Community issues

The layoffs are part of a global reduction of more than 2,000 employees.

Jeffrey Kopszywa, 42, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Feb. 11 in Baltimore Circuit Court to use of an item to threaten or intimidate for a sentence of three years in prison, suspending all but time served, plus five years’ probation.

Environmentalists have pushed for years to no avail to end the state’s subsidy for trash incinerators, which burn garbage to produce electricity and steam.

A 27-year-old man was charged in connection to the shooting outside a Baltimore County Police Department precinct that left one officer hospitalized.

A Baltimore Circuit judge sentenced Alan Geslicki, 33, of Morrell Park, to serve life in prison, suspending all but 60 years, for child abuse of a minor under 13 resulting in death.

Rapidly increasing expenses have put a strain on Spin Cycle Coin Laundry, a family-owned laundromat in Charles North.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration visited two state jails last year and performed “accountability audits” that uncovered violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Sen. Chuck Schumer is postponing an event in Baltimore for his upcoming book due to “security reasons,” according to an email from Enoch Pratt Free Library.

The FDA is the latest agency scrambling to meet the Trump administration’s return-to-office mandate.

Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You’ll be paying more to do so.

Tristan Jackson, 19, of Hillen, faces between five and 12 years in prison when he's sentenced on April 29 in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.

T. Rowe Price, an investment firm based in downtown Baltimore since its founding in 1937, will begin moving employees to new Harbor Point offices this week.

The fragments uncovered were clearly produced by human hands using the distinctive techniques of the Clovis people.

Baltimore County government should reconsider its Urban Rural Demarcation Line to address its housing crisis, says Sharonda Dillard-Huffman, a candidate for Baltimore County Council.

Longtime political aide Anthony W. McCarthy died Sunday after a lengthy battle with kidney disease. He was 57.

NWS meteorologist Kyle Pallozzi said Saturday the primary threat in the Baltimore region would be wind.

Moore said he learned of Trump’s intention to block the planned move of the FBI headquarters to Prince George’s County from a news report.

Still, we are lucky to have two competing, if sometimes mediocre, serious news outlets, one reader says.

Vultures are intelligent and complex birds who form lasting relationships, according to one vulture expert.

In a long and emotional session Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates advanced a bill giving more incarcerated people a chance to petition for shorter sentences.