Erin Cox

Maryland Gov. Hogan addresses the media after a shooting at the Annapolis Capital.

Capital Gazette shooting victim Gerald Fischman: Clever and quirky voice of a community newspaper

July 1, 2019 at 11:32 a.m.

The first time Gerald Fischman applied for a job at The Capital, the editor passed him over. Fischman’s personality was so quiet and withdrawn that it hid the brilliant mind,...

Elon Musk to start hyperloop project in Maryland, officials say

August 18, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Maryland has given transportation pioneer Elon Musk permission to dig tunnels for the high-speed, underground transit system known as a hyperloop that Musk wants to build between New York and...

Former Ravens player involved in medical marijuana lawsuit

June 25, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

Former Ravens player Eugene Monroe chastised the state's medical marijuana commission Tuesday, saying that it unfairly rejected his company's application to grow cannabis. Monroe is part of GTI Maryland, which...

Tuesday's action will restore voting rights to West Baltimore resident Marcus Toles, a felon who was "overwhelmed with joy" at the Senate's vote.

Released felons gain right to vote in Maryland after veto override

June 29, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

More than 40,000 recently released Maryland felons will regain the right to vote in time for this year's election. The legislature on Tuesday narrowly overturned Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of...

Hundreds of people gathered at North and Pennsylvania Avenues to celebrate the news that six Baltimore City police officers have been charged for the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.

Unrest after Freddie Gray’s death puts spotlight on Hogan, Rawlings-Blake

June 30, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

Unrest in Baltimore put on display the widely different leadership styles that Gov. Larry Hogan and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake brought to a crisis that could come to define their administrations....

Half those arrested in riot released without charges

June 29, 2019 at 8:34 p.m.

After arresting more than 200 people this week while bringing order to the streets of Baltimore, police said Wednesday they had to let half of them go. A police spokesman...

Mikulski remembered as plain-speaking trailblazer for woman in politics

June 30, 2019 at 6:16 p.m.

Barbara A. Mikulski, a 4-foot-11 social worker from Highlandtown, helped stop a highway that threatened Southeast Baltimore. She broke into politics when women on Baltimore's City Council were still called...

Lawmakers weigh ‘revenge porn’ bills

July 1, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Lawmakers considered two competing bills Tuesday that would make Maryland among a handful of states to consider "revenge porn" a crime. Vengefully posting naked pictures of an ex-lover online would...

Maryland uncles of Boston marathon bombing suspects speak out

August 19, 2019 at 9:15 a.m.

An uncle of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings said his nephews had brought shame to his family and ethnicity, while their father insisted they were innocent and...

People with signs preaching tolerance countered protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church in Annapolis.

Westboro Baptist members protest same-sex marriages in Maryland

August 21, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

A handful of Westboro Baptist Church protesters picketing same-sex marriage in front of courthouses in Annapolis and Towson Wednesday were met with large groups of counter-protesters holding signs preaching tolerance....

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