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Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• College Park City Council urges residents to continue filing formal landlord complaints (dbknews.com) — If your College Park landlord is pressuring you to renew early, city officials want you to file a formal complaint so they can enforce the Early Lease Ordinance. The council reviewed ongoing problems with early renewal tactics, outlined fines for noncompliant landlords, and shared direct contacts and email for tenants to trigger investigations and push for stronger renter protections.
• Beyond the Science: Building infrastructure for Maryland's e... (afro.com) — College Park just hosted the Quantum World Congress, drawing more than 2,000 scientists, policymakers and business leaders as Maryland pushes to brand itself the "Capital of Quantum." A Maryland legal and policy expert reflects on how this high-profile College Park gathering underscored the need for strong laws, partnerships and inclusive economic planning to turn cutting‑edge research into real jobs and investment statewide.
• UMD community members call for USM, university divestment on 3-year anniversary of Oct. 7 (dbknews.com) — On the third anniversary of the Israel‑Hamas war, protesters gathered near the College Park Marriott and on campus to demand that the University System of Maryland divest from defense contractors tied to Israel's military actions in Gaza. Students, community members and a congressional candidate joined in, calling for changes to university investments and ethics education while university officials declined to comment.
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