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So many school buses showed up late, or didn’t show up at all, that Howard County schools Superintendent Michael Martirano apologized to families in an email.

Manatees are typically found in waterways around Florida, but have been known to wander into the Chesapeake Bay over the years. Could climate change bring more?

Zūm, a Silicon Valley-based company, is taking over half of the Howard County school district’s routes and hopes to transform student transportation in Maryland.

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This weekend, Marylanders will observe the 60th anniversary of two events — the March on Washington and the integration of Gwynn Oak Park— that historians and activists say were pivotal moments in the Civil Rights movement.

Baltimore City will be closing parts of Pratt Street and restricting parking on numerous streets starting Friday Aug. 25, 2023 due to Charm City Live, a free, outdoor music festival being held Saturday.

Corporate representatives say the McHenry Row store in the 1800 block of Whetstone Way will resume operations Thursday at 7 a.m. after a 'thorough mitigation process.'

If the system detects a gun, an alert gets sent to professionals trained to identify guns. Once verified, school officials and police are notified of the threat within seconds.

From the NICU to HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities), a set of Baltimore triplets born severely premature are now getting ready to start college together.

This year 10 lawsuits have been settled at a median amount of $280,000, according to data from the Board of Estimates settlement tracker. At this time last year only 8 settlements involved police misaction, with a median settlement amount of $109,500.

The Manor, an upscale gay-owned bar and restaurant in Mount Vernon, has been acquired and will reopen under new management in the coming weeks. It is unclear who the new managers of the business are, however, and whether or not it will remain gay-owned and operated.

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LGBTQ community members in Maryland said they are stunned and disappointed by the Maryland Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling, which exposed a loophole in Maryland laws originally meant to protect employees against discrimination.

“I just happened to look up at the time and there he was, walking across a grassy area that a few hours before was crawling with police.“

The hypothetical ban could be a boon to Big Umbrella and a blow to the Beach Shade Industrial Complex.

The Mexican Navy Rescue Coordination Center said the search for Donald Lawson is no longer in “active” status, but officials will remain “on alert” for any signs of Donald Lawson or his life raft.

A series of improvements to Maryland’s child care scholarship system are easing the administrative burden that once plagued day care providers. But challenges remain.

Family members on Tuesday remembered Robert Taylor Horne Jr. as a gentle giant, a hilarious brother and a community-minded individual who was always helping others.

The annual offbeat street festival, scheduled for next month, has been canceled.

The nonprofit wants to connect Southwest Baltimore communities to the outdoors through rock climbing.