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In this aerial image released by the Maryland National Guard, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024. (Maryland National Guard via AP)
May 3, 2024

Salvage crews prepare to clear Key Bridge span from ship’s bow in Baltimore

Salvage crew members were gearing up to remove the massive piece of the Francis Scott Key Bridge lying on top of the Dali ship in Baltimore.

Former Howard County Police Accountability Board member Jim Gormley, right, and police accountability advocate Ted Stewart speak with reporters outside the Howard County administration building on Dec. 12, 2023. (Paul Kiefer/Capital News Service)
May 3, 2024

Legal gray areas frustrate implementation of MD police accountability law

Three years after state lawmakers celebrated the passage of the Maryland Police Accountability Act, rollout has proven slow and inconsistent.

In this July 25, 2017, file photo, Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Ledecky is among a diverse group of 19 individuals to be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
May 3, 2024

MD native Katie Ledecky among 19 recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom

Maryland native Katie Ledecky is among a diverse group of 19 individuals to be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel prepares to testify before a hearing April 27, 2023, in Washington. The IRS said May 2, 2024, it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers. And the agency is more closely examining the returns of larger numbers of wealthy people and major companies. The discriminatory audits, Werfel told reporters, “degrade trust in our tax system.” (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
May 3, 2024

IRS acts to address wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers, other filers

The IRS said it has taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers.

The Transportation Security Administration's new facial recognition technology is seen at a Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport security checkpoint on April 26, 2023. A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the TSA, saying they're concerned about travelers' privacy and civil liberties. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
May 3, 2024

Senators want limits on government use of facial recognition technology for airport screening

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 2, 2024

Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over Gaza war

President Joe Biden rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza.

A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it in the morning March 26, 2024, and multiple vehicles fell into the water. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
May 2, 2024

Key Bridge rebuild expected to cost up to $1.9B, open in four years, MD official says

The rebuilt Francis Scott Key Bridge, estimated to open in four years and cost up to $1.9 billion, Maryland’s top transportation official said.

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks during a news conference on April 22, 2020, in Laurel. (The Daily Record file / Bryan P. Sears)
May 2, 2024

Democratic Senate candidate Alsobrooks aims to bring new perspective to Capitol

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks hopes to bring a new perspective to the U.S. Senate.

Rep. David Trone speaks at a news conference in the United States Capitol on April 19, 2024. He hopes to replace Sen. Ben Cardin (left), D-Maryland, who is retiring. Reps. John Sarbanes, D-Maryland, and Andy Harris, R-Maryland, look on. (Katharine Wilson/Capital News Service)
May 2, 2024

Democratic Senate hopeful Trone sees himself as progressive conciliator

Rep. David Trone views himself as an outsider in Congress.

Arizona Supreme Court Justices from left; William G. Montgomery, John R Lopez IV, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel, Clint Bolick and James Beene listen to oral arguments on April 20, 2021, in Phoenix. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled April 9, 2024, that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother’s life is at stake. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
May 1, 2024

Arizona’s Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban

Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions.

“We intend to introduce and pass emergency legislation next session that reflects this understanding, and, in the meantime, we encourage MHEC to exercise the agency’s appropriate executive discretion in implementation,” Sen. Brian Feldman, pictured, and Del. Ben Barnes, both committee chairs and lead negotiators on the bill for their respective chambers, wrote in their letter to state education officials. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)
May 1, 2024

MD lawmakers cite ‘misunderstanding’ in retracting right of first refusal for UMD, 4 HBCUs

Maryland legislators walked back their approval of a right of first refusal for certain academic programs, writing that a “misunderstanding” led to its passage.

In this March 22, 2019, file photo, marijuana buds are seen in prescription bottles after being sorted at Compassionate Care Foundation’s medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
May 1, 2024

What DEA’s reclassification of marijuana as less dangerous means

The Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. What are the implications?

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