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Maryland universities have announced closures, cancellations and virtual adjustments ahead of a major snowstorm this weekend.

Over 3,500 flights nationwide were delayed or canceled by Friday evening, according to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website.

A major winter storm is on track to dump heavy snow — 11-13 inches — and ice on the Baltimore region this weekend, prompting warnings from state and local officials.

Here’s how local and state agencies, hospitals and transportation authorities are preparing for the winter storm in Maryland.

As a snowstorm approaches Baltimore this weekend, you might want to think about moving your car before the city does it for you.

Ellicott City resident Jackie Wang, 18, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor count in October after police found an external hard drive hidden under his mattress that contained child sexual abuse material.

Montgomery County police arrested an 18-year-old in connection with the Jan. 8 shooting death of Gavin St. Aubyn Boothe in Silver Spring.

COLUMN | I know Marylanders look ridiculous freaking out over a predicted storm when, more than not, it doesn't materialize. I'm still loading up on snacks, batteries and bourbon anyway.

At grocery stores in Maryland, shoppers found bare shelves and long checkout lines Thursday night amid a rush to finish errands and stock up ahead of this weekend’s major snowstorm.

The man, Jamarl Muse of Baltimore, was shot by Sergeant Carlos Arias, a 15-year police veteran and Officer Edwin Ruiz, a 3-year police veteran, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division.

Police determined that both the middle schooler on a bike and the driver of a school bus she collided with contributed to her death in October.

The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel — one of the city’s biggest hotels and a symbol of downtown’s reinvention as a tourism destination — is in foreclosure.

A bill could increase the earning power of Baltimore County Council members, giving them more in retirement than as working members.

It’s the fourth year a Maryland lawmaker has proposed a bill aimed at expediting a squatting complaint.

Column: Annapolis has been here before. If the General Assembly adopts the map revealed Tuesday by Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting commission, it will hand Sarah Elfreth the task of knocking Andy Harris out of Congress.

Some people will undoubtedly view the upcoming vote as a statement on whether charter schools are welcome in Maryland’s largest school district.

The final version of the Consolidated Transportation Program, a six-year capital spending vision updated as part of the governor’s budget each year and released Wednesday, is largely unchanged from its draft version.

Here’s a look at some of the Maryland region’s most historic winter storms.

Bates said his office would continue to prosecute cases brought by Baltimore Police through MONSE, as required by law.

Snowfall will start in Maryland Saturday evening and continue into Sunday, with a high likelihood of at least 5 inches of snow and possibly more than 10, the National Weather Service said Thursday.