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    Broken sprinkler pipe displaces 74 residents at Ellicott City senior facility
    Fire and rescue units moved the residents to other facilities overnight while relocating dozens of others within the campus.
    Howard County officials transported residents of a senior healthcare facility in Ellicott City to other locations after a late-night flood caused by a broken sprinkler pipe.
    Severe storms forecast through Tuesday, then sunny and mild Fourth of July
    Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and into the early evening.
    A bolt of lightning is seen as an afternoon thunderstorm rolls over eastern Baltimore County, Sunday, June 29, 2025.
    Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-95 in Harford County
    A 33-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95 north of Baltimore early Sunday, according to Maryland State Police.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
    BGE investigates cause of Saturday’s underground fire in downtown Baltimore
    A fire that sparked underground in downtown Baltimore on Saturday is under investigation.
    Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
    New laws that kick in July 1: Boosting the number of teachers, opioid treatment oversight and more
    Dozens of bills passed by Maryland lawmakers earlier this year will become law come July 1.
    An American flag is caught on top of a lamppost in front of the Maryland State House dome in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
    Letter: Catonsville armory development process needed early community input
    Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka says the development of the Catonsville armory as a cannabis incubator was backwards, and that community engagement should come before plans are in place.
    Maryland is planning to convert the Catonsville Armory into a state-run cannabis incubator. It is pictured here on June 20, 2025.
    Annapolis 12-year-old heads to Vegas to fight in national martial arts championship
    Mason Des Jardins, a 12-year-old from Annapolis, will be the among the fighters competing in a national Brazilian jujitsu competition in Las Vegas this weekend.
    Mason Des Jardins (center) with his father, Paul Des Jardins, (left) and his coach, Guilherme Neves, (right) at the 2025 IBJJF New Jersey Spring Kids International Open in Secaucus, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of Paul Des Jardins
    A Baltimore rec center is using TikTok but not how you think
    “It’s our way of meeting them where they are at and allowing them to be themselves,” Baltimore's Farring Baybrook Rec Center Director Bertha Mae Coleman said.
    From left, Kennedy Young, Jakyra Herring, and Brailyn Knight pose for a photo under the decorations at a TikTok party at the Farring Baybrook Recreation Center on June 13, 2025.
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    Baltimore Police waited for medics who never came. The man they detained is now dead.
    A 911 dispatch call revealed that Baltimore Police requested a medic at least twice to treat a man they detained amid a mental health crisis.
    The intersection of W. Franklin and North Franklintown Road in Baltimore on June 28, 2025
    BGE customers could get rebates of $80, starting as soon as August
    Maryland legislators earmarked $200 million for rebates to utility customers earlier this year. An estimated $80 per customer could appear on bills as soon as August.
    Baltimore Gas and Electric Compaby and other utility customers will receive an estimated $80 rebate, which will be applied to two utility bills.
    70-year-old woman, officers identified in fatal West Baltimore police-involved shooting
    Maryland authorities on Friday released the name of a 70-year-old woman who was fatally shot by Baltimore Police and the names of the officers involved.
    Baltimore Police officers on scene of a shooting on the 2700 block of Mosher Street on Wednesday. The woman and officers in that shooting were identified.
    Gene Clark led by example — with a strong moral compass and absolutely no nonsense
    Eugene "Gene" Clark, the chief of staff for state Sen. Charles Sydnor of Baltimore County, died May 27 of cancer. He was 81.
    Eugene “Gene” Clark.
    Maryland’s oldest rural gay bar — and one of the last — is a log cabin in the woods
    The Lodge, a longstanding Boonsboro watering hole that resembles a log cabin, is Maryland’s oldest rural gay bar.
    Jimmy Tyner, also known as Nicole James, center wearing blue gown, poses with several drag queens after hosting an annual Christmas celebration at The Lodge in Boonsboro.
    Letter: Pass the Data Privacy Act and protect the rights of all Marylanders
    Nat Meysenburg of Baltimore says the Data Privacy Act, which failed to pass in the General Assembly, would protect the rights of all Marylanders.
    Neighbors seek answers after Baltimore police shoot, kill 70-year-old woman
    This is the second fatal Baltimore Police officer-involved shooting in West Baltimore in a little more than a week.
    Janet Bailey, who runs a community fridge on Ashburton Street, placed flowers and a sign reading “We Mourn Our Loss” at Mosher and Ashburton on Thursday, June 26, 2025, urging others to add names and tributes for the 70-year-old woman fatally shot by police.
    Man dies after Baltimore Police restrain him during apparent mental health crisis
    A man died in police custody after Baltimore Police officers restrained him during what officials described as a mental health crisis.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    BGE wants you to turn your thermostat up. Vacant offices aren’t held to the same standard.
    About 20% of Baltimore's downtown offices are vacant, but property owners are likely still keeping them air-conditioned.
    More than 20% of the office space in Baltimore’s central business district is vacant, according to a quarterly report from CBRE.
    Letter: Our senators need to protect federal funding of science agencies
    Kara Hoffman, a professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, says federal budget cuts to science agencies will erode Maryland’s economy and key industries.
    U.S. Sens. Angela Alsobrooks, left, and Chris Van Hollen at a town hall meeting in Woodlawn earlier this year.
    Mud baths and frozen fruit: How the Maryland Zoo keeps its animals cool
    From giant ice pops and water cannons to simply hanging in the shade, the animals at the Maryland Zoo have plenty of ways to stay cool.
    A large gray elephant, wet from hose water, is seen standing at a fence and getting sprayed with more water
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