Community issues

Dozens of people entered the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter on Thursday empty-handed and left with a bag of food, a leash and a dog for the weekend.

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a fatal double shooting in Harwood on Thursday, officials said.

Towson University announced Thursday it is delaying the start of the spring semester because of the approaching winter storm.

This flu season is shaping up to be a bad one, and not a lot of people have been vaccinated, so Maryland Gov. Wes Moore took the time to tell people it’s not too late.

As Maryland agencies continue to share tips this week for the state’s Winter Safety Week, here’s how to weather whatever comes this season.

A massive snowstorm is headed toward Montgomery County that could bring 6-13 inches of snow.

A broken sewer line is leaking sewage into the Potomac River, but the issue is expected to be fully contained by next week.

Preliminary state numbers show a more than 45% decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2023.

A Johns Hopkins University researcher published a study in the journal Science on Thursday outlining a method that uses seismometers to track space debris as it falls to Earth, according to the university.

About 140 million people were under winter storm or cold weather watches or warnings — and in many places both.

Howard County teens are lobbying lawmakers to lower the voting age in Board of Election races to 16 and to expand the voting rights of the board’s student member.

Lainie Rutkow, the university’s executive vice provost, will lead academics at Hopkins.

Baltimore Police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with a body recovered near the Gwynns Falls Trail in West Baltimore.

Without giving specifics, ICE said 10 people were arrested “near” Annapolis last week.

Sim racing is intended to get you as close as possible to strapping into an actual Formula 1 or GT car, flying around a track. With the opening of P1 Sim Racing Annapolis, the fast-growing esport comes to Annapolis.

State investigators identified the Howard County Police officer involved in an attempted traffic stop before a fatal crash involving a juvenile driver in Columbia.

Baltimore Police Department officers who shot and killed a man while attempting to detain him are being investigated by the attorney general’s Independent Investigations Division.

Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with 22 counts, including sexual abuse of a minor.

A major winter storm is expected to sweep across much of the East Coast this weekend.

Federal authorities have charged Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, whom ICE agents shot in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve, with resisting arrest.