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Firearm suicides exceed gun homicides in Maryland

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By Ijeoma Opara Verified
| The Montgomery County Sentinel
Preliminary data from the Maryland Department of Health shows that suicides involving firearms in Maryland overtook gun homicides in 2025. On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Montgomery County Department of Police dispatched officials to a building in Chevy Chase, where a married couple lay dead with gunshot wounds.
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Baltimore's port had a banner year. What raked in the most cash?

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By Ijeoma Opara Verified
| Capital News Service Verified
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Automobiles and light trucks alone accounted for about 30% of revenue that the Port of Baltimore generated in 2025. Although the port has consistently been a top U.S. automobile shipper , tariffs imposed on imported goods in 2025, including automobiles , combined with the effects of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in 2024 to raise concerns.
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U.S. gas prices rise as war disrupts oil market

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By Ijeoma Opara Verified
| The Montgomery County Sentinel
Gas prices in the U.S. have risen by 33% since the start of the war between the U.S., Israel and Iran. The war pushed up oil costs, with West Texas Intermediate crude, the benchmark for oil pricing in the U.S., going from $65 to $96 per barrel between Feb. 23 and March 23, raising gas prices from $3.07 to $4.09 according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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