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Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management is holding a five-day residential summer program for high school students in business fundamentals. It’s one of several programs offered by area higher education institutions that are designed to help students transition to college. (Courtesy of Loyola University Maryland)

MD colleges start programs to give high schoolers jump on campus life

These initiatives from Maryland institutions are introducing students to college life early in an effort designed to not only give them a head start but also to encourage them to stay.

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Judge: Baltimore IG’s records access ‘crushed’ by administration

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Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming is fighting the city law department's decision to treat her subpoenas like Maryland Public Information Act requests. (Courtesy of Isabel Cumming)

Judge: Baltimore IG’s records access ‘crushed’ by administration

A Baltimore judge seemed skeptical after hearing Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration's challenge to the city inspector general recruiting pro bono attorneys to litigate an ongoing dispute.

Business

Reed Hastings, co-founder and executive chairman of Netflix, attends the Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at The Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

Netflix co-founder Hastings exits as streaming pioneer hunts for growth

Netflix Chairman Reed Hastings is quitting the streaming service he co-founded 29 years ago as the company searches for new avenues of growth.

Government

A sign on the wall of the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 14, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)

Judge rejects DOJ effort to obtain Rhode Island’s voter data

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to force Rhode Island to turn over non-public voter data so the Trump administration could probe "election integrity."

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A 3D-printed miniature model of Elon Musk and xAI logo are seen in this illustration created on February 16, 2025. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)

NAACP sues Musk’s xAI, alleging illegal operation of gas turbines

WASHINGTON — The largest U.S. civil rights group on Tuesday sued xAI and a subsidiary, claiming they illegally operated more than two dozen gas turbines in Mississippi to power its […]

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Harbor Freight opened a new location in Severna Park's Robinson Crossing Shopping Center on April 7, 2026. (Continental Realty Corp.)

Harbor Freight opens in Severna Park

Harbor Freight, a national tool and equipment retailer, opened a new store in Severna Park’s Robinson Crossing Shopping Center.

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The Daily Record launches MD500 list of top business leaders

The MD500 magazine releasing in late July will recognize Maryland’s most influential leaders across business, law, government and more.

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Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management is holding a five-day residential summer program for high school students in business fundamentals. It’s one of several programs offered by area higher education institutions that are designed to help students transition to college. (Courtesy of Loyola University Maryland)

MD colleges start programs to give high schoolers jump on campus life

These initiatives from Maryland institutions are introducing students to college life early in an effort designed to not only give them a head start but also to encourage them to stay.

Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming is fighting the city law department's decision to treat her subpoenas like Maryland Public Information Act requests. (Courtesy of Isabel Cumming)

Judge: Baltimore IG’s records access ‘crushed’ by administration

A Baltimore judge seemed skeptical after hearing Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration's challenge to the city inspector general recruiting pro bono attorneys to litigate an ongoing dispute.

The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, which houses Maryland's two appellate courts, is seen on March 30. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)

MD Appellate Court dismisses charges after state fails to provide speedy trial

The Maryland Appellate Court this month dismissed criminal charges against a man after the state failed to provide him with a speedy trial.

Washington, D.C. police vehicles (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

DC police lieutenant arrested in MD, charged with seeking to have sex with a minor

A former head of the D.C. police union was arrested in Maryland after allegedly exchanging sexual messages and explicit images with an undercover detective posing as a teenage boy.

Among the nation’s ports, the Port of Baltimore ranks first for autos and light trucks, roll on/roll off heavy farm and construction machinery, imported sugar and imported gypsum. It ranks 11th among major U.S. ports for cargo handled and ninth nationally for total cargo value. (Port of Baltimore photo)

MD importers sue Trump administration for tariff refunds. Is it worth it?

Several Maryland firms are suing for refunds after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.

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Federal judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit

Trump ally John Eastman disbarred over bid to overturn 2020 election

Justice Department settles with IBM over alleged DEI practices

Supreme Court’s Sotomayor apologizes to Kavanaugh for ‘hurtful’ comments

Federal judge sets new limits on Trump ballroom construction

NAACP sues Musk’s xAI, alleging illegal operation of gas turbines

Trump’s reversal on child care upends bipartisan push to lower costs

AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you

The Supreme Court in January 2026. (The Washington Post)

Supreme Court hands win to Chevron, Big Oil in environmental damage case

The Supreme Court sided with Chevron, ruling that it can fight an environmental damage lawsuit in federal court — a decision that could affect the outcomes of nearly a dozen other lawsuits.

Reed Hastings, co-founder and executive chairman of Netflix, attends the Allen and Company Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at The Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

Netflix co-founder Hastings exits as streaming pioneer hunts for growth

Netflix Chairman Reed Hastings is quitting the streaming service he co-founded 29 years ago as the company searches for new avenues of growth.

A sign on the wall of the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 14, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)

Judge rejects DOJ effort to obtain Rhode Island’s voter data

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to force Rhode Island to turn over non-public voter data so the Trump administration could probe "election integrity."

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons attends a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura)

Acting ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency at end of May

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will leave the federal government at the end of May, the Trump administration said.

A Live Nation sign stands next to an office building along Hollywood Boulevard after the Department of Justice and a group of states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment in Los Angeles. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

Ticketmaster and Live Nation hold illegal monopolies, jury finds

 Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation illegally monopolized U.S. live event markets, a New York jury found on Wednesday, after a trial on the company's tactics in dealing with venues and artists.

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