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Supreme Court gears up for new term filled with contentious disputes 09/30/2021 06:03am • Washington — The Supreme Court is slated to return to the bench for the start of its new term on Monday, with the justices set to take up politically divisive cases involving the Second Amendment, religious liberty and abortion, all while battling bruised public perception of the high court's legi Dozens of new Maryland laws to take effect on Friday 09/30/2021 04:14am • Dozens of new laws passed in the 2021 Maryland legislative session will take effect on Friday. The bills cover a variety of topics ranging from police reform — which was at center stage this year — to racial equity and gun sales. Overall, 771 bills were passed this year in the Maryland Genera Montgomery County Mental Health Court to see largest graduating class yet 09/27/2021 04:37pm • In Montgomery County, Maryland, a Mental Health Court program is helping people find ways to cope without spending lengthy sentences behind bars. Hugh Holder was an internal medicine doctor for more than 30 years. Then, about three years ago, everything changed. "I attacked my wife, and my dau For DC police commander, ending the violence in his Southeast district is 'personal' 09/25/2021 11:00am • Just a couple of hours after five people were shot outside a shopping center in Southeast D.C., John Branch, commander of the D.C. police department’s Seventh District, walked around Alabama Avenue talking to members of the community before addressing a few reporters who were still on the scene. US Senate panel advances Barron’s nomination for US attorney in Md. 09/25/2021 09:46am • The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance President Biden’s first slate of U.S. attorney nominees, including Del. Erek Barron (D-Prince George’s), who is nominated to the post in Maryland. A vote by the entire U.S. Senate is expected in the next few weeks. If confirmed, DC officers charged with murder, obstruction in scooter driver’s death 09/24/2021 05:54pm • Two D.C. police officers have been indicted in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown in Northwest last fall. Terence Sutton, 37, a 10-year police veteran, has been charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy and obstruction of justice; Andrew Zabavsky, Sutton’s lieutenant in charge of the Fourth Di 3 indicted in shooting death of 8-year-old PJ Evans 09/24/2021 01:54pm • Three men in Prince George’s County, Maryland, have been indicted in the death of 8-year-old Peyton "P.J." Evans last month. Desmond Nkwocha, 21, Mark Nkwocha, 23, and George Shamman, 23, were indicted by a grand jury Thursday, Prince George’s State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said in a state 'A gift': Mom of 8-year-old fatally shot in Prince George’s County gets suspects' handcuffs 09/16/2021 02:25pm • Prince George's County Police Chief Malik Aziz and County Executive Angela Alsobrooks provide an update on the arrest of three people in the shooting death of 8-year-old PJ Evans. The mother of an 8-year-old boy shot dead while he was playing video games in Prince George's County said Thursday s Capitol Police say they're ready for so-called 'Justice for J6' rally 09/13/2021 05:27pm • It has been more than eight months since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory. Since then, federal authorities have arrested hundreds of people in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection. A rally will be held Capitol Police call for discipline against 6 officers who responded to Jan. 6 riot 09/11/2021 08:58pm • The U.S. Capitol Police has recommended disciplinary action against six officers who responded to Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the department announced in a news release Saturday evening. The violations that were sustained against the six officers included three cases of conduct unbecoming and one case e Maryland House work group on legalizing pot lays out plans for year 09/09/2021 06:34am • A work group within the Maryland House of Delegates that is studying how to potentially legalize recreational marijuana in the state met for the first time Wednesday, laying out plans for the year ahead. Watch the meeting: The 10-member group was appointed by House Speaker Adrienne Jones, D- Missing Falls Church dad, 78, found buried in backyard; son, 19, faces murder charge 09/08/2021 06:20pm • Personnel from the Fairfax County Police Department respond to the scene of a homicide on the 3300 block of Nevius Street in Falls Church, Virginia, Sept. 8, 2021. (WTOP/Gigi Barnett) A man reported missing on Monday in Fairfax County, Virginia, was found dead Wednesday, and police said they hav Ex-WFT running back Clinton Portis pleads guilty to health-care fraud 09/07/2021 04:59pm • Former NFL running back Clinton Portis pleaded guilty to defrauding an NFL player health reimbursement fund, as part of what prosecutors say was a nationwide scheme that included about a dozen other ex-NFL players. Portis signed the plea deal on Friday in a U.S. District Court in Kentucky. The Prince George's Co. police veteran indicted on tax evasion, obstruction of justice charges 09/03/2021 11:42am • A 26-year veteran of the Prince George's County, Maryland, police department has been indicted on federal tax evasion and obstruction of justice charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. According to a six-count indictment, Edward Scott Finn, 47, of Dunkirk, Maryland, allegedly de 'We all make poor decisions' -- Arlington Co. schools shift discipline away from punishment 08/30/2021 12:12pm • The Arlington County, Virginia, public schools are reimagining discipline, in the hope that teaching valuable life lessons will benefit students more than punitive consequences. On the first day of the 2021-2022 school year, Superintendent Francisco Duran, standing outside the newly opened Cardin