Two Injured in Maryland Mail Blasts

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2011 Two explosive devices embedded in pieces of mail detonated within minutes of each other in two government buildings in Maryland on Thursday, injuring two employees and leading local officials to believe that the incidents were related. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maryland to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages (Performed Elsewhere)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 The state of Maryland hasn't worked out legislation to officially validate same-sex marriages that happen within its own borders, but as of Wednesday, Maryland's Attorney General Douglas Gansler made it possible for GLBTQ partners' unions to be legally recognized -- as long as they were performed somewhere else. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama and the House GOP: Full Q&A From Baltimore

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2010 Courtesy of C-SPAN, watch the whole (and at times, lively) exchange between President Barack Obama and Republican House members at a GOP retreat in Baltimore on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lawmaker Quits Amid Child Porn Investigation

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2008 A Republican member of the Maryland Legislature has resigned after authorities raided his home and took several items, including his computer, during a child pornography investigation. According to the Baltimore Examiner, state Delegate Robert McKee had been a sponsor of the Child Protection From Predators Act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scientist: HIV Vaccine at Square One

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2008 Nobel Prize-winning biologist David Baltimore has told his peers that researchers are no closer to discovering an HIV vaccine after decades of study. He called for new approaches and said the challenge was difficult because "to control HIV immunologically the scientific community has to beat out nature, do something that nature, with its advantage of four billion years of evolution, has not been able to do." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oral and Anal Sex Acts Are Up Among Teens

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 There has been a "significant increase" in the proportion of teens and young adults engaging in such acts during the last decade, according to STD clinics in Baltimore. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )