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Suicide has become the second-most common cause of death among teenagers and young adults, overtaking homicides and outpaced only by accidents.

CDC study finds surge in suicide rates among young people

October 18, 2019 at 12:03 p.m.

Suicide rates among teenagers and young adults have increased at an alarming pace in the past decade, according to a new government report. While suicide has steadily become more common...

Customers try a new tobacco device at an IQOS store in Tokyo. Phillip Morris is trying to sell IQOS, a new kind of cigarette called heat-not burn. MUST

Big tobacco’s new cigarette is sleek, smokeless — but is it actually healthier?

June 2, 2018 at 11:37 p.m.

Philip Morris says it has created a less toxic cigarette - an innovation it claims could save lives and eliminate smoking in America. The new technology, called IQOS, consists of...

Residents decry plans for juvenile center

May 30, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Hoping to keep troubled adolescents out of detention facilities, state officials have drawn up plans for a new juvenile center with tutoring and activities in the Old Goucher community of...

Baltimore soldier dies in roadside bombing in Iraq

August 22, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

A 35-year-old Army sergeant from Baltimore was killed Saturday in Iraq after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Defense Department reported last night. Sgt. 1st Class Neil Armstrong...

Snipers to be tried in Maryland

August 21, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo will return to stand trial in Maryland, site of six of the 10 sniper killings that paralyzed Washington-area residents with fear...

Sorrow touches Baltimore region

August 18, 2019 at 3:08 p.m.

On a bleak, rainy afternoon as their long vigil came to an end, Catholics across the region sought the comfort of church services and shared remembrances of Pope John Paul...

Among Maryland’s devout, tears mingle with prayers

August 18, 2019 at 3:07 p.m.

As Pope John Paul II clung to life at his Vatican apartment in Rome, his followers in Maryland waited and watched for word of his passing. It was a roller-coaster...

Family rallies to Jackson at court

August 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

As a white-suited Michael Jackson looked on, the prosecutor he once sang of as "a cold man" was grilled in court Monday by lawyers attempting to have key evidence suppressed...

More trouble for a scarred family

August 19, 2021 at 2:10 p.m.

Her story has entered the lore of this Gold Rush town. More than a decade ago, Ellie Nesler took the law into her hands, stepping into a courtroom to gun...

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