House approves medical aid in dying bill
The Maryland House of Delegates on Thursday approved a bill that allows terminally ill patients to end their lives with a doctor’s help.
The measure would allow adults to obtain a prescription for life-ending drugs, if a doctor finds they have six months or less to live. [WTOP]
Prosecutors seek independent mental competency evaluation for suspect in missing children case
County prosecutors this week requested a mental competency evaluation be conducted on Catherine Hoggle, a Montgomery County mother indicted in 2017 for the murders of her two young children.
Hoggle is believed to be the last person to see her children, who were 2 and 3 at the time of their disappearance in 2014.
In a competency hearing in Circuit Court, Judge Robert Greenberg cited a report by Dr. Danielle Robinson at the state psychiatric hospital that her treatment team had again determined Hoggle is “not competent, dangerous, but restorable,” and scheduled another hearing for June 10. [WTOP]
Hearing about Silver Spring apartment explosion postponed
The probable cause hearing about a 2016 explosion at a Silver Spring apartment complex that left seven people dead has been postponed.
The hearing, previously scheduled for March 12, has been pushed to April 23, due to lingering effects of the government shutdown. [WUSA9]
Today’s weather
Rain and possibly a light snow accumulation expected Friday afternoon, with a high temperature of 40 degrees. The weekend will be warmer, with a high of about 70 degrees expected Sunday.
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