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A man died early Thursday morning from a gunshot wound in North Baltimore, according to Baltimore police. - Baltimore County police on Friday released the name of a 68-year-old man whose body was found in a burning car in Rosedale more than two weeks ago.
- The family of a 20-year-old Crofton man who was fatally shot by an Anne Arundel Police officer in January has hired a Chicago civil rights attorney, and plans to sue the department in federal court next week.
- A federal judge handed down the last sentences this week in a racketeering case involving 15 people who were convicted for their involvement in a smuggling operation at the Jessup Correctional Institution.
- DL Hall, 23, was Baltimore’s first-round pick in the 2017 draft. He has since established himself as one of the game’s top pitching prospects.
- Questions have been raised about the effectiveness and oversight of the COVID-19 relief program, which awarded $28.6 billion in grants to thousands of businesses.
- The Heirloom Tomato Festival will be held Aug. 20 at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster, alongside the popular Carroll County Farmers Market.
- A federal judge has ruled that Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services violated anti-discrimination laws in its dealings with a gay employee.
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Graphics: The latest Maryland COVID cases, vaccinations and other metrics
Graphics: The latest Maryland COVID cases, vaccinations and other metrics
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Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby held in contempt of court for Keith Davis Jr. comment, fined $1,500
A Baltimore judge on Friday held State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby in contempt of court, finding the top prosecutor willfully violated an order prohibiting her from speaking about the controversial criminal cases of Keith Davis Jr. when she commented on social media last month. - Aryeh Wolf, a 25-year-old Baltimore man, was shot and killed Wednesday while installing solar panels in Southeast Washington, D.C., police said Thursday.
- Environmentalists and scientists worry that a proposed Federalsburg salmon farm could inundate the shallow Marshyhope Creek with surges of cold water that could make it inhospitable for its spawning population of Atlantic sturgeon.
- Less litigation and more mediation is what the Angelos brothers need.
- A passenger passed through security and on to his gate with a replica firearm at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport early Friday morning.
- Renée McDonald Hutchins, the soon-to-be dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, never planned on being a lawyer. Coming from a family of doctors, she initially thought her law career was just happenstance.
- The key criterion for leadership in the Republican Party today is having the right enemies.
- After a hot and stormy week, Baltimore can expect sunny skies and temperatures peaking in the low 80s throughout the weekend, with highs of 83 Friday through Sunday.
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- Journalist and U.S. veteran Austin Tice went missing in Syria 10 years ago.
- After trying to one-up each other growing up in Florida, Orioles teammates Joey Krehbiel and Brett Phillips forged a friendship that carried through Seminole High School and travel baseball leagues and eventually made its way to Baltimore.
- Filled with 208 years of Baltimore and U.S. firsts, the Peale Museum is reopening on Aug. 13 geared to Light City’s communities.
- Kathy C. Cordes, a former Baltimore Sun artist who later worked at NASA’s Space Telescope Institute, has died. She was 71.
- The Orioles went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position, and Red Sox first baseman Eric Hosmer’s sixth-inning RBI double off reliever Nick Vespi proved to be decisive in a 4-3 loss that moved Baltimore out of the third wild-card spot.
- Maryland football coach Mike Locksley continued an annual tradition that has warmed the hearts of many since he took over the program in 2019.
- Maryland will receive $6 million to fund improvements at Baltimore's Penn Station, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday.
- A woman suspected of injuring two Baltimore firefighters by shooting a BB gun at a medic unit was arrested Wednesday, Maryland State Police said.
- Two men who will likely become the next Carroll County commissioners to represent districts 2 and 4 said this week that they intend to bring back commissioner-led prayers before county meetings.
- Baltimore County school board member Lisa Mack announced her resignation Thursday afternoon after serving four years.
- Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman has proposed that the county lease the Navy-owned land at Greenbury Point in Annapolis and enhance it as a conservation area, hoping to override a proposal to build a golf course on the land.
- A Baltimore man who received a controversial sentence last year in the city for setting his ex-girlfriend’s home on fire was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in federal prison.
- A 21-year-old from Pasadena is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to a child pornography possession charge, admitting that he used file sharing services to collect and distribute images of sexual abuse.
- A suspect in an Allegany County shooting led federal agents and state troopers on a 4-mile chase through Baltimore before he was arrested early Thursday morning, Maryland State Police said.
- From lower prescription costs to cleaner power, here’s what the federal "Inflation Reduction Act" means for Maryland. It's up for a U.S. House vote Friday.
- July is typically a hot month for home sales, but rising interest rates and fears of inflation and an economic slowdown threw cold water over the Baltimore region’s once-scorching housing market.
- Carroll County commissioners unanimously approved a $127,230 contract with Henry Adams LLC, of Baltimore for design and engineering services on a new HVAC system.
- Maryland has 236 confirmed monkeypox cases, about 2% of the 10,392 cases in the U.S., as of Aug. 10. Last week, the White House declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move that freed up additional funding and resources to fight the outbreak.
- Travis Titus Moore, Sr., 40, faces several felony drug and firearms charges, as well as drunken driving offenses following the crash on Patuxent River Road near Central Avenue around 11 p.m., according to a police news release.
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- Gasoline prices dipped to just under the $4 mark for the first time in more than five months — good news for consumers struggling with high prices for many essentials.
- Emergent BioSolutions had to dump more COVID vaccine, bringing the total to more than a half-billion doses.
- After Mar-a-Lago search, Maryland's Republican nominee for governor said he would order state law enforcement to defy federal authorities.
- Plans to build a multipurpose Hagerstown stadium have run into “a little sand in the gears,” but officials remain confident the ballpark will be built and ready to host baseball in 2024.
- A full range of 4-H club activities was on display at the 76th Annual Howard County Fair in West Friendship this week.
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Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby held in contempt of court for Keith Davis Jr. comment, fined $1,500
A Baltimore judge on Friday held State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby in contempt of court, finding the top prosecutor willfully violated an order prohibiting her from speaking about the controversial criminal cases of Keith Davis Jr. when she commented on social media last month.
