Month: May 2026

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched a crowdsourced map that tracks more than 4,000 major AI data centers across the United States. The Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting website aims to give the public “a platform to speak up and voice concerns about AI data centers in their communities” by naming where they are “already operating, under construction, rumored or proposed …

This map tracks 4,000 AI data centers being built—and reveals where the biggest boom is Read More »

Some findings repeat previous audits, at time when administration vowed to crack down on repeats; Seshamani says audit does not reflect progress made The state agency responsible for overseeing Medicaid payments and services lacked “effective processes” to identify millions in questionable payments made to dead or incarcerated people, according to an audit released this week. …

Auditors: Maryland Medicaid agency may have paid for care for inmates, dead people Read More »

Former First Lady Jill Biden appeared in a CBS interview this week and finally addressed one of the most controversial decisions of Joe Biden’s presidency: the last-minute pardon of Hunter Biden after the former president repeatedly told the American people he would not do it. Her answer did not clear anything up. It made the situation look even worse. …

Jill Biden Defends Hunter Biden Pardon in CBS Interview — Accidentally Exposes the Biden Family’s Entire Excuse (VIDEO) Read More »

Eight-count indictment said Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi worked as an operative of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Adual Iraqi-Iranian citizen was indicted Thursday on terrorism-related charges in what the Justice Department alleged was a lengthy spree plotting nearly 20 attacks on U.S. and European soil. The eight-count indictment said Mohammad Baqer …

Dual Iraqi-Iranian Citizen Charged With Plotting Nearly 20 Terror Attacks Across U.S., Europe Read More »

It is not just affection. It is recognition. Children know, often before adults fully understand it, when they have found a safe place. A lap that is not in a hurry. A voice that does not sound like a deadline. A pair of hands that have already raised children, fixed dinners, paid bills, endured disappointments, …

Grandparents May Be the Secret Weapon Kids Need Most Right Now Read More »

This weekend’s full moon will trigger the annual May worm swarms and fish will take full advantage of the nutritious feast. The season’s first spot are reported to be found off Sandy Point State Park and anglers are catching enough to do some live-lining for striped bass. Surf anglers are enjoying good fishing off the …

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Worcester County detectives entered a Snow Hill home last summer looking for evidence of check fraud, but what they found was something much different: dozens of dogs and cats confined to crates, basements, sheds, and garages, some packed two or three to a crate and filthy with urine and feces. “The smell alone was terrible. …

Snow Hill woman sentenced to prison for animal cruelty Read More »

Eric Fiori, whose boat business on Worcester Highway burned down last year, plans to reopen on the site of the old Shore Drive-In on Route 50 in West Ocean City. Fiori, who also is a Worcester County Commissioner, says he’ll move his retail and repair operation, Bayside Jet Drive, to the 14.6-acre roadside property sometime …

Fiori purchases old drive-in site for future boat business Read More »

With demolition of the downtown post office nearing its end, Ocean City Public Works Director Hal Adkins said the project to convert the site into public parking will begin next week. Adkins told members of the Ocean City Council on Tuesday that demolition work is expected to wrap up by the end of the week. …

Ahead of paving, post office demo yields historical find Read More »

The Ocean City Beach Patrol is recognizing one of its own for winning the “Top Cop” award for 2025 from the Maryland Municipal League. Richard Krause, a senior officer with the Bel Air Police Department, will be recognized at MML’s summer conference next month in Ocean City, where he spends his summers as lifeguard with …

Maryland Municipal League to honor OC Beach Patrol lifeguard, Bel Air officer as 2025 ‘Top Cop’ Read More »