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The 101-year-old refinery will beam its O’s and S’s at 6 p.m. Sunday night and every night for the duration of the Orioles’ run in the postseason. Each O is 20 feet tall, making it easy to spot in Baltimore’s skyline.

An out-of-state metals dealer that sold gold and silver bars, rounds and coins for investments misrepresented their materials, and Marylanders can now get refunds after Attorney General Anthony G. Brown’s Securities Division reached a settlement with the metals dealer.

The suit accuses the University of Maryland, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and Darryll Pines, president of the University of Maryland, College Park, of “engaging in unconstitutional content-based discrimination.”

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Getting children flu and COVID vaccines this fall may take patience, as pharmacists can't vaccinate babies and pediatricians don't all have doses yet.

Leaves are expected to change earlier than normal this year, and feature more yellows and golds rather than reds and purples.

Officials with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service refused to share documents regarding the agency’s inspections and enforcement at the Boar’s Head plant in Jarratt, Virginia, and inspection reports from eight other company factories across the U.S.

Pop star Chappell Roan, who was set to perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion on the second day of All Things Go this weekend, said Friday she is dropping out of the music festival.

Rams Head Live! is leaving its longtime home in the Inner Harbor, dealing a blow to downtown Baltimore’s live music scene.

Maryland can expect to see precipitation coming from Hurricane Helene by midday Friday.

Greenbury Point is a reminder that the Navy, where a rifle range has operated for some 100 years, can be a tough neighbor.

Michael Hines admitted to illegally hunting a large buck with a rifle on Nov. 10, 2023.

The typical female brown rat has about five litters a year, with up to 12 “pups” a litter.

Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of attempted first-degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and armed carjacking. His attorneys vowed to appeal.

The pool that collapsed on an apartment building roof last week did not damage the structure of the main building, an engineering firm said.

The application window for the pilot program opened on Tuesday and runs through Oct. 10, according to the Department of Transportation.

A year after Pava LaPere’s death, her family thanks local and state communities for the way they have honored and remembered her.

The northbound train packed with Orioles fans celebrating a 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers crashed into a motorist at Woodberry and Coldspring, wedging the vehicle between the train and a fence.

Eric Holder, the former U.S. Attorney General and renowned civil rights leader, delivered an inaugural speech in a lecture series created to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

This is the story of the Key Bridge disaster as told by people who lived it. The Banner spoke to 25 rescue workers, eyewitnesses, victims' relatives and more to compile a chronology of events on March 26.