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    Baltimore prosecutors investigate witness leak as defense attorneys deny involvement
    Baltimore prosecutors said they are investigating the leak of documents outlining a witness’s cooperation in a high-profile murder-for-hire case, as defense attorneys denied they had provided materials to anyone outside the case.
    Exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
    Ravens training camp superlatives: Biggest wild card, most scrutinized player and more
    With 90 players on the Ravens’ training camp roster and a remade coaching staff guiding them to Week 1, there’s plenty worth paying attention to.
    Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, the biggest wild card of training camp, would like to show his difficulties last season were a fluke.
    Mail ballot mishap that irked Trump ‘fixed’ ahead of fall election, company says
    Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, the company responsible for a Maryland mail ballot printing error that led to the reissue of about 447,000 ballots, assured state election officials that new safeguards and procedures have been implemented.
    A board of elections worker prepares to feed mail-in ballots into a machine for counting during canvassing at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections.
    A Democrat and Republican are teaming up for a nonpartisan race
    Democrat Lisa Maisano and Republican Julie Walsh are pitching themselves as a bipartisan slate for Carroll County school board who can steer the conversation away from national politics and back to local issues.
    Lisa Maisano, a Democrat, left, and Julie Walsh, a Republican, are running on a slate for Carroll County school board.
    Prince George’s County Planning Board defies staff recommendation to oppose data center amendment
    The Prince George’s County Planning Board considered a proposal that could allow data centers in agricultural and residential areas.
    Prince George’s County Council member Wanika Fisher speaks during a news conference in Largo earlier this year.
    MCPS spends millions on portable classrooms. New boundaries could make some disappear.
    Roughly 60% of the district’s portable classrooms are on elementary campuses.
    Arcola Elementary is home to four portable classrooms because its main campus is over-capacity. Fifth-grade teacher Karen McKiernan has taught in the trailers for a decade.
    Eric Booth Jr.’s love of baseball began with hitting rocks with a stick. It led him to the Orioles.
    At 18, Eric Booth Jr. recently signed for $7.32 million, and the center fielder is already ranked as Baltimore’s top prospect, according to Baseball America, without having picked up a bat in the minors.
    Eric Booth Jr. plays in a showcase games prior to the draft.
    10 newish spots to try during Baltimore Restaurant Week
    Whether you eat out all the time or it’s been too long, consider Baltimore Restaurant Week an excuse to reacquaint yourself with the city’s ever-evolving food scene.
    Guests attend dinner service at the soft opening of Seppia in March.
    Human remains found in Middle River identified as missing New Jersey woman
    Human remains found in a creek bed of Back River in Baltimore County last week have been identified as those of a New Jersey woman who went missing in Maryland, police said.
    Baltimore County Police said human remains found last week in Back River are those of a missing New Jersey woman, 26-year-old Kimberly Gordon.
    15-year-old found with unloaded gun at Hammond High School
    The teenager was at Hammond High School when a school resource officer received a report that the suspect had a gun in his possession, police said.
    A teenage student in Howard County was found with an unloaded gun at school.
    Baltimore’s first Latina council member calls for more protection from ICE near schools
    Immigration enforcement is “changing childhood itself,” experts told Baltimore City Council at a three-hour hearing Thursday.
    Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos wants the city’s Safe Passage initiative to expand to more schools.
    More Marylanders contract measles, some from out-of-state travel
    Two people in Southern Maryland tested positive for measles following domestic travel, state health officials announced.
    A computer illustration of a measles virus particle. Measles is a highly infectious itchy rash with a fever.
    Prosecutors scramble after Baltimore rapper’s name leaked as cooperator in murder-for-hire case
    Baltimore prosecutors are seeking emergency court action after documents identifying rapper Keith Ambush as a cooperating witness in a high-profile murder-for-hire case leaked online.
    The Battle Monument seen in Battle Monument Square in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
    369 birds seized from Baltimore pet store after animal control investigation
    More than 300 birds were seized from a Baltimore pet store this week after animal control officers found them living in unsanitary conditions, leaving the BARCS animal shelter scrambling to care for hundreds of chirping survivors.
    The Maryland Zoo and National Aquarium stepped in after hundreds of birds were found sick and living in unsanitary conditions.
    Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him
    Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a Buffalo, N.Y. courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him.
    Author Salman Rushdie at the Blue Sofa at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse) on October 12, 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
    Ravens shrink QB room, cutting Heisman Trophy runner-up Diego Pavia before training camp
    Diego Pavia’s release creates space on the Ravens’ 90-man roster for newly signed center Ethan Pocic and leaves them with four quarterbacks.
    Size, age and maturity concerns kept former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia from getting drafted.
    Baltimore man pleads guilty to fatal crash that shook Howard County’s Indian community
    The Indian community in Howard County has more than doubled since 2009 and now accounts for 6.7% of the population.
    Exterior of the Circuit Court for Howard County is seen on January 30, 2024.
    Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists
    The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution’s leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted.
    Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institute, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing about the Smithsonian, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    Metro plans to install barriers to separate riders from the tracks
    The aim is to reduce fatalities on the tracks and to allow trains to enter and exit stations at full speed as part of a plan to fully automate the Metro system.
    Metro officials plan to erect a see-through barrier on the Red Line separating the platform from the track, in an effort to reduce fatalities.
    Baltimore Museum of Industry leader to retire
    Anita Kassof, exiting executive director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, said the role “has been one of the great privileges of my career.”
    Baltimore Museum of Industry Executive Director Anita Kassof will retire in early 2027.
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