Leading local officials in Maryland's largest counties are expected to support a proposal to create a state board to review the affordability of prescription drugs.

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More than two years after a gunman's videotaped attack on a Maryland police station, a jury will hear testimony that a police officer mistakenly fired the bullet that killed an undercover detective who rushed to the scene of the shootout.

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A Republican has dropped out of a Maryland county executive race, leaving just one candidate in the field.

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Prosecutors in Maryland say a corrections officer has been indicted for assaulting an inmate last December.

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Five employees of the U.S. Government Accountability Office were indicted Tuesday for illegally obtaining reduced-price school lunches for their children in Prince George’s County, including outgoing Board of Education member Lynette Mundey. The employees’ children allegedly received approximately $11,500 in ...

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Video of a dying man blinking at a photo of his alleged killer is admissible evidence at trial, even though the victim cannot be cross-examined and he lived for another two years, Maryland's top court held Friday. A unanimous Court of Appeals held Mevlin Pate's identification of Jermaine Hailes was a "dying declaration," meaning Hailes does not have a Sixth Amendment right of confronting his accuser in Prince George's County Circuit Court. "Here, we reach the same conclusion that the Supreme Court has consistently endorsed for more than a century, and hold that the Confrontation Clause does not apply to dying declarations," Judge Shirley M. Watts wrote in affirming the Court of Special Appeals.

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A substantial number of people arrested in Maryland have waived their right to an attorney at bail hearings over the last month, according to some court observers.

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A judge Tuesday dismissed charges against a Maryland man who police said called himself a "joker" and told a co-worker that he wanted to see his boss's brain "splatter all over the sidewalk."

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland House panel will consider a bill that would make threatening to commit an act of mass violence illegal. Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks will testify Wednesday in support of the measure during a House ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The House Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that would increase the penalties for committing a violent crime within sight or earshot of a child aged 2 to 16. Those found guilty could receive an enhanced penalty of ...

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