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The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is developed, even as top health officials faced questions about political interference with virus information reaching the public.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a proclamation marking June 28 as “Freedom of the Press Day” in honor of the five employees of the Capital Gazette killed in a newsroom shooting two years ago.

A Maryland man accused of cutting a pit bull's throat and tying the dog to a tree was sentenced to one year in jail, prosecutors said Tuesday.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Justice Department said Monday that federal prosecutors are weighing possible hate crime charges in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man gunned down after being pursued by two armed white men in a Georgia subdivision. ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can prevent criminal defendants from pleading insanity without violating their constitutional rights. The decision could prompt states across the country to toughen standards for defendants who wish to plead not guilty ...

The merger between Condor Hospitality Trust Inc., a Bethesda-based, hotel-focused real estate investment trust, and Canadian REIT NexPoint Hospitality Trust has been pushed back again, this time by a week. The close of the merger is also subject to the satisfaction ...

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A Gaithersburg drug company has received $4 million in funding from a nongovernmental organization to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and is teaming with another Gaithersburg drug company for development and manufacturing.

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A human patient has been dosed for the first time with a drug that was made using a Frederick cell manufacturing platform company’s technology. RoosterBio Inc. announced that its CliniControl cell and media systems were used to make the drug ...

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. has seen negative impacts from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.