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More than 3,000 Baltimore buildings have been vacant for two decades or longer.

Two youths have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old in Essex, according to Baltimore County Police.

A 67-year-old man died two weeks after a Toyota truck hit him in Gaithersburg, police said.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak over the next few days. The show will be most visible when the shower peaks on the night of Wednesday Aug. 12, into the early morning of Thursday Aug. 13.

Among the latest grant recipients: Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) in Long Branch and Takoma Park and the Ebenezer Church of God’s back-to-school supplies drive in Landover Hills.

Harold Christopher Christner died Saturday in a crash between two vehicles near Damascus, Montgomery County Police said on Tuesday.

Baltimore County Police are investigating two shootings that left three people dead in Essex on Monday, officials said.

Howard County is sending $260,000 in emergency funding to keep Grassroots Crisis Intervention, the nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline, afloat after losing its federal funding.

Mahmood Chaudhry, 66, of Owings Mills, fatally struck Gerald Pettaway Sr. on Old Road Court Road near Bedford Avenue in Pikesville on Nov. 11, 2025.

The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar on Ellicott City’s Main Street is closing at the end of August.

Maryland State Police are investigating a shooting that left a 5-year-old girl dead and an adult injured in Linkwood on the Eastern Shore.

Rain will continue to hit Baltimore and most of Maryland through the rest of the week, so keep umbrellas and rain jackets nearby.

The Trump administration’s decision to rescind a key immigration protection status for Haitians has prompted fear among community members. Many immigrants who benefited from the status said that going back to an unstable Haiti could be extremely dangerous, if not fatal.

BTS fans began lining up outside M&T Bank Stadium nearly 12 hours before the Korean pop band took the stage Monday night bringing its “Arirang” World Tour to Baltimore.

The National Weather Service warned of an “active pattern" that could bring severe storms to parts of Maryland.

A federal judge ruled Monday that construction may continue on a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge, dealing a blow to Howard County leaders who attempted to halt the controversial project.

District of Columbia residents and officials see President Donald Trump’s extended National Guard deployment as an attempt to restrict the heavily Democratic city’s autonomy.

Grassroots, a Howard County nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline from around the country, is laying off 62 employees after losing federal funding.

The officer was indicted Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of making a false entry into public records and misconduct in office.

The Chelsea School, a special education institution focused on reading intervention, is moving its campus from Hyattsville to Laurel, raising some concerns about longer trips to school.