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The man who admitted murdering five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper nearly three years ago initially planned to blow up a building, then studied police response times to other mass shootings in hopes of eluding capture, according to reports made public in court on Wednesday.

BALTIMORE — Before, during and after the horrific murders, the Capital Gazette shooter left behind a series of clues about his motivation and his mental state, the prosecution’s psychiatric expert testified Friday. The man who killed Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters harbored a grudge against the news organization for years before planning the attack and choosing a time, Dr. Gregory Saathoff said. The gunman conducted surveillance on a cold w...

Expert explains mental health report on newspaper gunman BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A key expert for prosecutors in the Capital Gazette shooting testified Friday that the gunman’s methodical planning both for the attack and for after it indicate he is legally sane and criminally responsible for killing five people at the newsroom in Maryland three years ago. Dr. Gregory Saathoff, a forensic psychiatrist and a chief consultant for the FBI, testi...

Psychiatrists testimony limited in newspaper shooting case The jury sitting area, right, is spaced out and lined with plastic barriers to protect them from COVID-19 in a courtroom in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Apri 22, 2021. A jury will decide whether Jarrod Ramos is criminally responsible for killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper. Lawyers held a pretrial hearing in the case Thursday. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) Thursday, April 22, 202...

The pandemic hit while the orchestra was in the middle of a search to find a new music director to succeed Anu Tali, who stepped down in 2018 after six years. Several of the seven conductors set to lead Masterworks concerts, the organization’s centerpiece programs, are returning from past seasons, including Marcelo Lehninger, who opens the season, JoAnn Falletta and Bramwell Tovey. Others, like Teddy Abrams, music director of the Louisville Orchestra, and Stephen Mulligan, associate conductor...

How one group pushed young Latino voters to register: Letting them Google how to do it By Adam Wollner McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS WASHINGTON - A group of progressives think they have unlocked a more effective way to register scores of young Latino voters: Let them do most of the legwork on their own. The nonprofit organization Voto Latino, working with the Democratic digital marketing firm Rising Tide Interactive, ran a series of targeted online video ads ahead of voter registration deadl...

[LISTEN] Assistance & Support pour in After Thohoyandou Masjid Damaged by Cyclone Eloise & Flooding Feb 04, 2021 The Imam of the Thohoyandou Masjid in Venda says local businessmen have made generous contributions to the place of worship after it was damaged by cyclone Eloise. The cyclone battered the southern parts of Africa leaving at least fifteen people dead, scores injured and destroying crops and infrastructure. It made landfall in Mozambique bringing rain and gale-force winds around 130km...

Vadodara: A day after four persons were detained by Vadodara rural police for occupying a farmer’s land illegally, another case under the land grabbin.