The mother of a motorist killed last year when his car was demolished in a Baltimore intersection by a car thief trying to elude officers in a high-speed chase has sued the city’s police department, claiming its reckless, outdated pursuit ...
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Nearly three years after five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed, a Maryland judge discussed plans Tuesday for holding the second part of the shooter’s trial under COVID-19 court protocols. Jarrod Ramos, 41, pleaded ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A divided federal appeals court lifted the hold Tuesday on an Ohio law that prohibits doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome, a case considered nationally pivotal. Judges of the 6th U.S. ...
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CHICAGO — Now that prosecutors have wrapped up their case against a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death, Derek Chauvin and his legal team must make a decision about whether he’ll testify. Doing so could help humanize Chauvin ...
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Dollar General has agreed to pay $50,000 to a former Kent County assistant store manager who a federal agency alleged was sexually harassed at work by her boss and transferred to a different location after she told management. The discount ...
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The Baltimore Police Department routinely violates the constitutional rights of violent crime victims by searching, seizing and retaining their personal property without a warrant or consent, a civil rights group has alleged in a lawsuit filed last week in federal ...
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he intends to nominate U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah L. Boardman and U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Lydia K. Griggsby to the U.S. District Court for Maryland. If confirmed by the Senate, Boardman and ...
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An attorney for Howard County public school parents seeking the resumption of in-class learning plans to seek expedited Maryland high court review of a judge’s decision that having a high school student serve as a voting member on the county ...
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Maryland’s top court Friday expelled a Kent County Orphans’ Court judge who failed to comply with an agreed-to diversion program after receiving probation before judgment for having driven while impaired by alcohol. The Court of Appeals’ expulsion of Amy Leigh ...
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A Baltimore judge deemed the city liable Wednesday to the family of a teenager who was forced into a police van near his West Baltimore home in 2009, interrogated about illegal drug activity and dropped off in the rain later ...
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