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    Thunderstorms possible Friday night into the weekend, though Baltimore escapes flood watch
    It’s likely to be rainy this weekend, but a reprieve from high humidity could be coming.
    Lightning strikes in northern Baltimore County as a severe thunderstorm moves through, July 8, 2025.
    Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs
    In a letter sent Wednesday, Republican senators said the withheld money supported programs that had longstanding bipartisan support and were critical to local communities.
    Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, attends a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination.
    Maryland Medicaid programs could lose $2.7 billion under new federal law
    A new analysis by Maryland health officials finds a potential loss of $2.7 billion over time from the new law passed by Congress.
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, shakes hands with Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as he celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025.
    Jordan McNair’s dad urges Congress to pass athlete safety law after son’s heatstroke death
    The Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act requires colleges and high schools to adopt emergency heat illness protocols.
    Jordan McNair was a freshman offensive lineman for the University of Maryland.
    Letter: Trump tax, spending legislation not a win for thousands of Marylanders
    President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts will result in thousands of Marylanders losing access to health insurance and nutrition benefits, writes Jan Kleinman of Baltimore.
    President Donald Trump holds up his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 4, 2025.
    Projecting the Ravens’ 53-man roster: Who’s in and who’s out as training camp nears?
    Ahead of the start of training camp next week, here’s a look at how the Ravens could set their roster.
    Inside linebacker Roquan Smith is a perennial All-Pro, but the Ravens lack proven experience at the position to aid him.
    Mike Hankin dreamed Baltimore could have a swimmable harbor. He thinks it’s close.
    Harbor Splash is a milestone in the vision of Mike Hankin, a Baltimore County businessman and philanthropist who has championed a swimmable harbor for more than 15 years.
    Mike Hankin, a Baltimore County businessman and philanthropist.
    GOP senators tank Van Hollen’s attempt to preserve FBI HQ funds for Greenbelt
    Van Hollen said he’d hoped his colleagues would have rejected the administration’s attempt to undo years of work by members of both parties.
    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 8: The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters, is photographed on October 8, 2024 in Washington, DC.
    Ex-Anne Arundel reserve officer charged with threatening Marjorie Taylor Greene and family
    Seth Jason, 64, repeatedly threatened to assault and kill Greene and her family during several calls to her district offices in between October 2023 and January 2025, according to his four-count indictment.
    FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., presides over a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
    Ex-Orioles minor leaguer dies rescuing swimmers
    Chase Childers, a former minor league baseball player and ex-police officer, has died after rushing into the ocean to save swimmers in a rip current, according to police in South Carolina and a GoFundMe page for his family.
    Pawleys Island in 2022. The police department for Pawleys Island, S.C., said Chase Childers died Sunday, July 13, 2025, after rushing to save swimmers in a rip current.
    Marylanders to join nationwide ‘Good Trouble’ protests against Trump’s policies
    Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid are planned Thursday at more than a dozen locations around Maryland.
    Thousands of people participated in “No Kings” demonstrations across Maryland in June.
    Maryland hit with torrential rain, flash floods and lightning as another summer storm rolls in
    Torrential rains, tornado warnings, and relentless lightning lit up the sky Wednesday night as another round of severe summer weather pummeled Maryland.
    Lightning strikes in northern Baltimore County as a severe thunderstorm moves through, July 8, 2025.
    Letter: Supervised drug consumption sites work. Why aren’t we using them?
    Isaiah Griffith of Baltimore says supervised drug consumption sites, like those in New York City and Vancouver, save lives and help connect people to treatment — and we should have the courage to implement them in Maryland.
    A box of Narcan on the sidewalk near the intersection of Pennsylvania and North Ave as first responders look for overdose victims on July 10.
    An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
    Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
    An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
    Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
    The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.
    FILE - Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey is outside court during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
    Judge won’t rule this week on releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday tried to poke holes in the human smuggling case the government is pursuing against him in Tennessee, while a federal judge said he won’t rule this week on freeing the Maryland man from jail, a decision that could precipitate his deportation.
    A rally sign is seen during a news conference outside the federal courthouse before a hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    Maryland judge says she would block Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide
    A federal judge in Maryland could soon become the second to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, if an appeals court were to allow it.
    FILE - Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025.
    Ravens rookie Emery Jones Jr. placed on NFI list, expected to miss start of training camp
    Jones, who's dealing with a shoulder injury, can be activated off the NFI list and return to practice at any time.
    Emery Jones Jr. of LSU was the Ravens’ third-round draft pick in April but has a shoulder injury that is expected to sideline him for the start of training camp.
    State senator’s former aide gets probation in scholarship theft case
    A former aide to a state senator was granted probation before judgement Thursday in a case of an alleged theft of $20,000 in scholarship money that she routed to herself.
    The seal of the Senate of Maryland on a podium in the Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis.
    Perseid meteor shower: How to view the annual celestial show in Maryland
    The Perseid meteor shower starts soon and peaks in mid-August. Here’s what to know about viewing them.
    An outburst of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in August 2009 in this time-lapse image. Stargazers expect a similar outburst during next week’s Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible overnight on Aug. 11 and 12.
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