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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement temporarily closed its Baltimore holding cells after a federal judge ordered the agency to reduce overcrowding and ensure people detained there had their basic needs met.

Maryland lawmakers are considering naming the megalodon the nation’s first official state shark — spotlighting the region’s rich fossil history and prized prehistoric finds.

Eight people were hospitalized in early Thursday after two cars and a Maryland Transit Administration bus collided in Midtown-Belvedere, authorities said.

The bill would prohibit future sales of Glocks and similar handguns that use a specific trigger mechanism.

Tyrone Luster sustained at least one gunshot wound when police found him around 5:25 a.m. at 8300 Scotts Level Road.

Many of The Essen Room’s traditions, including the overloaded sandwiches, will remain.

Maurquise Emillo James, the suspect in the killing of the senior home resident, had been the target of employee complaints, a lawsuit alleges.

Streets Market Bayview’s closure follows a couple of other grocery closings in Baltimore.

Anne Arundel County has agreed to sell a 13-acre property in Glen Burnie to a group of developers it is tasking with carrying out a long-anticipated transformation of the site.

From an egg hunt to a gardening workshop, here are seven things to do in Howard County for March 19-25.

Howard County is considering a charter amendment that would give officials the authority to take on debt to fund affordable housing projects as the county faces a major shortage.

A 44-year-old Anne Arundel County man confessed to carrying out three nonfatal shootings along highways in Prince George’s County, court documents show.

For the second time in a week, pepper spray was discharged on a Baltimore County school bus, prompting 11 students to be evaluated by emergency responders Wednesday afternoon.

A 19-year-old man has admitted that he killed Edgewater koi pond store owner Edward Steven Koza, whose body was discovered inside his scorched pickup truck in May.

The National Weather Service confirmed two more tornadoes touched down in Maryland during Monday’s storm.

The trombone emoji was submitted for approval by a group of students from the Science and Mathematics Academy at Aberdeen High School in 2019.

A 1-year-old girl has died after injuries she sustained in a Pikesville car crash last month that also killed her mother, Baltimore County Police announced.

Charles M. “Skip” Auld, the longtime CEO of Anne Arundel County Public Library, is retiring next year, and a national search is underway to find his successor.

County commissioners detail their DHS meeting on the Williamsport ICE facility that could hold up to 1,500 detainees — including job projections and who would pay for infrastructure upgrades.

Howard County Police have charged three Baltimore men Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a Salisbury man in a Columbia parking lot in August.