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    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 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.
    ‘Help, I have a baby!’ ICE struggles with Honduran man before Baltimore arrest
    Videos posted in a Southeast Baltimore social media group Sunday show a group of agents wearing black tactical gear marked “Police” dragging a man along a sidewalk in Highlandtown.
    A still from a video from Baltimore residents as they move to confront apparent immigration agents on a Southeast Baltimore residential street Sunday morning.
    ‘Paul Revere’ of Baltimore says he was shoved by apparent ICE agent
    Baltimore activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo said, after confronting apparent ICE agents in Patterson Park, he was shoved several times.
    A still from a video showing Baltimore resident Clifford “Buzz” Grambo as he confronts apparent immigration agents on a Southeast Baltimore residential street Sunday morning.
    Maryland working to get SNAP back to normal
    The federal government shutdown is over, but it’s going to take some time for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to get back on track.
    FILE - SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
    ICE took her husband. She’s fighting to keep the lights on and hope alive.
    Dania Bautista is among Maryland families facing the daunting task of raising kids and covering bills while navigating the immigration system on behalf of their detained loved ones.
    A Bowie man was arrested by ICE in front of his wife, Dania, and their children.
    Moore: Maryland will ensure full SNAP benefits in November
    More than 680,000 Marylanders — nearly 40% of them children — receive SNAP benefits each month to help keep food on the table. The average benefit is $180.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who visited the Anne Arundel County Food Bank last week, said Monday the state will commit enough funding to ensure that SNAP participants receive their full benefits in November.
    ICE is coming! Baltimore’s scooter-riding ‘Paul Revere’ warns immigrants.
    Grambo’s neighborhood rides come as some communities across the nation scramble to confront stepped-up immigration enforcement.
    Buzz Grambo, otherwise known as the "Paul Revere of Patterson Park, walks his dog just before a storm on October 10, 2025. Grambo will often warn others when ICE is in the area.
    How ‘driving while Black’ persists in Baltimore County
    Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.
    Moore won’t use state funds to replace federal food aid during shutdown
    One in nine Marylanders puts food on the table with the help of SNAP, but with benefits soon running out as a federal government shutdown drags on, Gov. Wes Moore is not planning to tap state money to keep the program running.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, left, and Prince George's County Aisha Braveboy, right, tour the Bowie Food Pantry on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
    680,000 Marylanders could lose food assistance next week, officials warn
    Maryland’s state government has $3.5 billion in “fully liquid cash” available for emergency needs, but the governor has not indicated whether he would use the money for SNAP.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L), accompanied by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaks after Rollins signs three new SNAP food choice waivers for the states of Idaho, Utah, and Arkansas in her office at the United States Department of Agriculture Whitten Building on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The wavers will limit what the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can select as eligible foods, targeting unhealthy food.
    Should Joe Biden have helped Marilyn Mosby? Wes Moore seems to think so.
    Gov. Wes Moore’s comment on Marilyn Mosby came during an appearance on ‘The Breakfast Club’ Tuesday.
    Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby stands outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt after being sentenced to three years of probation, which includes a year of house arrest, May 23, 2024. She was convicted earlier this year of perjury and fraud.
    3 women grads of the Naval Academy are running for office. Pete Hegseth should take notice.
    Mikie Sherrill. Amy McGrath. Eileen Laubacher. All Naval Academy graduates, all running for office. Fifty years after the first women entered the academy, they represent a generational moment of change.
    Democrat Mikie Sherrill responds to questions during the first general election gubernatorial debate with Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli.
    DOJ’s request to pause Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immigration case denied by Maryland judge
    On Monday, a federal judge in Maryland denied the Justice Department’s request to pause Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immigration case due to the government shutdown.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia is comforted by CASA member Lydia Walther-Rodriguez as he gets emotional while speaking to the crowd outside the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore in August.
    Advocates in Baltimore protest deportation of cruise ship employees to Philippines
    Grassroots organizations gathered in Baltimore for a rally protesting the detainment and deportation of four migrant seaworkers this month.
    About 30 people attend a rally on Sunday against the Sept. 7 deportation of four Carnival Cruise seafarers allegedly without due process while docked in Baltimore.
    Another assassination, another step toward an American dissolution
    Assassinations, by their nature, are destabilizing. In the spinning top of American political life at this moment, Charlie Kirk's death may prove to be the thing that irretrievably knocks us over.
    FILE - Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk arrives to speak before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Thomas & Mack Center, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas.
    Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages
    Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he’s largely spared in his trade war.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington.
    Maryland pastor ‘happy to be home’ after ICE arrest
    A Maryland pastor, Daniel Fuentes Espinal, makes a video statement after being released Thursday from a New Orleans detention facility.
    A screenshot of a video statement released on Sunday by Daniel Fuentes Espinal, right, and his daughter Clarissa Fuentes Diaz.
    Howard County wants to give $1,000 monthly payments to needy families
    Howard County is launching a guaranteed basic income pilot program to study how transformative $1,000 monthly cash payments would be for 20 needy families.
    Howard County is launching a pilot program to study just how transformative giving $1,000 a month to 20 needy families can be for them.
    Detention cells in Baltimore designed for short stays instead confine immigrants for days
    Under the Trump administration, ICE has detained immigrants in Baltimore holding rooms for an average of 51 hours, four times longer than the maximum time limit under its longstanding policy, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of federal data.
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