Community issues

Monday is the first day of school in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel and Howard counties, along with transition day in Montgomery County schools. Coppin State, Towson and UMBC students return to classes, too.

There have been three separate beaver attacks at state parks in Maryland this summer. Two happened at Cunningham Falls State Park, but “extensive monitoring found no evidence” of additional rabid beavers.

The Baltimore state’s attorney’s office has tapped a former federal corruption prosecutor to investigate the leak of witness information in a high-profile murder case.

A cut propane line led to an explosion in the Anne Arundel County neighborhood.

Superintendent Bill Heiser gave news media and county officials a rundown of teacher vacancies, completed school construction projects, school bus driver shortages and more on Monday morning.

Sunshine’s Friends Cat & Dog Rescue has been operating out of a Jessup home for over two decades. It recently became a licensed rescue facility, which led to a home renovation to care for more animals.

Paul Torres, a Navy veteran, chef and native of the Philippines, died July 19 of complications after gallbladder surgery. He was 84.

COLUMN | Baltimore has been on an upswing in so many ways and the national media is finally catching on. It’s about time.

Crews have been working through the summer to complete an overhaul of Rash Field Park. Officials hope it will boost the Inner Harbor area even as the Harborplace redevelopment inches along.

A woman was killed in a shooting early Sunday in an Essex waterfront community, police said.

Almost the entire lunar surface will be masked Thursday night into Friday — a whopping 96% — making this an especially deep partial eclipse.

A 29-year-old man and a Baltimore Police officer were hospitalized after an encounter near Lexington Market on Saturday night that led to the officer shooting the man, officials said.

In some parts of Baltimore, rooftop decks are almost as synonymous with city life as the summer crab feast or a cold Natty Boh. They offer a respite from the hustle and bustle below and an outdoor “flex” space that makes the traditional rowhome feel roomier.

A man was fatally shot by a Prince George’s County Police officer Friday night in a Suitland neighborhood, state investigators said.

This weekend’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix is the second big sporting event staged by President Donald Trump in Washington as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.

Rain showers and potential storms could disrupt any plans outdoor on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

Ocean City takes a hands-off approach to enforcing beach rules around canopies, dogs, smoking and other matters. Code enforcement workers ride quad bikes along the oceanfront, urging beachgoers to follow the rules.

Brad Hopkins' son Gavin died in a motorcycle crash near the Zou's property off of Route 152 in Fallston.

The Baltimore Police Department has fired a police officer who was captured in a viral video driving directly at a man and striking him following his convictions this week for assault and related crimes.

Federal immigration authorities sought an arrest warrant under seal for 18-year-old Jimy Samuel Godoy Alfaro for a charge of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding or interfering with a federal officer.