggest egg thefts in history.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
With prices soaring, eggs have been reported stolen from porches and farm stands. At one point, federal agents at the border were seizing eggs more often than fentanyl.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
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“I think, when she saw the contract it was when she realized, ‘OK, this is the real deal.’”
The family of one of the nation’s fastest high school sprinters takes you inside a landmark NIL deal. How Elise Cooper navigated an uncharted, hazardous market: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/colle...
The family of one of the nation’s fastest high school sprinters takes you inside a landmark NIL deal. How Elise Cooper navigated an uncharted, hazardous market: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/colle...
June 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“I think, when she saw the contract it was when she realized, ‘OK, this is the real deal.’”
The family of one of the nation’s fastest high school sprinters takes you inside a landmark NIL deal. How Elise Cooper navigated an uncharted, hazardous market: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/colle...
The family of one of the nation’s fastest high school sprinters takes you inside a landmark NIL deal. How Elise Cooper navigated an uncharted, hazardous market: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/colle...
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More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health signed a letter in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health, in a rare sign of open resistance by career government employees.
NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling.
More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health signed a letter in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health, in a rare sign of open resistance by career government employees.
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Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to challenge their deportations.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
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UPDATE: Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
➡️ The 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill has been linked to a Johns Hopkins facility in East Baltimore.
➡️ Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
➡️ The 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill has been linked to a Johns Hopkins facility in East Baltimore.
➡️ Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
UPDATE: Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
➡️ The 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill has been linked to a Johns Hopkins facility in East Baltimore.
➡️ Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
➡️ The 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill has been linked to a Johns Hopkins facility in East Baltimore.
➡️ Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
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Your BGE bill is set to go up again June 1. The Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered BGE to flatten those bills ahead of costly summer months, reports @briaovers.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/bge-...
As BGE bills are about to rise again, utility commission demands a delay
The Maryland Public Service Commission is ordering Baltimore Gas and Electric to mitigate the effects of an impending supply-side rate increase by shifting cost recovery to less expensive times of yea...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Your BGE bill is set to go up again June 1. The Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered BGE to flatten those bills ahead of costly summer months, reports @briaovers.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/bge-...
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Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the French biochemist and physician who was often called the father of the abortion pill — and who was also known for his pioneering studies on the role of steroid hormones in human reproduction and aging — died on Friday. He was 98. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/h...
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the French biochemist and physician who was often called the father of the abortion pill — and who was also known for his pioneering studies on the role of steroid hormones in human reproduction and aging — died on Friday. He was 98. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/h...
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Breaking News: The CDC kept Covid shots on an updated vaccination schedule for children, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be taken off.
C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
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May 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Breaking News: The CDC kept Covid shots on an updated vaccination schedule for children, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be taken off.
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never change, baltimore
May 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
never change, baltimore
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Breaking News: A new breast cancer study found that one type of mammogram is much better at finding tumors in dense breasts. It isn’t widely used for screening in the U.S.
One Type of Mammogram Proves Better for Women With Dense Breasts
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May 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Breaking News: A new breast cancer study found that one type of mammogram is much better at finding tumors in dense breasts. It isn’t widely used for screening in the U.S.
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One type of mammography is much better at finding tumors in dense breasts. It isn’t widely used for screening in the U.S.
One Type of Mammogram Proves Better for Women With Dense Breasts
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May 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
One type of mammography is much better at finding tumors in dense breasts. It isn’t widely used for screening in the U.S.
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We just won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of the overdose crisis. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We just won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of the overdose crisis. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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This is what May Day protests looked and sounded like in Baltimore today.
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May 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is what May Day protests looked and sounded like in Baltimore today.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.