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Maryland Ranks High Among 'Happiest States' In US, New Study Found Maryland Ranks High Among 'Happiest States' In US, New Study Found
Maryland Ranks High Among 'Happiest States' In US, New Study Found Don't worry, be happy. Maryland is the second happiest state in America, according to a newly released ranking by Wallethub.  To determine where Americans are most satisfied with their lives, researchers keyed in on which states "exhibit the best combination of good economic, emotional, physical and social health."  All 50 states were measured across 30 key metrics, according to WalletHub, including things such as the share of adult depression, number of work hours, and ideal weather. Maryland landed in the top 10 in each category:  Emotion and physical well-being rank: T…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices
Maryland AG Reaches Massive Settlement with Google Over Location Tracking Practices Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that his Consumer Protection Division as well as 39 other attorneys general have reached a $391.5 million multi-state settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings.  The settlement will also require Google to make it easier for consumers to manage their privacy settings when using Google products, according to Frosh. Maryland’s share of the massive settlement is $8.6 million. “Google misled Marylanders about its location tracking practices. It built de…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Pregnant Virginia Woman Had Pleaded On YouTube To Be Saved From Husband — Now She's Dead Pregnant Virginia Woman Had Pleaded On YouTube To Be Saved From Husband — Now She's Dead
Pregnant Virginia Woman Had Pleaded On YouTube To Be Saved From Husband — Now She's Dead "Even when I reached out for help, nothing was done at all." These are the words 27-year-old Dana Alotaibi, of Virginia, said through tears in a recorded call with the National Suicide Awareness Hotline posted to YouTube last January. Seven months later, Falls Church's Alotaibi was stabbed dead by the very man she had been fearful of, Bryant Tejeda-Castillo, on the H-3 freeway in Hawaii, according to those who knew her and police. Tejeda-Castillo was charged with second-degree murder and being held on $1 million bond. Alotaibi's mom, Natalia Cespedes, believes that her daughter w…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Sports
Maryland Track Star Kayley Milor Killed In Cancun Accident Leaves Legacy Maryland Track Star Kayley Milor Killed In Cancun Accident Leaves Legacy
Maryland Track Star Kayley Milor Killed In Cancun Accident Leaves Legacy A scholarship fund has been created to honor Kayley Milor, a University of Maryland student who died in an accident while vacationing in Cancun, Mexico last March. The GoFundMe page for Milor, 22, had raised more than $72,000 as of Monday, May 30. "Kayley was so loved by her family, friends, and the Urbana and University of Maryland communities," the page reads.  "To honor her life and legacy this scholarship will provide financial support to hard-working and highly motivated track student-athletes who embody Kayley’s spirit of kindness, leadership, and dedication to others." Milor was b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Recall Issued For Organic Popcorn Sold At Regional Supermarkets Recall Issued For Organic Popcorn Sold At Regional Supermarkets
Recall Issued For Organic Popcorn Sold At Regional Supermarkets A company has recalled packages of popcorn that were sold at supermarkets across the region. Snak King announced on Tuesday, April 12, that it is recalling some of its five-ounce packages of "O Organics Sea Salt Organic Popcorn" because the products may be cross-contaminated with an undeclared milk allergen. The recalled products have "Best if Used By" dates of 9/24/2022 and 9/25/2022. The producets come in a flexible package with a "Best if Used By" date located on the front, upper right=hand side of the package, the company reported. The UPC number is 079893 403038. Snak …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
TikTokers Are Bullying NJ's Ezra Miller For Dance Moves After Hawaii Arrest (VIDEO) TikTokers Are Bullying NJ's Ezra Miller For Dance Moves After Hawaii Arrest (VIDEO)
TikTokers Are Bullying NJ's Ezra Miller For Dance Moves After Hawaii Arrest (Video) New Jersey native and "The Flash" star Ezra Miller was back on the dance floor weeks after being arrested in Hawaii — and TikTokers are saying the actor's moves are criminal. A video of the 29-year-old Wyckoff actor — who uses they/them pronounces and identifies as non-binary — shaking their groove thang surfaced on the video-sharing app this week. @tmz #TheFlash star #EzraMiller is feelin themself in a lounge in Hawaii, just weeks after their arrest at a nearby bar ♬ original sound - TMZ "Why is he terrorizing the entire island," one person commented. "That's the 'I'm out of my …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ's Ezra Miller Grabs Mic From Karaoke Singer, Attacks Dart Player At Bar In Hawaii: Police NJ's Ezra Miller Grabs Mic From Karaoke Singer, Attacks Dart Player At Bar In Hawaii: Police
NJ's Ezra Miller Grabs Mic From Karaoke Singer, Attacks Dart Player At Bar In Hawaii: Police New Jersey native and "The Flash" star Ezra Miller was arrested at a bar in Hawaii for lunging at a man playing darts and yelling obscenities at a woman singing karaoke, authorities said. The 29-year-old Wyckoff native, who uses they/them pronouns and identifies as non-binary, apparently had become agitated while other patrons were singing karaoke at a Hilo bar around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, Hawaii police said in a release. Miller at one point grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing and began yelling obscenities, then lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts, p…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
$3 Ticket Turns Into $30,000 Grand Prize For Lucky Maryland Lottery Player $3 Ticket Turns Into $30,000 Grand Prize For Lucky Maryland Lottery Player
$3 Ticket Turns Into $30,000 Grand Prize For Lucky Maryland Lottery Player One lucky woman from Edgewater brought home more than just the bacon during her last shopping trip, the Maryland Lottery reports. Dawn Sandvik thought she had gotten everything on her shopping list last Friday, March 18, until she went to look for her go-to lottery ticket. The 53-year-old usually plays the $5 Deluxe Crossword game but didn’t see it. So instead, Sandvik decided to buy two tickets for the $3 Bonus Crossword game. Little did she know she’d be heading home with a lot more than just her groceries. Sandvik started scratching off the tickets and scored $5 from the first. When …

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by David Cifarelli
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Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie'
Man Recalls NJ BF's Final Moments On Notoriously Dangerous Hawaiian Beach 'Lumadie' "I love my family. I don't want to die." Those were some of the last words spoken by New Jersey’s Matthew Preziose moments before being swept out to sea by the heavy currents on a beach in Hawaii last weekend — never to be seen again. The irony of it all is that his boyfriend, Nick Slawinski, said he’d never seen Preziose, 25, of Middletown, happier than he was that week. The couple chose Lumahai beach in Kauai to visit particularly because of its rave reviews both from tour guides and Google, 26-year-old Slawinski, of Riverside, said. Little did they know, the site is known as a dangerou…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Means Higher MD Gas Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Means Higher MD Gas
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Means Higher MD Gas “Pain at the pump,” was a concern reporters pushed President Biden on during a press conference about the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Although Biden urged the energy sector to not move prices, experts say the US is already feeling the pinch since tensions began to escalate between the two nations. “Any disruptions to oil flows from Russia in a context of low spare capacity in other regions could easily send oil prices to $120 (a barrel),” Natasha Kaneva, JPMorgan’s head of global commodities strategy, wrote in a report published earlier in February. Gas prices had already t…

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by Jillian Pikora
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SHAMELESS: NJ Con Woman Admits Swindling Elderly Victims Of $675K In 'Lottery Winner' Scam SHAMELESS: NJ Con Woman Admits Swindling Elderly Victims Of $675K In 'Lottery Winner' Scam
Shameless: NJ Con Woman Admits Swindling Elderly Victims Of $675K In 'Lottery Winner' Scam A New Jersey woman admitted scamming seniors nationwide out of huge sums of money -- including $500,000 from one 94-year-old victim -- by telling them they'd won the lottery. Shanile Lyle, 28, of Orange, was part of an international crew that called and conned seniors across the U.S. out of at least $675,000, federal authorities said. The vulnerable victims “received telephone calls alerting them that they had won large sums of money and various other prizes,” according to a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. They were then told they'd have to "pre-pay" taxes in order to c…

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by Jerry DeMarco