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An apartment fire in Howard County left about 40 people displaced and three pets dead Saturday morning, officials said.

A developer’s unexpected death has led to the abrupt closure of a day care tucked inside a historic Mount Vernon church, leaving parents scrambling to find alternative childcare with just days’ notice.

The federally subsidized apartment complex in Southwest Baltimore County has been a prolific source of complaints from residents — for years, if not decades.

He shared details of the vandalism with his 1.7 million TikTok followers and has seen an outpouring of support.

They’re now applying the infectious, youthful energy they captured working on the Kamala Harris campaign throughout Maryland — often in the political sphere.

Louis Giles has been working for three years to put a new gravestone in place for Samuel Neale, a Black Maryland veteran who worked as a steward and a medical assistant to a surgeon during the War of 1812. On Saturday, Giles completes that mission.

Workers at the Towson Apple store have secured a union contract, the first of its kind in the country.

Because of the community support of Howard County’s proposed inspector general, the council will move the bill to voters in the November election to enshrine the office in the charter.

Police say a teenage driver struck a 31-year-old man on a scooter at the intersection of North Conkling Street and Pulaski Highway and left the scene. The man died of injuries suffered in the crash, and the 16-year-old driver was later arrested and charged in the incident.

A 15-year study estimated the financial burden placed on first responders and emergency resources due to gas leaks incidents. When Baltimore firefighters respond, it’s costly.

Maryland’s new bay license plate bears the same design, featuring the Bay Bridge and a blue crab, as the one that was introduced in 2018. But now, in addition to imploring people to “Protect the Chesapeake,” it calls for the Chesapeake and Maryland’s coastal bays to be protected.

Three dozen signs for the Key Bridge remain along Maryland highways. These are signs to nowhere, directing drivers to a landmark that no longer stands, and one they cannot reach. What to make of this incongruity?

Playing the game is more systematic than rolling a die.

Furry companions and their owners in Baltimore’s downtown are getting a not-so-new, but improved, hang-out spot.

In the two weeks since 14-year-old Cortez Lemon Jr. was fatally stabbed on an MTA bus in Baltimore July 10, multiple vigils have been held to remember the young man they called “Bubbles.”

A man was pulled from the water near Fells Point Wednesday morning, according to Baltimore City fire officials.

David S. Lapp, the people’s counsel, wrote a letter voicing his worries about a proposed 70-mile power line to the managers of PJM Interconnection LLC, the utility that manages the power grid infrastructure in Maryland and 12 other states.

The program will offer $750 vouchers to residents and up to $2,000 vouchers to low-income residents.

The Coast Guard on Tuesday dispatched crews to search for a 56-year-old man who fell overboard from a commercial fishing vessel near Deal Island on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Lewis M. Laury Jr., 24, a U.S. history teacher who taught at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School in Baltimore, faces 24 counts, including second-degree rape and sexual assault in the third degree. He is awaiting trial at the Baltimore County Detention Center.