A Maryland biotechnology company focused on cancer and sickle cell disease is set to receive a patent in Europe. The European Patent Office told GlycoMimetics Inc., which is based in Rockville, that it plans to grant a patent related to its ...

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ROCKVILLE — After a spike in hate crimes over the winter, Rockville, Maryland officials came up with what they thought would be the ideal way to affirm the city’s commitment to diversity and inclusion: fly the flags of all 193 member ...

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ROCKVILLE — The Rockville City Council voted to prohibit smoking or vaping in open-air sections of restaurants and bars, becoming only the second Maryland locality to mandate smoke-free outdoor drinking and dining. With a 4-to-1 vote on Monday night, Rockville ...

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BETHESDA — Outside a Maryland high school dragged into the national immigration debate by an alleged rape, a makeshift sign reflects that strain: “Rockville Strong.” Rockville High School students and parents declined to comment Thursday about the case involving a ...

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ROCKVILLE — A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. The explosion ...

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Rockville-based Synthetic Biologics Inc. received a federal research contract worth more than a half-million to support its research on a treatment designed to protect the gut microbiome from the unintended effects of some antibiotics. The contract for $521,014 from the Centers for ...

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ROCKVILLE — Police say a woman was shot in the leg while driving in Rockville. Authorities say the woman was driving an SUV on her way to pick up her son at the Rockville Metro station Monday night before she ...

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Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th plans to open another store in Maryland next year. The retailer on Tuesday announced that it plans to open a new 40,000-square-foot  store in the Congressional Plaza shopping center in Rockville in Fall 2016. “This ...

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ROCKVILLE — Authorities say a statue of a Confederate soldier in Rockville has been vandalized. Police say the vandalism was discovered Monday morning. The words “Black Lives Matter” were spray painted in black and red on the statue, which is ...

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The country of Qatar. A Germantown deli. And an alleged kickback scheme. What sounds like the start of a Mad Libs game are in fact some key elements of a lawsuit that resulted in a half-million-dollar default judgment in Montgomery County Circuit Court against a Falls Church, Va., man who served jail time for embezzlement.

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