Maryland

It’s not easy for James “Trae” McVicker III to be on Harford County’s school board. But he says it’s worth it.

COLUMN | Maybe social media sensation Bobby LaPin can beat state Sen. Bill Ferguson in the Democratic primary for their South Baltimore district. Maybe not. But in Maryland’s usually predictable political landscape, an upset like this has happened before.

Nino Mangione, a staunchly MAGA Republican state delegate, will become the newest Baltimore County councilman, thanks to a vote Saturday afternoon.

Maryland State Police said troopers from the Salisbury Barrack were called to the Salisbury Bypass near the Ocean City exit at about 10:50 a.m. Saturday after reports of an emu wandering in the road.

A North Baltimore rowhome fire that killed a woman and displaced neighbors has left the tight-knit Barclay community grieving and grappling with the aftermath.

A former Baltimore postal worker pleaded guilty to stealing checks from the mail after investigators found nearly 200 stolen checks worth more than $700,000 and evidence he planned to sell them.

By late Thursday, several previously announced performers had withdrawn from Freedom 250 festivities, including Bret Michaels, the Commodores, Martina McBride, Morris Day and Young MC.

Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend — a blue moon that’s also the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year.

Two shootings within a span of about three hours left one man dead and two wounded across Baltimore early Saturday, according to police.

After weather-related cancellations last year, Baltimore’s Harbor Splash returns Sunday in Fells Point as organizers launch a series of pop-up swims aimed at getting more people back into the harbor.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president’s allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.

A civil trial in the Key Bridge disaster is set to begin Monday in Baltimore’s federal courthouse. A judge will determine whether Synergy Marine Group and Grace Ocean Private can cap their liability in the bridge collapse at about $44 million, roughly the value of the container ship Dali and its cargo.

A former Iowa school superintendent and Coppin State University graduate who previously worked for Baltimore City Public Schools was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen.

A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday.

The proposal, backed by Mayor Brandon Scott, City Council President Zeke Cohen and Comptroller Bill Henry, comes after bondholders downgraded Baltimore’s debt rating on its sewer system this year.

The teams combined to finish 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and leave 16 runners on base.

Shrey Parikh of San Bernardino, California, captured the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship Thursday night after surviving a dramatic, rapid-fire spell-off in the nationally televised finals in Washington.

An older man died in Calvert County this month due to the heat, Maryland Department of Health officials said, the first heat-related death in the state this year.

Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” naming outsider Nick Bilton as the show’s new leader.