The Baltimore-operated James Webb Space Telescope detected signs of carbon on a moon orbiting Jupiter. Carbon is a key ingredient in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Significant portions of Maryland are either under a drought watch or drought warning, the Maryland Department of the Environment said Wednesday.

Jason Groth, the acting director of the county’s Department of Planning and Growth Management, is paraphrased as saying the county will “hit a point within a decade where it doesn’t have enough water.” But the situation is much more nuanced, Groth told the Banner.

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A roundup of recent discoveries and images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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About 75% of the monitoring wells around Maryland have seen water levels drop over the last 40 years, some by as much as 100 feet, according to an investigation from The New York Times.

The Department of Justice and Baltimore County reached an agreement over alleged sexual harassment in the county’s fire department.

What to do to stay cool this Labor Day weekend.

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A condo in Mount Vernon, owned by onetime BSO director Marin Alsop, is for sale. It's in a converted church abbey and features beautiful stained glass and other details.

To get a sense of what it was like around the region, we asked our staff and our readers to share photos and tell us a bit about what they experienced.

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Bates said the charges against the three women would have been dropped after they completed five hours of community service through Baltimore’s citation docket program. They spent "approximately 19 hours" in Central Booking, he said.

As Italy struggles with too many blue crabs in its waters, we can’t help but ask: Can we have them?

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A new image from the telescope shows two stars forming nearby us — and by each other.

The temperatures in Baltimore and around Maryland are expected to reach dangerous levels Thursday and Friday.