This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA Maryland man who to pressure Gov. Larry Hogan (R) to lift the state’s stay-home order says he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and does not plan to provide names of people with whom he had contact to public health officials for .Tim Walters, a co-founder of ReOpen Maryland, said on social media this week that he has had a dry cough for months but it recently worsened. He then began to experience an excruciating headache, a fever and the inability to focus with one of his eyes, which led to vertigo.Walters,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA Maryland man who to pressure Gov. Larry Hogan (R) to lift the state’s stay-home order says he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and does not plan to provide names of people with whom he had contact to public health officials for .Tim Walters, a co-founder of ReOpen Maryland, said on social media this week that he has had a dry cough for months but it recently worsened. He then began to experience an excruciating headache, a fever and the inability to focus with one of his eyes, which led to vertigo.Walters,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMaryland owes a debt of gratitude to the people of South Korea, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Monday after securing 500,000 coronavirus tests from the country over the weekend.But Hogan acknowledged Monday that the deal would not have come together if it weren’t for .Yumi joined the governor Saturday to welcome a Boeing 777, the first-ever Korean Air passenger plane to land at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, which the governor said was carrying more tests than “four of the top five states in America”...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMaryland owes a debt of gratitude to the people of South Korea, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Monday after securing 500,000 coronavirus tests from the country over the weekend.But Hogan acknowledged Monday that the deal would not have come together if it weren’t for .Yumi joined the governor Saturday to welcome a Boeing 777, the first-ever Korean Air passenger plane to land at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, which the governor said was carrying more tests than “four of the top five states in America”...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by The greater Washington region reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday — a record for a single day — with weeks of sustained increases prompting the Smithsonian Institution to close facilities that had reopened to the public.Maryland, Virginia and D.C. reported 5,077 new cases Thursday amid a national surge that has seen several states set records in recent...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by The greater Washington region reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday — a record for a single day — with weeks of sustained increases prompting the Smithsonian Institution to close facilities that had reopened to the public.Maryland, Virginia and D.C. reported 5,077 new cases Thursday amid a national surge that has seen several states set records in recent...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareTo supplement the presence of local and federal police and the D.C. National Guard, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper asked state National Guards to send in some of their troops, and hundreds were on their way or already here by Tuesday.Defense officials said that National Guard members from Utah and New Jersey were on the ground Monday and that additional troops from Indiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee were expected to arrive Tuesday.Other states were also in the process of sending troops. Maryland sent 116 National Guardsmen...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareTo supplement the presence of local and federal police and the D.C. National Guard, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper asked state National Guards to send in some of their troops, and hundreds were on their way or already here by Tuesday.Defense officials said that National Guard members from Utah and New Jersey were on the ground Monday and that additional troops from Indiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee were expected to arrive Tuesday.Other states were also in the process of sending troops. Maryland sent 116 National Guardsmen...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe intensive care unit at Inova Alexandria Hospital has empty beds, and doctors are prepared for a rush of coronavirus patients that has yet to hit the largely white suburb.A dozen miles away at Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Hospital Center, the ICU is full, and employees treat coronavirus patients in medical tents in the parking lot. Paramedics across Prince George’s County are summoned daily to help people struggling to breathe, and funeral home directors are searching for more places to store bodies.Prince...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe intensive care unit at Inova Alexandria Hospital has empty beds, and doctors are prepared for a rush of coronavirus patients that has yet to hit the largely white suburb.A dozen miles away at Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Hospital Center, the ICU is full, and employees treat coronavirus patients in medical tents in the parking lot. Paramedics across Prince George’s County are summoned daily to help people struggling to breathe, and funeral home directors are searching for more places to store bodies.Prince...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoGift SharecorrectionA previous version of this article incorrectly said that Freddie Gray died in the back of a Baltimore police van. He died several days after his arrest, after suffering injuries in a van in police custody. The article has been corrected.Top Maryland officials are launching an investigation of all deaths in police custody that were overseen by the state’s former chief medical examiner who testified in ’s defense, the Maryland attorney general and governor’s offices announced Friday.Raquel Coombs, a spokeswoman for...…This article was published more than 1 year agoGift SharecorrectionA previous version of this article incorrectly said that Freddie Gray died in the back of a Baltimore police van. He died several days after his arrest, after suffering injuries in a van in police custody. The article has been corrected.Top Maryland officials are launching an investigation of all deaths in police custody that were overseen by the state’s former chief medical examiner who testified in ’s defense, the Maryland attorney general and governor’s offices announced Friday.Raquel Coombs, a spokeswoman for...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareMaryland enacted historic police accountability measures Saturday, becoming the first state to repeal its powerful and setting new rules for when police may use force and how they are investigated and disciplined.The Democratic-majority legislature dealt Republican Gov. Larry Hogan a sharp rebuke, overriding his vetoes of measures that raise the bar for officers to use force; give civilians a role in police discipline for the first time; restrict no-knock warrants; mandate body cameras; and open some allegations of police...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareMaryland enacted historic police accountability measures Saturday, becoming the first state to repeal its powerful and setting new rules for when police may use force and how they are investigated and disciplined.The Democratic-majority legislature dealt Republican Gov. Larry Hogan a sharp rebuke, overriding his vetoes of measures that raise the bar for officers to use force; give civilians a role in police discipline for the first time; restrict no-knock warrants; mandate body cameras; and open some allegations of police...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareIn voting to make Maryland one of five states that allows preteens to get mental health treatment without parental consent, Del. Kumar P. Barve said he was honoring an uncle he never met.His mother’s twin brother died by suicide in the 1940s, Barve told colleagues in the General Assembly on Thursday.“The family knew he was troubled. But we don’t really know why because he did not feel comfortable speaking to his parents, my grandparents, or his siblings. And he had nobody to talk to,” Barve (D-Montgomery) said on the House...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareIn voting to make Maryland one of five states that allows preteens to get mental health treatment without parental consent, Del. Kumar P. Barve said he was honoring an uncle he never met.His mother’s twin brother died by suicide in the 1940s, Barve told colleagues in the General Assembly on Thursday.“The family knew he was troubled. But we don’t really know why because he did not feel comfortable speaking to his parents, my grandparents, or his siblings. And he had nobody to talk to,” Barve (D-Montgomery) said on the House...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Thursday vetoed a bill abolishing life sentences without that legislation advocates say would help bring fairness to the criminal justice system.Hogan said the measure would upend the parole system by allowing juveniles who were convicted as adults to appeal for release after serving 20 years, cause additional trauma to victims’ families and potentially lead to the release of violent offenders who should remain behind bars.“I am also a firm believer in second chances and understand that...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Thursday vetoed a bill abolishing life sentences without that legislation advocates say would help bring fairness to the criminal justice system.Hogan said the measure would upend the parole system by allowing juveniles who were convicted as adults to appeal for release after serving 20 years, cause additional trauma to victims’ families and potentially lead to the release of violent offenders who should remain behind bars.“I am also a firm believer in second chances and understand that...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareAfter more than 10 tries over four decades, Maryland lawmakers have decided it is time to get rid of “Maryland, My Maryland,” the official state song that glorifies the Confederacy, refers to Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and urges Maryland to secede to fight the “Northern scum.”Critics have repeatedly denounced the ode as racist and unacceptable.But efforts to repeal the song’s designation as the state anthem failed to gain approval from the General Assembly — until this year’s legislative session, which has been framed...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareAfter more than 10 tries over four decades, Maryland lawmakers have decided it is time to get rid of “Maryland, My Maryland,” the official state song that glorifies the Confederacy, refers to Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and urges Maryland to secede to fight the “Northern scum.”Critics have repeatedly denounced the ode as racist and unacceptable.But efforts to repeal the song’s designation as the state anthem failed to gain approval from the General Assembly — until this year’s legislative session, which has been framed...WW…