Prince George's County

The Prince George’s County Council passed a bill on Monday that will allow residents to adopt and foster pit bulls through a pilot program.

Residents of Howard, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Charles, Calvert and St Mary’s counties could have increased fire risk on Sunday.

The billionaire philanthropist has given $50 million to Bowie State University, the historically Black university’s largest gift in school history.

Much of the shutdown's economic harm will be "undone," but it still did some permanent damage to Maryland, a state especially reliant on federal dollars.

Dania Bautista is among Maryland families facing the daunting task of raising kids and covering bills while navigating the immigration system on behalf of their detained loved ones.

The shutdown is leaving contractors, like Prince George’s County-based Melwood, reevaluating their future and asking: How reliable is the federal government anymore?

The State of Maryland and Prince George’s County are suing President Donald Trump for interfering in the long-planned relocation of the FBI to Greenbelt.

A press conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Prince George’s County. It will include the attorney general, the governor, the county executive and state and federal lawmakers.

Floyd Roger Myers Jr., a former child actor known for roles in “The Fresh Prince of Belair” and “The Jacksons: An American Dream,” was 42.

The Turning Point USA-affiliated group stopped at the Maryland campus on its HBCU tour.

The amusement park, which first opened in the 1970s and has operated as a Six Flags since 1998, shuts down after it closes at 6 p.m. What’s next for the massive tract in Bowie remains unclear.

This past summer, 34 people died from heat in Maryland, according to data from the state Department of Health.

Turning Point USA claims a security charge targets the group’s free speech at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Black women are about 6% of the nation’s employed, but account for 11% of all federal workers.

The driver fled the scene but turned himself in the next morning, police said. They are investigating alcohol and speed as possible factors in the crash.

Bladensburg Police are searching for a driver who plowed into a children’s birthday party Saturday night, injuring 13 people and killing one.

For years advocates had warned the practice of housing vulnerable children in hotels and hospitals could have tragic consequences.

The state projected getting back down to 40,000 child care scholarships by September. But the program is still thousands of vouchers over budget.

An Immigration and Enforcement Customs (ICE) Officer was captured fumbling and then pointing a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday morning in a busy Hyattsville intersection.

Nearly 15,000 federal jobs in Maryland have been lost since the start of the year. Economists aren’t worried — yet.