A Maryland State Police trooper was arrested by Anne Arundel County authorities and charged with false imprisonment, second-degree assault and a third-degree sex offense. (WTOP)
Baltimore-based construction giant Whiting-Turner has paid out $1.2 million to settle a racial harassment suit. (Baltimore Sun)
Baltimore County will install new cameras to monitor vehicle heights as part of an effort to cut down on truck traffic in residential areas. (Baltimore Fishbowl)
A new state board in Maryland will regulate and license sign language (ASL) interpreters. (Baltimore Banner)
Initial tests show normal levels of E. Coli in Piney Run Creek in Carroll County after a raw sewage spill there last month. (Baltimore Sun)
Police in Salisbury bust up a major drug operation. (WBOC-TV)
Cannabis in Maryland becomes legal July 1. Here’s what you should know. (Capitol Gazette)
A substitute teacher in Charles County is facing charges of sexual abuse of students. (WTOP)
Hundreds of children in Montgomery County received new sneakers as part of a program by a North Carolina church to provide over one million shoes by the end of the year. (WTOP)
A special election to replace Patrick Wojahn as mayor of College Park has been completed. Wojahn resigned as mayor in March. He was arrested and charged with dozens of counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. (WTOP)
Many Marylanders are facing “food insecurity” now that federal COVID benefits are coming to an end. (Maryland Matters)
The Prince George’s County Police Department charged a man Friday in connection with a deadly shooting and apartment fire in Hyattsville. (WTOP)
The chair of the Maryland State Board of Elections has promised to limit the retiring elections director’s involvement in the search for her successor. (Maryland Matters)
A Maryland man is suing the Oxygen television channel over a true crime documentary that he says suggested he committed a murder. (WTOP)
“In Baltimore, a new purpose for a sleeping industrial giant.” (Dan Rodricks)
“What kind of senator does Maryland need?” (Rick Hutzell)
“Anne Arundel County GOP Central Committee makes questionable speaker choice.” (Janet Holbrook)
“Climate change, Maryland, and the expanding role of universities.” (Maggie Holland and Candace Dodson-Reed
“Where is the rage (and policing) over deaths on Maryland’s roads?” (Baltimore Sun Editorial)
A forgotten cemetery forces a Maryland church to reckon with its history. (CBS NEWS)
Five Minute Histories: Black Civilian Conservation Corps at the C&O Canal
I did quite poorly on this week’s New York Times News Quiz…getting 5.5 out of 11 questions correct. Can you do better?
And, finally, my favorite photo of the week. A beautiful night sky at dusk Thursday evening.
