Community issues

A college student’s Instagram post attempting to save her grandmother’s Mexican and Salvadoran restaurant, La Posada, has drawn widespread attention and promises from commenters to give the place a chance.

Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said officers responded around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday to a house in the 6100 block of Talles Road. Officers found a 9-year-old and a 15-year-old, who appeared to be brother and sister, dead from gunshot wounds.

Baltimore County has no public pools for its 856,000 residents. It has tried to expand public swimming for decades, with little success.

The fast-growing Chinese collectibles store Pop Mart is opening a permanent location in another Maryland mall.

The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Wednesday morning about a fatal plane crash that happened in Bowie in early June.

A former bank CEO known for running lending services that expedite loans to wealthy clients is being sued after wiring millions to someone impersonating an NFL player.

Residents have expressed concerns for months about data centers’ environmental and community impacts. Several of those critics attended Tuesday’s council meeting.

The Baltimore real estate developer faced more than four hours of questioning in the final hearing of his personal bankruptcy case.

Repairs continue at Cromwell Light Rail Station days after storm damage indefinitely paused services.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s temporary moratorium on utility shutoffs for overdue bills is ending on July 15.

Johnnie Wade Jr. was found not guilty because he didn’t actually see a Towson University student inside her room.

As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, about 4,000 BGE customers had been without power since July 4, and another 3,000 had been without power since July 5, the company said.

Bryan Neal Gordon, of Silver Spring, is accused of kidnapping two sex workers, claiming to be a police officer and handcuffing them, according to court records from several counties.

The Maryland attorney general’s office has identified the Anne Arundel County man who was fatally shot by six Baltimore Police officers following a high-speed chase early Sunday morning.

It is stressful to live in Baltimore. That’s what a new analysis by WalletHub found, ranking Baltimore the second-most stressed city in the country.

Maryland’s Attorney General declined to file charges Tuesday against three Howard County Police officers who shot and killed Alex LaMorie, a man with autism.

Six people across three counties were rescued by helicopter over the holiday weekend by the Maryland State Police Aviation Command.

Deputy state fire marshals are investigating a house fire in St. Mary’s County that left a man dead after officials say he reentered his burning home to find his 10-year-old child on Sunday night.

Extreme heat likely contributed to a fish kill that spanned almost 14 miles along the Potomac River in Montgomery County, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.

David received Gov. Wes Moore’s endorsement and held a massive fundraising edge over longtime incumbent Scott Shellenberger.