Community issues

Winds could reach up to 60 mph with a low chance of isolated hail and a brief tornado threat Monday afternoon.

National Guard members and U.S. Park Police patrolled the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday as President Donald Trump’s administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix a botched renovation before the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.

Prince George's County Sheriff John Carr was in a motorcycle accident at the end of May. The sheriff's office initially downplayed the incident, but during a recent interview, the sheriff acknowledged that he broke his wrist, had emergency surgery and was out of work for at least a few days.

Montgomery County Police are searching for a black SUV in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a 61-year-old pedestrian from Silver Spring.

Jill Smokler turned her tales of wrangling three small children in suburban Baltimore into a blog, website and series of books that made millions of mothers feel less alone. Smokler died Monday at age 48.

Class 1 e-bikes are now permitted on natural-surface trails in Montgomery County. Class 2 and 3 models are still banned.

An F-16 fighter jet intercepted a civilian plane that was flying through restricted airspace over Hagerstown on Saturday afternoon, military officials said.

The men boarded a single-engine Piper Cherokee plane in Ocean City, New Jersey, and were headed to the Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, according to Maryland State Police.

A Silver Spring man who was killed after being struck by a car in White Oak last week was identified by police on Monday as 45-year-old Minh Q. Vu.

Michael Maurice Johnson, who was convicted and later cleared in the high-profile 2010 killing of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, was sentenced Monday to two consecutive life terms plus 25 years for raping a young woman.

A motorcyclist died early Sunday after colliding with another motorcyclist in Rockville, Montgomery County Police said.

When M&T Bank Stadium missed out on hosting World Cup matches, Baltimore missed out on a boom of foreign visitors. But as other cities have learned, the economics of hosting doesn't always make sense.

Baltimore Police said officers were called to Druid Hill Park shortly before 8 p.m. for reports of a fight involving about 100 minors, with some throwing objects at officers.

The single-engine Piper Cherokee, believed to be a training flight, was traveling from Ocean City, New Jersey, to a Montgomery County airport when it went down shortly before midnight Saturday near routes 50 and 301.

COLUMN: AFRAM can’t become a gathering where unsafety is anticipated, Jasmine Vaughn-Hall writes.

After a Supreme Court decision weakened parts of the Voting Rights Act, some Black Marylanders aren’t taking chances and are preparing to ensure their ballots count.

While most candidates agree that massive data centers have no place in Prince George’s County, some are leaving the door open to building those facilities.

Vikesh Patel, an executive at GE Aerospace, died when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army helicopter over D.C.

COLUMN | The solstice arrived at 4:24 a.m. Sunday. That’s the start of astronomical summer. It’s when you think about thunderstorms and their even more dangerous cousins, tornadoes and derechos.

Nearly two dozen Democrats are competing to follow U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer representing Maryland's 5th Congressional District.