Abuse of heroin, prescription painkillers and other opioids has claimed thousands of lives in Maryland over the last decade.
Maryland immigrant rights supporters attack Trump move as cruel
By CONNER HOYT, ANGELA JACOB, J.F. MEILS, JOHNNY MOSEMAN, HELEN PARSHALL, ASHLEY CLARKE and CHANGEZ ALI Capital News Service WASHINGTON — Maryland’s congressional Democrats and various immigrant rights groups condemned the Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to rescind an order protecting…
Maryland tennis pro gives Federer rare scare in U.S. Open match
Roger Federer will go down as perhaps the greatest tennis player in history. But during a five-set match in Flushing Meadows on Tuesday night, an unseeded 19-year-old from Maryland put up the kind of challenge Federer rarely faces in the early rounds of a Grand Slam event.
Silent Minute: University of Maryland honors a student killed on campus
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Maryland, College Park observed a moment of silence Wednesday in honor of 2nd Lt. Richard W. Collins III, a Bowie State University student and Army officer who was killed on campus in May.
Waiting on weed: Medical marijuana delays in Maryland
The Maryland Legislature voted to legalized medical marijuana in 2013 but setting up a legal process for people to get medical marijuana hasn’t been so easy.
Inside a Honey Bee Hive, a Threatened Population
Honey bees across the world are experiencing extreme population declines.
When supply exceeds demand, wages for Langley Park day laborers suffer
Each weekday morning, contractors in need of day laborers to paint, mulch or hammer pull their trucks into a small strip mall here and begin negotiating with job seekers.
Stolen paychecks: how immigrant workers get ripped off
Victor, an immigrant from Guatemala, says he’s cheated on as many as 20 percent of the jobs he takes.
Pedestrian casualties mount in Maryland town as officials defer action
At least 138 pedestrians have been struck by vehicles in the past eight years on a lethal two-mile stretch of state highway that runs through this low-income immigrant community in the Washington suburbs. Eight have died.
