Community issues

Coach closed its location at Towson Town Center this week, the latest store to leave the mall in Baltimore County.

A Baltimore County judge won’t throw out the case against a man charged in a fatal  stabbing after a detective looked through his cellphone without a search warrant and later lied about it.

Officials said a carjacking crew linked to a homicide was also responsible for a brazen string of crimes that stretched across the city for the better part of two months. The eight arrested so far are charged in connection to 39 crimes.

A circuit court judge in Baltimore has ruled against Maryland’s ratepayer advocate, preserving a controversial agreement over the city’s conduit system.

Howard County voters handed Vanessa Atterbeary not only the Democratic nomination for county executive but also apparent wins for her allies in all five County Council races.

A vigil was held Tuesday night for a 3-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run in Baltimore last weekend.

In a 42-page opinion on Tuesday, Chief Justice Matthew Fader wrote that the Maryland General Assembly only required school systems to obtain comprehensive liability insurance beginning July 1, 1971.

Wes Moore has won the Democratic nomination for governor, setting the tone for a night in which incumbents and establishment favorites largely prevailed across Maryland.

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MCB Real Estate announced its intention to redevelop Harborplace more than four years ago. The most crucial piece of the redevelopment of Harborplace — financing — is yet to come.

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to stop the Trump administration from putting political appointees in charge of federal health grants.

As Trump backs a reboot of Warrior Run near Cumberland, Maryland’s last coal plant outside Baltimore could also stay online longer, underscoring how data centers and power demand are reviving interest in coal.

Tall ships from around the world are occupying Baltimore’s harbor and drawing thousands to the city. These are some of the people climbing aboard.

Baltimore County’s next council is poised to be younger, more diverse and potentially more combative, with newcomers including progressive Democrats, far-right Republicans and, likely, the council’s first Black woman.

A vehicle that was brought in for service at a Tesla dealership in Owings Mills went up in flames just before 5 p.m. Wednesday. The fire spread to three others.

Prosecutors dropped charges against an Anne Arundel County Police Department lieutenant accused of assaulting a teenager during a domestic incident.

A driver was injured after crashing their vehicle into a car wash in Halethorpe on Wednesday morning, shattering a window and closing down the business for the day.

Drivers in Baltimore should expect delays, road closures, and parking restrictions as Sail250 brings thousands of visitors to the city’s waterfront for a weeklong celebration of the country’s history from Wednesday to June 30.

The marble steps from some 75 vacant homes in Baltimore have been used to patch and fill cracks at City Hall.

A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, who has denied killing her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022, has been charged with murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday.