A Baltimore man is suing the state for forcing him to move out of his home or get rid of his dog after a recent court decision imposing strict liability on owners and landlords for pit bull attacks.

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Main Street business cut off On Main Street in Historic Ellicott City, business owners were reeling after a deadly train derailment around midnight on Tuesday left much of the area inaccessible to traffic — and their customers. Dozens of shops ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements, upholding a U.S. District Court decision against Quinnipiac University. In a decision released Tuesday, the ...

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The attorneys general of Virginia and 13 other states have filed an amicus brief urging the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the ruling of a federal judge in Baltimore, who found that Maryland’s requirements for carrying a ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge says he will rule this week on whether Tribune Co. can emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. U.S. bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey said Wednesday that he has drafted a 50-page opinion and will issue ...

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An opinion from the Office of the Maryland Attorney General could ease the mind of pit bull owners and their landlords, but an Upper Shore lawmaker cautioned that the opinion is not binding. The opinion, signed by Assistant Attorney General ...

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A former Harford County prosecutor’s change of heart led to the release Monday of a man serving a life sentence for a road-rage killing 32 years ago. That change of heart was expressed in a 1994 letter in which former ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A recent Supreme Court ruling could lead to a sentence reduction for Lee Boyd Malvo, the young man convicted in the 2002 Washington-area sniper shootings. On Monday, the high court threw out mandatory life imprisonment without parole for ...

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Amid the jousts on Obamacare, one thing is certain: Whatever else is at stake, it’s not a “massive federal takeover of health care,” as the program’s critics put it. That’s not because the program isn’t huge. It’s because so many ...

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ANNAPOLIS — After nearly six hours of closed-door negotiations, efforts to reach a consensus on expanding gambling in Maryland collapsed Wednesday when members of the House of Delegates balked at lowering the tax rate on slot machines at state casinos. ...

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