Maryland

Most of Maryland has a 50-60% chance of seeing warmer than average temperatures this summer, according to the latest seasonal outlook from forecasters.

In an effort to better understand a trainer’s thought process, The Baltimore Banner will follow H. Graham Motion as he trains a horse for a race happening sometime during the two days of Preakness and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

A University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researcher is raising questions about species leaving the Chesapeake Bay on the hulls of ships.

Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was indicted in February last year on charges that she conspired to destroy an energy facility. Clendaniel now faces a charge that she possessed a firearm even though she was prohibited from doing so, according to online court records.

A review of 65 recent first-round mock drafts found 20 different players picked to land with the Ravens.

“It’s our port, our city, our channel, our community, and when I say our, I mean everybody,” said Col. Estee Pinchasin, who commands the Baltimore District of the Army Corps of Engineers that is overseeing the collective effort to open the port.

Eric DeCosta wants prospects who “play like a Raven.” But what else goes into their draft process? And, knowing that, who might they target Thursday night?

Nobody knows for sure what the Ravens will do with the No. 30 overall pick, but here are early evaluations.

The new Maryland State Superintendent of Education is committed to improving how schools teach reading and math.

Put your flyswatter down.

Bateman, who had 32 catches for 367 yards and one touchdown last season, was heading toward what might’ve been the final year of his rookie contract.

Young people across Baltimore will find updated play spaces at some of their neighborhood recreation centers, parks and area schools, like the latest updo at the new Candy Stripe Park

Birding in Baltimore and across the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region is sure to provide relief when the pressures of life around here are taking their toll.

Advocates are sounding alarms and asking state health officials to find funding to offset big looming cuts to services that have made living with HIV infections possible.

A hydraulic salvage grab that resembles the talons of a giant bird of prey is in the process of being attached to the Chesapeake 1000 crane, another monster piece of equipment that has been an indispensable tool in the removal of thousands of tons of debris left in the Patapsco River after the Key Bridge collapsed.

Exactly four weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, salvage crews removed its biggest piece of debris to date, a section of truss weighing 560 tons, clearing the way to open the deepest and widest temporary channel by the end of this week.

Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.

The Banner examines a history of ship strikes on major bridges that led to collapses — and tries to answer the question of who ends up footing the bill.

I listened with interest last week to a panel discussion of the University of Maryland’s groundbreaking study on the state of journalism in Maryland. No surprise, what it found ain’t great. But there is reason to hope.

Maryland homeowners at risk of foreclosure can take steps to save their homes andget assistance from housing counseling agencies, a Baltimore real estate broker and credit repair specialist says.