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At a news conference in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 9, 2026, Prince George’s County and Alexandria officials announce charges against a former Washington, D.C., police officer accused of sexually assaulting women. (The Washington Post News Service)
May 21, 2026

How a carjacking and shooting rampage terrorized a MD county

Larry James Simpson allegedly carried out a violent rampage involving shootings and carjackings across multiple locations in Prince George’s County.

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Nov 15, 2022

State officials say they were wary of cracking down on Medicaid payments contractor

Maryland health department officials say they declined to pursue severe  damages against a nonperforming Medicaid payments contractor because they feared the company would walk away.

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Oct 28, 2022

Audit: Md. health department failing to oversee contractor handling benefit payments

The Maryland Department of Health failed to properly oversee a company hired to pay mental health and substance abuse providers, according to a new report.

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Dec 20, 2021

Md. Health Department says website outage from attack slowly being fixed

State officials Monday provided some additional details about a cyberattack that has crippled some websites operated by the Maryland Department of Health but shed no further light on what caused […]