Duncan Socrates Lemp was asleep at home in Silver Springs, Maryland Thursday morning when police decided to fire on his home with no warning, killing him and injuring his girlfriend. This according to Rene Sandler, the attorney for the 21-year old man and his family. “The facts as I understand them from eyewitnesses are incredibly…
Kimberly Klacik won the Republican Special Primary on February 4th, vying to be the first Republican to ever win the Maryland District 7 seat. In a sure to be hot and contentious race, Kimberly Klacik will be running against the Democrat nominee Kweisi Mfume. Mfume is the former President/CEO of the NAACP, and previously held…
A freshly painted mural of Underground Railroad icon Harriet Tubman extending her hand is provoking viewers to reach out and grasp it. A young African-American girl touching Tubman’s open hand was captured in a viralphoto on Instagram, and it communicated everything the artist said he hoped for. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkXNfDFhw3/?igshid=1bi7mbg8vi66g “Wouldn’t it be nice if I exposed…
Kevin Daley on December 13, 2018 A coalition of Republican voters made a pair of bold requests while asking the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling striking down a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland. Their case, one of several pending before the justices on this topic, could clear the way for greater judicial scrutiny…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The attorneys general of Washington, D.C. and Maryland plan to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump Monday, alleging the president violated the law by retaining ownership of a business that receives payments and benefits from foreign leaders. D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Maryland Attorney General Brian…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed hard Monday afternoon at a golf course in Maryland. The crash of the Fort Belvoir helicopter took place at the Breton Bay Golf Course at about 2 p.m. in the afternoon in Leonardtown, Maryland, NBC Washington reports. Two medevac helicopters are arriving on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield UPDATE 1:00 PM EST: An F-16C military fighter jet crashed Wednesday morning two miles south of Joint Base Andrews, shaking homes in suburban Washington, D.C., and sending thick black smoke into the skies, military officials said, according to NBC News. The pilot ejected successfully in a wooded area…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky An overwhelming majority of Baltimore residents report their government is corrupt, according to a Washington Post poll published Friday. Fifty-nine percent of the residents of Baltimore, Maryland, say they feel their local government officials are corrupt. Twenty-four percent of respondents report they feel that all of the government in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Maryland’s House of Delegates passed a new bill that deals a major blow to breweries in the state. The legislation slashes operation hours from 12 am or 2 am EST to 9 pm on weeknights and 10 pm EST on weekends. Under the new law, Maryland breweries…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman Baltimore is the latest major American city to vote on raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour. The city council passed the measure Monday evening, voting 11 to three to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2022. The minimum wage…