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Dr. Francis Collins came to the NIH in 1993 to lead the Human Genome Project, which in 2003 completed mapping the human DNA instruction book.

Baltimore County Police identified the two construction workers killed on Friday after a partial home collapse in Catonsville.

Christopher Dipnarine says that without the incinerator Baltimore would have to resort to more environmentally harmful options.

While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.

The Baltimore-based historically Black college is one of 13 schools in the country to offer acrobatics and tumbling at the Division I level.

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A recent Baltimore Banner story about raw milk was highly irresponsible in its failure to provide sufficient factual information alongside the opinions of raw milk proponents, writes Baltimore resident Caitlin O’Donnell.

Two construction workers who are trapped in a trench at a Catonsville home died from their injuries on Friday, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.

John Murphy and his kids survived a plane crash in the Vermont mountains Wednesday.

Three of Maryland's congressional representatives join the chorus of voices calling for an end to Baltimore Gas and Electric rate hikes.

In the suit, filed in New York Supreme Court, a woman identified only as Jane Doe alleged that Kevin Liles sexually assaulted her while they both worked at Def Jam.

With measles cases rising in Texas and the death of a child, public health officials are unsettled. But Maryland appears to have a good vaccination level for protection.

A Howard County court sentenced Delano G. Draine, 44, to 24 years in prison with all but seven years suspended after he pleaded guilty to secretly recording and stealing intimate media from 37 women.

A month before the attack, animal control had deemed the two dogs dangerous and ordered the owner to keep them muzzled and securely fenced in.

The 88-year-old pope remained conscious and alert at all times and cooperated with the maneuvers to help him recover.

The Baltimore County Department of Public Works plans to close a section of Gwynnbrook Avenue at Walk Avenue in Owings Mills for emergency bridge repairs for at least a week.

The state corrections department recorded a discovery rate for weapons in its facilities at about 13 per 100 prisoners and detainees.

Drivers in Baltimore County may experience some delays in the coming weeks due to a set of roadwork projects on Interstates 695 and 795.

Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.

Al Redmer Jr., executive director of Maryland Auto Insurance, says the difficulties facing students getting to school on time are likely exacerbated by problems many people face getting auto insurance.