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Election officials and volunteers are counting more than 8,000 mail-in ballots today at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections in Glen Burnie, with additional canvassing scheduled for Saturday and next Tuesday. Two County Council races remain undecided, and the candidates await the counting of the remaining mail-in ballots.
🎥 Ahmad Garnett, The Baltimore Sun
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"Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication."
salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
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Larry Hogan says he has little reason to help Maryland Republicans who aren't listening to him, as party leaders face mounting criticism over the 2026 election losses. bit.ly/4z2JOle
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LONDON (AP) — London jury convicts Russell Brand of rape and sexual assault.
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Has Wes Moore heard from Dan Cox yet?
As of this morning, Moore says he has not.
"Truthfully, I mean, I don't think Dan Cox has acknowledged that Joe Biden won. So, I wish him and his family the best of luck in life."
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Sources: tests revealed that Ravens’ QB Tyler “Snoop” Huntley suffered a season-ending turf toe injury.
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is out indefinitely with a thumb injury, Huntley’s season is over due to turf toe, and QB Joe Fagnano will start Thursday night vs. Jacksonville.
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It's still early, but tonight is a historic Election Night for Black political representation in America.
As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, we're still witnessing political firsts that have taken nearly two and a half centuries to achieve.
A thread. 🧵
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Magic City, Atlanta’s famous strip club, is throwing a “From the Polls to the Poles” election night watch party:
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Jared DeMarinis, Maryland’s state administrator of elections, says voters across the state can trust the electoral process on Election Day, despite claims by some of potential voter fraud and rigged elections nationally.
He added that voters should not be dissuaded by threats of intimidation.
Read more: bit.ly/4ed12Vm
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Truth for Maryland PAC faces criticism for using Gov. Wes Moore's photograph in mailers urging voters to reject Question 3, a ballot measure Moore actively supports, prompting his campaign to send a cease-and-desist letter accusing the group of misrepresenting his position.
The same PAC also attacked Ocean City mayoral candidate Matt James for participating in a state police helicopter flight to assess storm damage, and later using photos in his campaign advertising.
Read more: bit.ly/3WpkR5K
📸: Courtesy of Tom Maronick
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Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will resign effective Nov. 16, ending eight years in office. His announcement comes on the eve of Election Day. bit.ly/3UZEUHC
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Milton Coleman, a longtime Washington Post editor who worked at the newspaper for over three decades, has died. He was 79.
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Ravens QB Lamar Jackson needs thumb surgery and will be placed on injured reserve.
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NEWS: The West North Avenue Development Authority has named a new interim executive director - and it’s *not* Nick Mosby.
Wendi Redfern has been tapped.
Redfern “is exactly the kind of innovative leader, change agent and project manager that WNADA needs,” said Anthony Jenkins.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Harris appears in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new “Ali G” movie, delivering a warning about a fictitious cartel leader said to have fathered 140,000 children.
“Gonzalez has 140,000 children, which means that this one man has a higher birth rate than Iceland,” Harris says in the film, “Ali G: Who Iz I?”
The Maryland congressman appears in a sequence built around an invented immigration threat. A character identifying himself as an immigration control official introduces footage of Harris and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as messages from “patriots I met with in D.C.” Read more: bit.ly/4sthGpw
📸: Andy Kropa, Invision, AP Photo
