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A federal lawsuit filed by a Baltimore police trainee who was shot in the head during a training exercise in 2013 has been tentatively settled, according to attorneys. Raymond Gray’s lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department and Officer William Scott Kern ...

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Liberal and conservative justices seemed split on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo, who as a teenager was one of two snipers who terrorized the Washington area, killing 10 people.

The family of an incarcerated man who was beaten to death by his cellmate in a western Maryland prison filed a civil rights lawsuit last month alleging prison officials and correctional officers failed to protect him. Benjamin Hall died Oct. ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Immigration Law; Detention during withholding proceedings: Where deported aliens who returned to the United States and were subject to reinstated removal orders pursued withholding of removal based on fear of persecution in ...

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The Pro Bono Resource Center kicked off its 2019-20 Professional Skills Academy Aug. 29, a program that develops volunteerism and expertise in newer attorneys through a combination of training, mentorship and service. A total of 38 people came out to ...

TOWSON — Police in a Maryland county may soon receive a pay raise. The Baltimore Sun reports the Baltimore County Council is expected to vote Monday on a board’s recommendation for a pay bump at the top of the salary scale for ...

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A federal appeals court will reconsider a ruling from a three-judge panel that threw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel.

A rare class action against a group of defendants for alleged illegal debt collection practices was dismissed last month, but the plaintiffs will ask the Court of Special Appeals to revive it. The lawsuit, filed earlier this year in Baltimore City Circuit Court, alleged ...

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One evening in February 2002, a 21-year-old single mother named Keenya Cook was making dinner and taking care of her 6-month-old daughter when the doorbell rang at her Tacoma, Washington, home. When Cook answered, 16-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo shot her ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider whether La Plata High School violated a Christian student’s constitutional First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and speech by teaching about Islam as part of a required world history class during the 2014-2015 school year.

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