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A 43-year-old is fighting deportation to Vietnam, a place she last lived when she was 10.

The Howard County Police Department identified the stabbing victim as Samuel Louie Booker IV, 26, of Columbia. He remains in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

Del. Jessica Feldmark, a Democrat, is launching a campaign for Howard County executive in 2026.

Campbell Scott was a psychoanalyst who operated a private practice out of her Bolton Hill home.

Barnes & Noble’s Charles Village closure leaves the city without a big-box book retailer, but about two dozen independent bookstores remain.

Fourth of July in Baltimore to feature fireworks and drone show in the Inner Harbor.

There are tons of Pride events in June, including parades, festivals, brunches and block parties.

Boat services on the Harbor Connector line between Maritime Park and Locust Point also returned Monday morning.

The investment came with a call for increased urgency from the city.

The crash occurred at around 2:02 a.m. when a Jeep Cherokee struck an on-duty state trooper’s vehicle, leading to a multi-vehicle crash.

By midday, forecasters will be monitoring the potential for stronger storms and heavier rainfall across Maryland.

Labubus, a plush toy by the Chinese collectible company Pop Mart, have started popping up everywhere. Here’s what’s behind the craze.

Dottye Burt-Markowitz of Baltimore says Banner readers deserve more coverage of local events aiming to end suffering in Gaza.

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Federal immigration authorities are meeting behind closed doors with Howard County’s top elected leaders to discuss a dispute over detaining people in the county jail who are suspected of entering the country illegally.

Reimagining the plaza is central to the county’s revitalization of the Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard Corridor in Glen Burnie.

The Board of Estimates approved a 4.9% rate increase to water utility costs for Baltimore County residents beginning in July. 

The first Friday in June marks a day for all those with sweet tooth: National Doughnut Day.

Alphonso "Al" Lingis, a prominent philosopher and phenomenologist who lived in Lutherville, died May 8 of meningitis and a brain abscess. He was 91.

A controversial go-kart track built on a Western Howard County property inched closer to the starting line Thursday afternoon.