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Six Baltimore Police officers fired 70 shots at a man who appeared to lower his hand in the direction of what officers believed was a gun following an 18-minute police pursuit, officials said Friday.

The killings of two children inside a Gwynn Oak home have left a Baltimore County community in mourning, as police identified the victims Wednesday as 9-year-old Steve Allen and his 15-year-old sister, Giovanna Myrie.

The large building on Ritchie Highway is not structurally sound, according to the county fire department.

Trader Joe’s is opening its 12th store in Maryland at the Anneslie Shopping Center on York Road.

Drivers in Baltimore should get ready for another weekend of heavy traffic and road closures as the 44th annual Baltimore Washington One Carnival welcomes thousands to celebrate Caribbean culture.

Susan Goering, the former executive director of the ACLU of Maryland, died June 21 of cancer. She was 73.

Maryland is losing more than 350 jobs as software giant Microsoft makes deep slashes to its video game divisions.

Ron Daniels, the president of the Johns Hopkins University for 17 years, received a multiyear payout ahead of a drastic drop in federal research funding.

The partner of the man shot by ICE in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve spoke to The Banner about the anguish she and her sons feel as one of tens of thousands of families who have been separated under President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement initiative.

Community leaders say the bus crash that injured more than 30 people exposed years of unresolved traffic and pedestrian safety problems in downtown Pikesville.

Howard County Police said a motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a transit bus on Route 32 on Wednesday night.

Baltimore County authorities charged Jake Burdett in March 2025, claiming he jeopardized immigration cases by deleting dozens of electronic forms and stealing physical files including passports.

Video footage of an MTA bus crash in Pikesville shows the bus racing through an intersection, crossing lanes, striking about a dozen cars, taking out an electrical pole and slamming into a building, leaving more than 30 people injured.

Rainfall rates could reach 2 to 3 inches per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

A 10-story office building in Glen Burnie has been evacuated because of “structural integrity issues” in its underground parking area.

There have been 32 cases of cyclosporiasis in the state so far this year, including 28 since May, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

Ron Singer, the owner of the popular gay bar Leon’s Backroom in Baltimore, dies at 66.

Parents of special needs students in Prince George’s County say a transportation nightmare on the first day of the extended school year program is part of a yearslong systemic failure. The district has issued an apology and deployed an interim tracking app.

Baltimore teens face their toughest summer job market in decades, causing some to start their own business ventures. Others are still hunting.

Restaurateur Desmond Reilly and his companies — Star Restaurant Group LLC and Chicken + Whiskey Columbia LLC — are facing lawsuits and tax liens more than a year after leaving The Mall in Columbia.