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If you can stream Netflix without constant lagging, you have broadband, Kinnally said. Lawmakers and organizations should approach broadband as a utility, much like water and electricity, rather than as an amenity, said Andrew Coy, executive director of the Baltimore-based Digital Harbor Foundation. Coy said that a newly formed statewide office should measure broadband performance in different neighborhoods to combat the “very justified concern” of digital redlining –– a concern suppor...

Maryland lawmakers look to plug in disconnected Marylanders Search By Jack Hogan COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Jan. 29, 2021)—Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated. "Theres a great deal of urgency now," said Sen. Sarah Elfreth, D–Anne Arundel, the Senate sponsor for one of two related bills presented Tuesday to a House of Delegates committee. Broadband provides the high-speed internet access needed for online school,...

The late Ahmed Suale A media non-governmental organisation, United Press for Development Network (UPDN) has said it is astonished at the inability of the Ghana Police Service to find the murderers of the late Tiger Eye PI investigator, Ahmed Suale two years after the incident. This was contained in a statement issued by the organisation ahead of the commemoration of the second edition of the ‘Ahmed Suale Press Freedom Memorial Lecture.’ The UPDN noted that, together with many other media no...

The Bengal tourism department has drawn up a plan to showcase Siliguri — the gateway to Northeast — as a single destination rather than a transit point as a number of attractions have up in and around the city in the past few years. “Till now, Siliguri has been a transit point for tourists travelling to the Darjeeling hills, Dooars, and the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bhutan. However, during the past few years, a number of new attractions were developed in and around the city. We ...

Credit: National Cancer Institute It’s hard to believe that 4 years have passed since the Cancer Moonshot℠ was “launched.” In December 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which authorized $1.8 billion in funding for the Cancer Moonshot over 7 years. Even though it is only at the midway point in terms of funding, we believe it is well on its way to producing meaningful improvements for people with cancer. Supporters heralded the Cancer Moonshot as “an enormous, once-in-a...