Community issues

Prosecutors on Friday dropped all charges against a Baltimore Police officer who had been accused of pulling a shotgun on a woman at his home during a night of drinking.

An armed robbery inside a bathroom at Northwest High School led to the arrest of three teens on Thursday, Montgomery County Police said.

Gov. Moore is seeking economic disaster loans for businesses impacted by the closure of Empire Towers.

Wisline Platel was forced to leave her life and son behind in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after facing threats of gang violence. She came to the United States in 2024 through the humanitarian parole program. Platel was detained by ICE on Aug. 19 and is being held at an immigration detention facility in Virginia. Platel’s sister, Samara, is willing to share more about the impact on her family and the broader Haitian community.

Now Maryland residents are feeling squeezed by a market that’s straining them on all sides. Increased costs for home repairs, homeowners association fees, insurance and utility bills have made buyers and sellers warier — and able to afford less.

The $35 million refresh of Rash Field Park is gorgeous and sure to bring people downtown to enjoy its many features. But I worry that it’s not going to stay fresh. It’s up to all of us to make sure it does.

Potomac native Shreya Navile appears in Netflix’s new Bollywood dance comedy, “Best of the Best.”

Baltimore Police were searching Thursday for the shooters who opened fire at a busy East Baltimore intersection and injured seven people, including a 3-year-old boy.

Maryland State Police were tipped off 2 weeks before a Prince George’s County teacher was arrested on charges of possession of child sexual abuse materials

The hearing is part of a class-action case filed last year. It is one of multiple legal battles entangling ICE’s Baltimore field office that could have lasting consequences on its local operations.

State officials will investigate suspended Baltimore Police Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau, a city police spokesperson said.

Rideshare driver Abdoulaye Dia, of Lanham, was arrested Wednesday in an alleged rape and kidnapping of a teen girl, Montgomery County Police said.

President Donald Trump rescinded an Obama-era executive order Wednesday that had organized the federal response to the Chesapeake Bay cleanup for nearly two decades.

Silver Spring resident Jesica Argueta was sentenced to a year in prison for crashing her sports car at twice the speed limit into an SUV in a 2025 collision that killed an 85-year-old woman.

A yearlong feud between some of Howard County’s elected leaders and the county’s Board of Appeals reignited this week after three council members voted to remove the board’s chair, sparking furious reactions from members of both bodies.

U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson ordered George Robinson, whom prosecutors allege led a $25 million drug-trafficking conspiracy, to remain detained pending trial.

A replica of the first U.S.-built steam locomotive, nicknamed Tom Thumb, is on display at the Baltimore and Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum.

Briana Urbina spearheaded the effort to remove the city’s mayor from office. Less than a week later, she announced a bid to replace her.

Multiple people were shot in the Washington Hill neighborhood of Baltimore on Wednesday evening, police said.

Roughly 100,000 people are expected to descend on the Camden Yards Sports Complex on Sunday for a rarity: a Ravens and Orioles home doubleheader.