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Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Wednesday on all counts of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking. What’s next in his case?

Jason Billingsley, 33, of Sandtown-Winchester, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder in an attack on a man and woman in West Baltimore on Sept. 19, 2023.

The fire happened shortly after midnight Monday at the Loch Raven Village Apartments in Towson.

Andrea Rodriguez Avila was found dead in her residential hall on the campus of Rice University in Houston. The family of the 21-year-old issued a statement, saying her "precious life was lost to horrific violence."

A volunteer fire department in Baltimore County is raising $1.2 million to purchase a new boat so it can continue responding to emergencies in the Chesapeake Bay.

The Howard County Conservancy recently welcomed a new friend to the grounds: Monty the owl. His big debut to society will be in a few weeks at a 500-person event, and then he will be on his way to meet students at school for them to learn about animals.

Inspections at the plant have been suspended and it will remain closed “until the establishment is able to demonstrate it can produce safe product,” U.S. Agriculture Department officials said in a statement Thursday. Boar’s Head officials halted production at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant in late July.

The Maryland Supreme Court is expected to hand down its long-awaited opinion in the case against Adnan Syed.

After voting to authorize a strike earlier this month, union hotel workers and Hilton had their final negotiations before their contract's expiration on Aug. 29.

Police confirmed the fire last week at the East Baltimore motorcycle club was arson.

Sometimes referred to as housing navigators or counselors, they take on a range of tasks, including providing hands-on support to households as they browse housing options and make contact with landlords.

The new food poisoning toll includes two deaths in South Carolina plus one each in Florida, New Mexico and Tennessee, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Three deaths were previously confirmed in people who lived in Illinois, New Jersey and Virginia.

The Greater Baltimore Tech Hub Consortium was one of 31 communities across the country to receive the federal designation last year as a “Tech Hub.”

Howard County Police said in a news release that they believe a 17-year-old from Columbia targeted Angelo Little, also 17, as shoppers milled about on July 27. Detectives said the suspect and victim knew each other, but they have not determined a motive.

The school board “was made aware of a potentially unsafe situation in the boardroom,” according to a statement from the school system.

“This is the library they’re going to remember, but a thousand times better," Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, the CEO of the Baltimore County Public Library, said of the renovated Catonsville branch.

Dangerously high temperatures are forecast for the region Wednesday, and some Baltimore schools are set to close early.

The extra rainy start to Maryland’s summer saw makes it likely Baltimore will have a year without a jellyfish invasion, experts said.

Andrea Rodriguez Avila transferred to Rice, in Houston, Texas, last spring from the Community College of Baltimore County. She was from Nottingham, Maryland, and graduated from Perry Hall High School in 2021.