Madeleine O'Neill

A pair of legal advocacy groups is suing Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby over her office’s repeated denials of public records requests related to police misconduct. The lawsuit, brought by the activist legal group Baltimore Action Legal Team and a transparency organization called Open …

It was a silver medal kind of day for local teams and runners in the class cross country championships this past weekend at Ponaganset High School’s Covered Bridge Course.

A Baltimore woman whose son was killed by police in 2012 can present documents to a grand jury in an effort to spur an investigation into the deadly shooting, an appeals court has ruled. The ruling is a partial victory for the woman, Marcella Holloman, who has for years sought to bring legal action …

Some of the defendants charged in the storming of the U.S. Capitol are turning away defense lawyers and electing to represent themselves, undeterred by their lack of legal training or repeated warnings from judges. That choice already has led to some curious legal maneuvers and awkward exchanges in …

A new lawsuit claims that Wicomico County Detention Center staff ignored an incarcerated man’s declining mental health before he died by suicide in 2018.

A dispute over Maryland’s ban on retail dog sales is headed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The federal appellate court will decide whether the 2021 law discriminates against out-of-state dog breeders or legitimately restricts sales by abusive operations known as “puppy mills.” The plainti…

The lack of a completed contract remains an obstacle for the rally being planned by a conservative Roman Catholic organization in Baltimore.

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Friday that she will soon make public a “do not call” list of city police officers with integrity issues, which she has repeatedly refused to release, after a state appeals court ruled against her office this week. Mosby said in a statement that she…

A Montgomery County Public Schools administrator who sued over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate received a religious exemption this week, rendering his federal lawsuit moot, the school system contends in a new court filing. The employee’s suit, filed last month in U.S. District Court in Maryland, said tha…

Michael Avenatti, who once represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced for trying to extort millions from Nike.

The man who killed five people at the Capital Gazette in Maryland suffers from autism, obsessive compulsive disorder and delusional disorder, a mental health expert testified.

Maryland’s ban on pet stores selling dogs while allowing canine rescues and shelters to continue with sales is constitutional, attorney general tells court.

Emergent BioSolutions’ ruination of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Baltimore was not as unexpected as it would have people believe, investor alleges.

Gov. Larry Hogan appoints administrative law judge and public defender to the Maryland District Court in Baltimore County.

The North Kingstown girls and the South Kingstown boys won team titles at the outdoor track Southern Division championships

Maryland’s top court disbarsattorney who advised clients against appearing at court hearings and then falsely told the judges she did not know where they were.

Fully vaccinated participants in U.S. District Court proceedings in Maryland will be allowed to remove their masks at the presiding judge’s discretion beginning Tuesday, the federal court’s chief judge said, citing sharp reductions in the number of COVID-19 cases and increases in vaccinations. A per…

Maryland District Court Chief Judge John P. Morrissey tells jurists and court staff not to wear apparel displaying “blue line” of support for police.

The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission will continue to press for retired Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly’s disbarment after a judge recommended he be merely reprimanded for having withheld a potentially exculpatory report from the defense in a decades-old murder case and for …

Gov. Hogan urges justices to let stand ruling that the state owes gun owners no money for requiring them to surrender devices that make firearms fire faster.