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On TikTok, this knitter stays a stitch ahead of his social media fans

Pikesville, Maryland, resident Sam Barsky recalls first learning of TikTok, the social media app that’s taken off across the globe, during an interview with 60 Second Docs, which produces short documentaries, in 2019.

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Marylanders buy recreational weed legally for first time ever with strong demand at dispensaries

Rodney Merrick waited nearly 50 years for Saturday.

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Commentary: There are no sanctuaries for abortion care, no matter what your state says

In the months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, progressive cities and states across the country raced to establish themselves as “havens” or “sanctuaries” for people seeking abortion care. Twelve states, including Maryland, and Washington, D.C., have since passed laws to make abortion more accessible by strengthening legal protections,…

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Gas Taxes Increase July 4th Weekend in These States

Gas taxes are rising in several states as of July 1. Do you live in or plan to travel to one of them?

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Commentary: DC Memorial to honor slain Capital Gazette journalists and US commitment to a free press

In the 1980s, Ben Cardin and I went to Congress from very different places, both politically and geographically. I was a young Republican elected in 1980 from a suburban Los Angeles district as Ronald Reagan swept into the White House. Six years later, Ben was elected as a Baltimore Democrat…

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Mega Millions Lottery winner bags $1million with birthday numbers but wants BIGGER jackpot

A Maryland woman scooped up a Mega Millions million-dollar jackpot prize after playing her birthday numbers - after decades of trying and getting nothing but bad luck

Daily Mirror

The DC Snipers shot dead 10 people through a hole in a Chevy trunk. Tarot cards secured their capture

While residents of the DC Metropolitan Area went about their daily activities, they were shot by two snipers aiming through a hole cut out of the trunk of a Chevy Caprice. Ten people lost their lives during a 23-day reign of terror now documented in Netflix’s Catching Killers. Rachel Sharp…

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Maryland's highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by 'Serial' podcast

The Supreme Court of Maryland has announced it will hear an appeal from Adnan Syed, whose conviction for killing an ex-girlfriend was reinstated by a lower court earlier this year after he was released from prison

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When Couple Is Divorcing, What Should Happen to Their Fertilized Pre-Embryos?

From Jocelyn P. v. Joshua P., decided yesterday by the Maryland Appellate Court (nonprecedential opinion by Judge Andrea Leahy, joined by Justices Christopher Kehoe & Terrence Zic): "Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that is humanly possible." -Hannah…

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Maryland Supreme Court to hear appeals from Adnan Syed, victim’s family

BALTIMORE — The Supreme Court of Maryland has agreed to hear dueling appeals from Adnan Syed and the family of the woman he was once convicted of killing.

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In Maryland's capital, a memorial is held for newspaper attack victims after another mass shooting

Grieving relatives joined current and former staff of the Capital Gazette newspaper at a wreath-laying ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland

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A police chief who became a serial arsonist is sentenced to life terms, plus 75 years

Surveillance video showed the Maryland arsonist gushing gasoline on homes before lighting fires that were sometimes explosive. One entry on his "target list" read simply, "White Privilege."

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Ex-Maryland police chief sentenced to life for string of revenge arson attacks

David Crawford, 71, set the fires in six counties over the span of a decade

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Wife, 76, 'beat husband to death' with walking stick and 'watched him die' before help arrived

A 76-year-old woman in Maryland was arrested this week after authorities had discovered she fatally beat her husband, 72, with her walking stick back in March

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‘It’s going to be hot’: Maryland cannabis firms stockpile and staff up for big demand starting Saturday

Along a flat road in rural Cecil County, Maryland, where the sky is big and the towns are small, stands a long, nondescript building. Inside is one of the most important cultivation and processing operations for the state's new cash crop — cannabis.

Daily Mirror

Woman wins $50,000 while getting nails done thanks to lucky lottery number swap

The woman identified only as the 'Grateful Winner' from the area of Forestville, Maryland, US, was reportedly getting a manicure when she realised she won $50,000

WEKU

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, free from cancer, weighs a Senate run

Raskin has given himself until July 4th to announce his plans. He's weighing a run for the U.S. Senate after going into remission following intensive cancer treatment.

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More blue states declare themselves sanctuaries for transgender health care

Democratic governors and state lawmakers across the country are mobilizing against a surge of Republican restrictions on transgender health care by establishing their states as sanctuaries for gender-affirming care.

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Don’t toss that crab shell. A substance found in it could be key to renewable energy, researchers say

BALTIMORE — At summertime backyard feasts, crab shells are just a barrier between hunger and satisfaction. Marylanders smash the crustaceans’ protective casings with wooden mallets, pick out the tasty meat and toss the remnants aside.

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Frequent Pro Se Plaintiff Suing Court Document Archive PlainSite Over Publication of Court Records

Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen) and Oliver Edwards are defending against the claims (in Joe Johnson v. Think Computer Corp.) on behalf of PlainSite's operator (Think Computer Corp.); an excerpt (and I'll also excerpt Johnson's counterarguments when they're filed): The plaintiff is a prolific pro se litigant who has been…

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A year since Dobbs, these are the many ways states are protecting abortion

Abortion access has declined dramatically nationwide, but many states have further protected abortion by enacting "shield laws," allocating funding, stockpiling medication and repealing old laws.

The Independent UK

Adnan Syed asks appeals court to deny request from victim's family

Lawyers for Adnan Syed are asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of crime victims in post-conviction proceedings

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Maryland Supreme Court Limits Testimony on Bullet-Matching Evidence

The ruling is likely the first by a state supreme court to undercut the popular forensic technique.

Salon

Jermaine Fowler on Black horror survival

"The Blackening" star and comedian discusses his stand-up, his lifelong love of horror and what actually scares him

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US Rep. Jamie Raskin pushes Supreme Court expansion 1 year after decision overturning abortion rights

BALTIMORE — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin thinks it’s time to expand the U.S. Supreme Court.

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