Community issues

Two hospitals in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties are the latest in Maryland to be hit by a cyberattack, according to their parent company.

An immigrant living in Maryland cooperated with law enforcement officials in their investigation of a drug cartel. Then, an immigration judge ruled he should not be deported to Mexico, finding that he risked likely torture or death if he were sent there. Yet last month, he was.

“It’s unacceptable that those children were living in a condition like that,” Mayor Scott said. “Everybody that had an opportunity to do something that did not will feel the full wrath of me in city government.”

Officials with the Maryland General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Audits determined that the Maryland Transportation Authority didn’t take “available actions” to collect fees from out-of-state drivers.

It won’t be raining the entire time, according to the National Weather Service, but multiple clusters of storms will be moving across the region throughout the day.

Gene Litz, a Baltimore pilot and navigator who participated in Operation Highjump, the U.S. Navy’s 1946 Antarctic expedition, died Aug. 21. He was 100.

The inability to track down Campfield AME’s lineage is not uncommon for historic Black churches, especially in Baltimore County.

The University of Maryland, College Park, is threatening legal action against a cannabis product company over its “Terps” name.

Eastpoint Mall is going the way of the stegosaurus whose replica once greeted onlookers pouring into the 63-acre shopping and entertainment emporium between Eastern Avenue and North Point Boulevard.

The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel said the state’s largest utility company should refund its customers. The company said it won’t, and can’t, because of confusing state laws.

The County Council will consider whether to allow the county to issue up to $215 million in bonds to prepare National Harbor for Maryland’s mini Sphere.

A Silver Spring woman’s body was recovered from Lost Lake at Patapsco Valley State Park on Monday, officials said.

The driver of the vehicle, 34-year-old Miya Tamerra Stringfield of Indian Head, was injured in the crash, and the passenger of her vehicle, 33-year-old Alexis Cummings of Temple Hills, was killed.

The decision comes in the wake of a collision that killed two members of a family and in which the suspect was allegedly intoxicated.

The children, ages 9, 7, 6, 5, 3 and 1, were found alone in a house in the 2900 block of East Monument Street after officers received reports of child neglect, police said.

The inspector violated several policies, including rules governing the use of county vehicles and time and attendance.

An Anne Arundel County Police officer has been suspended without pay after authorities charged him with rape and child sex abuse for an alleged incident at his home, officials said.

Despite an eye-popping figure topping the Maryland Department of Transportation’s latest spending plan, officials are warning that rising costs will delay some construction projects in the coming years.

Bekine Tibebu Ayele was arrested for first-degree murder for allegedly hiring a gunman to kill a Silver Spring man in 2025, according to Montgomery County Police.

The disease can kill a young beech in a matter of a few years, while more mature trees may die within a decade.