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Although the NFL identifies Brazil, with the world’s seventh-largest population, as an emerging market, American football is more of a fasciation than a passion and fans there yearn for better access.

Volunteers at Welcome Home Neighbor help people, many of whom have experienced homelessness or domestic violence, reset their lives with donated home furnishings. But the group will soon lose its storage space and is in need of a permanent home.

Some western Howard County residents are pushing back on a proposed housing development they say could hurt their neighborhood’s reliance on well water. A developer has proposed building an age-restricted 26-home community on a rural Triadelphia Road parcel.

Hamilton Elementary/Middle School parents were worried about their kids’ science teacher. Then they found out where he was.

A 14-foot python was found on a trash wheel in Gwynns Falls Tuesday.

Howard County Police have identified an 18-year-old Elkridge resident as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle collision that occurred in Ellicott City on Friday.

The man found guilty of murdering 23-year-old Britrain Marcelus Gray while he was working in a McDonald’s drive-thru in Gambrills was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years.

The Baltimore County Council voted on key legislation related to data centers, housing, Lutherville Station, the Office of the Inspector General and trash.

On Sept. 29, four Banner reporters who cover Baltimore County will be at Manor Mill in Monkton for a panel discussion on how their stories come together.

Jason Morgan, 49, of Belcamp, pleaded guilty in Eastside District Court to two counts of indecent exposure and apologized for his "stupid, stupid behavior."

A former Anne Arundel Community College student was sentenced to three years’ probation after being arrested in February when police discovered a camera installed in a toilet of a women’s restroom.

The County Council passed a one-year extension of its data center moratorium on Tuesday night.

Boynton, 79, died Sept. 14 at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a long-term illness.

The AMC movie theater chain will pay $56,000 and adopt new procedures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit that alleged an Owings Mills theater employee with cerebral palsy was forced to quit after asking for accommodations, federal officials said Tuesday.

As data center proposals spread across Maryland, communities weigh benefits like tax revenue against costs to utilities, water and quality of life. Here’s what to know.

Zoë Austrie’s Baltimore scavenger hunt lets residents discover and keep her femme-forward paintings, which she hides across the city.

Public schools often struggle to fund services for students with disabilities. But at Bel Air Elementary, first grader Joe Hughes has the support he needs to thrive.

The U.S Small Business Administration approved Gov. Wes Moore’s request to provide financial assistance to Empire Tower businesses and is opening a center to connect them to resources.

Prince George’s County Police are investigating a shooting that left a woman hospitalized. She told police her boyfriend shot her, and police said he later died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound.

County Council member Edward Burroughs has awarded $360,000 in grant funding to pay the outstanding balances for Bowie State University students from his district.