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Two of the nation’s most recognizable LGBTQIA+ organizations immediately denounced the choice of JD Vance as a GOP vice presidential candidate.

Melvin Clark, 41, of Severn, is accused of shooting at a silver Mitsubishi multiple times while driving recklessly across the westbound span of the Bay Bridge around 11:45 p.m. on June 8.

Dozens of people appeared at a Howard County Council meeting Monday evening to share their thoughts and concerns about a proposal to create the county’s first-ever Office of the Inspector General bill. They offered thoughts and concerns, but most speakers backed the idea.

“Open borders are often portrayed as compassionate and virtuous,” said Michael Morin, 40, of Churchville, Maryland. “But there is nothing compassionate about allowing violent criminals into our country and robbing children of their mother. My sister’s death was preventable.”

The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would bring a 70-mile energy transmission line to central Maryland. But the plan to slice through three counties to fuel data centers is worrying residents in Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties.

The undisclosed funding came from two Chinese companies, both of which have been viewed with skepticism in the U.S.

The Enoch Pratt Free Library system is seeking nearly $300 million to address critical building needs and provide state-of-the-art services for the community.

When Trea Ellinger left a drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. By the following afternoon, he was dead — not from the violence his mom feared he might face, but because he didn’t survive an encounter with first responders in downtown Baltimore.

The Maryland Department of Transportation recently installed a historic marker on Route 413 in Crisfield to commemorate the 86th anniversary of a strike by about 600 workers — predominantly Black women — for fair wages in the seafood industry. It’s part of a statewide effort to recognize history that has been left out or gone unacknowledged.

A Q&A with Shawn MacInnes, the new president and CEO of the Columbia Association.

Under the Renew Baltimore amendment, the city’s property tax rate would have to decrease for seven consecutive years until it is at nearly half of its current level.

Watermelon and fried chicken are popular American foods — especially during the summer. But their complicated history gives some Black people pause when eating them in settings where white people are present.

The only people on Earth who regularly communicate with James Webb Space Telescope work in a nondescript concrete office building much closer to home — on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore.

The outage happened at around 6 p.m. Airport officials acknowledged the outage at 6:12 p.m. on X, saying efforts were being made to restore the power.

According to the Prince George’s County Police Department, the shooting took place around 10 p.m. Friday at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro.

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown said in a ruling the gas emissions that damaged Baltimore fall under the federal Clean Air Act.

Following Never Forget Brands’ bankruptcy filing, the Ravens are one of five NFL teams owed money by the company, which licensed team colors and logos for its vodka.

Nearly 140 years ago, a white mob lynched a Black teenager in front of the old Towson jail. On Saturday, a ceremony remembers Howard Cooper.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in May awarded $1.8 million to the nonprofit group American Rivers to begin the planning and initial design phase for the removal of Daniels Dam.

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