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She was adopted into an abusive home in the US. Decades later, ICE deported her back to Brazil

When Maria Pires was adopted from Brazil as a child, she believed she was officially an American. But her adoptive father, who sexually abused her for years, never completed paperwork to make her a citizen.

 

Maryland leaders tell Trump they don’t need the National Guard to curb gun violence

In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s most historically underserved neighborhoods amid ongoing efforts to curb gun violence.

 

Court tosses lawsuit by Trump against Maryland federal judges, calling it ‘potentially calamitous’

The White House says a judge’s decision to throw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland is a direct assault on the president’s ability to enforce immigration laws.

 

Baltimore shipping channel reopened after explosion on cargo ship near site of 2024 bridge collapse

Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion aboard a cargo ship that was leaving the Port of Baltimore when it issued a mayday call.

 

Trump administration’s lawsuit against all of Maryland’s federal judges meets skepticism in court

A judge is considering why it was necessary for the Trump administration to sue Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order stopping the immediate deportation of immigrants challenging their removals.

 

Neo-Nazi group leader sentenced to 20 years in prison for planned Maryland power grid attack

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 beliefs.

 

Mother of 2 missing children held without bail after previous case dropped for mental health reasons

A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been held without bail and ordered to receive psychiatric treatment behind bars after she was recently rearrested and charged with murder in the 2014 disappearance of her two children.

 

Mother of 2 missing children reindicted with murder after 11 years of psychiatric treatment

A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children.

 

Lawyers say Venezuelan migrant ordered returned to US sent to home country under prisoner exchange

A Venezuelan asylum seeker who entered the U.S. as a child has been sent back to his home country after being deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison earlier this year.

 

Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government.

 

Judge scolds Justice Department for ‘refusal’ to detail deportation plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A federal judge in Maryland has scolded the Trump administration for its “utter refusal” to detail deportation plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

 

Three Zizians face trial together in Maryland amid sprawling federal investigation

Three members of a violent cultlike group will be tried together on charges of trespassing and illegal gun and drug possession in rural western Maryland.

 

Federal lawsuit adds to allegations of child sexual abuse in Maryland youth detention centers

A federal lawsuit could open a new chapter in an escalating legal battle over child sexual abuse in Maryland.

 

The Army turns 250. Trump turns 79. Cue funnel cakes, festive bling, military might — and protest

There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. Also, the spray of tear gas against nonviolent marchers in Atlanta, rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast and a confrontation in Los Angles.

 

Federal judge blocks Trump’s firing of Consumer Product Safety Commission members

A federal judge in Baltimore has blocked the terminations of three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they were fired by President Donald Trump.

 

Baltimore jail staff failed to protect a deaf man killed by his cellmate, lawsuit says

A new lawsuit alleges that a deaf man who was killed in Baltimore’s jail was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate.

 

Baltimore schools sued by former students alleging the system protected a predatory teacher

Three women are suing Baltimore’s public school system, alleging they were sexually abused by a special education teacher decades ago.

 

Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say

An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides.

 

Flash flooding forces evacuation of elementary school in western Maryland

Flooding in rural western Maryland has forced the evacuation of an elementary school as downtown homes and businesses have been inundated with rising floodwaters in Westernport.

 

Former school athletic director gets 4 months in jail in racist AI deepfake case

A former high school athletics director accused of using artificial intelligence to create a racist and antisemitic deepfake of a Maryland principal has been sentenced to four months in jail as part of a plea deal for disturbing school operations.

 

10 years after Freddie Gray’s death, calls for police reform and racial equity persist in Baltimore

Ten years ago Saturday, Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries sustained during transport in a Baltimore police van and the city was thrust into a national debate over police brutality against Black Americans.

 

Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans.

 

Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies

A federal appeals court is allowing billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

 

Trial begins for Salvadoran fugitive accused in deadly attack of Maryland hiker

A fugitive from El Salvador is on trial in the rape and murder of a Maryland woman who was attacked on a hiking trail in 2023.

 

Andrew Tate’s ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual assault and battery in new lawsuit

Andrew Tate is facing a new lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of sexual assault and battery.

 

A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead

A year after the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland leaders are honoring the six construction workers killed that night.

 

Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

 

Thousands allege sexual abuse in youth detention centers. It could cost Maryland a huge sum

Arlando “Tray” Jones is among thousands of people seeking accountability under a new state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse claims.

 

Maryland failed to assess the vulnerability of its Francis Scott Key Bridge long before it collapsed

Federal investigators say the Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommended vulnerability assessment that would have shown the Francis Scott Key Bridge was at significant risk of collapse from a ship strike long before its demise last year.

 

Federal judge considers blocking DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration systems that hold sensitive data on millions of Americans.

 

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