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A strong cold front could bring showers and damaging thunderstorms across Maryland on Wednesday, putting parts of the state under a flood watch.

Xavier Dove, a member of the Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Company in Randallstown, was arrested and charged with four sex crimes Friday.

Liam O’Donoghue lost his arm in a Cockeysville car crash that killed two of his friends. Friends, family, doctors and others are rallying around him.

COLUMN |How Franklin Roosevelt Daniels got to the bottom of the Inner Harbor in a stolen van remains a mystery. Why he was there, and why no one came forward to claim a loved one missing for a decade, might be easier to understand.

The university faces an $18 million deficit thanks in part to declining enrollment.

There is a new place to honor veterans in Howard County at the Vivian C. “Millie” Bailey Park in downtown Columbia. After a decade of planning, designing and building, the Howard County Veterans and Military Families Monument is now open.

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.

This summer marks 10 years since Silver Spring's Elizabeth Hargrave first pitched to publishers a birding-inspired game she’d dreamt up. That concept became Wingspan, an instant award-winner that took off internationally.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is up for reelection, but the economic landscape is drastically different from what it was in 2022. Here’s how the state’s economy has changed since he took office in 2023.

Despite the 50-degree temperatures and the rain, collectors and artists are making the most of this year’s weekend-long Artscape in downtown Baltimore.

A woman was killed and another critically injured in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday in Prince George’s County, police said.

Detectives from the Woodlawn Precinct have arrested and charged 26-year-old Xavier Dove in connection with an ongoing sexual assault investigation.

A vehicle crashed into Bunny’s Buckets and Bubbles in Fell’s Point on Friday night, scattering bricks inside the corner of the chicken restaurant.

The new spot will cut the Buc‑ee’s commute from Baltimore almost in half, from over three hours to a little under two. It also offers a more convenient stopping point for Marylanders traveling south.

Bill Passano Jr., the former president of the medical printing and publishing companies Waverly Press and Williams & Wilkins, died May 6 of a respiratory infection. He was 97.

After Alexandra MacMeekin Ryan sought a protective order against her husband following allegations of domestic violence, authorities say her father, prominent Timonium attorney Robert MacMeekin, was fatally shot while trying to protect his daughter and grandchildren.

The city of Annapolis agreed to a $15 million settlement in two housing discrimination lawsuits.

Private First Class James R. Heigh was brought back home more than eight decades after he was killed in action.

The state’s Department of Natural Resources piloted the day-use reservation system last summer, calling it an “unqualified success.”

An Annapolis man who owns a Stevensville cheerleading academy has been charged with rape and child sex abuse after Maryland State Police say he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl at the gym he owned.