Maryland

WASHINGTON – Maryland law mandates that state schools stand up and salute the flag every morning and school officials say they do — but some parents say they find that hard to believe

WASHINGTON – The turnover rate for screeners at Baltimore/Washington International Airport hit 155 percent in one year, a rate that officials say is typical in the industry and leads to poorly trained screeners working in airport terminals

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawmakers lauded President Bush’s call Thursday for “resolve and determination” in the long fight against terrorists and their sponsor states

WASHINGTON – Maryland poultry producers are welcoming China’s entry into the World Trade Organization this week, a move that could open vast new markets for U

ANNAPOLIS – The terrorists who hijacked four planes, flying them into the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and a field outside Pittsburgh on Sept

WASHINGTON – Airline officials told Congress Wednesday that they expect to cut 100,000 jobs — hundreds of which lawmakers fear would be in Maryland — and that the cuts will be even deeper without billions of dollars in immediate assistance

ANNAPOLIS – Owners of small airfields in Maryland are losing thousands of dollars a day and their properties could close because flights were halted from the airports nationwide after hijacked jetliners crashed into Pentagon and World Trade Center last week

WASHINGTON – A federal judge Wednesday overturned the murder conviction and death sentence against Kevin Wiggins in the 1988 killing of a 77-year-old Baltimore County woman

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland may have difficulty funding existing government programs, let alone any new security measures demanded by last week’s terrorist air attacks, given the new lower estimates of sales and corporate tax revenues released Wednesday

ROCKVILLE – The 70 members of Montgomery County’s Urban Search and Rescue Team got a hero’s welcome Tuesday as they returned home after a week of digging — in vain — for survivors in the rubble of the Pentagon