Regions

The biggest airports in the Baltimore and Washington area were on a ground delay after hours of halted flights Friday sparked by a “strong chemical smell” at the region’s air traffic control facility.

More than 800 people gathered at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda on Friday to recognize Montgomery County rescuers who risked their lives to save others.

Eric Kibler, 44, of Hagerstown, is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with first-degree murder and related offenses in the shooting of Anthony “Chris” Martin in Oliver on Aug. 18, 2024.

Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed operating budget for Montgomery County includes a nearly 6% property tax increase. He said his plan, which fully funds the public schools’ operating budget request, recognizes the county faces economic headwinds.

The monthslong search for missing Baltimore boy Tristan King ended Friday morning in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, several people familiar with the case said.

Gov. Wes Moore and legislative leaders are backing a bill aimed at lowering Maryland energy bills, offering rebates and imposing new rules on utilities and data centers.

The tornado hit the small community of Cooksville just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a weather service report released on Friday.

Thirty schools in five Maryland districts signed up to protest the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. However, some school administrators warned against it, threatening disciplinary action if students skipped class.

For months, the overcrowded, bleak conditions on the sixth floor of the George H. Fallon Federal Building have drawn attention from Maryland lawmakers, a federal judge and the state’s top prosecutor.

A sign from the Baltimore City Health Department was on the door Thursday morning, noting Mom’s Organic Market in Hampden was closed due to a violation.

It’s part of a plan to close a $1.4 billion shortfall by taking money from other state accounts, freezing spending and making cuts.

“I think he’s got a lot left in the tank,” Raven GM Eric DeCosta said at Trey Hendrickson’s introductory news conference Friday.

Mom’s Organic Market has reopened Friday morning after the city’s health department shut the store down for a day due to a rodent infestation.

After struggling in 2024, Rogers returned in 2025 as a star. He posted a 1.81 ERA with a 0.90 WHIP in 18 starts last season.

The Lacks family has settled its third case against a pharmaceutical company it says profited from cells taken from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent — this one with Viatris.

COLUMN | In a five-day span, the Ravens made the most ambitious trade in franchise history, annulled it, got hitched to the No. 1 free-agent pass rusher and became the NFL’s villain of the moment.

Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.

Ludovic Mbock, a Cameroonian immigrant and regional gaming champion who spent more than two weeks detained by ICE, was released Thursday night. His family still worries that Mbock, an openly gay man, will be deported to Cameroon, which punishes same-sex relationships.

COLUMN | The Mimi DiPietro Family Skating Center is scheduled to close forever after this season with no plan to replace it with a new indoor ice rink. The Baltimore Banners hockey team, whose existence may hinge on the dome staying open, is hosting a weekend rally in an effort to extend its life for a few more years.

COLUMN | The Orioles have a talented group of potential reinforcements who will be in the high minors this year and could contribute in the major leagues.