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March 21, 2016

Mother of missing kids tries to escape psychiatric hospital

A mother suspected in the disappearance of her two children has repeatedly tried to escape from a maximum-security psychiatric hospital.

March 21, 2016

Maryland boys recovering after falling down 30-foot hole

Officials say an 11-year-old boy has been rescued after falling into a 30-foot-deep hole in Rosedale.

March 18, 2016

Man pleads guilty to arson, looting during Baltimore unrest

A 20-year-old Baltimore man pleaded guilty to charges stemming from fires and looting during the unrest after Freddie Gray's death, and to an unrelated assault.

March 18, 2016

Officer seen spitting on handcuffed man is convicted of assault

A Baltimore police officer has been found guilty of second-degree assault and misconduct in office after a video appeared to show him spitting on a man in handcuffs last year.

March 17, 2016

Maryland Senate OKs state song changes, cuts 'Northern scum'

Maryland lawmakers took a step Thursday toward scrubbing references to "Northern scum" and other Civil War-era phrases from the official state song.

March 17, 2016

Maryland inmate convicted in prison drone conspiracy

A Maryland inmate has been convicted of conspiring with two other men to fly drugs and other contraband into a maximum-security prison aboard a drone.

March 17, 2016

Police: Officer mistook plainclothes officer for threat

The plainclothes police officer who died in a chaotic shootout at a Maryland police station was deliberately shot by a fellow officer who did not recognize him and viewed him as an armed threat, a police chief said Wednesday.

March 16, 2016

Police chief: Shooting death of Maryland cop a case of mistaken identity

The plainclothes police officer who died in a chaotic shootout at a Maryland police station was deliberately shot by a fellow officer who did not recognize him and viewed him as an armed threat, a police chief said Wednesday.

March 16, 2016

DC subway system to reopen Thursday after emergency shutdown that left commuters in chaos

The Washington area's Metro subway system will be opening at 5 a.m. Thursday after an unprecedented 29-hour repair-related systemwide shutdown that began Tuesday night and caused headaches for hundreds of thousands of commuters Wednesday, the agency's general manager said Wednesday evening.

March 16, 2016

Maryland state trooper won't be charged in fatal shooting

Authorities won't prosecute a Maryland State Police trooper who fatally shot a man at a Frederick gas station last fall after investigators said he rammed a city police cruiser with a stolen SUV and then lunged at the trooper, according to a letter the local prosecutor's office released Wednesday.