🌱 Maryland Man Receives A Genetically Altered Pig Heart

Welcome back, Glen Burnie! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Glen Burnie today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 38, low: 29.

Here are the top 4 stories in Glen Burnie today:

1. A Maryland man with terminal heart disease received a genetically modified pig heart. The University of Maryland Medicine officials said that it's the very first time that a genetically modified animal heart can function as a human heart without immediate rejection by the body. (Patch)
   
2. Are you are interested in becoming a volunteer at a local school in Glen Burnie? Contact the school you are interested in and talk with the staff member who coordinates the volunteer program. Click here for more information. (AACPS)
3. Anne Arundel Public Schools announces that Jan. 27-28, is the end of the second marking period two-hour early dismissal for all students. (Anne Arundel Public Schools)
4. On Jan. 17, the nation celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King’s activism during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s changed the lives of millions of people, and his assassination on April 4, 1968, marked one of the darkest days in American history. Click on the link to access his biography. (TBRNews)

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Today in Glen Burnie:

• USCCA Defensive Shooting at Cindy's Hot Shots. (6:30 p.m.)
• Buccaneers Fundraiser: Glen Burnie, Sidelines with Artist Katie Detrich! (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "A Baltimore woman is on a desperate search to find her missing daughter. Karen Hawkins worries her adult daughter might be in danger because she hasn't heard from her in more than a year." (W2MARNEWS)
• "Hundreds of COVID-19 tests taken at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen on Monday were discarded and those people need to get re-tested. The Harford County Health Department confirmed that 471 PCR tests issued that day could not be processed. According to a letter from Omnipoynt Solutions, the company contracted to process the tests, there was a COVID-19 outbreak at the primary lab and it needed to be shut down. The test samples were re-routed to the backup laboratory, but the samples expired and didn't arrive in time to be processed." (W2MARNEWS)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cloverleaf Commons: "Looking for someone to paint one small room in a townhouse. Any recommendations?" (Nextdoor)

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— Debora Whitehead