Maryland
Wes Moore, Dan Cox spar in Maryland debate
OWINGS MILL, Md. – Each Maryland gubernatorial candidates, Wes Moore and Dan Cox, went head-to-head Wednesday afternoon in the one televised debate scheduled for the 2022 midterm election.
Democratic candidate Moore has refused to just accept some other invites – together with one from FOX 5 – to debate his Republican challenger Cox. Consequently, the interplay between each on the Maryland Public Tv Studios Wednesday is more likely to be the one time each candidates share the stage to reply questions.
Cox mentioned Moore has prevented debating him, as a result of “he’s a phony,” criticizing his best-selling guide for claiming he lived in Baltimore longer than he did.
Moore, for his half, mentioned he’s focusing his marketing campaign on enhancing training and the financial system, “as an alternative of delving into conspiracy theories.”
“That is outrageous and ridiculous,” Cox mentioned. “We’re greater than center college name-calling. I’m working to revive alternative. Security, affordability, freedom and training is my platform.”
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A number of the largest clashes between the candidates came visiting the problem of abortion. Cox is anti-abortion, Moore, who’s pro-choice, at one level mentioned, “abortion is healthcare and I totally belief ladies to make this choice with their docs.”
“I would like Maryland to be a protected haven for abortion rights,” Moore mentioned, including that he helps a constitutional modification to enshrine the appropriate to abortion in Maryland’s Structure.
Abortion rights already are protected underneath Maryland legislation, and the Basic Meeting authorized laws this 12 months to broaden entry to abortion.
Cox, who’s against abortion, famous the sturdy protections for abortion rights already in Maryland. He criticized a query from a panelist who requested why he opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates however supported proscribing abortion rights.
“The payments that I’ve supported have had exceptions. They’ve at all times targeted on issues like ensuring ladies are protected with the distribution of remedy, ensuring ladies are protected of their procedures and of their ambulatory clinics, ensuring that little youngsters with Down syndrome should not focused simply due to their being disabled,” Cox mentioned.
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Throughout one other alternate over how faculties ought to deal with transgender college students, Moore mentioned he desires to be an inclusive governor. Cox mentioned he desires books out of school rooms he known as “disgusting.”
The primary query of the evening got here from a panelist who requested Cox — who’s questioned the 2020 election outcomes earlier than — would he settle for the 2022 election outcomes. That dispute continued to boil over even after the hour-long debate broke up.
“He has not even honored the 2020 election outcomes, so none of us ought to maintain our breath concerning the 2022 [election],” Moore mentioned. “He’s an election denier. He’s somebody who doesn’t consider in democracy, he is somebody who doesn’t consider all votes needs to be counted.”
“Sure, however I’m not going to say that there aren’t variations. Democrats and Republicans have a statutory proper, a constitutional proper to do issues like recounts,” Cox answered. “How may I stand on stage and say that Mr. Moore wouldn’t have the appropriate to a recount? And he simply did that!”
There should not 27 days till Election Day. The Maryland Governor’s race is extensively seen as lopsided. Cox reported solely $130,000 readily available in late August and trailed Moore by a 2 to 1 margin in a current Washington Put up – College of Maryland Ballot.
The controversy is scheduled to be broadcast on Maryland Public Tv at 7:00 p.m.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
Maryland
No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball vs. William & Mary preview
No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball is back in action Thursday morning for its annual “Field Trip Day” in College Park.
Xfinity Center will have upwards of 15,000 local school children from 80 schools in the venue to see the Terps take on William & Mary.
“Hopefully the energy will help us,” head coach Brenda Frese said. “I want to soak it all up, the energy is going to be electric in the building. I want to feel that and it’s going to be a great game.”
Tip-off is slated for 11 a.m. on Big Ten Plus in what’s sure to be a raucous atmosphere in College Park.
William & Mary Tribe (3-7, 0-0 CAA)
2023-24 record: 15-14, 12-6 CAA
Head coach Erin Dickerson Davis is in her third season with William & Mary and has led the Tribe to impressive conference records, albeit poor nonconference showings.
William & Mary faces easily its toughest opponent of the season in No. 8 Maryland on Thursday, but no-conference play hasn’t been kind to the Tribe thus far.
Last season, the Tribe turned things around during CAA play and may do the same this year. However, William & Mary’s résumé thus far isn’t great, even in its wins. The Tribe have three victories on the season: Division II Chowan, 5-6 McNeese State and 1-12 South Carolina State.
Players to watch
Bella Nascimento, senior guard, 5-foot-8, No. 5 — Nascimento is in her second season with the Tribe after transferring from Manhattan. She is a prolific scorer, leading the team with 12.6 points per game this season.
Cassidy Geddes, sophomore guard, 5-foot-7, No. 1 — Geddes is in her second season with William & Mary and is averaging 7.7 points for the Tribe this year. She has started every game her sophomore season, but her scoring average has taken a dip after she averaged 9.9 points last season.
Kayla Beckwith, graduate student center, 6-foot-1, No. 3 — Beckwith is in her fifth season with William & Mary and is a Laurel, Maryland, native. This season, she’s averaging 6.4 points and 5.1 rebounds. A long-time member of the Tribe, she’s finally getting her chance to shine as a starter this season.
Strength
Sharing the rock. William & Mary has 134 assists as a team in 10 games this season. That averages out to 13.4 assists per game, while its opponents only average 12.7 assists per game. The Tribe are fifth-best in the CAA in assists per game.
Weakness
Defending the 3-ball. Opponents are 36.5% from beyond the arc against William & Mary this season, while the Tribe are shooting just 24.4% from distance.
Three things to watch
1. The long break’s effect on Maryland’s start. It will be 12 days between contests for Maryland, which will be interesting to see how it effects the team’s start Thursday.
”I think it’s always our intention to come out to a great start,” Frese said. “Hopefully the energy in the building will allow us to do that.”
2. Last nonranked nonconference game. Thursday is Maryland’s second-to-last nonconference game and its last until the Claretta Scott King Classic against No. 6 Texas on Jan. 20. This is the final time Maryland will face a low-major opponent in the regular season.
“[The Terps] know what’s coming out ahead with the conference play, especially having their taste of a game already under their belt,” Frese said. “They’re highly competitive, and they love to win and don’t want to lose. So I think that’s the exciting thing, knowing just how competitive the conference is going to be.”
3. Morning electricity. It is not common that any sport plays an 11 a.m. game on a Thursday, but the Terps have a good reason to do it against William & Mary. The Terps will welcome in around 80 different local schools to support the team and usher in the holiday break.
Maryland
Mass shooting in Towson, Maryland leaves 1 dead and 9 injured
The incident happened at around 7:15 p.m., when officers responded to the 8500 block of Loch Raven Blvd following multiple reports of a shooting, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said.
“This is an incident that is shocking, particularly for those of us in Baltimore County,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said. “These types of incidents are really unheard of here, so it really shocks the conscience.”
The first officer to arrive on the scene found a vehicle on its side that had caught fire, Mccullough said.
The Baltimore County Fire Department was called to the scene, where they put out the fire, treated victims and transported them to a hospital, said Baltimore County Fire Department Chief Joseph Dixon.
BCPD believes the shooting was a targeted incident and there is no threat to the public.
BCPD is currently investigating and is asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.
The Baltimore County Fire Department and the Baltimore Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are also on the scene assisting police.
Maryland
More rain Wednesday followed by temperature drop in Maryland
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