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• Maryland

Zirpoli: Trump entitled to opinions, not facts

While presidential candidate Donald Trump sees crime on the rise in the United States, the facts reveal that crime is down — significantly. While Trump see waves of Mexican immigrants and Syrian refugees coming to America, the facts tell a different story. These are two reoccurring themes of the Trump campaign speech that are sure to stir fear with his base. But while they may be good sound bites for his rallies, they are also patently false.

• Politics

FBI warns state elections officials about hacking attempts

The FBI warned state elections officials around the country this month to be on their guard against hackers after a breach of voters' personal information in Illinois and an attempt in Arizona.

• Opinion

Police are coping with an impossible situation

Police are coping with an impossible situation

• Harford

There's not much to vote for in this election [Opinion]

As we wrapped up the primaries and now the conventions, the major question in this writer's mind is who have we got to vote for?

• News

Amid nation's police-community tensions, Baltimore officers kill man in exchange of gunfire

Outside his apartment window, Samuel Savoy heard gunshots and saw a man standing with a large gun facing officers, telling the man to put the gun down.

• Baltimore City

Deutschland's visit to Baltimore was a local fascination, and linked to international incident

A celebrated Baltimore maritime episode occurred 100 years ago this month when the U-Deutschland, a German commercial submarine, spent a couple of weeks at South Baltimore's Locust Point at the height of World War I.

By Jacques Kelly

Jul 15, 2016

• Opinion

Has Clinton learned her lesson?

I read with interest the comments expressed by The Sun's readers in reaction to the news that Hillary Clinton will not face charges over her use of a private

• Opinion

Emails show Clinton's character flaws

Emails show Clinton's character flaws

• Maryland

Letter: Hillary Clinton is better than you

Letter: Hillary Clinton is better than you

• Opinion

Clinton gets a free pass

Hillary Clinton doesn't have to follow the law, apparently

• Opinion

Clinton lied and got away with it

Clinton lied and got away with it

• Opinion

Clinton emails: So much for the rule of law

Hillary Clinton deserves more than a tongue-lashing in email case

• Opinion

Decision not to charge Clinton was wrong

Decision not to charge Clinton was wrong

• Opinion

Another Clinton 'conspiracy' debunked

The FBI's decision that Ms. Clinton broke no laws should be the end of the matter, but it probably won't be

• News

Baltimore man pleads guilty in murder-for-hire case

A 24-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty Monday for his role in two murder-for-hire contracts, law enforcement authorities announced.

• Opinion

On Orlando and guns, talking (and tweeting) but not much doing

The filibuster for votes on gun control measures won't amount to anything so long as the NRA calls the shots on Capitol Hill

• Opinion

Protect public, not gun makers

Orlando shooting demonstrates once again the need for restrictions on guns like the AR-15

• Baltimore County

FBI seeks men who tried to steal AR-15 rifles from Baltimore County store

The FBI is asking for the public's help to identify three people authorities say tried to steal AR-15 rifles from a southwest Baltimore County store in April.

By Alison Knezevich

Jun 3, 2016

• Opinion

The monster inside the man

While likely well-intentioned, pleas for leniency for pedophile Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, demonstrate an utter lack of knowledge of the damage such a monster causes to his victims. Unfortunately, such ignorance is pervasive in our justice system's handling of child sex abuse cases.

• News

Key evidence in city murder case tossed due to stingray use

In the latest fallout from years of concealing the use of a powerful cell phone tracking device, a city judge threw out crucial evidence in the 2014 murder of a woman in Northwest Baltimore.

• Politics

Senate panel approves $37.5 million tax credit for Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corp would receive millions over the next five years in an incentive pushed by the Hogan administration, on top of $20 million lawmakers already intend to award the defense contractor for staying in Maryland.

By Erin Cox

Apr 6, 2016

• Harford

Man who robbed Abingdon credit union in December sought in series of holdups

A suspect in the holdup of an Abingdon credit union branch in late December is being sought in connection with a series of bank robberies in Maryland, the FBI said.

• Maryland

FBI searching for man connected to nine bank robberies across Maryland

The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information on a man it believes is connected to nine bank robberies across Maryland, including two in Carroll County.

• Health

Hackers offering bulk discount to unlock encrypted MedStar data

The hackers who locked up data on MedStar's computers this week are demanding ransom to begin unlocking it — and they're offering a bulk discount to release all of it, according to a copy of the demands obtained by the Baltimore Sun.

• Health

FBI investigating cyber attack at MedStar Health

The FBI is helping with the investigation of a major computer outage at MedStar Health, but the agency was unable to provide specifics about the problem.

• Maryland

FBI searching Quarry Lake in Pikesville

FBI divers are searching Quarry Lake in Pikesville, but details about their mission are scarce.

By Alison Knezevich

Mar 22, 2016

• Maryland

Hopkins researchers found flaw in Apple message encryption

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University said Monday they have found a flaw in the way Apple encrypts information sent over iMessage — the ones that show up blue when they arrive in an iPhone users' messaging app.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 21, 2016

• News

U.S. senator asks Baltimore police, FBI for answers on Virginia teen's mysterious '08 death

• Maryland

Letter: iPhone dangers make writer wonder about weapons

• Opinion

Is Apple too secure for its own good?

As someone who works in a digital crime lab for law enforcement, I can attest: There are no means to get around a fully encrypted iPhone, other than with the passcode. A forensic examination can obtain limited data from other methods (iCloud backups, etc.), but this information is very limited compared to what is present on the phone itself, and Apple is rumored to be moving to block access to even these methods in the name of privacy. I agree that privacy is important to maintain, but I also

• Maryland

Modern technology presents legal, Constitutional conundrum

Sayed Farook, one of the killers in the San Bernardino shootout last December, had an iPhone, and FBI investigators want the information he had stored on it. One week ago, the FBI obtained a court order requiring Apple to help them break into his phone. The next day, Apple said that the FBI wanted them to build an entirely new version of its operating system. Apple CEO Tim Cook argued that complying with the FBI's request would "undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government means to

• Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden warns against government overreach in video conference at Hopkins

By Tim Prudente

Feb 17, 2016

• Maryland

Sykesville, Manchester among safest cities in Maryland per Consumer Affairs

Consumer Affairs has named Sykesville one of the safest cities in Maryland when it comes to burglaries.

• Kenya

Accused al-Shabaab fighter came from heart of Baltimore's African-American Muslim community

Maalik Jones had wanted to move to an Islamic country for a while. But his wife, who moved to America to marry him and was excited to be here, refused to go. So, when Jones finally went in the summer 2011 it was by himself.

By Ian Duncan

Jan 17, 2016

• News

Indictment filed against alleged ISIS plotter from Maryland

A federal grand jury had indicted an Edgewood accused of having ties to the self-proclaimed Islamic State terror group, prosecutors said Thursday.

By Ian Duncan

Jan 14, 2016

• News

Maryland man pleads not guilty to terrorism-support charges

A Maryland man arrested on charges he fought on behalf of an al-Qaida-affiliated terror group in Somalia pleaded not guilty Wednesday and his lawyer said he will fight the charges.

• Maryland

Third bomb threat in Carroll in two days puts Winters Mill High on lockdown

Winters Mill High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning as the Sheriff's office investigated an automated bomb threat.

• Opinion

Oregon's would-be martyrs to a misguided cause

Federal authories must make make every effort to peacefully resolve the standoff with right-wing militiamen in an Oregon wildlife refuge.

• Politics

Lawmakers include FBI project in massive federal spending bill

The $1.1 trillion spending bill congressional leaders unveiled early Wednesday includes $390 million to begin work on a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation – a coup for a Maryland lawmaker likely making her last mark on federal funding.

By John Fritze

Dec 16, 2015

• Maryland

Feds: Edgewood man pledged allegiance to Islamic State, received funds from Egypt

An Edgewood man pledged allegiance to the self-proclaimed Islamic State and received thousands of dollars from overseas that he believed was funding from the terror group to carry out an attack, federal prosecutors said Monday.

By Ian Duncan

Dec 14, 2015

• Politics

Van Hollen to Hogan: Ban gun sales to those on terrorism watch list

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Democratic candidate for Senate, is pressing Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to use his executive power to stop people on the FBI's terrorist watch list from obtaining guns.

• Opinion

Tracking police shootings

More accurate data is needed on incidents of excessive use of force by officers

• Opinion

A misleading headline on San Bernardino

Terrorist ties questioned

• Opinion

A contaminated crime scene

Days after San Bernardino attack, FBI wrongly allowed home of terrorists to become a reality TV show

• Opinion

Access to encrypted communication, a balancing act

Encrypting everything to the point where government, backed by a court order, can't get the manufacturer/seller of a smartphone or tablet to aid in its decryption — as the information technology purists and citizens concerned about government overreach desire — is not the solution. Such actions passively enable criminals, adversary nations and terrorists.

• News

In 'war room,' city police, feds work together to try to stop Baltimore violence

Interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake created the war room initiative last month as an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to address an unprecedented spike in the city's homicide rate since the Freddie Gray unrest.

• News

Federal agents meet with city homicide detectives to begin partnership

Federal agents met with Baltimore Police Department homicide detectives Monday to begin a two-month partnership with the goal of curbing this summer's record-breaking pace of violence.

• News

Justice Department opens probe into death of Freddie Gray

Amid public outcry over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, the U.S. Justice Department is opening an investigation into the 25-year-old's death.

• Maryland

Baltimore Police used secret technology to track cellphones in thousands of cases

The Baltimore Police Department has used an invasive and controversial cellphone tracking device thousands of times in recent years while following instructions from the FBI to withhold information about it from prosecutors and judges, a detective revealed in court testimony Wednesday.

• Maryland

A wrong turn at the NSA can bring trouble

Andy Leimer, dazzled by the sun as he made his way south on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway one day this year, made a wrong turn into the restricted campus of the National Security Agency. The ordeal cost him more than $800. It could have been worse.

By Ian Duncan

Apr 5, 2015