Community issues

A driver died on Monday after crashing his vehicle into a tree in Derwood on Sunday, according to Montgomery County Police.

A motorcycle and another vehicle collided on Tuesday in Chevy Chase, killing the motorcyclist, Montgomery County Police said.

Staff turnover and vacancies at the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists are creating major problems in Maryland’s drug addiction treatment field and hindering the state’s fight against overdoses.

Springsong, the Silver Spring-based museum dedicated to environmentalist Rachel Carson, isn’t scheduled to open until 2028. But the founder is wasting no time building a name in the community now.

The Four Seasons Private Residences in Harbor East is facing a lawsuit from investors who allege condo sale prices are being artificially inflated.

COLUMN | Baltimore County violated the state constitution last year when it awarded $30,000 raises to its three orphans’ court judges. It should have known better. But when it comes to the orphans’ court, getting the law wrong is a common outcome.

The Youth Charging Reform Act heads to Gov. Moore, shifting most teen assault and gun cases to juvenile court under new Maryland law.

The shooting shut down a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue last week, with over a dozen police vehicles flooding the area.

Artemis II crew members want to name a moon crater after fellow astronaut Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll.

The new strategy comes as the state faces a shortage of housing units and Marylanders list housing affordability as a major concern.

Savannah Guthrie was back and almost all business at NBC’s “Today” show anchor desk on Monday, marking a return for the first time in more than two months since her mother’s disappearance. “Here we go, ready or not,” Guthrie said as the show opened. “Let’s do the news.”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials said a 32-year-old Baltimore City man late last week “dangerously evaded” officers who were attempting to arrest and eventually deport him, which ultimately led to a multicar pileup and the man attempting to flee on foot.

The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran, a risky mission that President Donald Trump and his top defense aides detailed Monday.

After a Baltimore County woman charged with 328 counts of animal cruelty found a way to get her pets back, county officials are introducing legislation to close loopholes in existing animal welfare laws.

Four people were injured after a machine at McCormick & Company’s Hunt Valley spice plant malfunctioned, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Karen Elsa Carstens died in a Chevy Chase house fire trying to save her cats, Montgomery County Police said on Monday.

Drivers who use the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel should expect temporary lane closures this week, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

The new owner of Shanteari Young’s former child care center lets parents watch classroom livestreams.

The Maryland Hospital Association asked lawmakers to exclude hospitals from paying a tax on their affiliated for-profit insurance companies. A revised bill moving forward would pause the tax collection for two years.

The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.