Maryland
Fourth Circuit Upholds Maryland’s Ban on ‘Rapid Fire Trigger’ Devices
The Fourth Circuit Monday upheld a Maryland law banning bump stocks and other gun attachments that speed up the firing rate of semiautomatic weapons.
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A federal court in Maryland ruled that the State Department must recognize a same-sex couple’s child as a U.S. citizen. The department incorrectly applied immigration law, because the child, though born with a surrogate in Canada, was born of married parents who were both U.S. citizens that had lived in the U.S. before her birth.
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Man Shot in Albuquerque Civil Rights Protest
A man was shot Monday night as protesters in Albuquerque tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum.
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Dispatches From Limbo
While the world struggles to find its path, Courthouse News’ eastern bureau chief finds his own while biking the streets of his hometown after losing his mother.
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Federal Prosecutors to Probe Covid-19 Medical Supply Firm
The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation into a Delaware-based medical company created in March to sell personal protective equipment and other supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Maryland Court Upholds Conviction for Racist School Graffiti
Racial slurs, swastikas and other offensive language spray-painted on a Maryland high school campus are not shielded from hate-crime prosecution under the First Amendment, a state appeals court ruled.
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Mfume Wins Special Election in Maryland to Replace Elijah Cummings in Congress
Voters in Maryland have returned a veteran former congressman to the seat he left two decades ago.
Read moreA Mail-In Experiment in Baltimore’s 7th Congressional District
Testing out remote voting options that will soon go statewide, Maryland voters are expected to rebuff the candidate who depicted Baltimore City as rat-infested in a viral video.
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Judge Upholds Ocean City Ban on Topless Women
A federal judge has upheld a ban on women going topless at one of the East Coast’s most popular beach destinations, rejecting arguments from five women that a local ordinance is sexist.
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Court Tosses Maryland Challenge to DC-Area Flight Paths
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday dismissed Maryland’s effort to readjust three north-to-south flight paths at Reagan National Airport over noise concerns, finding the state’s challenge came too late.
Read moreGang Member Gets Prison 3 Years After ‘Unspeakable’ Killing
A freshly dug grave was waiting for the 18-year-old man when gang members lured him to a Maryland park nearly three years ago. They choked him until he passed out. They took turns slashing him with machetes and knives until he died. Then they severed his head, ripped out his heart and tossed his dismembered body parts into the grave.
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Clinics Praise Block of Abortion Gag Rule in Maryland
Abortion rights advocates are applauding a limited but strongly worded ruling out of Maryland that blocked a Trump administration policy barring federally funded clinics from referring women for abortions.
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Feds Blocked From Using Marriage Interviews for Deportation
Immigration advocates expressed cautious optimism Monday after a judge in Maryland blocked federal agents from detaining immigrant spouses for deportation at green card marriage interviews.
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Federal Judge Upholds Maryland Law Targeting Puppy Mills
Animal rights activists are applauding a federal judge’s decision to uphold a new Maryland law that bans retail pet stores from selling cats and dogs, a measure designed to curb puppy mills.
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Maryland’s Mfume Nominated to Vie for Cummings’ House Seat
Baltimore was still Kweisi Mfume’s after all these years as the former congressman and NAACP executive director won a special primary election that makes him a shoe-in to retake his former seat in Maryland’s 7th House district.
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Parent Resistance Thwarts School Desegregation
As they try to address stubborn school segregation, many of the nation’s school districts confront a familiar obstacle: resistance from affluent, well-organized and mostly white parents to changes affecting their children’s classrooms.
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Judge to Hear Bid to Stop Trump’s Refugee Resettlement Limit
Three national resettlement agencies are asking a federal judge in Maryland to block a presidential executive order allowing state and local governments to turn away refugees.
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Judge Rules on Sealed Documents in Newspaper Shooting Case
A judge ruled Tuesday to unseal some documents in the case of a man who has pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper, but she declined to make public many records involving his mental health.
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Judge Details Parade of Horrors at Maryland Zoo
Slamming the “fetid and dystopic conditions” of a Maryland zoo, a federal judge ordered Thursday that any animals that managed to survive must be transferred to a sanctuary.
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