WASHINGTON — In a ruling with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal judge declared Monday that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records likely violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on unreasonable search. The ruling, filled with ...

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WESTMINSTER — Two Carroll County residents are suing to stop prayers to Jesus Christ before meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The two residents say they filed suit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore claiming the sectarian prayers are ...

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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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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional. On the third and last day of arguments, the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court heard arguments Friday on whether it’s unconstitutional for two Maryland communities to require anti-abortion pregnancy counseling centers to post signs stating that they do not provide medical services. Lawyers for the city of ...

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Maryland is asking a federal judge to keep the state’s gun permit law in place while they appeal his ruling that it is unconstitutional. State officials filed a motion Wednesday asking Judge Benson Legg to stay his ruling in the ...

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A federal judge in Baltimore has struck down part of Maryland’s handgun permit law as violating the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Judge Benson E. Legg said the law’s demand that applicants show “good and substantial reason” to ...

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MIAMI — Franky the drug dog’s super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for ...

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Inside Christopher Sharp’s Samsung Eternity smartphone was a digital scrapbook that could have been titled “Proud Father.” Sharp, 38, of Owings Mills, had videos of his 5-year-old son “Joshy” at the beach, at the Howard County Fair and at his ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to bar children from buying or renting violent video games, saying government doesn’t have the authority to “restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed” despite complaints that ...

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