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    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers concerned after he’s moved to Pennsylvania detention facility
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in the national fight over immigration enforcement, was moved from a Virginia detention center to one in rural Pennsylvania.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been transferred from a detention center in Virginia to one in Philipsburg, Pa., after his lawyers said they had difficulty accessing their client.
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    Rev. Lee Hudson believed that Christianity and social justice went hand in hand
    Rev. Lee Hudson, a founding board member of Maryland Health Care for All who worked with various advocacy groups to improve housing options for seniors, died Aug. 29 after a cardiac episode. He was 78.
    Lee Hudson in his later teen years in a high school portrait.
    ‘Who would take the time to care enough?’: A bus driver helped a missing woman with dementia get home safe
    A bus driver realized that a missing woman with dementia was her passenger — and helped her get home safe.
    Ride On Montgomery County Transit driver Tillwonna Gollman-Stevenson is being commended for her actions in identifying a missing senior with dementia and facilitating her safe return earlier this month.
    ICE officer drops gun, points it toward bystanders during Hyattsville arrest
    An Immigration and Enforcement Customs (ICE) Officer was captured fumbling and then pointing a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday morning in a busy Hyattsville intersection.
    An ICE officer points a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday in Hyattsville.
    Suit alleges state illegally removes Medicaid benefits from those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
    About 18,000 Marylanders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and participate in the waiver programs are at risk of being removed, say the lawyers filing suit.
    Baltimore Police investigate 2 unrelated deaths, stabbing that left man dead
    Baltimore Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified males found in different neighborhoods Thursday and a stabbing that left a man dead.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Baltimore County Police solve 44-year-old Lochearn murder
    Baltimore County Police have identified 75-year-old Alan Bass as the man who killed 59-year-old Samuel Allen in his Lochlearn home more than four decades ago.
    A poster of Lochlearn resident Samuel Allen, who was murdered in 1981.
    Anne Arundel Police need help finding pair who kidnapped woman, threw her over bridge
    Anne Arundel County Police need help finding a pair of suspects who they say attacked a woman in Glen Burnie two years ago, stuffed her in the trunk of her car and threw her off the Curtis Creek Drawbridge.
    MILLERSVILLE, MD - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - The Anne Arundel County Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division in Millersville.
    Period stigma meets its match in Howard County teens
    Teen period clubs like the one at Mount Hebron High School have successfully expanded access to menstrual products in Howard County.
    Katherine Zheng, Ahana Roy, and Isha Ande organize and distribute menstrual supplies to several bathrooms at the Howard County Library.
    Howard Janet, a lawyer with an ‘outsized personality,’ fought for clients and family
    Howard Janet died on Sept. 18 after complications from a heart and kidney transplant. He was 70.
    Howard Janet.
    Letter: I raised the flag to full staff to honor those Charlie Kirk denigrated
    Liz Walsh, chair of the Howard County Council, says she raised the flag to full staff to honor those who had been denigrated by Charlie Kirk.
    An American flag flying over the George Howard Building in Ellicott City.
    A good Chesapeake Bay Bridge yarn can’t be stopped by facts. They might even help.
    The picture was alarming. A Dundalk woman posted a photo of a Bay Bridge deck support looking off-center, askew atop the pilings. And so, another Bay Bridge myth is born — it’s slipping!
    The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
    Teen girl in foster care found dead at the Baltimore hotel where she’d been living
    Her death comes one week after publication of a legislative audit that criticized the state for placing nearly 300 foster children in hotels instead of homes over a two-year period.
    Department of Human Services building on S. Charles Street, in Baltimore, Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
    Hand-count confirms Annapolis Democratic primary results
    After 2 1/2 hours poring over the thousands of ballots cast last week in the Annapolis primary election, officials said their audit confirmed the results released Tuesday in the five contested Democratic races.
    Employees at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections office in Glen Burnie hand-count ballots on Sept. 25, 2025 in the Annapolis primary.
    Wheaton hit-and-run victim identified by police
    The 52-year-old woman was from New Carrollton, police said. Authorities continue to search for the driver who drove away.
    7 things to do in Howard County, from birding to the All Things Go music festival
    Here are seven things to do in Howard County, from a birding event to the All Things Go music festival.
    A Ruby-crowned kinglet chases an insect during a birding trip to Hart-Miller Island with the Maryland Environmental Services.
    Suspect in killing of American University professor is headed to trial after 15 years
    It’s been nearly 15 years since Montgomery County Police found the 52-year-old accounting professor beaten and asphyxiated in her Bethesda home.
    American University Professor Sue Ann Marcum was killed 15 years ago.
    Police respond to man who barricaded himself at Comfort Inn in Towson
    Baltimore County police responded early Wednesday afternoon to a man who had barricaded himself inside a room at the Comfort Inn in Towson to avoid being arrested.
    Baltimore County Police warned the community Wednesday afternoon that their presence was heavy on the 8800 block of Loch Raven Boulevard, in response to a barricade situation at the Towson Comfort Inn.
    ‘He crossed that street 1,000 times’: Kensington father recalls his son’s last moments
    An investigation determined the teen was crossing the westbound lanes of University Boulevard West when he was struck.
    James Evert Anderson, 16, was struck and killed while crossing the street near University Boulevard West and St. Paul Street in Kensington, Sunday, Sept 21, 2025.
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