RICHMOND, Va. — The family of a man who spent more than 15 years in seclusion at a Virginia psychiatric hospital is suing the facility, several physicians and the state, claiming he was unconstitutionally kept in segregation and denied adequate ...

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California police officer and a former officer have pleaded not guilty in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man. Former Fullerton Officer Manuel Ramos and Officer Jay Cicinelli entered the pleas Friday ...

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Maryland health officials say a total of 18 people have died of heat-related causes in the state. Eight deaths were reported Saturday through Monday. They included two out-of-state residents who died in Harford and Prince George’s counties. A total of ...

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Former circuit court judge and state senator Paul A. Dorf died Thursday night. He was 86.

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WOODLAWN — Baltimore County police say a teenager is dead following a struggle with an off-duty officer. Police say 17-year-old Christopher Brown was chased by the officer, who was at home in the Woodlawn area and went outside after hearing ...

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After the funeral service Monday, friends and relatives gathered for more reflection and a toast or two for James Dudley Clendenin. There had been a bigger turnout than might have been accorded most 67-year-olds. The older we get, the less ...

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be ...

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WASHINGTON — A Gaithersburg man who had been suspected in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba was arrested on a charge of indecent exposure after police say they found him naked in a car with a woman. ...

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WASHINGTON — Lawyers for seven men convicted of a 1984 murder in Washington urged a judge Monday to overturn their clients’ convictions, saying that the slaying was likely committed by one or two people and was not the mass beating ...

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury last week awarded a total of $1 million to two men whose mother died due to an allergic reaction to dyeing agents used in a heart catheterization procedure that the brothers alleged was unnecessary. ...

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