Community issues

Maryland has spent nearly half a million dollars on a private law firm to try and exit a decades-old lawsuit. So far, it has little to show for it.

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare has pleaded not guilty to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution.

And, although there has been an exodus of Black residents from Baltimore in the past decade, its foreign-born Black population has continued to grow.

A group of liquor retailers denounced Gov. Wes Moore’s support of beer and wine sales at Maryland grocery stores.

With more than 120 million packages stolen last year, Baltimoreans try to outsmart thieves with security cameras and package drop boxes.

Robert “Bob” Ingram Jr., an esteemed media executive who worked across disciplines to champion diversity, equity and inclusion, died on Dec. 10 of a subdural hemorrhage. He was 69.

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one program—PHA Healthcare—offered little help.

A program to help port workers after the Key Bridge collapse is now on the front lines of aiding Baltimore County’s growing number of undocumented families. But will the funding last?

H. Furlong Baldwin, who led Baltimore’s Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co. for more than two decades, died Dec. 7 from complications of multiple myeloma. He was 92.

The Peale, the first purpose-built museum in America, announced a new executive director ready to take the storied museum into the future.

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Chief Donna Wolf Mother Abbott is the first woman chief of a Maryland tribe in known recorded history.

Three more court buildings in Baltimore have tested positive for the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, officials announced Friday.

Over 2.3 million Marylanders are expected to travel during the holiday season with many heading out this weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Luigi Mangione is now in a federal jail in New York, facing charges that could bring the death penalty.

After sitting vacant for nearly two decades, the old East Baltimore Community School building is expected to be demolished next year.

An Ellicott City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $1 million from a real estate agency and using the funds to pay for vacations, Taylor Swift tickets and more, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The plaintiffs challenging Baltimore jail health care, led by the ACLU’s National Prison Project, have nominated three of their own selections to become medical monitor.

“Loch Raven Overlook” will be constructed near where Tuesday’s deadly shooting occurred in Towson.