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Recent federal legislation championed by the administration of President Donald Trump has added hundreds of millions of dollars to immigration enforcement, leading to an expected spending spree to ramp up activities in states like Maryland.

Alexander Stephenson, 53, of Ellicott City, is facing charges of first-degree murder and violating a protective order.

No one was hurt, according to John Marsh, public information officer for the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Police said that the victim was using the barrel to burn some of his personal papers and cardboard in the backyard.

Ruth Meeron, one of Maryland’s first female contractors, died Jan. 6 at age 93.

The fines were given between Feb. 2 and Feb. 5, officials said.

A 16-year-old Baltimore County student was arrested during Friday’s student-led ICE protests, Baltimore County Police confirmed.

A relative picking up a student dropped the firearm, police said.

Police said Allen Michael McFadden, 34, assaulted a woman taking out the trash at the Heritage Overlook housing complex in Glen Burnie.

Winds could gust as high as 60 mph Saturday afternoon.

A Halethorpe woman charged with 328 counts of animal abuse a year ago is taking a role in finding homes for the dogs, cats, birds and reptiles that prosecutors say were harmed in her care.

The National Aquarium is rehabilitating dozens of cold-stunned turtles, and it named them after Baltimore neighborhoods.

Around two dozen high schools and middle schools in Baltimore County participated in Friday’s walkouts, but an hour before they began, Baltimore County Public Schools issued a 12:30 p.m. districtwide dismissal for “impending inclement weather.”

A 59-year-old man died Friday morning from injuries he suffered in a Halethorpe house fire this week.

Nelvis Gonzalez Prudencio of Germantown was arrested at Dulles Airport for allegedly sexually abusing a child.

Saks Global is closing its discount stores as it undergoes bankruptcy proceedings. Two of those stores are in Maryland.

An arctic front and a windstorm will make parts of Maryland feel as cold as minus 15 degrees this weekend.

On Friday, the Baltimore-based sportswear company released its most promising earnings report since Kevin Plank took back the CEO reins in April 2024. Its stock price promptly rose 15%.

Some public school systems in Central Maryland are dismissing students early ahead of possible snow Friday afternoon.

The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an outside agency to investigate a leaked voice message of deputies allegedly making inappropriate and sexually suggestive remarks about the former executive.