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#1 Neo-Nazi Leader Sentenced for Planned Maryland Power Grid Attack
Aug 12 2025 // The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist...
#2 Maryland Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 32 Years Sues Authorities
Jul 28 2025 // A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials in a lawsuit announced Thursday, though four of the five...
#3 FEMA Denies Maryland Disaster Aid Request for Western Counties Hit by May Floods
Jul 25 2025 // The Trump Administration has denied Maryland’s request for federal disaster aid for damage caused by severe storms and flooding on May 13 and 14 in Allegany and Garrett Counties in the western part of the state. Gov....
#4 Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy
Aug 26 2025 // The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the...
#5 Maryland Man Charged in Ponzi Scheme Claimed He Knew Buffett’s Investments
Sep 23 2025 // A Harvard Business School graduate accused of defrauding fellow alumni out of millions of dollars by claiming he could identify where Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway would invest next has been indicted for fraud,...
#6 Maryland Officials Say Autopsies Misclassified Deaths in Police Custody
May 20 2025 // An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by...
#7 Thousands Allege Sexual Abuse in Maryland Youth Detention Centers
Mar 24 2025 // Arlando “Tray” Jones was a toddler when his dad was killed by Baltimore police during a robbery. His mom died several years later after battling alcoholism. His surviving relatives often struggled to provide...
#8 Court Invalidates Maryland Digital Ad Tax for Blocking Tech Firms From Telling About It
Aug 20 2025 // Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies’ right to...
#9 Lawsuit Filed Over Jailhouse Killing of Deaf Man in Maryland
Jun 16 2025 // In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate, according to a lawsuit...
#10 Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse
Sep 5 2025 // The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied the protections of a federal maritime law it seeks to invoke because it is not the owner of the ship,...
#11 Maryland Insurers Must Disclose Use of Claims History for All P/C Lines
Sep 16 2025 // Maryland’s insurance commissioner is advising insurers that if they consider claims history in deciding whether to cancel or non-renew coverage, they must disclose this practice at the inception of a policy and at...
#12 Ship Owner in Baltimore Bridge Collapse Blames Maryland, Others in Liability Case
Oct 31 2024 // As a sprawling liability case takes shape following the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, the owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to deflect responsibility and...
#13 Maryland Slashes Damages Amounts Allowed in Child Sex Abuse Cases
Apr 24 2025 // Maryland, which in 2023 passed the Child Victims Act (CVA) that allows survivors who were victims of sexual abuse as minors to sue their abusers anytime, has now cut by half the amounts that may be awarded in such...
#14 Trump Files to Cancel Approval of Maryland Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 15 2025 // The Trump administration asked a federal court to cancel the approval of a $6 billion wind project planned off the coast of Maryland as part of a wider effort to halt the development of the offshore clean- energy...
#15 Maryland Could Have Reduced Risk of Key Bridge Collapse: NTSB
Mar 21 2025 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is harshly criticizing Maryland officials for failing to conduct a risk assessment of the Francis Scott Key Bridge before it collapsed a year ago and is recommending that 30...
#16 Maryland Sues Gore-Tex Maker Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution
Dec 30 2024 // Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning about...
#17 Driver Crashes Into Birthday Party Killing Woman and Injuring 8 Kids in Maryland
Oct 22 2025 // A hit-and-run driver slammed into an outdoor birthday party in suburban Washington, D.C., killing a woman and injuring eight kids on Saturday evening, police said. Thirteen people were hurt in the the crash in Bladensburg,...
#18 Maryland Lawmakers Send Bill Limiting Sexual Abuse Liabilities to Governor
Apr 7 2025 // Maryland lawmakers passed a measure Saturday to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions after thousands of people unexpectedly came forward with allegations of abuse,...
#19 Maryland Regulator Takes Action Against Erie Insurance Over Discrimination Claims
Mar 14 2025 // Maryland’s insurance regulator has announced actions to settle a long-running dispute with Erie Insurance Group over a report on the insurer’s practices involving some urban agents and their insureds. The...
#20 Boy Swept Away as Virginia and Maryland Hit With Heavy Rains and Flooding
May 16 2025 // Officials found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also forced a dozen students to stay overnight at a Maryland high school due to heavy rains...
