Woman Arrested for DUI After Striking Fire Hydrant
CAMBRIDGE, MD – On Monday, August 1, at around 1:02 am, CPD Officers responded to a call on the 1100 block of Washington St regarding an unconscious person in a car. Jenah…
Man Hit With Broomstick Over Debit Card Dispute
CAMBRIDGE, MD – On Monday morning, August 1, CPD Officers were called to the 900 block of Camelia St after reports of a physical altercation. On arrival, they met Johnnie Lee Caldwell,…
Impaired 21-Year-Old Driver Collides with Ambulance, Charged
CAMBRIDGE, MD – Late on Tuesday, August 2, a car collided with a Dorchester County Paramedic Unit at Washington St and Leonard’s Lane. CPD Officers arrived at 11:13 pm to investigate the…
Linkwood Man Charged for $3k Discount Scam at AutoZone
CAMBRIDGE, MD – Gregory Scott Robbins SR, a 54-year-old resident of Linkwood, was served with a Criminal Summons by CPD officers on Friday, August 4, at approximately 9:35 am. Robbins was located…
Jackpot Lottery Ticket Thief Held in Jail Without Bail
CAMBRIDGE, MD – A Madison woman, Jaclyn Marie Johnson, 35, was taken into custody by the Cambridge Police Department in July following an active Dorchester County District Court Arrest Warrant. She faces…
Tutoring firm settles US agency’s first bias lawsuit involving AI software
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out…
Harvard cannot recoup $15 million from insurer for race case costs, court rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University on Wednesday lost a bid for an insurer to cover up to $15 million of the costs of defending itself in a lawsuit that…
William Friedkin, acclaimed ‘Exorcist’ director, dead at 87
By Will Dunham , 2023 (Reuters) -William Friedkin, who achieved cinematic immortality by directing the bleak, gritty 1971 drug-smuggling thriller “The French Connection” and the terrifying 1973 demon-possession blockbuster “The Exorcist,” died…
‘Offensive And Troubling’: Another University Hit With Civil Rights Complaint For Program Using Racial Preferences
‘Offensive And Troubling’: Another University Hit With Civil Rights Complaint For Program Using Racial Preferences Katelynn Richardson on August 7, 2023 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) was hit with a civil rights…
Climate change puts sovereigns at downgrade risk, study finds
By Mark John (Reuters) – A global failure to curb carbon emissions will lead to rising debt-servicing costs for 59 nations within the next decade, according to a study that simulated the…
Patient Escapes Psychiatric Hospital After Accomplice Shoots Out Window
CAMBRIDGE, MD – On Monday, an incident occurred at the Eastern Shore State Hospital Center located on Woods Road. At around 5:39 pm, Cambridge Police Department officers responded to a shooting report…
Big US asset managers cool on climate issues -think tank
By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Large U.S.-based asset managers have shown waning interest in encouraging companies in which they invest to phase out fossil fuels since 2021, while their European…
Analysis-Investors dumping China load up on other emerging markets
By Summer Zhen and Patturaja Murugaboopathy HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global investors are increasingly choosing to bypass China’s markets in favour of other emerging countries that are either gaining from the geopolitical…
Med School Slapped With Civil Rights Complaint Over Racial ‘Preference’ In Pre-College Program
Med School Slapped With Civil Rights Complaint Over Racial ‘Preference’ In Pre-College Program Peter Machera on July 26, 2023 The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo is facing a federal…
Australia fines Facebook owner Meta $14 million for undisclosed data collection
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian court ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to pay fines totalling A$20 million ($14 million) for collecting user data through a smartphone application advertised as a…
Harvard faces federal civil rights probe over legacy admissions
By Julia Harte and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Harvard racially discriminates by favoring applicants with ties to donors and alumni in its admissions process, according…
Arrest Made After Thief Steals Winning Lottery Ticket
CAMBRIDGE, MD – The Cambridge Police Department has announced an arrest in the case of a stolen winning lottery ticket. According to police, Jaclyn Marie Johnson, 35, from Madison, was arrested on…
Safety first in China under new central bank governor
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new central bank governor Pan Gongsheng brings with him the reputation of a firefighting technocrat, signalling growing concerns among the country’s leadership over systemic risks…
Before election, UK’s Sunak recommits to housing promises
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recommitted on Monday to promises to boost homebuilding by the next election to tackle a lack of housing stock that has alienated…
Fugitive Wanted for Assault Arrested by Police
CAMBRIDGE, MD – Cambridge Police Department arrested Lamar Marcus Smith, 27, on an active Dorchester County District Court Arrest Warrant last Friday. The warrant was linked to charges including first and second-degree…
Woman Arrested for Brandishing Knife
CAMBRIDGE, MD – On Sunday, at approximately 5:40 pm, officers from the Cambridge Police Department arrived at the 600 block of Academy Street responding to reports of a disturbance. After contacting the…
Police Investigating After Teen Reportedly Fired Shots on Douglas Street
CAMBRIDGE, MD – On Saturday, at around 6:40 pm, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to three “Shot Spotter Alerts” in the 700 block of Douglas Street. The alerts indicated multiple…
DWI 19-Year-Old Crashes Car
CAMBRIDGE, MD – A collision incident led to the arrest of 19-year-old Caroline Otoko of Denton, last Thursday. According to Cambridge Police Department, Otoko was found intoxicated next to her car, which…
Woman Robbed of Winning Lottery Ticket on Her Way to Cash it In
CAMBRIDGE, MD – Jaclyn Marie Johnson, 35, of Madison, was arrested by Cambridge Police Department on Saturday, pursuant to an active Dorchester County District Court Arrest Warrant. The charges against Johnson include…
Dead EV batteries turn to gold with U.S. incentives
By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Victoria Waldersee POOLE, England (Reuters) – A little-publicized clause in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act has companies scrambling to recycle electric vehicle batteries in North America,…
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