SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Police say a Salisbury man was injured when troopers opened fire after he charged at them with a knife.

State police said in a statement that 38-year-old Justin Marshall is undergoing treatment for gunshot wounds after the shooting early Monday.

The statement says police were dispatched to a Salisbury home for a welfare check. Marshall's mother asked for help getting him to a hospital.

The construction training program HomeWorks is now under investigation for exploiting ex-offenders.

Delaware lawmakers have put more than $167-thousand into the program carried out by Interfaith Community of Delaware.

They were to learn carpentry and be paid for the work they did eventually receiving a certificate upon completion of the program.

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Private-sector workers in Delaware could be forced to join a labor union in order to get or keep a job under legislation being considered in the General Assembly.

A bill to be voted on Tuesday in the Senate permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enter into union security agreements to the extent allowed under federal law.

That means an employer or a labor organization could require membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment.

DOVER, Del. (AP) - The state division charged with enforcing Delaware's labor laws is funded at around half the level it was a decade ago, despite having around 20,000 more jobs to oversee.

A News Journal analysis of spending show the Labor Department's Division of Industrial Affairs was cut in 2008 and then slashed in half in 2010, leaving it with a $6.2 million budget and staff of 66 today. The division investigates complaints related to workers' compensation, labor law, occupational health and safety and discrimination.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has blocked a lawsuit against the Baltimore state's attorney filed by officers who say she maliciously prosecuted them in the death of Freddie Gray who suffered a fatal spinal injury in custody.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed a ruling by a lower court judge who had allowed key parts of the lawsuit against Marilyn Mosby to go forward.

Gray died a week after he was hurt in a van, sparking protests and rioting. Mosby charged six officers. Three were acquitted, and Mosby dropped the other cases.