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Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast in what authorities described Monday as a tragic accident on the Fourth of July.https://bit.ly/3wlNVIu 

COMMENTARY: Perhaps we are witnessing capitalism at its worst or a nation beset with a certain acrimony that makes the softer values of tending replaced by hard data, a false empiricism and a fantasy that we do not need or deserve affection.https://bit.ly/3hgYpEL 

Competing at the U.S. Olympic trials in the 800-meter race at the end of June, Mount de Sales rising senior Juliette Whittaker showed she belonged among the best in the country.https://bit.ly/3dM3SS2 

Maryland men’s basketball guard Aaron Wiggins is keeping his name in the NBA draft and will forgo his remaining eligibility, agent Austin Walton confirmed Monday. @TerrapinHoopshttps://bit.ly/3hoxqYh 

Holiday fireworks gave way to gunshots Monday in Baltimore as two people were killed and another three were injured, including a teenager, police said.https://bit.ly/3xlEGJJ 

The real estate listings tout that this Bolton Hill townhouse was featured on one of the Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage’s annual tours — and it’s easy to understand why.https://bit.ly/3dLnXaS 

Maryland health officials are trying to reach a Baltimore resident who won the $400,000 jackpot from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery.https://bit.ly/3wjgfeK 

A 9-year-old boy and two adults were injured by illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July in Carroll County.https://bit.ly/2Vbz1Ib 

A 28-year-old man was arrested last week and charged with the murder of two women in December, Baltimore police said Monday.https://bit.ly/3jKUodF 

Maryland’s highest court on Monday rebuffed Gov. Larry Hogan’s attempts to halt an emergency order that keeps the state enrolled in enhanced federal unemployment programs.https://bit.ly/3hB71VZ 

Spend enough time chatting with someone who’s been around for a while, and the conversation can quickly turn to how much less expensive everything used to be.https://bit.ly/3gSTXvX 

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser said that the United States was preparing more sanctions against Russia in response to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, the country’s most prominent opposition leader. From The New York Times:https://bit.ly/2VaudCT 

1. How does the Heston Kjerstad situation influence the pick? 2. Will this be the year they take a pitcher high?https://bit.ly/3dM8RSF 

EDITORIAL: If we needed any more proof about how unhealthy the American population is, and how bad the health care system is at addressing it, COVID-19 provided it.https://bit.ly/3jGrqeV 

Recently, the owner of a small store in western China came across some remarks by Mike Pompeo, the former U.S. secretary of state. What he heard made him angry. From The New York Times:https://bit.ly/3jaVcYM 

It was chilling. There, on cheap rag paper, was the story of American slavery. Amos was “a smart fellow,” about 20, who might be headed for his mother in Philadelphia. But in 1793 he was the property of one William Price, who wanted him caught.https://bit.ly/2TtWHHl 

A 32-year-old man was fatally shot early Monday, just hours after Baltimore citizens celebrated the Independence Day holiday weekend with fireworks.https://bit.ly/2UnUygr 

Laundry is, by nature, a chore.https://bit.ly/2SroZ4E