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The Baltimore area is under a code red air quality warning. Here’s how to stay safe.

CPR and other life-saving measures were performed before he was taken to an area hospital for treatment, Acting Fire Chief Dante Stewart said.

The hazy conditions have created air quality concerns in the Baltimore region.

Anne Arundel County officials voted on Monday to pass the plastic bag ban. The ban on the retail distribution of plastic bags passed 6-1 during the County Council session.

Thousands of people attended the two-day celebration, which was produced by Baltimore Safe Haven, the city’s only trans-led drop-in wellness center.

Hampden’s HonFest is a throwback to another era, but residents and business owners wonder if that’s a good thing.

Federal investigators trudged through rugged terrain Monday in search of wreckage from a business jet to solve the mystery of why the plane veered off course and slammed into a mountain in Virginia, killing four people.

Virginia enacted a law last year requiring schools to have classes on gambling and its addictive potential. Similar legislation failed in Maryland and West Virginia in recent years, but they’re expected to try again.

The Banner reviewed nearly 1,000 responses to a city housing department survey that sought feedback about Baltimore’s online permitting system.

The Banner asked LGBTQ Marylanders what Pride Month means to them and what are the biggest challenges facing the community? Here are some of their answers.

The health care services provider will instead hand out materials in a Hampden hair salon next weekend.

The loud boom was heard over a large portion of Maryland, D.C. and Virginia on Sunday afternoon.

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a car in the quarry near the intersection of Lehigh Road and Peter Shriner Road around 8:35 a.m., according to a release.

It takes deep pockets to both develop and clean up a contaminated site. But what made it work for a steel plant made it ripe for development too, including a port, rail, I-695 and lots of space.

HonFest organizers asked the nonprofit health care provider to forgive their “severe shortsightedness.”

Union Craft Brewing pulled its sponsorship, saying it made the decision “after careful consideration and reflection of our values." The brewery expressed support for “organizations that provide crucial resources and care to individuals in need.”

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Ziaullah Salarzai died May 26, just shy of his first birthday, days after falling from a third-story balcony, police said.

Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn’t make it out of his regional bee last year.

BGE has not said what has caused the power outages.