(AP) The attorney representing a Maryland man charged in the shooting death of a man whose body was found in a burned-out car in south-central Pennsylvania says his client maintains that he acted in self-defense. Eighteen-year-old Jonta Bishop of Hagerstown ...

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A state panel tasked with making recommendations about police training about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities says current training is inconsistent and not comprehensive. The initial findings were released Thursday in a progress report by the commission, which was ...

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NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy has arraigned four Virginia Beach-based sailors in connection with the training accident deaths of two Navy divers in Maryland. Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris ...

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A man convicted of fatally stabbing another man with a sword drawn from a walking cane after a dispute over a football bet has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Forty-seven-year-old Todd Marrow had been convicted in July of ...

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LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday dismissed two executives from a negligence lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother and allowed the case to proceed against AEG Live LLC, the promoter of his planned comeback concerts. Superior Court Judge Yvette ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A spokeswoman says Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is committed to improving police training after a man with Down syndrome died in the custody of Frederick County deputies in January. Spokeswoman Takirra Winfield says the Democratic governor is considering ...

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The parents of a Frostburg State University football player who died after a second concussion accused coaches at the Maryland school of conducting “gladiatorial” high-speed drills that caused players to suffer repeated blows to the head. A wrongful-death lawsuit charges ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland lawmaker on Tuesday called for statewide standards related to approaching the disabled, after a man with Down syndrome died when sheriff’s deputies tried to forcibly remove him from a movie theater. Del. Heather Mizeur asked Gov. ...

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A Baltimore police officer facing a murder charge in the death of his fiancee has died of an apparent suicide in his jail cell. Maryland prison officials say James Smith was found unresponsive in his cell around 1 a.m. Monday. ...

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A Baltimore County jury on Friday awarded $3.8 million to the widow and two adult children of a man who was electrocuted while loading steel beams onto a tractor trailer parked under a power line.

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