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A Maryland State Police vehicle rests on a highway shoulder. (File photo)
Aug 4, 2026

A young woman’s body was found 35 years ago in MD. She might finally be identified.

Maryland investigators are using forensic genetic genealogy to try to identify a woman found dead in 1991 near Interstate 270 in Frederick County.

A reveller smokes cannabis at the Mile High 420 Festival in Denver on April 20, 2026. (REUTERS/Cheney Orr)
Aug 3, 2026

Smell of cannabis can trigger police search if it’s not the only factor, MD court rules

An odor of marijuana is not normally sufficient cause for police to conduct a search, but it can be if police determine that the occupants of a car are minors, a Maryland court ruled.

Then state Del. Dalya Attar, a Baltimore City Democrat, in February 2024 called for lawmakers to prohibit Zainab Chaudry and the Council on American-Islamic Relations from serving on the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)
Jul 31, 2026

Dalya Attar case: Most charges dismissed against MD senator

Most of the criminal charges against Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar — including extortion — were dismissed Friday.

Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, who is charged as an adult with four counts of murder in the deaths of Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 6, 2024. (Brynn Anderson/Pool via REUTERS)
Jul 30, 2026

Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to prison

A man who gave his troubled son the rifle he used to kill four people at a Georgia high school was sentenced to prison.

Supreme Court of Maryland
Jul 30, 2026

Supreme Court of MD: Juvenile court, jury instruction, expert testimony, more

Juvenile court — jury instruction — expert testimony

The Maryland Supreme Court building is shown in Annapolis on June 4, 2026. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
Jul 29, 2026

Split court affirms convictions of St. Mary’s County man accused of raping daughter

The convictions of a St. Mary’s County man accused of raping his daughter split the Maryland Supreme Court four ways.

Colt Gray enters the Barrow County Courthouse, in Winder, Georgia, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Mike Stewart/Pool via REUTERS)
Jul 29, 2026

Teenage school shooter in Georgia is sentenced to life without parole

Colt Gray, who at 14 became the youngest mass school shooter in a quarter-century when he killed four people at a Georgia high school in September 2024, was sentenced.

David and Ina Steiner arrive at the federal courthouse in Boston on Sept. 29, 2022, for the sentencing hearings for former eBay Inc security executives Jim Baugh and David Harville, who pled guilty to participating in a campaign to harass the Steiners. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
Jul 28, 2026

EBay, former executives to pay $56M to settle couple’s harassment case

EBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a couple who fell victim to a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by several of its employees.

Tom Goldstein, a top U.S. Supreme Court attorney and publisher of the SCOTUS blog news website arrives for jury selection in his trial on charges of tax fraud, at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, January 13, 2026. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Jul 28, 2026

Prominent Chevy Chase lawyer sentenced for tax evasion, other financial crimes

Prominent appellate attorney Thomas C. Goldstein was sentenced following his conviction for mortgage fraud and tax crimes.

Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates released a report saying his December decision to end his partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement was justified. (The Daily Record/ File Photo)
Jul 20, 2026

Baltimore man found guilty of faking ballistics report in exoneration attempt

A Baltimore jury found a man guilty of fraud and obstruction of justice after prosecutors accused him of fabricating a ballistics report in an attempt to have his murder conviction overturned.

A 2017 Ferrari 488 Spider recovered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Baltimore Field Office in Baltimore in fiscal year 2025 was valued at $239,100. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Jul 16, 2026

$239,100 Ferrari among 307 vehicles recovered by CBP Baltimore office

There were 307 stolen vehicles recovered at seaports by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Baltimore Field Office in fiscal year 2025, a 23% increase from the previous year.

Appellate Court of Maryland
Jul 16, 2026

Appellate Court of Maryland: Handgun statute; relation back; sufficiency

Handgun statute — relation back — sufficiency