Amazon says President Donald Trump’s “improper pressure” and behind-the-scenes attacks harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing contract to Microsoft in October. Amazon argues in a lawsuit unsealed Monday in the ...
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4th Circuit strikes down Md. law, says it violates freedoms of speech, press
The Maryland General Assembly has violated the First Amendment in its zeal to prevent foreign interference in state and local elections, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as violating the freedoms ...
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Read More »Watchdog report: FBI’s Russia probe justified, no bias found
A watchdog report on the Russia probe finds no evidence of political bias, despite performance failures, according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press.
Read More »Jury to decide if campus killing was a hate crime
UPPER MARLBORO — Jury selection began Monday for the trial of a white man charged with a hate crime in the fatal stabbing of a black college student on the University of Maryland’s campus. Jurors are expected to hear opening ...
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Read More »Hogan names attorney Jonathan Biran to Court of Appeals
Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday named white-collar defense attorney and former federal prosecutor Jonathan Biran to serve on Maryland’s top court. If confirmed by the state Senate, Biran – a shareholder at the Baltimore law firm Baker Donelson — would ...
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Read More »Maryland police officer arrested, charged with rape
A police officer in Maryland is in jail and facing rape and assault charges, Baltimore County Police said Sunday.
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Read More »Jury to decide if college student’s killing was hate crime
Three friends were waiting at a bus stop on the University of Maryland’s campus around 3 a.m. on a Saturday when a stranger approached them, screaming.
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Read More »4th Circuit upholds carjacking conviction of Baltimore man
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the carjacking conviction of a Baltimore man who in October 2015 led police on a high-speed car chase into Fort Meade and was caught emerging from a storm drain the next day. In ...
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Read More »As Democrats zero in on White House, Trump racks up losses in court
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress. But there is also ample push-back from the judiciary branch, where black-robed judges who sit in courtrooms just blocks from the Capitol and in New York City ...
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Read More »Weinstein accused of misusing monitor; $5M bail sought
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued Friday. Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi made the claim at a pretrial ...
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