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January 27, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Ted Koppel: Local News is ‘More Important Than it Has Ever Been’

Ted Koppel, a television journalist best known for anchoring ABC’s Nightline from 1980-2005, decried the state of journalism today, saying people now can get on the Internet and write whatever they feel like and have it labeled “news.” “The tragedy of it is that the more dramatic, the more outrageous, the more licentious the message, […]

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November 16, 2020 | Clara Longo de Freitas

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Releases New Civics Test

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a new citizenship test Friday, making it longer and broader than it once was. Those who filed an application on or after Dec. 1 of this year will take the 2020 version. But those who filed an application prior to Dec. 1 will be eligible to take the […]

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November 13, 2018 | Deirdre Byrne

Maryland Challenges Appointment of Trump’s Acting Attorney General

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh filed a motion against the Trump administration, claiming the appointment of acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, is illegal. The motion argues the power associated with the attorney general position should belong to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who was next in the line of succession to serve as acting […]

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October 24, 2013 | Staff Writer

Gansler News Conference (Photos & Video)

UPDATED Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) held a news conference in Silver Spring on Oct. 24 to address a story that he attended a beach party in June in Delaware that included reports of alleged underage drinking. (You can watch the question and answer session of the news conference below:) Gansler, who is a […]

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