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An emergency call handler is bombarded with improbable plot twists in the BBC’s new thriller; playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s fury sears on the small screen; and Covid vaccine sceptics get the needle

BALTIMORE — Wes Moore has lived quite a few lives.

Wes Moore, a first-time candidate for elected office who built an energetic campaign against a crowded and robust field, has won the Democratic nomination for Maryland governor.

Bestselling author Wes Moore has won the Democratic primary for Maryland governor

BALTIMORE — A squeegee worker’s defense attorneys called this month’s high-profile killing of a bat-wielding man an act of self-defense for a “14-year-old child paralyzed by fear.”

July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022

Welcome to the Thursday, July 21, Brew. 

While the dust isn’t quite settled from Maryland’s primary election, at least one outcome is abundantly clear: Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland’s two-term Republican governor and an aspiring presidential candidate who continues to poll exceptionally well in his home state, just got thoroughly repudiated by voters from his own party.

Dan Cox defeated Robin Ficker, Kelly Schulz, and Joe Werner in the Republican primary for Maryland governor on July 19, 2022. With 80% of results reported, Cox received 56% of the vote, followed by Schulz with 40%. Incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is term-limited and endorsed Schulz in the primary.…

Democrats hope nomination of Dan Cox, whom they describe as ‘too extreme’, will help them in Democratic-leaning state.