Lawmakers in 2017 passed the Maryland Defense Act, which gives the attorney general the broad authority to file lawsuits against the federal government over actions or inactions that threaten the public interest and welfare of Marylanders.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates plans to retry the case of Daaon Spears, 18, of Edmondson Village, who is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with first-degree murder and related offenses. His first trial recently ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.

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Davis, 29, of Parkland, Florida, bought the penthouse condominium in 2023 for $3.4 million from Scott Plank, a real estate developer and the brother of Under Armour President and CEO Kevin Plank.

For decades, York County, Pennsylvania, has been a place where Baltimore area government employees live. It's more conservative than the three counties that it touches in Maryland, and now plays a role in the presidential election.

James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, stood trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and displaying obscene matter to a child.

James Weems, Jr., 59, of Towson, testified in his own defense on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court during his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and related offenses.

James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, is accused of sexually abusing four children at Lil Kidz Kastle Daycare Center. He's set to stand trial this week in Baltimore County Circuit Court.

The jury, though, neither heard about the shooting nor learned that she’s currently serving a four-year sentence.

A jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the case of Daaon Spears, 18, of Edmondson Village, who stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including first-degree murder.

District Judge LaTina Burse Greene on Wednesday ordered Jack Callis to continue to be held without bail.

Councilman Dion Guthrie, 86, a Democrat, is charged with one count of theft between $1,500 and $25,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501.

Jack Callis, 24, faces one count of first-degree assault and three counts of second-degree assault.

Daaon Spears, 18, of Edmondson Village, is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the mass shooting in the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore on Jan. 4, 2023. At the time, he was 16.

John Callis, 24, of Baltimore, is wanted on one count of first-degree assault and three counts of second-degree assault, Baltimore Police reported on Thursday.

Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served two terms as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023, argued the change was necessary because of a new job.

Toward the end of an almost four-hour sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson told William Rich, “There’s a lot more to your life than what you did.”

The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court against Concrete General Inc., the state of Maryland and two drivers arrested and charged in the crash.

At 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, Scott walked into Courtroom 636 in the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse with two members of his security detail trailing him. His time as an alternate juror, though, quickly came to an end.

Charles “Chuck” Yocum is running against Erica McFarland in District 3, which includes Pasadena and Gibson Island.