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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown speaks on May 15, 2024. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)
Apr 14, 2026

Property firm drops lawsuit challenging MD AG’s power in civil rights probes

A property management company agreed to drop a federal lawsuit against Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown's Civil Rights Division.

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Apr 14, 2026

$970.9K medical malpractice verdict might be largest in Talbot County history

A jury last week awarded a $970,900 verdict to a man who was permanently injured after an alleged mistake during a surgery went uncorrected.

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Apr 14, 2026

MD school employee charged with theft from county school system

A Maryland school employee was charged with felony theft and embezzlement for misusing a Worcester County Public Schools credit card.

FILE PHOTO: Federal immigration officers wait for respondents in a hallway to conduct targeted detainments at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, New York, on Jan. 14, 2026. (REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo)
Apr 14, 2026

Trump fires more immigration judges, including two who blocked student deportations

The Trump administration has fired more immigration judges, including two who blocked deportation attempts against pro-Palestinian students.

Bill Pulte, nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2025. (REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon)
Apr 14, 2026

Fired Fannie Mae workers can’t sue housing director for defamation, judge rules

A federal judge ruled federal housing director Bill Pulte immune from defamation claims by 61 former Fannie Mae employees fired over alleged fraud.

Pets are shown at the Baltimore Humane Society in this 2015 file photo. (The Daily Record/Maximilian Franz)
Apr 14, 2026

Judges may volunteer at government animal shelters, MD ethics committee says

Maryland judges may volunteer at government-run animal shelters, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee decided last week.

President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable on collegiate sports in the White House in Washington on March 6, 2026. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo)
Apr 13, 2026

Judge throws out Trump’s defamation case against Wall Street Journal

A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over an article describing a birthday card to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The construction of U.S. President Donald Trump's White House ballroom continues in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)
Apr 13, 2026

Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now

A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that construction on a new White House ballroom sought by President Donald Trump can proceed for now.

The Maryland Supreme Court (formerly the Court of Appeals) building is shown in Annapolis in 2004. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
Apr 13, 2026

MD Supreme Court disqualifies candidate in Anne Arundel residency dispute

The Maryland Supreme Court disqualified an Anne Arundel County resident from a House of Delegates primary race, upholding a lower court’s ruling to remove him from the ballot.

Hanson Rowe holds a jar of moonshine. Salyersville, Kentucky
Apr 13, 2026

Federal court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

A U.S. appeals court declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.

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Apr 13, 2026

Baltimore lawyers trade briefs for bats in long-running softball league

Lawyers and legal staff play in Baltimore for a decades-old softball league that fosters social connections and friendly competition.

Allison Green, chief of the Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division, and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, left, announce charges on April 2, 2024, against Anne Arundel County Police Officer Alexander Rodriguez for an unauthorized, high-speed chase that resulted in the death of a Laurel man. (The Daily Record/Rachel Konieczny)
Apr 10, 2026

Former Anne Arundel cop pleads guilty to fleeing scene of fatal crash

A former Anne Arundel County police officer pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a deadly accident.