BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland voters in the Baltimore area are deciding who the nominees will be to serve the rest of the late Elijah Cummings’ term in Congress in a crowded special primary Tuesday. Twenty-four Democrats and eight Republicans are on the ballot for the 7th Congressional District special primary. In the Democratic primary, one […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A judge denied bond Wednesday for a Maryland police officer who has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting a handcuffed man in his patrol car. Judge Robert Heffron Jr. said he found convincing evidence that Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Michael Owen Jr. posed a danger […]
UPDATED 11: 24 p.m. TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a handcuffed man in the front seat of a police cruiser will face a murder charge, the police chief said Tuesday. Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski said during a news conference that he asked his special investigations […]
A Maryland teacher has been arrested on several counts of assault and child abuse, after a video emerged showing her punching and kicking a 17-year-old student in her classroom at Largo High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The teacher, Vivian Noirie, 36, was taken into custody on Friday and booked into jail. According to a news […]
An 11-year-old boy has been reported missing in Prince George’s County, Maryland. According to NBC4, Da’Kahri Eric Dawson was last seen at 5 p.m. Monday in the 1100 block of Kennebec Street in Oxon Hill. Da’Kahri is 4’3″ and weighs 98 pounds. He was last seen wearing tan pants, a white polo shirt, a blue […]
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Genealogy websites and a cheek swab enabled U.S. Marshals to arrest a man suspected of being the “Potomac River Rapist,” who terrorized the nation’s capital in the 1990s. News outlets report 60-year-old Giles Daniel Warrick is now awaiting extradition from Horry County, South Carolina. He’s accused of raping 10 women and […]
UPDATE: 11/13 3 p.m. EST Maryland police say Earley has been found safe and unharmed. No more details are available. WSUA9 reports, The Rockville City Police Department is searching for a 13-year-old girl who went missing Tuesday morning. According to reports Lemlem Earley was last seen leaving her house on Anderson Avenue between 7 and […]
Maryland HBCUs have been discriminated against for years, and they’re fighting to receive the money that they’re owed from the government. Roland Martin talks to Maryland Delegate Charles Sydnor about what’s happening next. Wednesday will be a huge day in Annapolis, Maryland as the four HBCUs try to get Governor Lary Hogan to pay up. HBCUs […]
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A man who had been cutting in a line for chicken sandwiches at a crowded Popeyes restaurant in Maryland was stabbed to death by another customer who confronted him, police said Tuesday. Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski appealed for the public’s help in identifying the man who fatally […]
Friends of the victim share their hurt on social media.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five employees at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear testimony next month about whether he was not responsible by reason of insanity. Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in the 2018 massacre at the Capital Gazette newspaper. Judge Laura […]
Maryland HBCUs are in the process of suing the state for the funding that they deserve. Roland Martin talks to Kristen Clarke of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law who says the offer made by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan isn’t even close to good enough. Hogan wanted to settle the 13 years long […]
