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In this June 29, 2018, file photo, of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper adorn candles during a vigil across the street from where they were slain in the newsroom in Annapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Jan 5, 2023

Report: Lawsuit settled in Maryland newsroom shooting

ANNAPOLIS — The families of victims in the Capital Gazette shooting and some newspaper employees who survived the deadly 2018 attack dismissed civil charges against The Baltimore Sun and Tribune […]

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Sep 28, 2021

Capital Gazette gunman gets more than 5 life prison terms

A man who killed five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper office was sentenced to more than five life sentences without the possibility of parole.

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Sep 22, 2021

NPR can air recordings of Capital Gazette shooting trial, judge rules

NPR can air audio recordings from the trial of the gunman who killed five Capital Gazette employees in 2018, a federal judge ruled.

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Sep 17, 2021

NPR wins preliminary challenge to Md.’s broadcast ban on criminal trials

National Public Radio Inc. has won a preliminary but significant legal victory in its bid to air audio from the July trial of the man who murdered five Capital Gazette […]

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Sep 16, 2021

Apprentice House Press donates proceeds from sale of Rob Hiaasen books

Apprentice House Press has contributed the proceeds from author Rob Hiaasen’s books “Float Plan” and “Love Punch” to nonprofits promoting gun safety.

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Sep 9, 2021

NPR challenges Md.’s broadcast ban on criminal trial recordings

National Public Radio Inc. has become the latest news organization to challenge Maryland’s statutory ban on broadcasting official court recordings of criminal proceedings, saying the prohibition violates NPR’s constitutional right […]

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Aug 12, 2021

Judge: Capital Gazette gunman sentencing date won’t change

The gunman found criminally responsible in the killings of five people at the Capital Gazette newsroom still will be sentenced late next month, a judge ruled.

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Jul 19, 2021

Survivors of Capital Gazette shooting, victims’ relatives sue, arguing attack was preventable

The families of the five Capital Gazette employees killed in 2018 and most of the survivors have sued, alleging not enough was done to prevent the attack.

Summerleigh Geimer, left, daughter of Wendi Winters, a community beat reporter who died in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting in 2018, holds the hand of education reporter Rachael Pacella after Pacella mentioned that Winters saved her life by throwing distracting the shooter with a trash can. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Jul 16, 2021

‘It’s been a never-ending nightmare’: Capital Gazette survivors, family relieved by verdict

Survivors of the Capital Gazette attack and family members of those who were killed embraced in relief and applauded the jury for rejecting the gunman's plea.

Andrea Chamblee, the widow of John McNamara, speaks to reporters during a press conference following a verdict in the trial of Jarrod W. Ramos, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. The jury found the gunman who killed five people at Capital Gazette newspaper criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys' mental illness arguments. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Jul 15, 2021

Capital Gazette gunman found criminally responsible for killing 5 in Annapolis newsroom

A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys’ mental illness arguments.

In this June 29, 2018, file photo, of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper adorn candles during a vigil across the street from where they were slain in the newsroom in Annapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Jul 14, 2021

Prosecutors rest case in Capital Gazette shooting trial

Maryland prosecutors rested their case in a trial to determine whether a man who killed five people at the Capital Gazette is not criminally responsible.

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Jul 13, 2021

Capital Gazette gunman ‘took pleasure’ in killing, psychiatrist testifies

The man who killed five Capital Gazette employees in Annapolis understood the criminality of his actions at the time of the attack, a forensic psychiatrist told a jury Tuesday.