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Goodson’s acquittal spells trouble for cases against the other officers

August 21, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

After prosecutors suffered a crushing defeat Thursday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., legal analysts say their chances of securing a conviction against any of the...

David Eisenhauer of Columbia was arrested Saturday in Virginia in connection with the disappearance of a teenage girl.

Former Columbia high school track star charged with abduction and murder of Virginia teen

June 30, 2019 at 7:48 p.m.

A Virginia Tech student from Columbia has been charged in Virginia with the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old girl who had been missing since last week, Blacksburg police said....

Melvin Allen sits on steps near Gilmor Homes, where Baltimore Police officer William Porter had taken Freddie Gray into custody last spring.

After hung jury in Officer Porter trial, what now?

July 1, 2019 at 5:53 a.m.

After fighting to a draw in Baltimore's highest-profile trial in years, prosecutors and defense attorneys will meet Thursday behind closed doors to decide what happens next. Officer William G. Porter...

Freddie Gray’s mother sobs, friend takes stand in officer’s trial

July 1, 2019 at 8:34 a.m.

As the grainy video of police lifting Freddie Gray by his arms and ankles and putting him into the back of a police van played in court Thursday, his mother...

Protestors march through downtown Monday, demanding justice on the first night of the Freddie Gray cases.

Two versions of being a cop in Baltimore on show in Porter trial

June 29, 2019 at 5:51 p.m.

Jurors got two very different versions Wednesday of what it was like to be William Porter as a relatively inexperienced officer policing the streets of West Baltimore. Prosecutors argued that...

NSA phone data program exposed by Edward Snowden expires Saturday

July 1, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

The National Security Agency is scheduled to end its dragnet collection of data on phone calls that use domestic carriers Saturday night — the most significant change in U.S. intelligence-gathering...

Coast Guard: No rules on use of underwater drones in the bay

June 30, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

The Coast Guard has no rules to govern the operation of underwater drones in the Chesapeake Bay, a spokesman said Friday, but it does try to keep track of who...

Medal of Honor recipient recalls Afghanistan suicide attack

August 22, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

When Florent Groberg spotted the suicide bomber coming toward the senior leaders he was protecting in Afghanistan, he says, he didn't think. He just reacted. "Once you realize what the...

As fire trucks put out the fire at CVS in the background, police form a line across North and Pennsylvania avenues to contain rioting on the day of Freddie Gray's funeral on April 27. Gray died in police custody on April 19.

New details released about high-tech gear FBI used on planes to monitor Freddie Gray unrest

July 1, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

The FBI used advanced technology on airplanes to monitor protesters in Baltimore in the week after Freddie Gray's funeral, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show. The agency...

An untethered Army surveillance blimp flies over Bloomsburg, Pa.

Balloon escape is latest problem for troubled Army program

July 1, 2019 at 12:58 a.m.

When a military surveillance balloon broke free of its moorings Wednesday at Aberdeen Proving Ground and began a 160-mile journey north, it was only the most dramatic in a series...

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