Maryland

WASHINGTON – Commercial striped bass harvests jumped 77 percent last year in the Chesapeake Bay area, the largest increase since Maryland lifted its rockfish moratorium in 1989, the federal government reported

ANNAPOLIS – Ruling that the accused did not receive a fair trial, the Maryland Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed the double- murder conviction of Darris Ware, who was sentenced to death for the 1993 gunshot slayings in Anne Arundel County of Bettina Krista Gentry and Cynthia Allen

WASHINGTON – A federal appellate court said a Maryland prison guard was “too stupid” to realize he was placing an inmate at risk and should not be held liable for a violent knife attack by another inmate

Fast-growing Frederick has edged Rockville to become the second-largest city in Maryland, according to Census Bureau estimates released Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – Nearly two months after mandatory treadmill testing became required for most Maryland cars, few vehicles have been damaged and wait times have been short, state officials said Tuesday

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Maryland’s request to expand the type of booking questions that can be asked before a suspect receives Miranda warnings

DICKERSON – The Monocacy Aqueduct withstood attacks by Confederate troops during the Civil War

PIKESVILLE – The effects of El Nino double the likelihood that the state will see a significant snowstorm of nine inches or more this winter, the National Weather Service says

JESSUP – With multiple purchase gun sales down 80 percent and violent crime continuing to decrease, state officials claimed Friday that Maryland’s gun laws are not only the toughest in the nation, but are working

WASHINGTON – More people have died or suffered injuries related to carbon-monoxide poisoning this year than in the previous six years combined in Maryland