Maryland

The Baltimore County Council unanimously voted to close a pension loophole that could have allowed retired Councilman Wade Kach to collect significantly larger retirement payments tied to future salary increases.

Pride month has begun across the U.S., bringing parades and parties to big cities and small towns to celebrate LGBTQ+ people.

Since federal health officials removed the “black box” warning on hormone replacement therapy, doctors and women’s advocates have been cautiously optimistic it will mean better access to the menopause treatment generally for more women, especially Black women.

Gov. Wes Moore soon faces what could turn out to be one of the most influential education decisions he makes as governor.

In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job, according to reports.

President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday, as the Justice Department said it would temporarily pause its implementation to comply with a court order.

Baltimore Police said a 15-year-old boy has turned himself in to face first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl in February.

Heavy rain toward the end of May helped Maryland’s drought a little bit, but it wasn’t enough, officials said.

A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday.

COLUMN | The civil trial against the owner and operator of the Dali, which caused the fatal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was settled days before the trial. Does justice help with healing?

A federal judge on Monday agreed to postpone the long-expected civil trial over the Key Bridge collapse. It had been set to begin after two years of legal wrangling and a slew of settlements.

Curators behind a new exhibition ask Baltimore to picture the Jones Falls in 50 years. Does it have a highway on top? How about gondolas?

See who's running for Maryland's 6th Congressional District. Read candidate profiles and their responses to The Banner's 2026 voter guide questionnaire.

When Butera is home, wife Caroline Margolis said, he is on top of their daughter’s schedule, finding ways to help where needed.

Maryland’s mix-up has fueled existing bipartisan tensions over a voting method that has become as politicized as the candidates printed on the ballot.

The Nationals improved to 24-10 when scoring first.

A family of four from Massachusetts who were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Virginia were traveling to a wedding with a carload of homemade desserts for the celebration.

FIFA is under fresh scrutiny for sky-high World Cup ticket prices and sales tactics that fans say left them with worse deals than they wanted.

A violent 24-hour stretch in Baltimore left two people dead and three others wounded in a series of incidents, police said.

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