WASHINGTON – Four months after the USA PATRIOT Act was rushed to the president’s desk, few of those affected by the sweeping anti-terrorism law know how to comply with it

WASHINGTON – When Joe Jones adds marriage lessons this year to the publicly funded programs he runs at the Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development in Baltimore, he will start with the fundamentals — respect, responsibility, commitment

WASHINGTON – Enforcement of just one part of the USA Patriot Act — restricting certain persons’ access to potentially deadly pathogens — can’t begin until federal bureaucrats spell out details in new regulations

WASHINGTON – The number of jobless Marylanders expected to exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits in the first six months of this year is up 59 percent over the same period last year, according to a report released last week

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has thrown out the bulk of a class-action racial discrimination case filed by African American warehouse workers against Giant Foods

WASHINGTON- The winter has been mild and so has the flu season

ANNAPOLIS – After a week of debate and failed floor amendments, the Maryland House of Delegates Friday approved wildlife control bills decried by animal-rights activists and outdoor enthusiasts as shortsighted and simply wrong

ANNAPOLIS – A retired judge told legislators this week that bills proposed to protect Marylanders from terrorism actually erode their liberties

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has denied a former St

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland District Courts essentially would be open to victims of domestic violence day and night every day under two bills unanimously approved by the Senate Thursday