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Also on today's calendar: Bryce's Treehouse Hosts Inaugural International Overdose Awareness Day Event in Bowie – Aug. 30 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Suspect accused of using in-store outfit change during Prince George's County theft (fox5dc.com) — Greenbelt police are asking residents to help identify a man accused of stealing about $700 in merchandise from the Marshalls on Greenbelt Road after changing his outfit inside the store. Surveillance images show the suspect's mid-store makeover, and authorities believe he may have targeted the same location before. Anyone who recognizes him is urged to contact Greenbelt Police.
• David Morens Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Over Hidden COVID-19 Research Records (thehenryettan.com) — A former senior adviser at NIAID has pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenbelt to conspiring to conceal government records tied to COVID-19 research decisions. The case centers on using personal email to evade federal records laws and has become part of a wider national debate over transparency in pandemic-era research funding. Sentencing is set for November 12, 2026.
• State AG News: Data Privacy, Consumer Protection, Administrative Law (August 13-19, 2026) (lexblog.com) — Maryland's attorney general successfully blocked a Trump Administration plan to move the planned FBI headquarters away from its proposed Greenbelt site, keeping hundreds of millions in federal funding from being redirected. The ruling is part of a broader roundup of recent state attorney general actions nationwide on consumer protection, environmental rules, and voting-related disputes.
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