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Roughly 60% of the district’s portable classrooms are on elementary campuses.

Human remains found in a creek bed of Back River in Baltimore County last week have been identified as those of a New Jersey woman who went missing in Maryland, police said.

The teenager was at Hammond High School when a school resource officer received a report that the suspect had a gun in his possession, police said.

The Banner and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette earned national honors for sports journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest.

Two people in Southern Maryland tested positive for measles following domestic travel, state health officials announced.

More than 300 birds were seized from a Baltimore pet store this week after animal control officers found them living in unsanitary conditions, leaving the BARCS animal shelter scrambling to care for hundreds of chirping survivors.

The Indian community in Howard County has more than doubled since 2009 and now accounts for 6.7% of the population.

The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution’s leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted.

The aim is to reduce fatalities on the tracks and to allow trains to enter and exit stations at full speed as part of a plan to fully automate the Metro system.

Anita Kassof, exiting executive director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, said the role “has been one of the great privileges of my career.”

The 16-year-old charged with killing Giovanna Myrie, 15, and her brother, Steve Allen, 9, threatened Myrie days before the shooting, police said.

U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ruled that ICE lacked probable cause to arrest Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and ordered the federal government to release him.

Baltimore landlord James Carroll Erny Jr. was sentenced to 13 months in prison and eight months of home confinement for bribing a city finance official to erase water and tax bills totaling about $25,000.

The number of heat-related deaths in Maryland has topped 30, putting this summer on track to be one of the deadliest.

Freedom Caucus success can take different forms depending on which party is in charge, said Matthew Green, a politics professor at The Catholic University of America, who has studied the caucuses’ spread across the country.

Whether you want to see which cat is the best in show, attend a record bazaar or check out Baltimore restaurants at a discount, we’ve got you covered.

The massive flood that swept away two lives in Old Ellicott City 10 years ago next week altered the old mill town forever. Most of those businesses are gone. The county is spending $350 million to build a flood diversion tunnel and stormwater ponds. There are flood warning horns and signs pointing to higher ground. And the recovery is ongoing.

Curious about the future of the arts? Look at what’s happening at local theaters.

COLUMN | The cyclosporiasis outbreak, probably caused by iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, has reminded me and others that science is good and shopping from local farms is great.

Baltimore’s growing approach to battling crime leverages group intervention and services to cut down on shootings and homicides, as new research shows significant declines.