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US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump look on.
Nationals leave Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, channel controlled by Orioles
Washington will join MLB’s production and distribution model, becoming the seventh team to do so.
An employee wears a vest with a MASN logo during a game between the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels in 2024.
‘Luz de esperanza’: Immigrants, advocates urge Baltimore County to pass Trust Act
Baltimore County residents rallied in Towson to support Councilman Izzy Patoka’s bills for immigrant protection ahead of a council work session Tuesday evening.
Immigrant and working families rally for immigrant rights prior to the first work session of the year in efforts to urge the County Council to pass strong legislation to grant greater protections to immigrant communities in Baltimore County.
Police identify driver who died after collision with tree
A driver died after colliding with a tree overnight Wednesday near the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Johnson Drive in Damascus, Montgomery County police said.
Harford schools deputy superintendent on leave after New Orleans 911 call surfaces
Harford County Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Eric Davis was placed on paid administrative leave on Sunday.
School board members start the school board meeting at the Harford County Board of Education in Bel Air, Monday, January 12, 2026.
Trump says anything less than having Greenland in the United States’ hands is ‘unacceptable’
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland and anything less than American control is unacceptable, hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks.
A boat travels at the sea inlet in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
7 things to do in Baltimore County, from a class on cooking stews to jazzy standards
This week, we’re bringing you a series of events to break your cabin fever in Baltimore County and make it through one of winter’s longest months.
Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 — The Loft is a an intimate concert venue at Manor Mill in Monkton.
What’s it like at a Maryland urgent care during a surge in flu? Snot so good.
The University of Maryland Medical System is steering people to urgent care instead of hospitals. At urgent care centers, this flu season has been a doozy.
Kaitlyn Barron stands for a chest X-ray at the University of Maryland Urgent Care center in Pasadena while technician Kristen Kurtz, right, and physician assistant Haley Schweizer look at the images.
Annapolis businesses lament construction disruptions from City Dock project
Street parking around the rest of Annapolis remains accessible, though is likely to become scarcer with the start of the legislative session Wednesday.
City Dock, Annapolis, MD, May 9, 2025.
The Dish: Move over, Starbucks, Yemeni coffee is taking over Maryland
The Yemeni coffee trend has come to Perry Hall.
Haraz Coffee House’s new location in Perry Hall marks the Michigan-based chains first foray into Maryland. On the menu are a variety of coffee and espresso drinks as well as pastries like the Dubai chocolate-inspired mosaic cake.
Kyle Goon: Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti fired John Harbaugh for the right reasons. He’ll probably hire the right successor, too.
COLUMN: He picked the right head coach 18 years ago, and his justification for finally firing John Harbaugh make a lot of sense. It shows the 65-year-old billionaire has a strong grasp of what his franchise needed to stop regressing — and builds confidence that he'll make a good hire again.
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti takes questions from reporters during the team’s end-of-season news conference Monday.
Here’s how much it’ll cost to fund Baltimore County schools
Superintendent Myriam Rogers revealed Tuesday night that her proposed fiscal year 2027 budget would cost $2.5 billion, slightly less than the $2.8 billion spending plan adopted last year.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Yarbrough pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Baltimore trivia host advances in ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions
A fixture in Baltimore trivia will advance to the quarterfinals of the Tournament of Champions on “Jeopardy!” after a landslide victory Tuesday night that won him $40,000.
Baltimore trivia host and college professor Jonathan Hugendubler returns to Jeopardy! after upsetting a two-week champion in his first appearance in July.
7 new direct flights to depart from BWI in 2026
Nonstop flights to seven new destinations are slated to take off at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport throughout 2026, landing at destinations from the West Coast to the Caribbean.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will add at least seven new flight destinations throughout 2026.
Driver sentenced in crash that killed Rockville man
Maria Luisa Alvarez, 20, of Lanham, pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle in November. Boris Josue Bonilla of Rockville, 30, Alvarez’s front-seat passenger, died on the Inner Loop of the Beltway in 2024.
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge on Friday sentenced Maria Luisa Alvarez to 10 years in prison for negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle in the death of Boris Josue Bonilla.
Steve Bisciotti offers insight into John Harbaugh’s firing | Banner Ravens Podcast
The Ravens owner explained his decision and detailed how much influence quarterback Lamar Jackson will have going forward.
Scott Adams, whose comic strip ‘Dilbert’ ridiculed white-collar office life, dies at 68
Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip “Dilbert” captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture has died. He was 68.
FILE - Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006.
At packed hearing, emotional pleas for Montgomery County to restrict ICE
The Montgomery County Council heard from a crowd Tuesday that overwhelmingly supported a bill to protect immigrants from ICE.
Community members packed the Montgomery County Council meeting in Rockville on Tuesday to testify on a bill that aims to protect immigrants.
Police investigating report of ‘suspicious’ man who approached students at Crofton Elementary
Anne Arundel County police are investigating after a man reportedly asked middle school students to get into his car as they waited for their bus Monday morning at Crofton Elementary School.
Anne Arundel County police are investigating after a man reportedly approached middle school students waiting for their bus at Crofton Elementary School.
State won’t charge Howard County officer who fatally shot a spear-wielding man
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General announced Tuesday it won’t charge a Howard County Police officer who fatally shot a man who charged at him with a spear in Columbia last summer.
A still from bodycam footage released by the Howard County Police Department shows a man they identify as Micah Booker running toward Officer Michael McKee shortly before McKee fires on him.
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