Community issues

Chaos ensued briefly for travelers Wednesday evening as parts of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were evacuated.

Prince George’s County police arrested 22-year-old Benjamin Williams in connection to a fatal shooting at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in Oxon Hill.

Baltimore County Fire Chief Joseph Dixon told staff Wednesday that an employee under investigation for alleged misconduct has been removed from the workplace and the department will “hazmat clean” all stations and offices.

A roundup of holiday light displays in the Baltimore metro region and across Maryland.

The detention center in downtown Baltimore houses children who have been charged as adults and are awaiting criminal trials.

The proceedings in Luigi Mangione’s case started Monday and could extend to next week. Thursday marks the anniversary of last year’s killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

Three delivery drivers have been carjacked in the Guilford neighborhood of North Baltimore over the past two weeks.

With the holiday season in full swing, here are seven things to do in Howard County from Dec. 4-10.

Emergency room wait times in Maryland hospitals have long exceeded the national average, and a new state commission says the reasons are systemwide and could be complex to fix.

Heron’s Meadow Farm in western Howard County grows tea. The farm’s owners, husband and wife duo Lori and Bob Baker, say it’s the state’s only tea farm.

The tribes originally hoped to be signatories on the new Chesapeake watershed pact, approved by governors from across the watershed in a landmark meeting Tuesday at Baltimore’s National Aquarium.

The death of a man shot in Silver Spring in June is now ruled a homicide.

Evan Laurence Morrison, 18, who was affiliated with the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Bethesda Fire Department since 2023, uploaded child sexual abuse materials to his Discord account.

Quince Orchard and Sherwood will compete in the Maryland state football championships on Thursday and Friday.

A man was killed Wednesday in a targeted shooting at the food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in Oxon Hill.

A Howard County hearing examiner ruled Monday that Manor Hill Brewing violated zoning laws.

Waymo vehicles will first hit Baltimore’s streets later this week, but won’t operate autonomously or be available for public rides quite yet.

A study led by the University of Maryland has shown that patients with glioblastomas, a typically aggressive and fatal type of brain cancer, live much longer after being treated with a therapy called focused ultrasound.

Lumina Solar, based in Baltimore County, will design and install the system.

Residents are grappling with losing Brooklyn's only full-service bank in the coming months.