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Tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm threats and a statewide hazardous weather outlook blanketed Maryland on Wednesday evening.

Fourteen students were sent to the hospital as a precaution on Wednesday morning after a student accidentally discharged pepper spray on a school bus, police said.

Former Lt. Gov. Melvin “Mickey” Steinberg, who served in state government for nearly three decades and later pursued a career as a lobbyist, died Tuesday after a short stay in hospice. He was 92.

The measure, introduced by Demoratic Councilman Izzy Patoka, prohibits law enforcement from wearing face coverings and requires officers to wear visible identification.

Baltimore arts nonprofit Wide Angle Youth Media, which educates and trains city students in media, has ambitious plans for 2026 and beyond.

Police said two autocycle vehicles struck an SUV at an intersection of Pulaski Highway.

A Baltimore Police officer and a suspect were shot in a Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, officials said.

Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking a court to stop work at a Washington County immigration detention center until a separate legal challenge is decided in court.

The FBI on Tuesday increased to $1 million the reward for information leading to the capture of one of its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” a man suspected of killing his wife in 2015 at a doughnut shop in Anne Arundel County.

A Maryland commission that investigates wrongdoing by judges recommended that the state’s highest court remove Anne Arundel County Orphans’ Court Judge Marc Knapp from the probate bench.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DHS, alleging it blocked a state probe into immigrant detention conditions at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building.

Temperatures will near record highs in Central Maryland on Tuesday and Wednesday, then quickly drop by the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service.

While Baltimore County has many chain standbys — think Panera, Chipotle — you can often find better fare and save money by going local

The visit follows a federal judge’s Friday order to limit the number of detainees in the Baltimore facility to 56 across all five holding rooms.

The explosion occurred after a pressure valve went off that handled carbon monoxide, a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman said.

Col. John Ripley, a Naval Academy graduate known for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, has been posthumously recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor

Maryland Transit Administration officials identified Jaheim Deandre Jackson, 23, of Baltimore, as the person who was fatally struck by an MTA train last week.

Jaythan Day was found unresponsive Friday evening in a Medfield neighborhood home with a gunshot wound, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Eight Grocery Outlet stores in Maryland are set to close as the bargain chain shutters dozens of locations nationwide.

The contract brings total Department of Homeland Security spending to at least $215 million on the proposed detention and processing site that has sparked massive controversy in Western Maryland.