Community issues

Maryland State Police are investigating a multivehicle collision that killed two women and hospitalized five others Tuesday afternoon along Route 202 in Prince George’s County, officials announced.

Several beaches in and around Maryland are limiting access because of the winds and deadly rip currents that Hurricane Erin is generating.

Howard County Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened on Tuesday night in Columbia.

Our weekly listing of things to do in Baltimore County ranges from the Maryland State Fair to a conversation with author Erik Larsen.

While the Dundalk Republican has publicly acknowledged his struggles with alcoholism, the altercation with police only came to light after Crandell’s wife filed a protection order.

The workers who pick crabs for Maryland’s seafood industry deserve an immigration system that respects their rights, says Rachel Micah-Jones, executive director of Centro los Derechos del Migrante.

In an Aug. 12 letter to the Anti-Defamation League, the parties seek to call attention to their own experiences as Jewish families in Baltimore City Public Schools.

Confusion and hesitancy over vaccines is growing nationwide and public health officials worry about what that means for fall when viruses abound in Maryland.

Authorities recovered the body of a swimmer who drowned after searching since Sunday at the former quarry at Beaver Dam Swimming Club, a Baltimore County Police spokesperson said.

Though not expected to make landfall in the U.S., Hurricane Erin does stand to impact rip currents and increase the likelihood of tidal flooding in some parts of Maryland, charging weather officials to take action.

Field of Screams Maryland, a decades-long Halloween tradition in Montgomery County, is canceled this season amid renovations, officials announced.

The MTA policy marks a new step in discouraging crime and promoting a safe environment on transit vehicles, but could prove difficult to enforce across a sprawling network of buses and trains.

The Fort McHenry Federal Channel in Baltimore reopened after a Monday evening explosion aboard a cargo ship near the site of the Key Bridge.

State prosecutors will not file charges in the shooting of a 29-year-old man in Laurel last year that involved Howard County Police Department officers, authorities said on Monday.

Baltimore County Police are investigating a fatal crash in Owings Mills on Saturday involving an unlicensed teenager and a 74-year-old woman who was killed, officials said.

The child was hit after she stepped into the roadway in the 1800 block of Aisquith Street on Monday.

Medics with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department took the injured man to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, according to police.

A cargo ship near the site of the Key Bridge caught on fire and sent out a mayday call.

Highwire Improv manages over 100 ensembles that can be hired for improv events at companies and organizations, with a new space in in Highlandtown.

Beginning in September, engineers will test long, cylindrical columns that will ultimately form the new Key Bridge’s base.