WASHINGTON – A federal judge refused this week to throw out a 5-year-old agreement that prevented Montgomery County fire and rescue workers from “two- hatting” — working for the county and donating time at volunteer fire departments

WASHINGTON – More than 1 million fish and crabs are sucked out of the bay each year by the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, which draws about 2

WASHINGTON – It’s a list of hate, 54 pages of Internet sites with names like www

WASHINGTON – Maryland hate crimes have dropped by almost one-third over the last five years, but the state still has the nation’s ninth-highest rate of such crimes, according to FBI data released this week

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court said the two-month jail sentence for a former U

WASHINGTON – All men are created equal

WASHINGTON – A federal court this week rejected the appeal of a Baltimore drug dealer who claimed that his 30-year sentence for dealing heroin, cocaine and crack was too harsh

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the family of a District man who died, cuffed and face down on the floor of the Prince George’s Hospital Center, while in police custody in 1995

WASHINGTON – A $24 million Justice Department grant will fund 202 new officers in Maryland – 200 in Baltimore City and one each for Garrett County and the little town of Hancock

WASHINGTON – Four Maryland men were included in the flurry of pardons and commutations that President Clinton signed on his last day of office, the Department of Justice reported