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UPPER MARLBORO — A nanny accused of fatally force-feeding an eight-month-old because the crying child disturbed her nap has been convicted of murder in Maryland. The Washington Post reports 73-year-old Oluremi Adeleye was convicted Monday after a judge found her guilty of ...

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Immigrants from Nepal and Honduras — including a Baltimore man whose 9-year-old daughter wants to be president of the United States when she grows up — have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets ...

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Just over a year after their firm was acquired by Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC, Jonathan Biran and Ty Kelly have moved to a firm with an even larger platform to support their government enforcement and investigations practice. Biran and Kelly ...

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A three-judge panel disregarded legitimate political considerations when it struck down a congressional district in western Maryland because it was drawn with such a partisan bias by the state’s Democratic leadership as to violate the Republicans’ constitutional right to political ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly’s auditing arm has recommended that lawmakers slash $21.2 million from the Maryland Judiciary’s $549 million budget request next fiscal year over the objections of Maryland’s top jurist. The Department of Legislative Services’ suggested cuts include ...

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Attorneys for former Gun Trace Task Force officers are asking a Baltimore judge to dismiss the city’s action seeking a preemptive ruling on who has to pay any damages in lawsuits against them. Four officers — Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Maurice ...

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WASHINGTON  — Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said on Friday that he has “not interfered in any way” in the special counsel’s Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan congressional hearing in his waning days on the job.The ...

Hope Keller, a veteran journalist with deep roots in Maryland’s legal community, has joined The Daily Record as its legal editor. “We are extremely pleased that Hope has become a part of our team,” said Daily Record Editor Thomas Baden ...

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A Christian fellowship with ties to Africa can pursue its claim that Baltimore County violated its right to religious freedom by prohibiting it from operating a church on land the fellowship purchased in Pikesville, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. ...

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A bill to decriminalize adultery has returned to the General Assembly after failing in 2018 due to concerns about its impact on parties’ ability to “plead the Fifth” in divorce cases. Del. Kathleen M. Dumais, D-Montgomery, is again sponsoring the bill, ...