Community issues

The state’s finalized six-year transportation spending plan includes previously deferred rehabilitation projects for the 32-year-old train line.

The death toll from the fires has stayed steady at 21 while missing person cases dipped a bit to just over a couple dozen, officials said.

Baltimore County’s purchase of the Macy’s department store at Security Square Mall in western Baltimore County represents “another important milestone” in the county’s efforts to redevelop the site of the aging mall, but the county still needs to acquire more properties to realize its vision, a county official said Tuesday.

Scott Barnett, who is from Dundalk and told police he has been homeless, said he wasn’t sure of the victims’ names, but detectives pieced together their identities.

David, the deputy Maryland state prosecutor, has collected $105,000, according to campaign finance disclosures.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture found a second case of bird flu Tuesday on a commercial chicken farm in Queen Anne’s County.

Dion Guthrie, 86, of Joppa, a Democrat, claimed in a lawsuit filed in Harford County Circuit Court that he did not actually plead no contest to one count of theft between $1,500 and $25,000 because a judge needed to consent to that action.

Some side-gigs can generate money quickly. Options include tutoring, making deliveries and serving as a mock juror.

It’s not clear what the hedge fund ownership could mean for Columbia, which was founded in 1967 by James Rouse as a model of racial and socioeconomic integration.

The Supreme Court denied a petition to review a lower court’s decision to uphold Maryland’s handgun licensing requirements — a win for gun safety advocates in this nearly 10-year-long battle.

Baltimore County homicide detectives are investigating a double homicide in Woodlawn from over the weekend.

Neither special on Luigi Mangione includes huge revelations. But if you’re unfamiliar with the details of the killing, they provide decent context.

The temperature is forecast to be below freezing tonight, so don’t forget a hat and multiple layers if you go outside to look at the “wolf moon.”

Police used the helicopter’s imaging system to locate the origin of the laser: the rear of a home on the 800 block of Rosedale Avenue, according to police records.

The fire was contained around 11 a.m. and the construction crew evacuated the site, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Syed’s attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders Erica Suter and Brian Zavin, had filed a motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.

A security guard died after he was shot while working at a McDonald’s in Northwest Baltimore on Sunday, according to Baltimore Police.

Christopher Higgins, a veteran Maryland firefighter who died in the line of duty, started his career at a volunteer fire company in Anne Arundel County.

Baltimore is a city of hidden rivers, and one of the most famous is the Jones Falls, which is buried for about 2 miles in the heart of the city. But some think it's time to start "daylighting" more of the river and restore more of its natural surroundings.

Kristina Page runs an outreach service for sex workers who often are shut out from help in Baltimore.