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Baltimore Man Tried 4 Times for the Same Murder Set Free After Charges Dropped
Baltimore’s new top prosecutor has dropped all charges against a Black man who stood trial four times for the same killing, freeing him after seven years in custody. Friday’s announcement by Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates ended a controversial case that repeatedly raised questions about police and prosecutorial conduct. Keith Davis Jr. had been accused of fatally shooting Pimlico Race...
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Fossil-Hunting as a Family: 9-Year-Old Maryland Girl Finds Giant Megalodon Tooth on Christmas Day
A 9-year-old made a jaw-dropping discovery at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Maryland.
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Fossil-Hunting as a Family: 9-Year-Old Maryland Girl Finds Giant Megalodon Tooth on Christmas Day
Nine-year-old Molly Sampson added something new to her collection of over 400 fossils on Christmas Day: a five-inch, 15-million-year-old megalodon tooth.
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Former US Diplomat's Daughter Convicted of Murder
The daughter of a former U.S. diplomat was found guilty of second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin Announces He's Been Diagnosed With Cancer
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that’s a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment.
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Hours After Firefighters Put Out a Blaze and Left, a Man Found His Brother's Body in the Rubble
James Craig Jr. was found dead the morning after the fire, when his brother went looking for him.
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‘I Think We Might Be Cousins': Two Families Uncover Their Shared Family History
Two D.C. educators named Jason Green share more than the same name.
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Maryland Probe Finds Over 600 Victims of Abuse by Catholic Priests
An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general has identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years. That’s according to court records filed on Thursday. Attorney General Brian Frosh announced that his office has completed a 463-page report on the investigation, which began in 2019....
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‘Catastrophic' Building Explosion Injures at Least 10 in Gaithersburg, Maryland
An explosion and two-alarm fire in Gaithersburg, Maryland, demolished a portion of two residential buildings Wednesday and sent at least 10 people to hospitals, including four children. Two adults have traumatic injuries, an official said. The blast tore through the Potomac Oaks Condominium in the 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard near Rabbit Road at about 8:40 a.m., officials said….
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Democrat Wes Moore to Become Maryland's First Black Governor
Wes Moore will become Maryland’s first Black governor, reclaiming the office from the GOP in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1.
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Pregnant Firefighter Rescues Woman Trapped in Car – Then Gives Birth
Maryland firefighter Megan Warfield brushed aside her labor contractions to save a person trapped in their vehicle.
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Victim's Family Plans to Appeal Adnan Syed's Release in ‘Serial' Case
The family of a young woman who was killed in 1999 will appeal a Baltimore judge’s recent decision to overturn the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man imprisoned for decades for Hae Min Lee’s death.
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Woman Left to Give Birth Alone on Maryland Dirty Jail Floor, Lawsuit Alleges
The woman says nurses ignored her screams for six hours while she delivered a baby in a solitary confinement cell.
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Study Finds Body Position Makes ‘Tremendous Impact' in How Fast Medicine Kicks In
Whether someone is sitting, standing or lying on their side when swallowing pills can make a major difference in the amount of time it takes for the medicine to start working, Maryland scientists say. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that there is actually a science to posture and taking medication. “It really kind of…
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Black Maryland Couple Suing After Home Appraisal Raises $278K With ‘Whitewashing'
A Baltimore family is suing an appraiser and a mortgage lender after their home was allegedly undervalued severely because they are Black. The couple applied last year to refinance their mortgage, and said the deal seemed to be progressing until an appraiser said the home’s value was too low. The plaintiffs disagree with how the appraiser came up with the...
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Watch Beachgoers Save Shark With Fishing Line Hook Caught in Its Mouth
A pair of pliers came in handy to help save the animal.
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Trump-Backed Election Denier Wins GOP Primary for Maryland Governor
A far-right Maryland legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, Dan Cox, has won the Republican primary for Maryland governor.
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Apple Store in Maryland Becomes First in US to Unionize
An Apple store in Maryland has voted to join a union and now the rest of the tech industry is watching to see what happened next.
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Maryland Apple Store Votes to Unionize
Employees at the Apple store at Towson Town Center in Maryland voted Saturday to organize the company’s first U.S. union.
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Maryland Apple Workers Face Hurdles After Vote to Unionize
The historic vote by employees of a Maryland Apple store to unionize — a first for the technology giant — is a significant step in a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers. Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. They join a...