Community issues

Baltimore County police arrested a 21-year-old woman for the death of a man and his dog after a crash last month, officials announced Tuesday.

Utilities regulators agreed Tuesday to fast-track reviews of two proposed Constellation Energy natural gas plants as Maryland aims to bolster its power supply.

Howard County police officers, with the assistance of a drone thermal camera, apprehended three suspects who allegedly broke into roughly 50 cars in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

Baltimore will continue to see strong winds and frigid temperatures Tuesday, with a slight chance of snow later this week to kick off the new year.

A Damascus man was in jail Tuesday following an hourslong standoff during which he threatened to burn a house down, Montgomery County police said.

Baltimore County police arrested a suspect after a barricade situation early Tuesday morning closed a street near an apartment complex in Cockeysville.

Baltimore County police are investigating after emergency personnel found a man dead in a burning car in Dundalk, officials announced.

A 67-year-old Randallstown resident and his two dogs were found together inside their home after a fire.

New England Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and other criminal charges in connection with an incident that happened earlier this month, police said.

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Peter Connolly worked at the United States Agency for International Development for nearly a decade. When it folded this summer, not only did he lose a job, he also lost contact with colleagues in conflict zones.

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The transportation department set a loftier street-paving goal than in the previous three years, but fell far short of it.

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Revlon is a queer Black artist who lives in Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood and has been recognized as one of the pioneers of Baltimore's ballroom scene, a subculture built by LGBTQIA+ Black and Latino communities.

Baltimore County police say a 22-year-old was fatally stabbed in Edgewood on Monday morning and a suspect has been arrested.

An 11-year-old girl died after being struck by an SUV in Harford County near Belcamp on Sunday, Maryland State Police said.

Amid a legislative session dominated by efforts to address the state’s budget woes, lawmakers also passed laws addressing health, workers’ rights and wages.

Gale force winds blew a 950-foot U.S. Navy cargo ship off its moorings in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon.

A Silver Spring man accused of kidnappng a Kentucky teen called the allegation a misunderstanding in Montgomery County District Court on Monday.