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New laws that take effect in Md. on Oct. 1 09/30/2019 11:18am • A general view of the front of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Hundreds of Maryland laws are going into effect Tuesday, spanning subjects from criminal justice reform to election law to the state’s medical cannabis commission. A generous number of the Hopeful and disappointed: 2 groups differ on nominee for Montgomery County police chief 09/25/2019 07:00pm • The county executive's proposal to give Montgomery County, Maryland's acting police chief the top job officially is receiving mixed responses from two community groups. The Silver Spring Justice Coalition is "very disappointed," according to steering committee member Katie Stauss. Citing Marcu Prince George's Co. police officer charged in domestic-related assault faces suspension 09/25/2019 05:30pm • A Prince George's County police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend while he was off duty Tuesday night in Laurel, Maryland, has been charged, and the department will suspend him without pay. Cpl. Steven Davis, who has been with the department for seven years, faces multiple charges, inc 'Violence in the Home' panel in Montgomery Co. spreads awareness about signs of abuse 09/21/2019 03:40pm • Community members, advocates and law enforcement officials gathered in Montgomery Village, Maryland, on Saturday to discuss the many signs of abuse during a panel at the Covenant United Methodist Church. Sen. Nancy King (District 39) moderated the panel discussion: "Violence in the Home." "The Supreme Court DC sniper case examines teen murderers' sentences 09/21/2019 10:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices' eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year- Former director of military charity sentenced to 1 year in prison for fraud, tax evasion 09/15/2019 03:21pm • FILE — Armed Forces Foundation President Patricia Driscoll is shown during an interview at the Venetian hotel-casino Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/ Ronda Churchill) The former director of a major military charity was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Friday for stealin DC man who fatally stabbed runner sentenced to 30 years 09/13/2019 01:45pm • Photos of Wendy Martinez, the 35-year-old who was killed while running, are on display during a vigil in Logan Circle in D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)                 The D.C. man who fatally stabbed a woma 'Seems like yesterday': 5 years later, remembering murdered U.Va. student Hannah Graham 09/13/2019 04:28am • UVa. student Hannah Graham disappeared five years ago Friday. (Photo Courtesy Charlottesville, Va. Police Department) Former Albemarle County, Virginia, prosecutor Denise Lunsford didn't know the victim's name at the time, but she had the incident marked on her calendar: "I remember hearing ther Prince George's Co. state's attorney details plans for criminal justice reform 09/11/2019 03:54am • Delivering the county's first "State of Justice Report" in Prince George's County, Maryland, State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy reaffirmed her plans for criminal justice reform. In a speech to the criminal justice community Braveboy outlined several initiatives, including her centerpiece — juvenil MS-13 member sentenced for extorting businesses in Langley Park area 09/09/2019 03:02pm • A member of the MS-13 gang from Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for extorting from businesses in the area. Gerdandino Delgado-Escobar, 24, was sentenced to 51 months, followed by three years of supervised release on Monday, the Office of U.S. Attorne White House takes aim at Montgomery Co.'s immigration policy, leads to threats 09/07/2019 02:50pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland council is accusing the Trump administration of spreading misinformation about its immigration policies, with members saying they received threats after a post on the White House Facebook page. "Last month, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich ordered the co Mother of Charlottesville car attack victim sues murderer 09/05/2019 02:00pm • Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed in 2017 during a white supremacist rally, filed a $12 million lawsuit Aug. 30 against 22-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of a woman killed when a man rammed his car through a crowd p Investigation: Urban poor hit hardest as the planet heats up 09/03/2019 09:23pm • In this July 24, 2019 photo, the sun beats down on the 500 block of North Rose St., in the McElderry Park neighborhood, of Baltimore. Like many streets in East Baltimore, the block offers no shade and almost no cooling breeze for residents.(University of Maryland Capital News Service via AP) BAL A community divided: DC residents split on drug kingpin Rayful Edmond's release 08/31/2019 02:24am • It was the first of its kind poll, asking D.C. residents to give input on whether a notorious, convicted drug trafficker should be considered for early release. Hundreds of people weighed in on Rayful Edmond's resentencing, and the consensus is split. Of the 510 people interviewed — their na Md. teen searched for 'murder' song, was caught on 911 tape moments after killing 08/27/2019 06:05pm • A Maryland teenager is facing the possibility of life behind bars after admitting to a judge he killed a young father just to steal from him. "I'm feeling very glad that there's some justice for Steven Wilson's family," said Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess, but added that t