Community issues

The Baltimore City Fire Department responded to the fire just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday at the 1700 block of North Broadway, according to the department’s social media.

Montgomery County Police wounded a man who first fired at officers in Montgomery Village on Tuesday afternoon.

Donald Steinwachs, a professor and chair emeritus in health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School, died Feb. 28 of progressive aphasia, a form of dementia. He was 79.

The Maryland Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits brought by Baltimore City, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County against more than two dozen oil and gas giants.

For more than a century, people were trying to get out of the Old Towson jail. But now, a historic preservationist saved the building, restoring it for offices, while keeping some old jail touches.

Seeking to quell concerns about their plans to convert a sprawling Western Maryland warehouse into a makeshift detention facility, federal officials met with Washington County leadership to address the local impact.

The Days Inn by Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor is up for sale. The hotel is owned by a man who won a $533 million lottery in 2018.

Thursday marks the two-year anniversary of the Key Bridge disaster. Here’s a look at the status of the rebuild, the funding for the project and a federal lawsuit scheduled for trial in June

Nationwide on Monday, nearly 11% of TSA workers who were scheduled to report for duty — more than 3,200 — missed work.

Steven Heggie Sr., 62, of Northwest Baltimore, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter.

The Grok lawsuit is the latest action brought by Baltimore’s ambitious law department since the City Council passed a consumer protection law in 2023.

A BMW M8 overturned in Rockville early Sunday morning, Montgomery County Police said.

Authorities said Dayton Webber was driving a Tesla with Bradrick Wells in the passenger seat when the shooting took place on Sunday night.

Charges won’t be filed in a fatal police shooting of a man armed with a knife who attempted to punch officers during a domestic response in Baltimore County last December, according to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.

Baltimore City officials talked with business owners in Highlandtown on Monday about their rights amid growing concerns about federal immigration enforcement efforts.

Ermias Semaie, a Silver Spring dentist, was arrested and charged with sex offenses for allegedly assaulting a patient. Montgomery County Police suspect there may be other victims.

The Savage library branch in Howard County is closed Tuesday and Wednesday for HVAC repairs.

Baltimore City handled 728,000 automobiles and light trucks in 2025, which ranks second to a port in southern Georgia.

In its decision, the Supreme Court declined to extend the concept of a “public nuisance” to include the legal dispensing of controlled substances, like opioids.

Last year the Army Corps of Engineers sent Baltimore a cease and desist order, accusing the city of violating the provisions of its lease with the work.