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Marylanders are safe for now as the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus could cross borders.

Most of the animals seized from a rowhome in Baltimore this year have been adopted or placed with rescues.

The union gave the company a week to respond to its concerns, including story quotas and the publication of "questionable" stories, both of which make work harder, the guild said.

Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at the Goldseker Foundation, the nonprofit’s “longest supporting and largest philanthropic partner,” according to the press release.

Floodwaters at City Dock surged to 4.4 feet above normal levels on Aug. 9, marking it as the eighth-highest flood event on record for Annapolis, city officials said.

A dispute over the Baby Bonus Fund, a Baltimore ballot initiative that would provide $1,000 payments to new parents, is headed to the Maryland Supreme Court.

The Maryland State Fair returns in August. Here’s what you need to know.

Unlike the situation in June 2023, the wildfire smoke is not expected to create serious air quality concerns in Baltimore.

Each is making their case to the County Council that they should replace Johnny Olszewski Jr. if the Democrat wins his Congressional race in November and steps down with two years remaining on his term.

Montgomery County law enforcement partners have issued a new warning about a “gold bar” scam that steals residents’ life savings.

After a Baltimore sanitation worker died on the job from overheating 10 days ago, his family spoke publicly for the first time Monday.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what it called a natural gas explosion at a home in Bel Air.

Union workers at Baltimore’s Hilton Inner Harbor voted against a contract extension, clearing the way for members potentially to call a strike.

An overcrowded detention center affects more than just where the teens’ beds are.

For decades, Michael Clarke treated Claddagh Pub in Canton like his home — investing a lifetime of work and family sacrifices.

More than 100 people submitted flag designs to the Howard County flag commission. The 19-member commission is now tasked with narrowing down the 184 designs to 10 after a public hearing next month. The new flag will be selected in 2025.

A contractor for Baltimore Gas and Electric who had been called out for a report of a gas leak was killed along with a 73-year-old resident.

Cleanup continued throughout the area, as floodwaters receded and temperatures forecast to be around 90 replaced the clouds, wind and rain of the storm.

A male inmate died at Allegany County state prison on Friday, Aug. 9. Another unnamed inmate is a suspect.

“It was just our turn, man,” said Thea LaFond, a teacher in Montgomery County and University of Maryland athlete whose gold in the triple jump was the first Olympic medal for her island, Dominica. “It kind of becomes like truly a family. When we say one Caribbean, one love; one Caribbean, one love.”