May 22 WATCH: Kermit the Frog delivers commencement speech at University of Maryland By Associated Press Members of the University of Maryland’s class of 2025 received their diplomas Thursday evening with sage advice from the amphibious Muppet ringing in their ears. Continue reading
May 16 WATCH: Attorneys react to latest Kilmar Abrego Garcia hearing where judge called Trump administration’s explanation ‘inadequate’ By Ben Finley, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal judge told the Trump administration Friday that its explanation for invoking the state secrets privilege in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is inadequate, describing the government’s reasoning for withholding information as “take my word for it.”… Continue reading
May 15 Dozens of deaths in police custody were misclassified in autopsies, Maryland officials say By Brian Witte, Lea Skene, Associated Press An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner’s testimony… Continue reading
Apr 21 LISTEN: Supreme Court signals support for parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The court seemed likely Tuesday to find the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to them. Continue reading
Apr 18 WATCH: Sen. Van Hollen holds briefing after meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador By Mary Clare Jalonick, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported from the United States last month, told a visiting U.S. senator that he was moved from a notorious Salvadoran prison to a detention center with better conditions. Continue reading
Apr 17 Maryland senator says he was denied entry to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia By Yolanda Magaña, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says he was denied entry into an El Salvador prison on Thursday while he was trying to check on the well-being of of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March… Continue reading
Apr 16 Maryland senator meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release By Yolanda Magaña, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, Associated Press Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country's vice president to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court… Continue reading
Apr 13 U.S. won’t say whether it’s facilitating return of Maryland man from El Salvador prison By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. But the government's filing did not address the judge's demands that the administration detail what steps… Continue reading
Mar 26 A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead By Lea Skene, Brian Witte, Associated Press A year after the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland leaders are honoring the six construction workers killed that night. Continue reading
Feb 12 East Coast snowstorm cuts power to tens of thousands By Ben Finley, John Raby, Associated Press Heavy snow and freezing rain from Kentucky to the nation's capital caused hundreds of crashes and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark. Continue reading