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Subscriber only You couldn t accuse Jeff Barker of ducking responsibility, even in his final day on the job. The hero firefighter had a unique end to a 38-year career, rescuing four ducklings trapped in a drain during his final shift. The Caboolture Fire Brigade station officer signed off on Monday after 38 years, but his final act involved no lights or sirens.
State Roundup: Hogan posthumously pardons 34 lynching victims in Maryland
Gov. Larry Hogan used the unveiling of this plaque at the old Baltimore County Jail (in background) to issue pardons for the dozens of Black men lynched in Maryland in in the 19th and 20th centuries. Governor s Office photo by Anthony DePanise
HOGAN PARDONS 34 LYNCHING VICTIMS: Gov. Larry Hogan granted posthumous pardons Saturday to 34 Maryland lynching victims, including Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old Black boy who was hanged outside the Towson jailhouse by a white mob in 1885. Hogan’s office said it was the first time a governor has issued a “blanket pardon” for the victims of racial lynchings, Jeff Barker reports for the Sun.
The Pentagon with the Washington Monument and National Mall in the background. Pulse Secure on Monday released a patch for the zero-day vulnerability that hackers used to access the networks of U.S. defense contractors and other government agencies worldwide. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston)
Pulse Secure on Monday released a patch for the zero-day vulnerability that hackers used to access the networks of U.S. defense contractors and other government agencies worldwide.
In a blog posted April 20, FireEye said Chinese-based UNC2630 leveraged CVE-2021-22893 to gain access to Pulse Secure VPN equiptment and move laterally. A second threat actor, UNC2717, was also identified exploiting Pulse Secure VPN equipment, but FireEye could not connect them to UNC2630. Â
State Roundup: Primary care physicians join effort to get more Marylanders vaccinated
Chesapeake Bay Bridge panorama by Peter Peretz with Flickr Creative Commons License
PRIMARY DOCS TARGET HARD-TO-REACH MARYLANDERS: The state’s primary care physicians are poised to take a more active role in administering coronavirus vaccines following a Friday morning announcement by the Maryland Department of Health that it has expanded a critical program aimed at vaccinating the state’s most hard-to-reach residents, reports Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter.
Gov. Larry Hogan Friday announced that the state of Maryland has opened up direct scheduling for mass vaccination sites. The state’s pre-registration system is closed, and all 831,872 pre-registrants have now been offered appointments, David Higgins reports for the Southern Maryland Chronicle.