Community issues

Four youths hopped out of the Sonata after the crash and fled the scene, police said. One of them was injured in the collision.

The Abell Foundation contributes $16 million to causes each year, and Embry has guided that giving.

Baltimore must acknowledge its failure to provide reliable transportation for city students and start a conversation about how to fix it.

A mother and abortion provider says Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate moms and fight for reproductive choice.

As a new parent, time can seem like such a thef.

Oysters occupy a special place in Maryland. Dubbed a keystone species, oysters sit at the intersection of environmental concerns, political wrangling, and a legacy economy that basically built Baltimore.

A propane tank blew up while vendors were setting up for Laurel’s annual Main Street Festival.

Seven people were indicted Friday for a series of armed robberies that targeted bank customers across multiple Maryland counties, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. 

E. Betty Deacon, a longtime Baltimore political organizer and progressive activist who spent nearly a decade as former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s projects director, died May 1 of complications related to lymphoma.

Public media outlets, including those that serve Marylanders, are bracing for a future void in federal funding they’ve come to depend on.

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A letter writer says the owner of The Walrus Oyster & Ale House at Mall in Columbia should take a look at his business practices as to why he had to close his eateries.

There have always been a few cases of babesiosis in Maryland every year, but now researcher says the Baltimore region has become a hotspot for cases tied to parasites found on ticks.

There have been multiple incidents of students in Prince George’s County sticking objects into their school-issued or personal electronic devices, causing fires and smoke.

Nearly 1.3 million gallons of sewage overflowed in a Columbia townhouse community, the county health department said Friday. The agency has issued a precautionary health alert.

Carla Hayden, the nation’s first female and first Black Librarian of Congress, fired Thursday by Trump, "will remain a Maryland treasure," her fellow Maryland librarians say.

In seven lawsuits filed last week, the former Scouts said the alleged abusers used their “power, authority and trust” to coerce them to engage in sexual acts.

After the white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the world learned that Pope Leo XIV would lead the church, Catholics across the world and Maryland were quick to celebrate.

The cuts and “other recent cost-saving actions” will save roughly $100 million annually, according to an Amtrak statement.

Fines for parking violations in residential areas will be moving to a tiered system, with higher fines for more offenses in a 12-month period.