ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In the wake of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Maryland is close to enacting a law that some experts say would set a new standard for how states deal with foreign interference in local elections and increase overall transparency in online political ads. If signed by Gov. […]
How much is too much to allow a 2-year-old to live?” This was the question asked by Prince George County’s State Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) asked the jury in her opening statement. “Is it $200? Is it $400? Is $600 the magic number?” she said. It’s hard to believe a father would kill his […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Maryland state senator pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to two counts of fraud for accepting $15,300 in bribes. Nathanial Oaks, a 71-year-old Baltimore Democrat, entered guilty pleas to one count of wire fraud and one count of honest services fraud, hours after he resigned from office. He faces […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in an appeal filed by Republicans in Maryland. They complain that Democrats who controlled the state government in […]
GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted. A third student was in good condition after he was shot. The shooting at Great […]
UPDATE: Sheriff confirms Maryland high school shooter has been shot and killed. GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — A shooting at a Maryland high school Tuesday wounded three people, including the shooter, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. Authorities said the situation was “contained” as deputies and federal agents converged on the crime scene. St. Mary’s County Sheriff […]
COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Please God, give me salvation — and a car. That prayer may have been uttered by more than a few people at a Maryland church on Sunday. That’s because Destiny Church in Columbia handed out five used cars to demonstrate God’s goodness and to attract new members. The Washington Post reported […]
A federal court orders Maryland to correct its public higher education investment disparity between HBCUs and other state institutions.
UPDATE: The gunman Radbee Labeeb Prince, who was also involved in another shooting in Wilmington, Delaware has been captured. Prince was “apprehended a short time ago in Delaware by ATF and allied law enforcement agencies,” the Harford County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland tweeted Wednesday night. EDGEWOOD, Md. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Maryland […]
More than 5,000 people signed a petition to close Largo Liquors in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, after the store owner went unpunished for handcuffing a customer.
A Black Maryland middle school student recorded a video of her classmates chanting a racist slur on their school bus. The video went viral, and adds more evidence of growing student incivility.
It started out as an ordinary day. Reneita Smith picked up her bus full of elementary school students this week – all 20 of them as she made her rounds in the Maryland suburb of College Park. But it soon turned frightening. Smith’s bus caught on fire, potentially trapping the kids inside as the bus […]
