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A two-alarm apartment fire sparked by a lightning strike caused an apartment building to partially collapse Monday evening in Bel Air.

This summer, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education could decide to propose amendments on a policy that would prohibit the display of LGBTQ pride flags on school property.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has recovered the body of a tractor-trailer driver whose truck went over the rail of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in southern Virginia.

Marylanders were among those who traveled to Washington, D.C., on Saturday for rallies on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe. v. Wade, which had protected a woman's right to an abortion for a half-century.

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Baltimore County Police have received at least eight reports related to antisemitic propaganda. On Wednesday, Baltimore Police were called to Cedarcroft, where anti-LGBTQ+ flyers had been distributed.

At least one resident frequents Eddie’s of Mount Vernon “not for the groceries but everything else.”

Investigators believe the driver was repositioning a pickup truck when the child stepped off a porch and in front of the truck, where he was struck.

Juice bar organizers want to promote entrepreneurship and healthiness one sip at a time.

A growing number of people are celebrating Juneteenth, which commemorates the day when the last enslaved African descendants in Texas learned they were free.

“This senseless act of violence was racially-motivated. And we want the world to know,” said Julian Segovia, whose brother was slain in the mass shooting that killed three men and injured three others south of downtown Annapolis.

“Please come in to say goodbye and share a story if you have one,” the store's Facebook post said.

Lewis died Wednesday after officers were called to a central Florida home and found him unconscious in a bedroom, according to the Casselberry Police Department.

Injuries suffered by two people in the crash may be life-threatening, Baltimore Police said.

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The Baltimore Banner has taken strides in its first year to bring a new and original voice to local journalism, but challenges remain to successfully depart from the approaches of old-school newsrooms, Banner Public Editor DeWayne Wickham says.

After three summers of closures, capacity restrictions and reduced hours, Baltimore-area pools are back to normal.

Thiru Vignarajah, a former Maryland deputy attorney general, is representing eight neighborhood associations in the legal fight.

An 18-year-old Philadelphia girl who is planning on attending college at Morgan State in the fall has been missing since June 5, according to police.

It’s been one year since the Baltimore woman who was missing child No. 1201298 found her identity — one year of changes big and small.