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The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for parts of Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

The American Visionary Art Museum said Friday it won’t host its annual animal parade and talent show due to warming temperatures.

The Top of the World observation deck, at the Baltimore World Trade Center, won’t close this month after all.

The Maryland Public Service Commission is ordering Baltimore Gas and Electric to mitigate the effects of an impending supply-side rate increase by shifting cost recovery to less expensive times of year.

Zack Wolfe, a longtime Orioles fan from Manchester, says executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias has committed ‘malpractice’ with the team’s roster.

If she won, Ellen O. Moyer would possibly be the oldest person to serve on the council, turning 90 about a month after taking office in January.

Jim Ally, a native Baltimorean who spent his professional life helping people in need or experiencing homelessness, died May 12 after a two-year battle with cancer.

A pair of indictments unsealed charge Annapolis man Patrick Britton-Harr with a dozen crimes.

More than a third of Maryland’s roughly 24,000 international students were from China last school year.

The video, which was shared by The White House on Wednesday, has already attracted already more than 1.7 million views on X.

Pikes Studio Cinema in Pikesville is replacing the now-defunct Next Act Cinema, which abruptly closed in December 2024.

Police are still gathering information about why William Marshall was in New York and whether anyone was helping him.

ICE criticized the Howard County Detention Center for twice releasing a Honduran national, Alex Yonatan Flores-Arce, as local officials say the law bars them from intervening.

Clark didn’t play in the Fever's loss to the Mystics. But that didn't stop thousands from turning out to see her at CFG Bank Arena.

More than just downgrading Maryland’s credit rating, federal job cuts will harm the state for decades, says Jyoti Mohan of Cockeysville.

A hole in a plastic gas pipeline could reveal more about the cause of a Bel Air house explosion that left the 73-year-old homeowner and a Baltimore Gas and Electric employee dead last summer.

Over his eight-term congressional tenure, which concluded in 1987, Parren J. Mitchell earned a reputation as a champion of the Civil Rights Movement. He was one of 12 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

With a lone bid of $2.9 million, Baltimore's Harborview Marina was sold in moments and the auction betrayed none of the legal drama that has played out behind the scenes.

Advocates say ICE "wellness checks" on migrant children are intimidating for families.