Wednesday: Cloudy, a little rain; cool, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.
Thursday: Cloudy and remaining cool, temps: high: 64, low: 48.
Friday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 70 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Loss Of Dad, Brother To Suicide Pushes Man To Help Others At Columbia Practice (patch.com) — A Columbia mental health practice, The Mood Center, is expanding services to help residents facing treatment-resistant depression and other serious mood disorders, including veterans. Led by CEO Brad Masters, who lost his father and brother to suicide, the Columbia location offers advanced options like TMS, ketamine therapies, and Spravato to provide faster relief and support during Suicide Prevention Month and beyond.
• Are You Prepared for All Things Go 2026? (trillmag.com) — Columbia's All Things Go festival returns the last weekend of September with a heavily female and queer-focused lineup spread over three days. Local attendees can expect big-name headliners like Mitski, Ethel Cain, MUNA, Hayley Williams, Lola Young, and Brandi Carlile, plus a deep roster of hyperpop, synth-pop, and indie artists worth previewing before you go.
• Maryland used discredited 'science' to convict a woman of murdering her fetus. Reproductive rights groups are raising alarms. (therealnews.com) — A Columbia woman's 2018 stillbirth in her home has become the center of a major Maryland legal battle over discredited forensic science and reproductive rights. Her conviction was overturned, but prosecutors plan a new trial that could hinge on a now-repudiated "float test," raising concerns about how state authorities handle pregnancy-related prosecutions.
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-- The Patch AM Team
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