Maryland speaker calls for removal of Confederate-era monument at State House

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In the wake of a violent white supremacist rally in neighboring Virginia, Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch said Monday it’s time to take down his state’s most prominent Confederate-era monument. Busch said the statue of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney — author of the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision…