Community issues

Patrick Kent, a former Baltimorean now living in Washington, D.C., says it’s time for the Ravens to fire coach John Harbaugh.

Multiple people were shot during what was supposed to be a celebration near the campus of Howard University in D.C., on Friday evening.

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This is the sixth year that the Downtown Partnership has worked with other groups to bring gigantic pumpkins to downtown Annapolis, where they are carved by local artists.

Harford County officers were called to respond to an alligator found in the parking lot of an exotic pet store in Bel Air Thursday night. The female alligator was housed overnight at Ryan’s Reptile Rescue and Rehoming.

A jury convicted Markus Dowdy in February of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, the use of a firearm in a violent crime, illegal possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment, according to the statement.

Alaska Airlines is adding a new transcontinental flight to its portfolio next Spring with daily flights between Baltimore and Portland, Oregon.

Justin Reeves, 28, of Remington, is facing three counts of first-degree arson, along with one count of malicious burning and reckless endangerment. His trial is set for February.

A mother has raised more than $29,000 for her son's medical bills after the middle schooler was hit in the head by a metal object at Odessa Shannon Middle School in Silver Spring last week.

Baltimore Administrative and Chief Judge Audrey J.S. Carrión on June 2 issued a temporary pause on all lawsuits filed under the Child Victims Act of 2023.

The federal government told a Maryland judge on Friday that it plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, saying in a court filing it could do so as early as Oct. 31.

Marylanders voted to allow sports betting in the state in 2020.

Lani Moore’s horror dolls wouldn’t play well with Barbie.

The federal government remains shut down, keeping the prospect of federal subsidies to buy health insurance off the table as open enrollment on the health exchange approaches for Maryland.

Churchill senior Zoe Cusack, fresh off helping the U.S. win the Junior Ryder Cup, heads to the state championship next week.

Delondre Sawyer, 35, was found shot to death last year in Gaithersburg. A jury Wednesday convicted DeAngelo McRoy of his murder. Another suspect in the case will go to trial next year.

Wawa recalled the beverages out of concerns for “potential foreign object contamination.”

The Trump administration rejected the final appeal for federal disaster relief for Western Maryland communities that are still recovering from May’s historic flash floods.

A Silver Spring man, Deondray Darnell Osbonre, was arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged attempted murder in July, Montgomery County Police said on Thursday.

The president and CEO of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, John Racanelli, is retiring “by the end of the year,” aquarium officials said Thursday.