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The worker-owned business employs a diverse workforce, which has first dibs on every home it rehabs.

In a federal lawsuit, a woman says one of her coworkers “consistently rubbed and pressed his crotch against Plaintiff’s behind when he walked behind her,” several times per shift.

Frederick County has eliminated part of its virtual learning program and Montgomery County is considering completely ending its virtual academy.

Dennis Mattey, the interim CEO and president of Columbia Association, is retiring after a five-decade career with the community’s governing body.

The Maryland Institute College of Art announced they’re permanently hiring Cecilia McCormick to lead the historic Baltimore school as its next president.

Authorities say Emanuel Edward Sewell was arrested in West Virginia.

The driver made the discovery around 12:39 p.m. in the 2500 block of Kirk Avenue, and Maryland Transit Administration Police and Baltimore Police responded.

An inmate’s death at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Princess Anne is being investigated as a homicide and another inmate is the target of the probe, Maryland State Police said Saturday.

Maryland’s Attorney General has signed on to a push for a federal civil rights investigation into a Texas police officer pardoned by that state’s governor after being convicted of killing a social justice protester.

Horseshoe crab blood is a vital part of the pharmaceutical industry — but this nonprofit group says Maryland obfuscates how it regulates their harvest.

Residents in Pasadena in Anne Arundel County said they are concerned after learning Maryland Port Administration is considering putting dredge material in part of the river where they swim, fish and boat.

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The policy began on May 23, and prohibits “suitcases, duffel bags, or bags larger” than 14 by 14 by 6 inches in size.

Goucher Prison Education System, or GPEP, allows inmates to study and earn credits towards a degree while in prison. Students take about eight to 10 years to graduate because the majority are working full-time while serving their sentences.

Qayum Karzai, the owner of The Helmand restaurant and brother of a former president of Afghanistan, died Thursday. Karzai, who lived in Glenwood, was 77.

Bruhat Soma, a seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, won the National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Maryland by winning a lightning-round tiebreaker over a sixth-grader from Allen, Texas. Some questioned the bee’s decision to move so quickly to the spell-off.

Maryland kids were close but couldn’t quite churn out the correct spellings for words to advance to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Baltimore County Police are warning motorists of a sharp rise in auto thefts involving Infinitis compared to 2023.

About 150 Southwest Airlines flights in and out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport were delayed Wednesday because of what the airline described as a power outage at one of its data centers.