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The Baltimore County Council is poised to pass a resolution opposing a proposed $424 million, 70-mile energy transmission line.

There are now around 534,000 people who identify as multiracial in the state and multiracial adults now make up about 7% of Maryland’s electorate.

After the Key Bridge fell, the immigrant advocacy group CASA and Esperanza Center sprang into action, helping at least 34 family members who live overseas secure permission to travel to the U.S. and book their flights.

Barack and Michelle Obama joined Stevie Wonder, a music legend and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, on stage Tuesday night at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.

A five-alarm fire early Tuesday affected at least eight rowhomes and drew a large response from the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Howard County Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Tuesday in the killing of a man last week.

Police said they have identified a potential suspect but are not releasing his name.

Eleven months after the National Zoo in Washington sent its three wildly popular pandas back to China, a new pair of bears arrived.

The parents of a 5-year-old girl who died in East Baltimore Monday afternoon have been arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.

Women who possessed special knowledge, such as midwives or herbalists, were more likely to be accused of witchcraft, as were women in need, including widows and beggars.

Police are investigating after a viral video appears to show a Baltimore Ravens fan assaulting two Washington Commanders fans in Federal Hill.

Baltimore for a New Harborplace reported receiving no donations while owing more than $100,000 to political strategy firms for “field expenses” and “media.”

A Harford County boy was found safe Monday hours after authorities issued an Amber Alert stating he was believed to have been abducted near an elementary school.

Howard County Police have identified a homicide victim found in a car Saturday as 26-year-old Kendrick McLellan of Baltimore.

The National Weather Service is calling for gusty winds Monday that should cause temperatures to drop through midweek.

A Baltimore community of animal lovers banded together over Facebook to rescue a goat.

A theft and embezzlement case against a former citizens association president is the latest turn in a saga that’s shaken Oyster Harbor, a community along the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.

Stressed out and need a hug? Try cow cuddling, also known as bovine therapy. Some Baltimore Banner reporters visited Clarksville Cow Cuddling to check it out.

Stanton Andrew Gill’s loved ones remember him as thoughtful and kind, always the first to call a new faculty member and welcome them to the department.

A man was found dead early Saturday morning behind an office building in Columbia. Hours later, two teens were found with non-fatal gunshot wounds on the same block.