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‘They’re moving so f—— slow’: Maryland releases footage from Jordan McNair’s final football practice

June 29, 2019 at 6:22 p.m.

As an ambulance snaked its way through the University of Maryland’s campus, a police officer grew exasperated. “They’re moving so f------ slow,” the policewoman said, “it’s pissing me off.” The...

Maryland’s Loh went against attorney general’s advice in taking responsibility for McNair mistakes

June 30, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh’s decision to take “legal and moral responsibility” for mistakes made in treating 19-year-old football player Jordan McNair went against advice from the attorney general’s...

Regents to hold briefing Tuesday to discuss results of University of Maryland football culture report

June 30, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Tuesday marks the University System of Maryland’s self-imposed deadline to announce any initial decisions and recommendations regarding the embattled University of Maryland football program. The Board of Regents scheduled a...

University System of Maryland regents met about Maryland’s football culture in wake of Jordan McNair death

June 30, 2019 at 5:20 a.m.

The University System of Maryland’s governing body held a closed-door, marathon meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday to discuss the findings of an independent investigation into the University of Maryland’s football...

Board of regents to be briefed Friday on investigation into University of Maryland football culture

June 29, 2019 at 10:48 a.m.

The University System of Maryland’s governing body will be briefed Friday on the results of an investigation into the University of Maryland, College Park’s football culture after the death of...

Loren McCaskill, a friend of the family, writes a note for Jordan McNair at his viewing. She wrote, "Jordan, Your life will not be in vain. You are loved and will truly be missed! Loren." A viewing is held today at Wylie Funeral Home for the Maryland football player Jordan McNair.

Death of Jordan McNair: Why did so few Maryland football players talk to investigator?

June 29, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

Dozens of players were on the field the day University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair fell ill during practice, suffering heatstroke that would lead to his death. But just...

Federal authorities were at a home near in Baltimore's Inner Harbor on Sunday night as part of an investigation into the Jacksonville mass shooting.

In Howard County, parents of Jacksonville shooting suspect had been desperate to find psychiatric care for son

August 21, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Years before a 24-year-old Columbia man allegedly unleashed a deadly barrage of gunfire at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., the parents of David Katz had been desperate to...

Baltimore police officer suspended after viral video shows him punching, tackling man

August 22, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

A Baltimore police officer was suspended by the department Saturday after a viral video emerged showing him repeatedly punching a man in the face before taking him to the ground....

‘I’m about to send this kid to the … hospital’: Baltimore police reviewing interaction between boy, cop

August 21, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

Baltimore police are reviewing civilian and body camera footage from a tense interaction between a young boy and an officer, officials confirmed Thursday. Police spokesman T.J. Smith said the department...

Olney, MD - 07/08/18 -- Alexandra Albaig, left, a friend of Gerald Fischman's stepdaughter, Uka Saran, and Capital reporter Phil Davis, right, reflect privately apart from the crowd of mourners gathered for the gravesite burial service for Capital Gazette editor, Gerald FIschman. The services for Fischman took place at Judean Memorial Gardens. Gerald Fischman was one of five staffers killed in a mass shooting at the Capital office in Annapolis on June 28.

Capital Gazette editor Gerald Fischman remembered at funeral for dry wit, love of family

June 30, 2019 at 12:31 p.m.

Readers of The Capital newspaper came to know Gerald Fischman’s writing through his incisive editorials about local government corruption, school system scandals and other Annapolis goings-on. But to his wife,...

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