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3 dead in separate shootings a mile apart in Essex, Baltimore County Police say
Baltimore County Police are investigating two shootings that left three people dead in Essex on Monday, officials said.
A Baltimore County Police officer’s uniform patch seen during a meeting of the White Marsh Police and Community Relations Council at the Perry Hall Family Worship Center in Perry Hall, Md., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
5-year-old girl dead, man injured in Dorchester County shooting
Maryland State Police are investigating a shooting that left a 5-year-old girl dead and an adult injured in Linkwood on the Eastern Shore.
As of Tuesday morning, police had not identified the victims.
Threat of severe storms, damaging winds persists this week
Rain will continue to hit Baltimore and most of Maryland through the rest of the week, so keep umbrellas and rain jackets nearby.
Severe storms continue to be a threat across much of Maryland this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Storms roar across Maryland, toppling trees and bringing a brief tornado warning
The National Weather Service warned of an “active pattern" that could bring severe storms to parts of Maryland.
The National Weather Service warned of an “active pattern” that could bring severe storms to parts of Maryland.
With $905M Powerball jackpot up for grabs, Marylanders ‘try their luck’
The Powerball jackpot has surged to $905 million for Monday’s drawing. Plenty of people are playing and bringing different strategies to the game.
Mike Wright was at the Carroll Motor Fuels on N. Howard Street buying Powerball tickets on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.
Too dark for a Hopkins waiting room? A viral art debate unfolds.
An art installation at a Johns Hopkins clinic waiting room has stirred a mix of emotions among those viewing it in person and online.
Portraits by Stoehr that have been hanging in the Bayview waiting room since November 2025.
Police arrest woman in fatal stabbing of teen outside Baltimore church
Police have arrested a person in connection with the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old outside a Baltimore church.
Brielle Handy, 18, died after being found with a stab wound outside the Love of God Apostolic Church in Southwest Baltimore.
One man dies, another arrested in separate Baltimore water rescues
Two men were pulled from Baltimore waters in unrelated incidents Sunday afternoon. A 37-year-old man died after being rescued from the Patapsco River in Harbor East.
Khalilah Yancey, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore City Fire Department said crews were shortly called to the 1300 block of Lancaster Street in Fells Point after 3 p.m. for two people in the water on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.
Storms sweep into Maryland, bringing flood risk and Orioles rain delays
Storms have begun moving across Maryland, delaying the Orioles game at Camden Yards and raising concerns about flash flooding, damaging winds and dangerous evening conditions across much of the state.
It's been raining since the first pitch of the Orioles-Phillies game on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, at Camden Yards. The weather forced a rain delay at 2:28 pm.
2 Maryland tickets win $1M as Powerball jackpot climbs to $748M
The next Powerball drawing Monday will be for $748 million, an estimated cash value of $325.1 million.
A lottery screen at Triple Fam Mart in Mount Vernon shows the next Powerball jackpot at $748 million. The next drawing is Monday, Aug. 3, 2026.
Maryland Renaissance Festival’s new ticketing system avoids chaos of release days past
This year, organizers contracted a new ticket vendor, Big Tickets, that has streamlined the process in a fashion that seems to be paying off.
The Maryland Renaissance Festival, in its 50th season, is one of Maryland’s most popular annual events.
Police arrest 49-year-old man in Canton flasher case
Baltimore Police arrested a man they believe is responsible for a series of flashing incidents in Canton.
Baltimore Police have arrested a man they believe to be the Canton flasher.
Woman’s plight with Canton flasher sends police on the hunt
A serial flasher has been on the loose in Canton. Police know who he is but have not caught him yet.
Police are searching for a serial flasher in Canton.
19 hospitalized by suspected food-related illness at Laurel youth academy
Nineteen people were hospitalized Sunday after a cluster of illnesses at an Anne Arundel County youth academy prompted a mass casualty response.
Nineteen people were hospitalized Sunday after a cluster of illnesses at the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy in Laurel prompted a mass casualty response.
Nude artist returns to a Baltimore pedestal, this time in a Speedo
The man, a performance artist who goes by the name Ham, reappeared on a pedestal in the Mount Vernon neighborhood Sunday.
Hamb, the performance artist arrested for nude installment on a pedestal in the Inner Harbor, resurfaces in scantily clad pedestal pose in Mount Vernon on Sunday, July 26, 2026.
Patterson Park pool reopens after latest poop vandalism
The Patterson Park pool reopened to the public on Sunday after vandals damaged the pool and contaminated it with feces Saturday, marking the fifth such incident at a city-owned pool this season.
People swim at the Patterson Park pool on Sunday after it was suddenly closed due to vandalism the night before that left the facility’s pool damaged.
Lightning the biggest threat as storms return to Maryland
Rounds of thunderstorms are expected to move through the region and Maryland’s coast, with frequent lightning posing the biggest threat through much of the week.
Saturday, July 4, 2026 — Mother Nature put on an early fireworks show as thunderstorms move through Baltimore, delaying the 4th of July fireworks show.
Driver cut off school bus that crashed into Parkville pharmacy, police say
A driver crossed into oncoming traffic, setting off a chain-reaction accident that sent a school bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind crashing into a Parkville pharmacy Tuesday, according to Baltimore County Police.
JULY 21, 2026 - A bus crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
3 injured when bus carrying Maryland School for the Blind students hits Parkville building
One child and two adults had minor injuries after a school bus carrying at least a dozen people crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
First responders are on the scene of an accident in the 7800 block of Harford Road where a school bus carrying children from the Maryland School for the Blind ended up in a building.
Search for missing boater in Anne Arundel shifts to recovery mission
The search for a man in Rock Creek after he jumped into the water Sunday and never resurfaced turned into a recovery mission Monday, officials said.
The search for a man in Rock Creek after he jumped into the water Sunday and never resurfaced turned into a recovery mission Monday, officials said.
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