ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that when a parent consents to a police search of his or her home, police may search any personal belongings left in common areas by a minor child, even if the child objects

WASHINGTON – Eighth-graders in Maryland public schools scored below the national average in a science test last year, the Education Department said Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – A program that provides rehabilitative services for non-violent substance abuse offenders will take its first steps Wednesday toward expanding into six other counties

WASHINGTON – Montgomery County continued to lead Maryland in business development, but neighboring Howard County and sections of the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland experienced faster growth rates, the government reported

WASHINGTON – NAACP officials and black federal workers, calling the Interior Department racist and “the whitest of all federal agencies,” Tuesday demanded Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s resignation

SILVER SPRING – Two dozen historic buildings at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center are in such disrepair that the Pentagon is considering ripping down or selling off the structures

WASHINGTON – A Capitol Heights trash hauling company violated fair labor standards in efforts to stop truckers from unionizing, a federal appeals court ruled

WASHINGTON – Several times a day, air traffic controllers carry white plastic buckets full of thin pieces of plastic into Washington National Airport’s new state-of-the-art control tower

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously ruled Thursday that the clock starts ticking on a defendant’s request for a new sentence on his most recent sentencing date

ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly Compensation Commission Wednesday began meeting to decide whether to increase the salaries and benefits of Maryland lawmakers, work that is expected to take about six weeks