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Jun 1, 2026

Salisbury CVS crash case must be tried, MD court rules

The Maryland Appellate Court ordered a trial in a personal injury case arising from a car crashing into the entrance of a CVS Pharmacy in Salisbury.

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis on Nov. 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Tim Evans)
Jun 1, 2026

Southwest rewinds extra-seat policy for plus-size passengers

Southwest Airlines, which received backlash from the plus-size community when it tightened its extra-seat policy, has loosened restrictions on securing a second adjacent seat.

The remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Patapsco River after a container ship collided with the span on March 26, 2024. (Mira Beinart/Capital News Service)
Jun 1, 2026

Judge pauses Key Bridge collapse trial

A federal judge postponed the first planned trial over Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse after a rush of settlements over the weekend.

After a highly publicized period in ICE detention, Ludovic Mbock competed at the annual Combo Breaker game festival in Schaumburg, Illinois. (Joshua Lott/For The Washington Post)
Jun 1, 2026

How fighting-game community rallied around MD player detained by ICE

The fighting-game community rallied to raise money to retain an immigration attorney and secure the release of a Maryland man detained by ICE.

The Cogir Senior Living center in Potomac, where 87-year-old resident Robert Fuller was fatally shot on Feb. 14. (The Washington Post)
Jun 1, 2026

Assisted-living staffer accused of murder ruled mentally unfit

An assisted-living center employee who is accused of fatally shooting an 87-year-old resident has been deemed mentally unfit to proceed to trial.

Hundreds of community members and business leaders, students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and neighbors gathered to celebrate MICA’s Bicentennial. (Courtesy of MICA)
Jun 1, 2026

MICA celebrates bicentennial in Fête of Lights event

The Maryland Institute College of Art welcomed hundreds of Baltimore’s civic and business community at the Bicentennial Celebration “Fête of Lights.”

Ian Roberts, then the newly named superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, speaks with students before the first day of school at Samuelson Elementary in Des Moines on Aug. 23, 2023. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
May 29, 2026

Defense says immigration case haunted Ian Roberts, seeks probation

Ian Roberts, a former Baltimore educator, is seeking probation — a lesser penalty than the term of 30 to 37 months recommended in federal sentencing guidelines.

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May 29, 2026

Lawsuit accusing Baltimore Police detectives of coercing witness revived

The Fourth Circuit revived a civil lawsuit by two wrongfully convicted brothers against two Baltimore Police Department detectives.

The Carolyn E. Fugett Intergenerational Center opened in West Baltimore on May 21, 2026. (Provided by Catholic Charities)
May 29, 2026

Catholic Charities opens community center in West Baltimore

Catholic Charities of Baltimore opened the Carolyn E. Fugett Intergenerational Center, an opportunity hub in West Baltimore, on May 21.

Resource vendors prepare their tables for the event. (Photo by MidAtlantic Photographic and Natalie Pixley)
May 29, 2026

Harford chamber, partners host Minority & Small Business Resource Fair

The Harford County Chamber of Commerce hosted the Minority & Small Business Resource Fair at the Converge Center in Aberdeen.

Signs for former Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 28, 2023. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo)
May 29, 2026

Americans are dropping out of Obamacare, including in MD

More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for nonpayment than in past years — including in Maryland.

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May 29, 2026

4th Circuit finds no qualified immunity for K-9 officer in Fourth Amendment case

An officer was not entitled to qualified immunity because the Fourth Amendment right at issue was clearly established at the time the constitutional violation occurred, the 4th Circuit ruled.