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July 6, 2018

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After July Fourth crab feasts, an uncertain season for Maryland seafood industry

Friday, Jul 6

The Fourth of July is the busiest time of year for Maryland's crab industry. But now that it has passed, uncertainty hangs over the summer and fall.

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Annapolis shooting suspect sent letter to a Virginian-Pilot editor, police say

A Virginian-Pilot editor who was harassed for years by the man charged in the killings of five journalists in Maryland received a letter Thursday that police believe was sent by the suspect.

7-year-old girl 'fighting for her life' after shooting in Southwest Baltimore

A seven-year-old girl is “fighting for her life” at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Thursday after being shot while in the backseat of a vehicle in Baltimore, police said.

District 33 candidate's brother taken to hospital after seven-hour standoff with police

Maryland District 33 delegate candidate Heather Bagnall-Tudball's brother was taken for treatment after threatening her family with a shotgun. Her brother's incident happened less than 12 hours after The Capital shooting.

'Press on': Annapolis arts community responds to Capital Gazette tragedy

The arts community steps up to support freedom of the press and Capital Gazette families is wake of last week's quintuple murder.

After provisional ballot count, Howard council race gets even tighter

Four votes separate the two Democratic candidates in the District 1 Howard County Council race after Thursday's provisional ballot count.

Results in Democratic Baltimore County executive race not expected until at least Friday

Baltimore County elections judges resumed counting ballots on Thursday, but a result isn't expected in the Democratic contest for county executive until at least Friday.

Newsrooms fall silent to remember attack on Capital Gazette

Then journalists at The Capital and Maryland Gazette newspapers — the survivors – stood and remembered their five murdered colleagues. It was 2:33 p.m. Thursday, the week after the attack. One week, precisely.

Rebecca A. Smith, Capital Gazette advertising assistant who held family and friends at center of her life

For Rebecca Smith, family, friends and workplace colleagues were the center of her life.

Chris Davis ties Cal Ripken Jr.'s Orioles all-time strikeout record — in 2,029 fewer games

Chris Davis' ninth-inning strikeout Thursday night was his 1,305th with the Orioles, tying Ripken for first on the Orioles' all-time list.

Federal prosecutors seek release of admitted drug dealer in more Gun Trace Task Force fallout

Federal prosecutors and public defenders are asking a judge to release an admitted drug dealer serving a 24-year sentence because his case relied on testimony from two discredited members of the Baltimore Police Department’s corrupt Gun Trace Task Force.