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“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and national pride,” read the statement, which his sister Kerry Kennedy posted on X. “We believe in Harris and Walz. Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland’s lieutenant governor from 1995 through 2003, signed the statement. Kennedy Townsend ran for governor in 2002, losing to Republican Robert Ehrlich.

The pop-punk band from Baltimore County, All Time Low, is celebrating 20 years together with a newly released album of rerecorded classics and a concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia on Saturday.

Here’s what I imagined: an active construction site, heavy machinery, dusty air and loads of dirt with caution tape and signs. And, of course, the infamous sinkhole, swallowing soil into a dark cavern with little space to breathe.

Justin Lee ignited and threw a smoke bomb into the tunnel entrance on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace, where a mob of rioters attacked a group of outnumbered police officers. The device struck a police officer’s riot shield and filled the mouth of the tunnel with a large plume of smoke, prosecutors said.

The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday will adopt a comprehensive zoning map, something it does every four years. But critics say the process is anything but democratic, with individual council members deferring to one another on decisions in their respective districts. Some say this has put too much power in the hands of each council member.

Kamala Harris’ address in Chicago caps a whirlwind eight weeks in American politics and manifests the stunning reversal of Democratic fortunes just 75 days until Election Day.

Detectives with the Baltimore County Homicide Unit arrested Bryan Demetric Cherry, 36, on Thursday. He faces a count of first-degree murder charges and is being held without bond. An attorney was not immediately listed in online court records.

The Sunday night shooting near the building killed one person and wounded seven others. Law enforcement is investigating if the group is involved after noise complaints from the community earlier that night.

The Department of Public Works is scheduled to discuss working conditions at a City Council oversight hearing Thursday night following the death of a solid waste worker.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen McGuinn and Christopher Nieto, one of Chris Bendann’s attorneys, are set to deliver their opening statements Friday.

More than 200 northern Baltimore County residents packed into Hereford High School’s auditorium to oppose a $424 million transmission line that would cut through pristine farmland and prized horse country to power both residential growth in Maryland and data center development in Virginia.

“One thing about Leslie, he was not a downer. He was one that was really excited,” Elder Gregory Johnson said. “And so, while we are here in his remembrance, we know he has left such a great legacy in his life of just 16 years.”

Antoinette Gray, who was a double amputee and bedridden because of a stroke 15 years ago, was found covered in feces, bedbugs, maggots and disposable absorbent pads used to collect her waste, according to court documents obtained by WJZ.

U.S. Senior District Judge James K. Bredar had to direct deputy U.S. marshals to go to the cell of Chris Bendann and deliver instructions that he must appear for jury selection.

The Baltimore region is in the middle of a couple of cool days, including temperatures as low as 53 degrees Wednesday morning — but warmer, more summery weather is returning soon.

Police said the 2-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, was struck by a tram on the boardwalk Tuesday a little after 8 p.m.

Two Giant grocery stores in Baltimore are implementing a youth supervision policy to combat what the company calls a recent rise in theft.

Union leaders and former federal officials are sounding the alarm over the law firm hired by Baltimore to investigate safety practices at DPW following the death of Ronald Silver II.

David Philpot was walking his dog on Saturday afternoon when he was approached by Clinedinst, 43, who asked for money, Philpot’s wife of 30 years said. When Philpot said he had no money, he was shoved to the ground and repeatedly kicked.

Months after the Baltimore County Council approved a plan to sell the historic Perry Hall Mansion for $5,000, a local businessman has advised the county that the proposed sale is no longer feasible. He cited community concerns about any restoration and reuse of the structure.