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    Excerpts from an internal affairs complaint involving multiple officers.
    Sexual affair allegations lead to multiple suspensions at Ocean City Police Department
    Allegations of sex tapes, Snapchat, burner phones and a wide-ranging sex scandal underlie a citizen complaint that led to several officer suspensions at the Ocean City Police Department.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
    Death of inmate at a state prison being investigated as a homicide
    An inmate’s death at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Princess Anne is being investigated as a homicide and another inmate is the target of the probe, Maryland State Police said Saturday.
    Meeting the the needs of migrant children in Maryland will make our communities stronger, a Pikesville physician says.
    Letters: Immigrants have always made America better
    Meeting the the needs of migrant children in Maryland and their families will make our communities stronger, a Pikesville physician says.
    The Bay Bridge is arguably the most famous bridge in Maryland, crossing the Chesapeake between Annapolis and Kent Island.
    Expect traffic: Thousands to cross Bay Bridge for Memorial Day weekend
    AAA estimates peak travel times will be Thursday and Friday afternoons as people get off work.
    They filed complaints about Ocean City Police. Then they were criminally prosecuted.
    In Maryland’s coastal tourist hub, the top prosecutor is accused of trying to chill citizen complaints about police.
    Baltimore crabber and social media influencer Luke McFadden with his hook, which he uses to fish items from rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. (Screen shot from TikTok)
    Months after settlement, worries remain about impact of sewage overflows on Bay, rivers
    A viral video sounded the alarm about the effect of the city's sewage overflows on the Chesapeake Bay. The city has until 2030 to prevent them from occurring.
    From left: Sarah Stanton, Kim Dobson Sydnor and Maija Anderson.
    Commentary: Long emergency room wait times point to health system failures
    Rethinking approaches to health care and adopting a new nursing initiative would help alleviate long emergency care wait times that put Marylanders at risk, leaders of health care and nursing programs at Johns Hopkins and Morgan State universities say.
    The patio at Gunther & Co.
    10 Mother’s Day restaurant suggestions that’ll make you seem like a good kid
    Seal the deal as the favorite child by celebrating Mother’s Day at one of these 10 restaurants recommended by food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    People walk along the Ocean City Boardwalk.
    Ocean City making opioid overdose medication publicly available
    The boxes will have instructions on how to administer the medication and a QR code that can be scanned to learn more about opioid overdoses and nalaxone.
    Three signs at the Brodess Farm, where Harriet Tubman was enslaved. The State Roads Commission sign and Underground Railroad Byway sign contradict each other. The newer byway sign is correct.
    State’s Harriet Tubman signs contain crucial errors, biographer says
    For more than 100 years, Tubman was credited with freeing 300 people — but that figure is way off, according to a biographer.
    A map that shows the path of totality for the April 2024 solar eclipse over the United States.
    Solar eclipse in Maryland: The forecast and when to look outside
    The National Weather Service predicts the best chance of seeing Monday's solar eclipse thorugh cloud coverage will be along or east of I-95.
    A map of the earthquake felt Friday morning.
    4.8 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey sends tremors through Maryland
    An earthquake detected in New Jersey could be felt in some areas of Maryland Friday morning.
    The Taipei Triumph, a 7-year-old container ship out of Singapore, passing underneath the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
    Is the Bay Bridge safe? Key Bridge collapse has engineers taking a closer look
    Protecting the piers holding up the Bay Bridge will likely be costly but necessary.
    Tyler Mailloux, 23, leaves Worchester County Courthouse in Snow Hill, MD on August 18, 2023. Mailloux was charged with 17 counts in the deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp, who was struck on a road outside Ocean City on July 11, 2022.
    Maryland appeals court reinstates charges in deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp outside Ocean City
    The Appellate Court of Maryland issued the ruling in the case of Tyler Mailloux less than one month after hearing oral argument.
    The sign outside the town government and police department offices in Ridgely, Maryland.
    A town on the Eastern Shore suspended its entire police force. Residents want to know why.
    The largely unexplained decision has left Ridgely residents skeptical and on edge.
    It’s not just the city. Baltimore County lost population last year, too, new data shows.
    Counties around the state grew in 2023. But why is Baltimore still lagging behind?
    Susan Gross and Erin Hager are faculty members in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
    Commentary: Maryland’s Blueprint left out free meals for students
    Maryland must make free meals available to all its public school students to promote good health, academic achievement and educational equity, two faculty members at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.
    A sign detailing Ocean City’s history, with the ferris wheel lit rainbow in the righthand background.
    ‘Ocean City is Not For Sale’: Mayor rejects payment from offshore wind company
    Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan dramatically rejected money from an offshore wind company in a press release.
    Tyler Mailloux, 23, leaves Worchester County Courthouse in Snow Hill, MD on August 18, 2023. Mailloux was charged with 17 counts in the deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp, who was struck on a road outside Ocean City on July 11, 2022.
    Were charges in fatal hit-and-run of Gavin Knupp filed correctly? Appeals court to decide
    A panel of three judges — Rosalyn Tang, Michael W. Reed and James R. Eyler — listened and asked questions for about 25 minutes in the Appellate Court of Maryland. It’s unclear when the court will issue an opinion.
    An enlarged print of “Frederick Douglass Liberty," featured on the side of a building in Easton, has drawn controversy.
    An artist took liberties with Frederick Douglass. Some on the Eastern Shore question the art.
    The mural in Easton opened a contentious debate that has yet to resolve.
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