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Cuba Upholds Prison Sentence For Md. Man Arrested For Spying
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s final. A 61-year-old Maryland man’s 15 year-sentence for spying is upheld by the Cuban Supreme Court. Cuba says Alan Gross brought electronics into their country to help spread...
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Howard County Neighborhood Fights To Get Animal Sanctuary Closed
HOWARD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ)– A 12-year-battle to close a Howard County animal rescue comes to an end this week. But the neighbors nearby still want the wildlife sanctuary gone. Gigi Barnett has more on...
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Md. Lawmakers Push Against Fundraising Ruling
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Democratic Reps. Christopher Van Hollen and John Sarbanes are joining Democratic state lawmakers in pushing for a U.S. constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme...
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Md. Asks For Stay During Gun Permit Ruling Appeal
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s Attorney General asked a federal judge Wednesday to keep the state’s gun permit law in place while the state appeals his ruling that the law is unconstitutional. In an order...
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Md. Court Rules Pit Bulls ‘More Vicious’; Owners Could Be Held Accountable...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Controversy grows over dangerous dogs. A ruling by the state’s highest court singles out pit bulls as more vicious than other breeds. If pit bulls attack, it could cost their owners–...
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Animal Rights Advocates To Fight Appeals Court Ruling Labeling Pit Bulls As...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The fight over the danger of pit bulls is raging on. A recent court ruling singles out the breed as more dangerous than other dogs. That’s causing problems for pit bull owners all over...
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Bipartisan Task Force In Annapolis To Debate Court Ruling Concerning Pit Bulls
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– The decision to label pit bulls dangerous in Maryland has many dog owners angry. Now, lawmakers are looking into the controversial ruling. Gigi Barnett explains the plans to...
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Pit Bull Attacks & Kills 9-Pound Poodle In Owings Mills
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (WJZ)– A toy poodle is killed by a pit bull in an Owings Mills townhouse community. The little dog’s owners are devastated. The attack refuels controversy over the pit bull breed and...
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‘Good & Substantial Reason’ No Longer Required For Md. Gun Permit
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)—It will soon be easier to carry a concealed weapon in Maryland. A federal judge finds part of a state gun law unconstitutional. Adam May has reaction from all sides of the gun...
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Lawmakers To Deliberate On Court’s Pit Bull Ruling During Special Session
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– Another hot-button issue is being tackled by lawmakers during the special session. A Senate panel has passed a bill agreeing to discuss the ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals...
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Animal Advocates Laud Senate Approval Of Bill Making All Dog Owners Liable...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– A change is in the making for all Maryland dog owners. The state Senate has given preliminary approval of a new dog bite law. Political Reporter Pat Warren has more on what that...
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Pit Bull Owners Face Decision To Abandon Their Dogs Or Be Evicted From Their...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Shelters and pit bull owners say they’re now feeling the effects of a controversial ruling that labeled pit bulls as inherently dangerous. Monique Griego has more. Many landlords are...
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Baltimore Housing Community Residents Seek Restraining Order To Keep Their...
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Pit bull owners are taking their fight to keep their dogs and their homes to federal court. Monique Griego has the latest on a lawsuit filed against the state and a local housing...
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Lawmakers Urge Supreme Court To Look At DNA Ruling
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A bipartisan group of 19 Maryland lawmakers is planning to file a legal brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Maryland ruling that struck down a law allowing police to...
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Showdown Continues Over Controversial Md. Pit Bull Ruling
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Pit bulls: family pets or dangerous dogs? The showdown over how Maryland treats these animals and their owners continues. There’s enough emotion and anger to go around but for the...
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U.S. Appeals Court Rules On WikiLeaks Investigation
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that prosecutors can demand Twitter account information of certain users in their criminal probe into the disclosure of classified documents on...
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Md. Lawmakers Take On Pit Bull Ruling
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A bill that would reverse the designation of pit bulls as an “inherently dangerous” breed of dog moved closer to being passed by the Maryland House of Delegates. The measure...
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Judge Rules Morning-After Pill To Be Sold To Girls Under 17 Without Prescription
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Contraceptive controversy. A surprise ruling by a federal judge allows young girls to get the morning-after pill without a doctor’s or parent’s permission. Rochelle Ritchie has more...
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Md. High Court Upholds Ruling: Poor Defendants Entitled To Lawyer At Bail...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court says it won’t stay its ruling that poor defendants are entitled to have an attorney present at bail hearings. The high court ruled in September that...
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Some Md. Prisoners Freed After 2012 Court Ruling
BALTIMORE (AP) — Together, the four men sitting handcuffed in a Baltimore courtroom had spent 151 years in prison. Nicholas Marshall-Bey: 34 years on a murder conviction. Salim Sadiki: 37 years after...
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