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    Ex-FBI agent found guilty of multiple sex offenses sentenced to 60 years
    The judge called the ex-FBI agent’s offenses, which included the rape and sexual assault of young women, “some of the most difficult and troubling circumstances I’ve ever heard.”
    FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025.
    Amid a shutdown and layoffs, county leaders say they will stretch the budget — to a point
    Montgomery County leaders say they can plug some of the holes the federal government is punching in the local economy — but not all.
    OCTOBER 1, 2025 - Grace Rivera-Oven, director of the Upcounty Hub and Montgomery County school board member, gives U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D., Calif.) a tour of the hub’s food pantry in Germantown on Wednesday.
    Police say 3 suspects are connected to a North Bethesda homicide and kidnapping. Here are the details.
    Akwalabeng Fontava, 29, was found killed in a North Bethesda apartment the morning of Sept. 21. According to court records, two people inside the apartment were then kidnapped, including Fontava’s girlfriend and a relative who was sleeping over.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Art teachers sue Baltimore City schools, nonprofit for missing pay
    The teachers, employed through Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, allege they haven’t been paid for work they did months ago, putting them behind on rent and car payments.
    From left, Jermaine Melvin, Cedric Benning Jr., Valerie Hall-Butler and Camrie Hilton are former instructors for Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center and four of eight plaintiffs suing the Baltimore City Public Schools and a contracted nonprofit for months worth of payments they have yet to receive.
    R&B legend D’Angelo dead at 51 after cancer battle
    D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice has died.
    FILE - This July 6, 2012 file photo D'Angelo performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. D’Angelo has added the Outside Lands music festival to the list of cancellations due to an unspecified medical emergency. The soul singer had been forced to cancel U.S. dates last week due the illness and will also miss shows in Chicago and San Diego this week. (
    BWI not showing Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown
    BWI is not displaying a new video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
    ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 8: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 8, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. For the first time in nearly two decades, the TSA is easing its shoe removal rule introduced five years after a 2001 shoe-bombing attempt by allowing some travelers to keep their shoes on at security checkpoints.
    Top Maryland prosecutors who investigated police-involved deaths will leave posts
    Allison Green, chief of the Maryland attorney general’s office’s Independent Investigations Division, and her deputy, Renee Joy, have resigned, office spokesperson Jennifer Donelan said in a statement. Both will leave the office after this week.
    Sources said last week that Allison Green had left as chief of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s Independent Investigations Division.
    Teen convicted of killing classmate at Joppatowne High School gets 80 years in prison
    Jaylen Prince, a teenager who was found guilty of shooting and killing a classmate inside a Maryland high school in 2024, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with all but 75 years suspended.
    Law enforcement and emergency personnel gather near Joppatowne High School in Harford County, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. An on-campus fight led to one person being injured, officials said.
    A new Chinese restaurant in Southeast Baltimore invites you to dinner with the Wangs
    Bao Di, the long-awaited Chinese restaurant at the edge of Canton and Highlandtown, will open Wednesday.
    Bao Di, a new Chinese restaurant at 3215 Eastern Ave. in Canton, will officially open its doors Oct. 15, 2025.
    How much blame should Zach Orr, Todd Monken get? | Banner Ravens Podcast
    Baltimore’s 194 points allowed through six games are the most in the NFL.
    Ravens release safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson shortly after signing him
    ESPN reported that it was a mutual decision. Gardner-Johnson was not elevated from the practice squad for Sunday’s 17-3 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
    Safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson celebrates the Philadelphia Eagles’ win in Super Bowl LIX.
    Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after 5 months in ICE custody
    Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolonging her detention.
    Hagerstown resident Mong "Melissa" Tuyen Thi Tran poses for a photo on Oct. 12, 2025, soon after being released from federal immigration detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.
    Maryland women’s basketball enters the season ranked No. 10 in AP poll
    Maryland nearly pulled off an upset against No. 1 South Carolina in last season’s Sweet 16, taking a halftime lead before ultimately falling to the Gamecocks 71-67.
    Maryland head coach Brenda Frese coaches against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
    Montgomery County is losing students. Here’s why that matters.
    Montgomery County Public Schools predicts a dramatic dive in enrollment: a 9% drop from its 2019 peak to the enrollment forecast for 2031.
    Teacher pointing at paper on the floor with students.
    Gov. Wes Moore talks federal ‘assault’ on Maryland
    “The assault that we’ve now had on the state of Maryland has been aggressive, has been intentional, it’s been petty, it’s been partisan and it’s been punishing,” Gov. Wes Moore said during a conversation with David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in conversation with moderator David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland on Tuesday.
    Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act
    A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Howard schools say some union bus drivers used students to spread pay message
    The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.
    yellow school buses
    Maryland Democrats want a candidate in every 2026 race
    An initiative dubbed “Contest Every Seat” aims to fill ballots across the state with Democratic candidates for the House of Delegates, state Senate, county councils and county commissions.
    Steuart Pittman, chair of the Maryland Democratic Party and Anne Arundel’s county executive, says it’s imperative for his party to field solid candidates to challenge Republicans in as many races as possible in 2026.
    After months in ICE detention, a Maryland mother holds her children again
    Melissa Tran was freed Sunday after spending the last five months in an ICE detention facility more than 2,700 miles from her family.
    Siblings, Rachel, 18, Jacob, 10, Jackson, 19, and Riley Hoang, 6, spend time together and play with Snapchat filters on their living room couch on June 4, 2025.
    MCPS athletic director on the rise of girls flag football, NIL and more
    MCPS Athletic Director Jeffrey Sullivan shares the biggest challenges facing high school sports and what might be next after the success of pickleball and girls flag football
    Jeffrey Sullivan has been director of athletics for MCPS since 2017.
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