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Baltimore firefighters responded to the fire in a building near the intersection of North Howard Street and West Fayette Street.

Attorneys representing Dontae Melton Jr., a Baltimore man who died in police custody in June, announced they plan to sue the city and the involved officers.

Dan Morrison, a staple of the Hollins Market neighborhood and the beloved manager of The Back Yard restaurant and bar, died Aug. 18 at age 50.

Teachers often foot the bill for supplies in their classrooms. Several Baltimore-area community efforts are available to help.

The city’s first public park opened in 2004 and the most recent at the Inner Harbor welcomed skaters starting in 2021. But since then, skaters worry the momentum for more locations may have stalled.

Legislation before the Annapolis City Council aims to implement ranked-choice voting by 2029.

The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, a nonprofit committed to preserving the history of women, is dissolving.

Outstanding, fall-like weather will continue in Maryland for Labor Day and through the middle of the week.

Officials with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources are considering allowing e-bikes on more state bike trails, a move they say could increase accessibility to public parks.

The rally in Woodlawn was the third and final stop of the day for the union groups, which were traveling around the region to highlight three themes.

A golf center in Southeast Baltimore was damaged by a two-alarm fire on Sunday, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Hundreds of kids gathered on the outdoor basketball courts of the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center, where they received new backpacks, competed in dance-offs and slurped snowballs that turned their lips red and purple.

Baltimore County police have identified the three people killed in a double murder-suicide inside a Catonsville home.

Baltimore Police are expanding their presence in the downtown entertainment hubs, including Fells Point, the Inner Harbor are and sports stadiums, to decrease crime ahead of football season and major events such as the Maryland Cycling Classic, officials announced Thursday.

Nancy Levin, a family lawyer who helped survivors of domestic violence, died Aug. 13 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 85.

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Power was restored Friday evening at the University of Maryland, College Park, after an hourslong outage shuttered campus libraries and limited dining and health services, officials said.

Baltimore County Police said they are continuing to investigate the Catonsville double murder-suicide as they wait for a complete an examination into the manner and cause of death.

More than 100 dogs and puppies were rescued from “filthy” conditions at a large-scale puppy mill in Harford County, according to the Humane World for Animals.

Claire’s has been a fixture in American malls for decades. They nearly left thousands of empty storefronts until investment firm Ames Watson, based in Columbia, agreed to buy parts of the retailer.