October 25, 2019 Tree crashes into Maryland home, teen girls credit household appliance for saving them Two Maryland teens were miraculously unharmed when a large tree uprooted and crashed into their living room -- and now the family is crediting a kitchen appliance for saving their lives.
October 22, 2019 Naval Academy midshipman charged with sexual assault of sleeping classmates A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman and onetime Navy soccer team player was hit with charges including sexual assault after investigators accused him of breaking into dorm rooms or berthing areas to attack female classmates at least four times, according to court documents released Tuesday.
October 21, 2019 Elijah Cummings to 'lie in state' in Capitol's Statuary Hall in new arrangement The late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., will “lie in state” this Thursday in Statuary Hall of the Capitol ahead of his funeral in Baltimore on Friday, officials announced.
October 20, 2019 Tommy D'Alesandro, Nancy Pelosi's brother and former Baltimore mayor, dead at 90 from stroke complications The eldest brother of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a former Baltimore mayor, Thomas D’Alesandro III, died Sunday at the age of 90 due to complications from a stroke, his family said.
October 19, 2019 Elijah Cummings' widow expected to run for his House seat: report Maya Rockeymoore, widow of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, is expected to run for her late husband’s House seat, according to a report.
October 18, 2019 Elijah Cummings remembered by politicians, activists, celebrities As news spread that powerful House Democrat Elijah Cummings, D-Md., died early Thursday, tributes from colleagues, admirers and critics poured in, expressing shock and sadness that the 68-year-old champion of Baltimore was gone.
October 17, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: Rep. Elijah Cummings' megaphone goes silent Rep. Elijah Cummings walked the streets of Baltimore in 2015 to appeal for calm, but he didn't need a megaphone to be heard.
October 16, 2019 Supreme Court seems split on DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's potential resentencing The U.S. Supreme Court seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant Lee Boyd Malvo, one half of the "D.C. sniper" duo who terrorized the nation nearly two decades ago, a new sentencing hearing.
October 16, 2019 Satanic Temple: US Naval Academy should host satanic services The Satanic Temple (TST) nontheistic religious group intends to make sure a group of Navy Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Md., are not discriminated against after an internal academy email prematurely sent last week stated "satanic services" would start, but later walked back the statement and clarified that some Midshipmen requested space for a "study group," according to officials.
October 15, 2019 Man drives tractor 5,600 miles around US to support wounded vets Florida resident C. Ivan Stoltzfus on Saturday completed a 5,600-mile journey around the country driving his 1948 John Deere Model A tractor to raise awareness for wounded veterans and the nonprofit Operation Second Chance, a group committed to serving injured and ill veterans.
