Maryland lawmakers set to revisit phone-free schools in upcoming session
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — As the Maryland General Assembly prepares to convene in Annapolis this January, a familiar debate is returning to the state house: should Maryland follow Virginia's lead and restrict cellphones in schools?. Earlier this year, Virginia enacted a "bell-to-bell" ban on student mobile...
Maryland IT Boss Rigged Federal Contracts, Baked Kickbacks Into Prices: DOJ
Victor Marquez, a Maryland resident and owner of two IT companies, was charged in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Baltimore, according to the US Department of Justice. Prosecutors allege Marquez used inside access to sensitive procurement information to manipulate bids for large federal...
J&J ordered to pay record $1.5B in talc cancer lawsuit — while vowing to...
A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed decades of exposure to asbestos in the company’s talc-based products caused her peritoneal mesothelioma, a form of cancer. Jurors in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Md., on Monday found the company,...
No charges filed for officers in fatal police-involved shooting in West Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Attorney General’s Office determined that no charges will be filed in the June 17, 2025, fatal police-involved shooting that left a man dead and a police officer injured in West Baltimore. The Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID) concluded that the officers did not...
Data dilemma: Juvenile crime numbers create confusion
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A new report from the Abell Foundation underscored the difficulty of gathering accurate data surrounding juvenile crime in Baltimore City and across the state, but the data used raised questions for some prosecutors. The report highlighted the different ways various agencies collect data involving...
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center uses Elf on the Shelf to lift spirits during the...
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Johns Hopkins Children's Center helped spread holiday cheer with the Elf on the Shelf tradition at the hospital. Various units throughout the hospital participated in the fun, ensuring that every pediatric patient felt included in the holiday spirit. Each elf has their own social media...
One Maryland Restaurant Makes Yelp’s List of “Top 100 Ramen Spots in the U.S.”
Ramen Ya has landed on Yelp’s national list of the Top 100 Ramen Spots in the U.S. and it is the only ramen restaurant in Maryland to make the cut. Located at 7938 Crain Hwy S in Glen Burnie, Ramen Ya opened in 2021 and has steadily built a reputation well beyond Anne Arundel County. The restaurant currently holds a...
Man and his huskies turn heads on a journey through Maryland
MARYLAND (7News) — Drivers across Maryland have been slowing down, pulling over, and pulling out their phones this week — all to catch a glimpse of a man being pulled down the road by nearly a dozen dogs. Videos of Logan Baer and his pack of mostly huskies...
Enough with the beef: My Q&A with State’s Attorney Ivan Bates about everything else
The spat between Baltimore’s top prosecutor and its mayor has hogged the headlines, but I wanted to hear more about the mission they share: increasing safety and honoring justice. Baltimoreans should hope the mayor and the city’s chief prosecutor iron out their differences because, if not, it will once...
Funding concerns rise after nursing loses professional degree label
The Department of Education will no longer classify several long-recognized graduate programs as professional degrees, a shift that will affect financial aid limits and reshape how universities describe advanced training in fields that rely on licensing. The updated definition removes nursing from the government’s...

















