Category: Maryland

Maryland Officials Can Count Mail-In Ballots Before Election Day: Judge

Mail-in ballots can be counted before Election Day, a judge in Maryland has ruled. Maryland law states that officials can not start tabulating mail-in ballots until “8 a.m. on the Wednesday following election day.” But waiting that long would mean results could not be verified within 10 days after an election, as required by another law,…


Officials Name 2 Parents, 3 Children Who Died in Shooting

ELK MILLS, Md.—Two parents and their three children were found fatally shot at a Maryland home, authorities said Saturday. Autopsies confirmed that all five family members died from gunshot wounds, the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. An unnamed man had called 911 on Friday morning from the Elk Mills home to…


Sheriff: 3 Children Among Victims Shot to Death in Maryland

ELKTON, Md.—Two adults and three children were found shot to death Friday at a Maryland house after a man called 911 from the home to report a shooting, authorities said. Cecil County Sheriff Scott Adams said a man, a woman, and three children—in the 5th, 7th, and 8th grade—were found Friday morning in a large…


Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Member of Congress

BALTIMORE—A Maryland man has been charged with making an online threat to kill a member of Congress from Texas, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday. Justin Kuchta, 39, of Annapolis, is charged with one count of interstate communication containing a threat to injure, a felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison….


Man Charged in Maryland Deputy Sheriff’s 1971 Killing

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—A New York man has been arrested and charged with killing a law enforcement officer in Maryland more than 50 years ago, police said Wednesday. Larry David Smith, 70, admitted to shooting Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Capt. James Tappen Hall in 1971 when police detectives interviewed him in New York last Thursday, the…


Democrat Candidate for Maryland Governor Appears Set to Decline Debate Ahead of Election

The big debate in the Maryland governor’s race between Democrat Wesley Moore and Republican state Del. Dan Cox is whether the two will actually share a stage to debate. Democrats have a 2 to 1 voter majority and Moore has a 10 to 1 fundraising advantage. He is heavily favored to defeat a controversial candidate whose…


Maryland Court Rules DC-Area Sniper to Be Resentenced

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Maryland’s highest court has ruled that Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced, because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to constitutional protections for juveniles made after Malvo was sentenced to six life sentences without the possibility of parole In its 4–3 ruling, however, the Maryland Court of Appeals said it’s very unlikely…


Parents Perturbed About Maryland’s Transgender Guidelines for Public Schools

Maryland parents and politicians are pushing back against a new health curriculum that allows schools to shield from parents the fact that their children have an alternative gender identity or are transitioning to the opposite sex. A federal court on August 18 dismissed a lawsuit from an anonymous group of parents who attempted to block…


Chicago-Bound Amtrak Train Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer in Maryland

An Amtrak train from Washington crashed into a tractor-trailer in Maryland on Wednesday evening after a traffic jam left no room for the truck’s driver to leave the tracks. There were no deaths, but the driver of a passenger pick-up truck who was caught in the collision was taken to the hospital for injuries considered…


MS-13 Leader Wanted for Murder in El Salvador Arrested After Illegally Entering US: ICE

A leader of the notorious transnational criminal gang MS-13 who was facing homicide charges for alleged murders committed in El Salvador in 2017 was arrested in Maryland after entering the United States illegally, according to authorities. In a July 29 press release, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Jose Mojica Aldana, a native and citizen…