Community issues

Maryland leaders are embracing accessory dwelling units as the cost of living rises and young people flee the state.

A new report from the American Cancer Society found that the incidence of colorectal cancer among those ages 20 to 49 is now rising at about 3% annually.

Shannetta Griffin, executive director and CEO of the Maryland Aviation Administration, explains why BWI stopped providing real-time information on wait times for TSA lines.

The officers were indicted on Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court, where they’re scheduled on April 27 to make their initial appearances.

James Appel, a Maryland Republican Party official, was indicted on federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering, court records show.

State investigators released video Monday that shows the fatal police shooting of a young man with autism outside his apartment in Columbia.

Travelers are advised to arrive three hours early at BWI Airport as security lines continue to fluctuate amid TSA staffing issues.

Montgomery County Police seek the public’s help finding the family of a man who was struck by a Ride On bus last week and remains in critical condition.

Davis, 31, now of Parkland, Florida, alleges that Courtney Rossel provoked an encounter on Oct. 27, 2025, as part of a scheme to frame and extort him.

The absences came as nearly 29,500 passengers departed from BWI on Friday.

A 20-year-old was found shot in a Rockville parking lot and later pronounced dead, Montgomery County Police said. The department said no one is in custody, and no suspect information has been released.

COLUMN | As Harborplace’s planned refurbishment continues to progress, it must remain a third space welcoming to all — or it won’t work.

“Prison is supposed to be rehabilitation,” said Tia Hamilton, the owner of Urban Reads Bookstore on Greenmount Avenue in Waverly. “And it doesn’t provide rehabilitation. It creates a stronger monster.”

The Fountain, an old-fashioned lunch counter at Drug City Pharmacy in Dundalk, serves meals, malts and milkshakes with a heavy dose of nostalgia and, if you want and you're old enough, an even heavier dose of bourbon.

Federal investigators are digging into a group of New York investors who borrowed more than $100 million in private credit and rapidly built a real estate portfolio of about 700 homes in Baltimore.

The number of deaths associated with PHA Healthcare alarmed lawmakers and treatment providers.

Amid the uncertainty of the U.S.-Iran war, Iranian American communities in Maryland are holding on to holidays and occasions that keep them hopeful.

ICE agents were deployed to Baltimore’s airport for security checks, not immigration enforcement, Gov. Wes Moore says.

A sudden change in Waverly Main Street leadership has organizers and residents questioning what's next.

The incident began with an altercation “in the vestibule area near Burlington Coat Factory," according to a post from Anne Arundel County Police. During the fight, a shot was fired.