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    Delaware trooper killed in shooting was UMD graduate and former wrestler
    Matthew “Ty” Snook, who graduated from the University of Maryland, where he was a member of the wrestling team, and had been a trooper for 10 years.
    Corporal Grade One Matthew T. "Ty" Snook.
    Powerball’s $1.7B jackpot could make for an unforgettable Christmas Eve
    The United States’ 4th-largest jackpot on record comes after 46 consecutive draws without someone claiming to have all six numbers.
    A person fills out a Powerball lottery ticket on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
    Maryland among states suing HHS over transgender care declaration
    The declaration came as HHS also announced proposed rules meant to further curtail gender-affirming care for young people.
    A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
    Here’s what stores are open, and which ones are closed, on Christmas
    From department stores to grocery stores, most retailers across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours.
    Shoppers head out of a Walmart store Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
    Judge allows Kilmar Ábrego García to remain free while she considers immigration issues
    A federal judge on Monday questioned whether government officials could be trusted to follow orders barring them from taking Kilmar Ábrego García into immigration custody or deporting him.
    Kilmar Ábrego García reported for an ICE check-in in downtown Baltimore earlier this month after being released from detention in Pennsylvania.
    Discord at conservative youth convention could vex Republicans hopefuls
    Turning Point is a major force on the right, with a nationwide volunteer network that can be especially helpful in early primary states.
    Attendees applaud during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Phoenix.
    Russia says talks on US peace plan for Ukraine ‘are proceeding constructively’
    The talks are part of the Trump administration’s monthslong push for peace.
    Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, center, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, foreground right, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, behind Witkoff, arrive to attend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025.
    Key takeaways from DOJ’s initial release of Jeffrey Epstein files
    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday published thousands of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
    Pages that show New York grand jury subpoenas being issued into the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigation, then pages of redactions that follow, in this document released by the U.S. Justice Department, are photographed, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
    Sleepy. Divisive. A fan of young Trump: A look at the new Presidential Walk of Fame plaques
    President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame.
    New plaques of explanatory text have been placed underneath presidential portraits on the Colonnade at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in New York. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)
    Did ICE arrest a Maryland-born mother? Attorneys say yes, but agency says not true.
    Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, who attorneys and family say was born in Laurel, is in ICE custody in Louisiana. Federal officials, using different surnames for her, say she is not a U.S. citizen.
    Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 — A Dept. of Homeland Security officer enters the Fallon Federal Building.
    Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited Epstein files
    The Justice Department on Friday began releasing its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most influential people.
    Gary Rush, College Park, MD, holds a sign before a news conference on the Epstein files in front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
    Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead, officials say
    A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, officials said.
    A bouquet is left outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting last weekend that left two people dead and nine others injured, on December 14, 2025, in Providence, Rhode Island. A suspect in the shooting and a killing in Massachusetts was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.
    Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks  after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
    Reclassification would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated.
    Scenes at the Herbiculture cannabis dispensary
    A bag, hoagie and long wait for ruling: What we learned at Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing
    Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing wrapped up Thursday with a judge saying he plans to rule in May on what evidence prosecutors will be able to use in his New York trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in New York.
    Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename DC arts institution to Trump-Kennedy Center
    President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.
    President Donald Trump tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025.
    US says price increases eased last month but Americans aren’t feeling it
    U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, according to data that was delayed, and likely distorted, by the government shutdown.
    Grocery Outlet Inc. cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of its newest store in Overlea, Maryland on January 23, 2025.

The new grocery boasts cheaper prices than competitors. While the store officially opened at 7am, there were shoppers lined up around the shopping enter as early as 5am.
    US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67
    The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures.
    The U.S. government admitted in a federal court filing that it was liable in a deadly helicopter and plane crash that killed 67 people. In July, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy spoke during an NTSB fact-finding hearing on the midair collision.
    Accused gunman in Bondi Beach shooting charged with 15 counts of murder
    An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims.
    Rabbi Yossi Friedman speaks to people gathering at a flower memorial by the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, following Sunday's shooting in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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