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The family history beneath Anne Arundel County’s apology for slavery
On Nov. 22, Anne Arundel County leaders will formally apologize for the county’s role in enforcing and supporting slavery. The issue is personal for County Executive Steuart Pittman, who grew up and lives on land where people were held in slavery.
He admitted ‘filthy’ chats with a teen. Cumberland kept it quiet and made him police chief.
New records show a Cumberland, Maryland officer admitted “filthy” messages with a teen before becoming police chief — a case the city kept quiet.
Cumberland Police Chief Chuck Ternent in front of police headquarters in September 2022.
FAA gives $10K bonuses to air traffic controllers who worked every day of shutdown
The FAA says only 776 of the more than 10,000 air traffic controllers who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses.
FILE - The control tower for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen at sunrise on Aug. 8, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Judge weighs Trump administration’s push to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said she would come to a decision “as quickly as I can” on Kilmar Ábrego García’s pending deportation to Liberia.
CASA holds a rally outside a hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse on Thursday.
Hagerstown nail salon owner Melissa Tran arrives in Vietnam after deportation
Melissa Tran, a 44-year-old immigrant who built a family and a small business in Western Maryland, has been deported to Vietnam, a country she left as a child.
Mong “Melissa” Tuyen Thi Tran with her two youngest children, Jacob and Riley Hoang.
Constellation CEO to Maryland: Don’t let Exelon build your power plant
Joe Dominguez took shots at the investor-owned utility company Exelon as competition to build more power plants in Maryland reaches a pivotal moment.
Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez speaks at an October announcement of an agreement with Constellation Energy to fund and implement operational improvements and environmental projects at the Conowingo Dam.
A transgender symbol painted near an Easton school led to hate crime charges
Sian Radaskiewicz-King pleaded guilty to two property-related misdemeanors and was released after spending more than two months in jail.
The Talbot County Circuit Court in Easton.
Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in D.C.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops.
Members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol with the Lincoln Monument in the background.
Dick Cheney’s funeral brings bipartisan tributes as uninvited Donald Trump remains absent
Bipartisan leaders honored Dick Cheney at the National Cathedral with George W. Bush and Joe Biden praising his legacy as uninvited Donald Trump remained absent.
Former Presidents front row from left, George W. Bush with Laura Bush, Joe Biden with Jill Biden and former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris and Mike Pence with Karen Pence, right, during the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Edward L. Cochran Jr., civil rights champion and Howard’s second county executive, dies at 96
Edward L. Cochran, the second county executive for Howard County, died at the age of 96 on Nov. 16, 2025.
Edward Cochran.
Late-arriving September jobs report likely shows sluggish hiring but few layoffs
Now that the shutdown is over, the Labor Department will finally let a little light in Thursday, releasing jobs numbers for September — nearly seven weeks after they were due.
FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Baltimore City might be entering its YIMBY era
A suite of zoning changes is garnering steam in Baltimore City Council, despite impassioned pushback.
A block of rowhomes in the process of being renovated in the 300 block of N. Gilmor Ave in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, May 9, 2025.
Judge to hear arguments over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s potential removal to Liberia
A federal judge will hear arguments over whether to allow Homeland Security to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia or forward his fear of removal claims to an immigration court on Thursday.
A peaceful protest took place outside of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hearing at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse in October.
The president calling a female reporter ‘piggy’ is not normal. None of this is.
President Trump called a female reporter “piggy” on camera and told her to be quiet. How did we get here, and what’s even the point anymore?
IN FLIGHT - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of press aboard Air Force One on November 14, 2025 while in flight from Washington, DC to West Palm Beach International Airport. Trump is scheduled to spend the weekend at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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)
Attar case fallout: Rosenbluth resigns from Baltimore Sheriff’s Office
The longtime owner of Tov Pizza resigned from the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office a day after a news story showed his involvement in the Sen. Dalya Attar case.
The longtime owner of Tov Pizza resigned from the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office a day after a news story showed his involvement in the Sen. Dalya Attar blackmail and extortion case.
Prince George’s County is ending its decades-old ban on pit bulls
The Prince George’s County Council passed a bill on Monday that will allow residents to adopt and foster pit bulls through a pilot program.
Jasmine, a pit bull rescue, runs through light snow on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 20, 2015, on the first day of spring. Just when flowering bulbs were poking out their heads and snow shovels were getting a well-deserved rest, winter weather has come back. And on the first day of spring no less. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Baltimore County library CEO faces backlash after abrupt librarian layoffs and rehiring
Initially, library officials said the layoffs were necessary to better serve the county and preserve resources.
Baltimore County Public Library’s Towson branch CEO Sonia Alcántara-Antoine listens and responds to a handful of concerned librarians and community members as they air their grievances after the sudden firing of fourteen part-time library employees during an emergency meeting on November 18, 2025 at the Towson Library.
Feuding Howard County officials meet over appeals board resignations
The Howard County board members have accused council members Deb Jung and Liz Walsh of political interference and coercion.
The Howard County Council’s chamber, known as the Banneker Room, inside the George Howard government building in Ellicott City where the council meets, seen on February 5, 2024.
Key Bridge workers got no warning before collapse, NTSB says
Nearly 20 months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River, federal officials are poised to make a final ruling about how it happened.
Marine Accident Investigator Marcel Muise, seated center, leads a staff presentation about the 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse during a National Transportation Safety Board meeting in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
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