MD Man Arrested for Threatening Dr. Fauci, Said Fauci Would Be ‘Dragged Into Street, Beaten to Death, and Set on Fire’
A Maryland man was arrested for persistently threatening to harm Dr. Anthony Fauci and his family, along with another top physician. Thomas Patrick Connally Jr., aged 56, allegedly sent various emails that over and over again threatened acts of gun violence, physical beatings, torture and arson, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
Read full storyMD Health Officials Considering Requiring Vaccination Passports to Boost Vaccine Numbers
(Jasmin Merdan / Getty Images) A top Maryland health official told the press Friday the state is considering requiring proof of vaccination in some settings. No conclusions have yet been made, but it is affirmation of the expanding apprehension to increase the vaccination rate, which has notably decelerated.
Read full storyFormer Maryland County Police Chief Selected as New U.S. Capitol Police Chief
The Associated Press reported earlier Monday that Thomas Manger had been chosen as the new chief of the Capitol Police.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) A police official who has headed massive departments in Maryland and Virginia has been designated as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in the fallout of the January 6th insurrection, whereupon pro-Trump rioters stormed the property in a brutal rampage, interrupting the certification of now-President Joe Biden’s win.
Read full storyMD Uber Eats Driver Wins $250,000 in the Lottery
The woman is known as "Grateful Mom" for anonymity purposes.(Courtesy of The Maryland Lottery) For anyone that believes that their fortune is against them, this is a reminder to never say never. A Maryland Uber Eats driver and mother of five is sitting comfortably after buying a scratch-off lottery ticket a few weeks ago that eventually earned her $250,000.
Read full storyGov. Hogan 'Renews' COVID State of Emergency Statewide
(via Robert Lang, WBAL-TV 11) Governor Larry Hogan recently signed a proclamation that officials say will help the state continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proclamation signed this past Monday, also uploaded onto the governor's website, "declares that a State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency continues to exist in Maryland."
Read full story2 Baltimore Officers Indicted in Alleged Assault of Teenager
(Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images) A Baltimore police officer and his supervising sergeant have been indicted after the officer allegedly body-slammed a teenage suspect onto pavement and threatened to choke him to death as he was struggling to handcuff him, prosecutors reported this Friday.
Read full storyMD Man with Ties to 'Boogaloo' Group Sentenced to Home Confinement for Illegal Gun
Members of the "boogaloo boys" join other gun rights advocates in front of the State House as pro-gun supporters gather on January 18, 2021.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A Maryland man who was part of an anti-government radical movement was sentenced this past Thursday to six months of home confinement for the illegal possession of a firearm.
Read full storyMD House Speaker Expresses Support for Cannabis Referendum
MD House speaker says that she supports a referendum to legalize marijuana on next year’s ballot. House Speaker Adrienne Jones announced a workgroup on Friday to study how to implement a recreational marijuana program in Maryland, if voters approve.
Read full storyMD Man Found Criminally Responsible for Murder of 5 in Newspaper Massacre
(Photo illustration by The Daily Beast) More than three years after the attack on the Capital Gazette newspaper that left five dead, survivors and family members of victims embraced in relief and applauded the jury for quickly rejecting the gunman's plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.
Read full storyTom Perez, Former Labor Secretary Under Obama, Announces Run For MD Governor
(Photo via CBS Baltimore Staff) Tom Perez revealed that he will run for Maryland governor this past Wednesday morning. Perez has a long government resume, holding positions on the state, local and federal level. He is a former Maryland Labor Secretary and former Democratic National Committee Chairman.
Read full storyMD Board Of Education Evaluates Spending $2 Billion In Stimulus Funds
The state's MARC Rail and Commuter Bus lines will return to full service on August 30, the Maryland Transit Administration announced.(Photo: Bruce DePuyt, Maryland Matters) The Maryland State Board of Education evaluated the state’s 100+ page proposal for paying almost $2 billion in COVID-19 emergency funding on Tuesday — and reverting to in-person education is a top priority.
Read full storyMTA To Return To Full MARC And Commuter Bus Service Later This Summer
The Maryland MARC Rail and Commuter Bus lines are planning to return to full service on August 30, the Maryland Transit Administration announced on Monday. As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease and life begins returning to normal, representatives have said that the return to pre-COVID schedules are anticipated to aid the constituents htat use public transit to travel to work, school, appointments, and entertainment.
Read full story$1.7 Million in Drugs Were Confiscated in Arrest, Two People Detained
Anne Arundel County Police arrested and charged two people in connection to a drug trafficking ring and conspiracy to disseminate heroin, cocaine, "crack" and fentanyl spanning October of 2019 to May of this year.
Read full storyLawsuit Filed Against Gov. Hogan for Decision to End Federal Unemployment Aid
Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot at a Jan. 8, 2020 Board of Public Works meeting.(Governor's Office photo) Unemployed residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland Secretary of Labor, Tiffany Robinson, in an attempt to block the state’s decision to stop the enhanced federal unemployment aid.
Read full storyMD Hospitals to Require COVID-19 Vaccination from All Employees
(Photo via Nashville Tennessean) Maryland’s 60 hospitals and healthcare systems banded together Wednesday to announce that they will require all employees and clinicians to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
Read full storyJon Baron Announces Run for MD Governor
(Photo courtesy of Jon Baron’s campaign website) The previous nonprofit executive, Jon Baron (D), has announced he is running for governor of Maryland. The Democrat made his gubernatorial bid official in an announcement on Monday; it is the very first time Baron has run for any public office position.
Read full storyMD Reports No New COVID-19 Deaths for First Time Since October 2020
For the first time since Oct. 18, 2020, Maryland reported no new COVID-19 deaths on Sunday. Governor Larry Hogan (R) welcomed the news, tweeting, “Maryland is reporting zero new COVID-19 deaths for the first time since October 18, 2020 — another major milestone as our state emerges from the pandemic.”
Read full storyMD Identifies Over 1 Million Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Since The Beginning of COVID-19 Pandemic
More than one million fraudulent employment claims have been filed in Maryland since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. In the department’s press release Monday, the state DoL announced that over 508,000 fraudulent new unemployment insurance claims have been detected since the start of May — bringing the total number of fraudulent claims to just over 1.3 million.
Read full storyMD Mental Health Bill Honoring Rep. Jamie Raskin’s Late Son Will Go Into Effect Next Week
Gov. Larry Hogan (R), center, shakes hands with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) at a news conference to introduce the Thomas Bloom Raskin Act.(Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Almost six months since Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) lost his son, Thomas or “Tommy” Raskin, the Maryland congressman met with Governor Larry Hogan and other lawmakers in Annapolis on Monday to divulge a new state program that seeks to deal with mental health issues. This program is to be named after the son of Rep. Jamie Raskin, who died by suicide in December of last year.
Read full storyTension Following Bid to Remove Confederate Statue in Talbot County
Some local groups have been rallying in an effort to remove a Confederate statue in Talbot County. The Move the Monument Coalition and the Talbot County NAACP have been trying for years to get the Talbot Boys monument moved from the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse in Easton.
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