The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless does not violate the constitutional guarantee of equal treatment under the law.

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A judge has dismissed Ocean City from a federal lawsuit over a beach umbrella getting caught in the wind and impaling a woman.

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Phillips Crab House, which for decades served crabs and seafood to generations of Ocean City beachgoers and became a landmark of the Maryland resort town, has closed. The Phillips family announced Monday that after 66 years they have decided to ...

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Five women are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless.

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Civil rights activists say they’ll protest along the way to Ocean City on Thursday to bring attention to the violent arrests of Black teenagers in June there.

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Saying times have changed, five women urge U.S. appeals court to overturn 30-year precedent and strike down Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless.

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A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless while permitting men to go bare-chested in the Eastern Shore beach town, saying the gender-based ban is substantially related to the important governmental interest ...

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The Ferris wheel at a historic amusement park on the Ocean City boardwalk has reopened after a zoning violation.

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Videos showing Ocean City police officers kneeing one Black teen and using a stun gun on another on the Boardwalk in separate confrontations that began over vaping are stirring criticism of the department’s use of force.

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Trimper’s Rides in Ocean City has agreed to move a Ferris wheel that's overhanging the Boardwalk and violating the town’s zoning code.

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