Step one for Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz was health. Step two may be more challenging.
Concussions limited Keibert Ruiz to 68 games in 2025, and his OPS was below .600.
The fruit man gets an app: Arabbers are rolling out cashless payments
Baltimore arabbers are carving out a new space in the modern world for the sake of their existence. The app Row and Wagon will enable them to collect cashless payments.
Anthony Duncan, the creator of the Row and Wagon app, poses for a portrait outside of the Carlton Street Stables in Baltimore.
Hutzell: Scanned by police, a Maryland driver gets vindication but no apology
COLUMN | Welcome to the upside-down world of traffic court, where a random license plate scan shifts the burden of proof to the driver.
Lanita Gosha came to Annapolis on Feb. 24 , 2026 in hopes of some resolution, but ended up leaving the District Court building before her case came up.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum debuts Frederick Douglass exhibit: ‘Guided by his words’
Frederick Douglass, the ardent abolitionist and social reformer, was born into slavery on the banks of Tuckahoe Creek in Talbot County and later became its most famous native son.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is opening a special exhibit titled "Bear Me Into Freedom: The Talbot County of Frederick Douglass," which explores Douglass' life in Talbot County, where he was born enslaved.
For sale: Contemporary home with a pool and studio space in Darnestown
Discover contemporary design, a bright, open floor plan and a distinct work and studio space in this Darnestown home for sale.
‘Teeny-tiny’ Brunch Supply sweetens an Upper Fells Point neighborhood
Brunch Supply is a mom-and-pop run micro-bakery that serves sweet and savory pastries a few days a week and has found a fan base in an Upper Fells Point neighborhood.
Morning buns are a famously popular selection at Brunch Supply in Upper Fells.
The filing deadline has passed. Here’s who is running for office in Montgomery County.
Seventeen candidates — all Democrats — will compete for four at-large seats on the County Council.
Incumbent Laurie-Anne Sayles is one of 17 candidates vying for four at-large seats on the Montgomery County Council.
Maryland leaders demand Trump refund $1,744 per household
It’s uncertain whether the Trump administration will pay up, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gov. Wes Moore, seen here in 2025, Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Treasurer Dereck E. Davis signed a letter to the president Friday and embedded an invoice.
The Potomac is cleaner, but residents fear long-term damage from pipe collapse
Montgomery County residents fear long-term damage to the environment in the wake of the collapse of a major sewer line. They voiced their concerns to utility officials Thursday at a packed community meeting at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda.
Matthew Brown, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations and Engineering at DC Water, starts a presentation about the Potomac Interceptor sewage pipeline collapse during a community meeting hosted by DC Water at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., February 26, 2026.
Relatives seek justice after Baltimore Police fatally shoot man near longtime family home
On Thursday, officials identified Dwight Hawkins and the officers involved in his death: Arthur Fuog and Omar Rodriguez, six- and seven-year veterans of the force who serve on the Group Violence Unit.
Dwight Hawkins was fatally shot by two Baltimore Police officers near his family home in the 2800 block of Pelham Avenue on Tuesday, February 24. He was 37.
Parents of 5-year-old who starved to death in Baltimore plead guilty to child abuse
The parents of Zona Byrd, who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.
Zona Byrd
Ravens make honor roll with 2026 NFLPA report card grades
Former Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who was fired Jan. 6, received a B from players who took the NFLPA survey.
Primanti Bros. closes Baltimore-area location less than 2 years after opening
The Pittsburgh-based chain claimed it would employ 100 people at its Linthicum Heights location when it opened.
A Primanti Bros. sandwich with pastrami, french fries and cole slaw is sliced open on one of the tables in Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh.
Mayor’s office spent $167K on food, flowers and more without approval, OIG report says
The report says employees in the mayor’s office did not submit waivers for approval for 336 transactions between July 1, 2022, and Nov. 17, 2025.
An aerial view of Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Baltimore County schools superintendent suddenly announces retirement
Myriam Rogers has more than a year left on her contract.
Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Myriam Rogers unexpectedly announced her retirement Thursday morning.
Ship’s Cafe, Catonsville’s lone crab house, expected to close after sale
The Frederick Road crab house will reopen as an Asian and sushi restaurant, a lawyer representing the buyer said.
Ship’s Cafe Restaurant and Crab House in Catonsville is expected to close.
Bird flu rarely hurts humans, but third suspected case in Maryland raises new concerns
State officials suspect a third bird flu case statewide at a chicken farm in Caroline County.
FILE - Chickens feed on a farm, April 20, 2022, in Wilsons, Va.   Nearly 5 million chicken, turkeys and ducks have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022, but as big as that number may sound, it’s far less than the number of birds killed last year and that means consumers generally aren’t seeing as much impact on poultry and egg prices.
2 injured after fire breaks out in auto repair shop in Northeast Baltimore
Two people were injured after a fire started in a commercial building and spread to a nearby residential building on Thursday morning near Clifton Park, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
Baltimore City Fire Department units respond to a commercial building fire in the 2000 block of North Rose Street.
Prosecutor calls delayed charges against Kilmar Ábrego García ‘extraordinary’ but justified
Kilmar Ábrego García’s mistaken deportation has galvanized both sides of the immigration debate.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, behind left, arrive at the federal courthouse Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Money is tight for Howard County schools. Is this third-grade strings all over again?
Superintendent Bill Barnes proposed staff cuts that are leaving the community reeling. The school board decided to add them all back to the budget proposal.
Board chair Jolene Mosley, district 3, and vice chair Dr. Linfeng Chen, county 2 at-large, attend a Howard County Board of Education Meeting at their headquarters in Ellicott City, Md. on Friday, May 9, 2025.
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