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    They want to build the region’s largest cat café. They’re just short $150K.
    Two entrepreneurs are raising funds to build the Taiwanese-style Luna Cat Collective in Howard County by December.
    Ruth Wang and Brendan Morrison play with one of their two house cats in their cat playroom. The moveable cat wheel Wang sits on was constructed by her father-in-law.
    Wockenfuss family matriarch and Baltimore’s candy queen dies at 98
    The lessons of Marian Wockenfuss echo for generations of her candy store employees across Baltimore.
    Miriam Wockenfuss, the matriarch of the family that owns Baltimore's Wockenfuss Candies, died Sept. 6, 2024.
    Teen charged with murder in Harford County school shooting
    The teen is being held at the Harford County Detention Center. He’s also charged with first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/crime of violence.
    Law enforcement and emergency personnel gather near Joppatowne High School in Harford County, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. An on-campus fight led to one person being injured, officials said.
    Mr. Greedy, a prolific penguin father, dies, leaving behind 230 descendants
    The penguin, Mr. Greedy, is survived by his longtime companion, Mrs. Greedy, and 230 descendants.
    Penguin #821, aka Mr. Greedy, is at the left in this photo (with the most spots on his belly). Mr. Greedy was euthanized at the Maryland Zoo following an age-related decline in his health.
    Letters: Lutherville Station development doesn’t consider immigrant residents’ needs
    The needs of this growing population are largely invisible in discussions about the future of Lutherville-Timonium, says community organizer Jenny Torres.
    A Baltimore County Council sign hangs in a hallway of the old courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 in Towson.
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    With decision in Adnan Syed case, Maryland Supreme Court sends message about victims’ rights
    The Maryland Supreme Court ruled that the rights of Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother, proceedings were violated.
    The Maryland Supreme Court on Aug. 30 ruled 4-3 to reinstate the conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast “Serial.” Syed, 43, of Baltimore County, is pictured in this photo from Sept. 19, 2023.
    16-year-old fatally shot fellow student after fight at Harford County high school, authorities say
    The school’s principal and resource officer heard a commotion in the first-floor men’s bathroom, but did not hear the shot.
    A guardian and student leave a reunification center near Joppetowne High School in Harford County, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, after the sheriff's office and emergency personnel flocked to campus after a fight resulted in one student being injured.
    Offshore wind was approved in Maryland. Here’s what it could look like.
    The Maryland Offshore Wind Project can build more than 110 offshore wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast and power over 718,000 homes on the Delmarva Peninsula.
    In this simulation image, a boat with a digital billboard, like the kind that regularly travels up and down the coast of Ocean City, is blocking the view of offshore wind turbines.
    3 more Safe Streets sites go more than a year with no homicides
    Baltimore’s Safe Streets gun violence reduction program celebrated a milestone Friday, as three more sites marked over 365 consecutive days without a homicide.
    An attendant of an event commemorating a year without homicides wars a Safe Streets jacket, in front of the Safe Streets Penn North site managed by Catholic Charities, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Baltimore County lawmakers demand ‘answers and transparency’ on proposed 70-mile power line
    State senators and delegates from Baltimore County have become the latest to criticize grid operator PJM over the proposed 70-mile transmission line.
    this is a protest truck.
    $60M reward offered for info on alleged Russian hackers charged in Maryland
    One federal official said the “WhisperGate” malware attack in January 2022 could be considered Russia’s first shot in the war. The cyberattacks penetrated U.S. companies and targeted Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and computer systems unrelated to defense, including the judiciary, emergency services, food safety and education, they said.
    The U.S. Justice Department has widened its indictment of Russians in the so-called “WhisperGate” malware attack aimed at destroying computer systems in Ukraine and 26 NATO allies including the United States.
    City prosecutors clear officer who held gun to man’s head
    Jaemaun Joyner’s attorneys shared body camera footage of the incident, calling it an “act of terrorism,” but Police Commissioner Richard Worley backed the officer.
    Attorneys Hunter Pruette, left, and Tony Garcia play body camera footage of the arrest of Jaemaun Joyner. Joyner is seated with his mother, Rhonda McCain, and grandmother, Hattie Richburg.
    Pikesville man dies after two-alarm house fire
    A 76-year-old man died after an overnight fire Wednesday at a house in Pikesville.
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    ‘Survivor’ 47 features two Maryland castaways
    Gabe Ortis, 26, from Baltimore and Terran “TK” Foster, 31, from Prince George’s County, will join 16 others in a competition to be sole survivor and claim a $1 million prize.
    The cast of “Survivor” this season features two Maryland residents. Baltimore’s Gabe Ortis is in the front row, second from the right; Terran “TK” Foster, from Prince George’s County, is third from the left in the front row.
    NTSB sheds light on Bel Air home explosion that killed owner, BGE contractor
    The National Transportation Safety Board, which regularly looks into incidents involving pipelines, is investigating the Bel Air home explosion.
    Fire and emergency responders are continuing to search through debris Sunday morning after an apparent house explosion in Bel Air.
    Dad sentenced for pulling gun on coach during elementary school basketball game in Baltimore
    Troy Antwaun Spencer, 50, of Allendale in Southwest Baltimore, had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm in a school zone.
    A still from gym security camera footage shows the first moments of an altercation at a Leith Walk Elementary Middle School basketball game on March 6, 2023 between a player's father and one of the team's coaches.
    DICK’S and Dave & Buster’s coming to Annapolis Mall under new owner
    Retail real-estate company Centennial said Wednesday it has finalized its deal to purchase the Annapolis Mall in Anne Arundel County.
    Retail real-estate company Centennial announced Wednesday it has finalized a deal to purchase the Annapolis Mall in Anne Arundel County.
    Why are there so many dead fish in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor?
    It’s not unusual to see some dead fish around the Inner Harbor as summer ends, but a mass fish kill left several thousand floating in the water Wednesday.
    Dead fish are seen between Pier Five and Pier Six Wednesday Sept. 4, 2024.
    Child hospitalized and five others injured in early morning house fire in Dundalk
    A child was hospitalized and five other people were injured in a house fire Wednesday morning in Dundalk.
    Six people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a house fire in Dundalk. Crews also rescued nine cats and two dogs from the home. In total, the fire displaced seven residents.
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