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Authorities in Maryland say a police officer has crashed into a pedestrian who was walking in the road.
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Read More »Maryland police cruiser hits, critically wounds pedestrian
Parents charged with murder in death of Maryland boy, age 2
ROCKVILLE — The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died earlier this year in Maryland have been charged with murder and child abuse. Montgomery County police said Thursday they have arrested 30-year-old Jonathan Navarrete-Turcious and 24-year-old Blanca Rosa Reyes of ...
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Read More »Suspect’s uncle is focus of investigation into 1975 slayings
WASHINGTON — A day after charges were announced in the 40-year-old kidnapping and slayings of two sisters from Maryland, investigators are turning their attention to the suspect’s uncle and others they say were involved in the crime and subsequent cover-up. ...
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Read More »Murder charges in case of Md. sisters missing since 1975
WHEATON — Forty years after two young sisters vanished from a suburban Maryland mall, an imprisoned sex offender has been charged with murder, authorities said Wednesday, bringing some clarity to a baffling case that made parents afraid to let their ...
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Read More »Eye Opener: Lawmakers question jail corruption
A few government and politics headlines for Thursday.
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Read More »Calif. prisoner pleads guilty to 3 Md. rapes
ROCKVILLE — A man in prison in California for several rapes has pleaded guilty to three unsolved rapes in Maryland, extending an already long sentence. Prosecutors in Montgomery County say 54-year-old Gerald Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of ...
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Read More »‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ admits to Torah fraud, gets more than 5 years
NEW YORK — A Jewish charity co-founder who claimed he traveled the world as a “Jewish Indiana Jones” to rescue Torahs has pleaded guilty to fraud charges, saying he lied when he claimed he had personally obtained vintage Torah scrolls ...
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Read More »Default rate on college loans in Maryland rises to 7.8%
COLLEGE PARK — The percentage of college students in Maryland who defaulted on their federal student loans increased last year, as a tough job market for new grads put pressure on student borrowers. The percentage of borrowers in the state ...
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Read More »‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ charged in N.Y. Torah fraud
NEW YORK — A man who claimed he crisscrossed the globe rescuing Torahs as a Jewish “Indiana Jones” has been charged with mail fraud. Authorities say he fabricated stories to dupe contributors to his charity. Menachem Youlus is charged in ...
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