Morning Roundup

Many residents of Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas are still cleaning up and dealing with power outages after Saturday night’s storms.

Forecasters say a phenomenon known as downbursts is to blame. Common in summer storms, downbursts are blasts of wind originating in clouds that slam into the ground and fan out, producing gusts more severe than low-end tornadoes. More than 200,000 customers lost power.

On Sunday, about 15,000 customers remained without power in D.C. and Maryland. Utility officials expected all customers’ power to be restored by Tuesday at 3 p.m. (Washington Post)

The Baltimore Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify a child who may have been neglected. Late Saturday night, a report of a small child wandering outside on Fernhill Avenue near Garrison Boulevard led officers to the area where they found the child, who is nonverbal and around three or four years old, and took him to a hospital for an examination.

Authorities are looking for the child’s parents or anyone with information about his identity. Anyone with information regarding the child has been asked to contact Missing Persons detectives at the department by calling (443) 984-7385 or 911. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Henrietta Lacks’ family is expected back in court this morning to continue their fight for compensation for her immortal cells, known as “HeLa cells.” Her family filed a lawsuit two years ago claiming Lacks’ cells were taken without her knowledge and were used in breakthroughs in medicine and cosmetics but Lacks or her family were never compensated. (WJZ)

Two women say a figure featured in “The Keepers,” the popular 2017 Netflix documentary that delved into abuse at Seton Keough High School and the killing of a popular young nun, Sister Cathy Cesnik, was the unnamed rapist in the Catholic Church’s abuse report. (Baltimore Banner)

The wife of missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson said Sunday that she believes her husband used his boat’s life raft and “is still out there somewhere”. A life raft that was on board when Donald Lawson left Acapulco has not been found. (Baltimore Sun)

What is known about the search for Donald Lawson. (Baltimore Sun)

A man was struck and killed by a train in Gaithersburg yesterday. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

MTA’s MobilityLink paratransit program is the subject of a formal complaint filed by a disability group.

It will take some time before traffic returns to normal around Cromwell Bridge Road in Baltimore County after a water main break created a huge hole. (WBAL 1090)

The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a fugitive involved with a possible stolen vehicle in Greensboro. (WMDT)

What Maryland is doing to stop kids from seeking guns. (Baltimore Banner)

Maryland families are struggling to keep food on the table and the Maryland Food Bank says grocery prices are to blame. (WMDT)

A high demand for skate parks in Montgomery County has led to officials announcing five new such parks are on the way. (WTOP)

Montgomery County officials are also looking to make walking safer in the county. (Fox 5 DC)

Maryland health officials are warning about an increase in drownings and near-drownings, many of which involve children swimming while unsupervised. (WBAL)

Organizers of urban farms and community gardens can now apply to get help from the state in powering their operations. The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced the Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program, which provides the department with up to $500,000 in annual funding through 2027. (Maryland Department of Agriculture)

Baltimore’s housing authority is imposing a new rule on its more than 40,000 residents that would make it easier to evict them for hosting events without permission. (Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Police allowed cleanup of the scene soon after the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting on July 2. But was key DNA evidence tossed? (Baltimore Banner)

Two meteor showers, the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, are both expected to peak during the evenings of July 30 and 31. The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but they look the brightest against the darkest sky, which is straight up. (WBAL)

A 20-year-old man attempted to flee from police in Anne Arundel County but was ultimately tracked down with a veritable pharmacy of drugs in his car. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Will Maryland be ready for 2024 elections? Preparations are already underway. (Delmarva Now)

Who paid lobbyists a total of $48.8 million to influence Maryland lawmaking, and what did they get? (Baltimore Sun)

Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states. (Business Insider)

A list of the 30 best public high schools in Maryland. (Stacker)

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In front of a national primetime television audience, the Orioles gave everyone a show scoring seven runs in the first inning while on their way to a 9-3 drubbing of the visiting New York Yankees. Baltimore wins the weekend series and the Orioles have won the season series against the Yankees for the first time since 2016. (Camden Chat)

Pitcher Tyler Wells was sent down to the minors to work on his control. (Baltimore Sun)

Maryland Governor Wes Moore was a “guest splasher” during last night’s Yankees-Orioles game at Camden Yards…

Navy Football FanFest was held yesterday in Annapolis. (Baltimore Sun)

A Maryland golfer wins the US Junior Amateur and earns an exemption into the US Open at Pinehurst. (Baltimore Banner)

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A tour of the Pride of Baltimore II…