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Salisbury couple killed in early morning house fire
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning house fire that killed two people in Salisbury.
The scene of a fatal house fire in Salisbury on Friday. Sept. 5, 2025. The cause remains under investigation.
Webb telescope captures dramatic new image of stars being born
A dramatic new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the aftermath of stars being born.
An image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows bright, pointed stars in the middle and a colorful nebula on the bottom and top right sides of the frame.
New Barnes & Noble opening in Anne Arundel County next week
Barnes & Noble is opening its second Anne Arundel location in Pasadena on Wednesday, September 10.
A Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Pittsburgh on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
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Anne Arundel might have to pay back state $500K for closing south county boat ramp
Anne Arundel County may have to pay Maryland more than $500,000 for abruptly closing a boat ramp in Shady Side in July.
About a month after the county shuttered Discovery Village, it reached an agreement with another south county marina to provide the public with a free boat launch through October.
Haunting hospital memorial reveals lives once hidden in Crownsville graves
Anne Arundel County dedicated a memorial listing the names of 1,727 patients who died at the Crownsville state hospital between 1912 and 1965 and were buried in mostly unmarked graves.
Visitors read name on the Say My Name Memorial following its unveiling at the Crownsville Hospital Patient Cemetery.
Baltimore, brace yourself for a traffic jamageddon this weekend
Baltimore officials are warning of heavy traffic Saturday as the city hosts the Maryland Cycling Classic, an Orioles home game marking a Cal Ripken milestone and a sold-out concert at CFG Bank Arena.
Members of the CCB Women’s Elite Cycling team ride down Pratt Street on Friday as lane closures cause some traffic in downtown Baltimore ahead of Saturday’s race.
An underground circus thrives in a Howard County backyard
"The Glow" is an annual backyard circus that draw performers from Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia to test-run their wildest acts.
Performers from Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia present their wildest acts for a backyard audience in Columbia.
After 54 years, Howard County Police identify woman in county’s oldest cold case
Howard County Police have identified their Jane Doe in a 1971 cold case as Sarah Sharkey.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball speaks Thursday at a news conference outside the county police station about the department's identification of a woman in a 1971 cold case.
Firefighters battle 3-alarm blaze at laundry business in Northwest Baltimore
The roof of a commercial laundry building collapsed Thursday morning as fire crews battled a three-alarm blaze in Northwest Baltimore. 
Residents are being asked to avoid the area near Sunnyside Avenue and Nome Avenue in Reisterstown Station.
State police charge incarcerated man in Somerset County prison death
A man who is incarcerated at a state prison in Somerset County has been indicted and charged with murder in connection with the death of another prisoner earlier this year.
Tyjuan Chapple, 26, remains in the custody of the Maryland Division of Corrections.
Employee accused of improperly inviting ICE to Baltimore courthouse no longer at her job
The corrections department had opened an investigation into the actions of a pretrial services employee.
The corrections department opened an investigation into the actions of a pretrial services employee after ICE agents appeared at the the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse in June.
Trek Federal Hill joins ‘cascade of closures’ of Baltimore bike shops
The Federal Hill Trek is closing Oct. 11, leaving Baltimore with even fewer bike stores as the industry battles economic headwinds after a COVID-era boom.
A man rides his bike past the Trek shop in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore.
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Letter: University of Baltimore restructuring preserves, strengthens liberal arts
Christine Spencerk, dean of the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Baltimore, says recent course consolidations will strengthen the liberal arts, not diminish them.
The University of Baltimore Student Center
‘Rabbits deserve better’: A look inside a bunny rescue in a Columbia home
Friends of Rabbits, a large animal rescue, recently took in 60 abandoned bunnies from a farm. Many of the bunnies gave birth.
A young bunny explores its surroundings during exercise time at Friends of Rabbits in Columbia.
Former Mount St. Mary’s student sues university for failing to protect her from rapist
A former Mount St. Mary's University student has sued the university claiming she was raped by a rugby player who had previously been accused of sexual assault.
Students cross campus between classes at Mount St. Mary’s University, a small liberal arts university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg.
Body found along Route 50 could be connected to Prince George’s missing persons report
A body that was found along a Maryland highway on Sunday has a “potential connection” to a missing persons report, according to the state police.
The Maryland State Police logo.
Feds say they’ll rely on ‘devils and demons’ in Baltimore MS-13 trial
The MS-13 trial in Baltimore, expected to take weeks, will include testimony from confessed members of the gang, prosecutors say.
Three men are on trial in U.S. District Court on charges that they participated in a racketeering conspiracy as members of MS-13.
Parts of Baltimore’s Superblock damaged in five-alarm Downtown fire
Segments of the historic Superblock caught fire during Tuesday afternoon’s five-alarm blaze.
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 — Damaged buildings are seen along Fayette Street at Howard Street a day after a five-alarm fire tore through several buildings in the block.
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