Recent Articles from Staff and Wire Reports
Fury over reported federal plan targeting transgender people
LGBT leaders across the U.S. reacted with fury Monday to a report that the Trump administration is considering adoption of a new definition of gender that would effectively deny federal recognition and civil rights protections to transgender Americans.
Goucher College cuts math, physics, several other majors
Goucher College is cutting several majors and minors amid a cost-cutting “academic revitalization.” Goucher President Jose Antonio Bowen informed the campus community in a letter that the Towson school needs to […]
Md. can company bemoans U.S. move on steel tariffs
A Maryland manufacturer faces business and job losses in the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement Thursday it would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union, Canada and […]
De Sousa suspended with pay in wake of federal tax charges
Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl D. De Sousa was suspended with pay by Mayor Catherine Pugh on Friday, one day after he was charged in federal court with three misdemeanor counts of failure to file taxes.
Reactions to Kamenetz’s death come from across the political spectrum
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz died early Thursday morning.
Trump loses initial bid to review Cohen records seized by FBI
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump suffered a setback as a federal judge rejected his initial request to keep prosecutors from reviewing evidence seized last week from his longtime personal […]
Under Armour hit by data breach affecting 150 million users
Sports apparel merchant Under Armour has become the latest victim of a massive digital theft of sensitive information about tens of millions of customers. The Baltimore company disclosed Thursday that […]
Federal judge rejects motion to dismiss Md. emoluments case
President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting from his posh downtown Washington hotel.
US Senate confirms Robert K. Hur as Maryland US attorney
The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Robert K. Hur as Maryland’s U.S. attorney, succeeding Rod Rosenstein, who left the post to become deputy attorney general. Hur, a former assistant U.S. […]
For some defrauded Corinthian students, only partial loan forgiveness
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though […]
Hogan creates office in response to paid sick leave
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is creating a state office to assist small businesses in response to legislation mandating paid sick leave for workers. The General Assembly last week passed the […]
Frosh won’t immediately weigh in on cross dispute, angering Hogan
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has infuriated Gov. Larry Hogan by declining, for the moment, to join a legal fight against a ruling that a prominent cross-shaped […]

















