U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro moved Friday to dismiss charges against a former Olympian canoeist alleged to have damaged part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Pirro had charged David Hearn, of Bethesda, Maryland, with destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly vandalizing the newly refinished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting […]
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Maryland reports first human West Nile virus case of 2026
A Maryland resident in the Capital Region has tested positive for West Nile virus, the state’s first confirmed human case this year, the Maryland Department of Health announced Friday. What’s Happening: The department will not release the patient’s identity or specific location within the Capital Region. The virus spreads to humans through the bite of […]
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Possible measles exposure reported in Maryland
A person from out of state who had measles visited a Cecil County emergency room last week while still contagious, the Maryland Department of Health said Friday. What’s Happening: Anyone at the ChristianaCare Union Hospital Emergency Department at 106 Bow St. in Elkton between 3 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. July 30 may have been exposed. […]
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75-year-old Maryland Man dies in house fire
A 75-year-old man died Thursday after a fire broke out at his home in Salisbury, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Salisbury Fire Department Fire Marshal’s Office. What’s Happening: Firefighters responded to the 500 block of Tangier Street about 12:35 p.m. Thursday after a fire broke out inside a one-story, […]
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COLD CASE CRACKED: Killer convicted 9 years after DC cop’s murder
The shooting happened in November 2017 on the 2800 block of Elgin Avenue in Baltimore. Sgt. Tony Mason Jr., a DC Metropolitan Police officer, was off duty and sitting in his vehicle when he was shot and killed. A second person in the car survived. For nearly nine years, no one was held accountable. That […]
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Motorcyclist dies after crash with pickup truck in Beltsville
A Silver Spring man died Saturday after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at a Beltsville intersection, Prince George’s County police said. What’s Happening: The crash happened about 10:35 a.m. Saturday at Cherry Hill Road and Sellman Road. Monday Williams, 43, was taken to a hospital, where he died that evening. The pickup truck […]
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A 4-year-old Maryland girl was found dead Sunday morning
A 4-year-old girl is dead in Pocomoke City, and the community that spent Sunday morning desperately searching for her spent Sunday evening mourning her loss. The child was reported missing shortly before 11 a.m. in the area of Clarke Avenue and Laurel Street. She was last seen wearing pajamas, her hair pulled back in a […]
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Bonnie the emu is on the loose in Calvert County
A 6-foot, 200-pound emu named Bonnie has gone rogue in northern Calvert County, and local animal control officers are now in the business of emu retrieval — armed, reportedly, with temporary fencing and snacks. What’s Happening: Bonnie has been spotted roaming the Owings and Chesapeake Beach areas. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents […]
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Trump holds state terror funds hostage over voter rolls and immigration
Maryland is part of a 26-state coalition suing the Trump administration over conditions attached to federal counterterrorism funding — conditions that would require states to change how they run elections and help enforce federal immigration law. What’s Happening: The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, targets the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security over […]
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Maryland’s mail-in ballot error was caused by a printer in Minnesota
Representatives at a Minnesota printing company took full responsibility Thursday for an error that required 447,000 mail-in ballots to be resent to Maryland voters and vowed new procedures had been put in place to ensure no future problems. Officials of Taylor Print & Visual Impressions said they have rectified the issue and are prepared for […]