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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had…

Dutch Ruppersberger first got into politics by winning a seat on the Baltimore County Council in 1985. This year, just a few days before turning 78, he announced his retirement from Congress and politics. But he’s not about to tell President Joe Biden, who turned 81, that he should do the same. Neither will Sen.…

Several jurisdictions do not honor ICE detainers, meaning federal immigration officials don’t know if a suspect they have on a list to be detained is released from custody. The arrest of Rachel Morin’s alleged killer, Victor Martinez Hernandez, an immigrant from El Salvador believed to be in the U.S. unlawfully, has brought the patchwork of…

Medical school at Johns Hopkins University will be free now for most students, following a “transformative” $1 billion gift from billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Bloomberg Philanthropies. Starting in fall 2024, Hopkins will offer free tuition for students pursuing a medical degree who come from families earning less than $300,000 — a group that represents 95% of…

The family of Phylicia Barnes spoke with Fox45, about new charges against Michael Johnson. Barnes went missing in December 2010, her body was found in April 2011. Micheal Johnson, then 26 years old, was charged with Barnes’ murder. He was convicted the following year, however, that conviction was overturned. In 2018, in his third trial,…

The death of a 3-year-old boy in Rockville is being investigated after he was found in a neighborhood pool Friday, police said. Around 11:44 p.m., Rockville City Police received a call for a missing boy, the department said. When officers responded to Elmcroft Court, they located the missing child in a pool. Officers provided CPR…

A fire caused by discarded smoking materials left a man dead at a Gwynn Oak townhome Wednesday, officials said. Around 11:36 p.m., Baltimore County Fire Department crews responded to the 1500 block of Langford Road for the report of an “odor of burning,” according to a news release from the Baltimore County government. Responders discovered…

A dirt bike crash in Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood left one dead Thursday, police said. The incident occurred around 8:57 p.m. on July Fourth, when a 25-year-old man was riding a dirt bike in the 900 block of West Lexington Street, Baltimore Police said in a news release. According to police, the rider collided with a…

As my office chair creaks back and forth in the heat and a fan in the corner of the room scatters papers off my desk and onto the floor, a quick look at the events of past Julys certainly does not support the idea that Carroll County summers were slow and sleepy. From the latest…

Saturday, Oct. 8, 1932, was a warm fall day with temperatures reaching 71, according to weather records. The country was in the third year of the Great Depression, and historic changes were about to happen around the world. In November, Franklin Delano Roosevelt would be elected to the first of his four terms as president.…

Pictures from an Aqua Zumba class at the Westminster Municipal Pool on Friday. Westminster is celebrating Recreation and Parks Month in July with a variety of activities all month long that can be found at www.westminstermd.gov Instructor Jen Goldstein leads a group of students in an Aqua Zumba class at the Westminster Municipal Pool on…

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday as he holds a rally and sits down for a network television interview in a pivotal battleground state, with his every answer sure to be scrutinized for evidence of his competency and fitness…

I’m a fan of Gov. Wes Moore. He’s a good guy, has a great wife and lovely children. However, his defense of President Joe Biden’s mental acuity is nothing short of an attempt to gaslight voters (“Wes Moore, other governors say they’re standing with Joe Biden following debate performance concerns,” July 3). Biden was a…

Growing up in North Dakota, Edward O’Keefe recalls being taught the myth that Theodore Roosevelt, thought of as the most masculine president, was a self-made man. In his new book, “The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President,” O’Keefe dismantles that myth and replaces it with a comprehensive history of the five “extraordinary and…

A man was fatally shot in southwest Baltimore early Thursday, then driven to another location about a mile away, police said. The Baltimore Police Department said in a news release that officers called to the 2700 block of W. Franklin Street at 1:49 a.m. found a 26-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. Paramedics later pronounced…

Some people are dismissing President Joe Biden’s suboptimal performance in last week’s debate as “having a bad night” (“Don’t trade an imperfect president for one who represents the worst in us,” July 3). But what if he has a bad night during a crisis? And he’s likely to have more bad nights as the years…

Which camping hammock is best? Few things feel so relaxing while being so simple as swinging in a hammock at camp. Whether you want a large, luxurious hammock or a packable ultralight one, the range of options is almost as wide as your imagination allows. Should you want a solid all-around option suitable for the…

Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday that the Maryland Department of Health and the Health Services Cost Review Commission received grant funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to support Maryland’s implementation of the federal States Advancing All-Payer Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model. The funding and new model will enable Maryland to build…

Baltimore Police arrested a 15-year-old boy who fled from them in a stolen Jeep and rammed two police vehicles Tuesday night. The Jeep he was driving was linked to an armed robbery in Southwest Baltimore, according to authorities. The police pursuit ended in the 5900 block of Pulaski Highway, police said. A police department flyer…

In her passionate dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a president to become a “king above the law” (“Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial,” July 1). If Donald Trump is elected this fall, Jan. 20, 2025 won’t be an inauguration; it’ll be…

With the help of his “packed” U.S. Supreme Court and his lawyers, former President Donald Trump has changed the Constitution to give a president free rein to act in any way, regardless of his motivation (“Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial,” July 1). In that sense, I…