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In July the president called the Maryland city a ‘rat and rodent-infested mess’ and moved on. But for residents striving to build a brighter future, the hard work continues
A visitor was heading to the exit of the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. “Thank you for coming to Baltimore,” said Shauntee Daniels, a local heritage official, “with our rats and all.”
Turning in the doorway, the visitor, a middle-aged woman, replied: “I know better than that. I know too many good people here.”
Congressman and civil rights leader Elijah Cummings was remembered on Friday as a 'fierce champion of truth, justice and kindness' at a funeral that brought Washington politicians and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where he worshipped for nearly four decades.
Congressman and civil rights leader Elijah Cummings was remembered at a funeral that brought Washington politicians and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where he worshipped for nearly four decades
The Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings died suddenly on Thursday at the age of 68, robbing Capitol Hill of a passionate lawmaker respected on both sides of the political aisle. A sharecropper’s son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of the House oversight committee, one of the three panels leading the investigation into Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He died in the early hours due to complications from longstanding health problems, his congressional office said on Thursday
Teenager sent sexually explicit video of herself to friends
Legal expert calls ruling ‘a ridiculous reading of the statute’
The top court in Maryland ruled this week that a teen who sent a sexually explicit cellphone video of herself to two friends violated state child pornography law.
The teen, referred to in court papers as SK, did not have to register as a sex offender but was ordered to undergo electronic monitoring and probation, which required drug tests and anger management classes as well as permission to leave the state.
President says oversight chair is ‘brutal bully’ and slams district
Attack follows racist invective aimed at four congresswomen
Donald Trump kicked off his weekend with a stinging attack on Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chair of the House oversight committee, that opponents including House speaker Nancy Pelosi said was another example of the president deploying racist invective for political ends.
Baltimore hospital filed 2,400 lawsuits often against poor and black patients for unpaid medical bills between 2009 and 2018
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, filed over 2,000 lawsuits often against poor and African American patients, and including many of their own neighbors, for unpaid medical bills, a new study has revealed.
The hospital, one of the state’s largest, filed 2,400 lawsuits between 2009 and 2018 that totaled $4.8m in alleged debt from patients, according to a report from American unions AFL-CIO and National Nurses United and community advocacy group Coalition for a Humane Hopkins. The median unpaid debt that led to a lawsuit was $1,438.
More than 250 flight cancellations at Washington airports
A winter storm that contributed to at least five deaths in the US midwest pummeled the mid-Atlantic region for a second day on Sunday, bringing with it an icy mix that knocked out power, cancelled flights and contributed to hundreds of car accidents.
Virginia state police said the driver of a military surplus vehicle was killed late on Saturday after he lost control on Interstate 81 due to slick road conditions.
A massive winter snowstorm making its way across the midwest and into the US mid-Atlantic region dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Missouri and contributed to at least five deaths, authorities said on Saturday.
The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies on Friday, then east into Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, covering roads and making driving dangerous.
In the series, "Voter Voices," WTOP asked registered voters across Maryland what issues concerned them, and who would be getting their vote in the upcoming election for governor. From the crowds checking out the parade of horses at the Frederick County Fairgrounds to the shoppers looking for the freshest fish at Lexington Market in Baltimore City, Maryland residents were asked about what matters to them as they get set to vote in the general election on Nov. 6. First stop: Montgomery County.
President Donald Trump on Saturday turned his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh into a rallying cry for Republicans to vote in November, saying they can reject the "ruthless and outrageous tactics" he says Democrats used against the judge. "We see this horrible, horrible, radical group of Democrats.
Maryland's U.S. senators say the Social Security Administration is demonstrating "hostility towards its workforce" in the way it is implementing recent executive orders signed by President Donald J. Trump . Trump signed the orders in May with the stated goals of promoting accountability, rooting out poor performers and negotiating union contracts more advantageous to taxpayers and the federal government.
McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklist were all a reaction to the Cold War - the key word being "war." They were responses - widely agreed to be bad ones - to the threat from an existential enemy of American democracy.
Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court while the justices hear arguments on a gerrymandering case t's been a tough few weeks for gerrymandering reform. Two decisions in the closing days of the Supreme Court's term, Gill v.
The body of a woman who fell out of a racing sailboat during a practice on the Corsica River between Queen Anne's and Kent counties on Friday night was found nearby Sunday morning by a good Samaritan while crews searched the area, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police. Stephanie Meredith, 35, of Easton was one of 17 people aboard the log canoe when it capsized on a sharp turn before dark Friday night, said Candy Thomson, a Natural Resources Police spokeswoman.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks to the crowd after U.S. President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House July 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, TCN - OUTS ** Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks to the crowd after U.S. President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House July 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, TCN - OUTS ** President Donald Trump nominated Marylander Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Monday evening.
Government officials had agreed to reduce subsidies for fuel as ... . A police officer walks through the parking lot of the Delimart supermarket complex, where vehicles sit charred and looted merchandise lies scattered after two days of protests against a planned hike in fuel prices in Port-a... .
In this frame from video, people leave the Capital Gazette newspaper after multiple people have been shot on Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. In this frame from video, people leave the Capital Gazette newspaper after multiple people have been shot on Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Annapolis, Md.
Maryland Democrats head to the polls Tuesday to choose a nominee to challenge Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, one of several contests across the state that could send a message to the party about the direction it should take. From Bladensburg to Baltimore, progressive candidates are locked in tight battles with party establishment favorites in key races that highlight divisions in the party .