Community issues

ABC Capital employees created fake email addresses, forged signatures, falsified wire transactions and faked deeds as part of a scheme to defraud unsuspecting overseas investors seeking to purchase Baltimore real estate, according a lawsuit filed last week.

The Portuguese immigrant shot and wounded by ICE agents in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve has experienced medical neglect while in federal custody, one of his attorneys said.

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to give federal immigration officers a role in airport security unless congressional Democrats agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Eggleston, was arrested Thursday night after detectives tracked him down through phone and license plate records, the charging documents show.

Three employees at a Carroll County greenhouse were injured, including a 65-year-old man who sustained severe injuries, after a hot water tank ruptured, fire officials said.

Muslims in Baltimore County celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month.

Luigi Rosa is leading the largest capital project in Amtrak history, even as immigrants and the national passenger railroad are in the Trump administration’s crosshairs.

Thea Osato, a prolific artist who painted the windows of iconic Baltimore shops, died March 4. She was 69.

A Howard County Circuit Court judge sentenced an Ellicott City teen to 45 years in prison after the 2024 fatal shooting that occurred near Howard High School.

Buildings and schools named in his honor — including the César Chávez Dual Spanish Immersion in Chillum — are considering changes.

The Missouri-based company will lay off 118 employees between May 20 and 22, according to a Maryland Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year sets aside $3.5 million to build the county’s first public ice rinks at the Meadowbrook Athletic Complex in Ellicott City.

Attorneys representing Linda Buttrick, the girlfriend of Robert Fuller Jr., who was killed on Valentine’s Day at an upscale senior home in Potomac, said Friday they want employees at the assisted living facility to come forward as they continue their investigation into his death.

Expect the first weekend of spring to be sunny with a chance of rain in the evenings, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service.

Officer Robert Parks is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with attempted second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless driving.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement temporarily closed its Baltimore holding cells after a federal judge ordered the agency to reduce overcrowding and ensure people detained there had their basic needs met.

The potential move would have major ramifications for the 137-year-old company that is headquartered in Hunt Valley.

Maryland lawmakers are considering naming the megalodon the nation’s first official state shark — spotlighting the region’s rich fossil history and prized prehistoric finds.

COLUMN | Meteorologists’ apologies were almost as wild Tuesday as their forecasts were on Monday. Spring arrives at 10:46 a.m. Friday, if you define the vernal equinox as the first day. As this week showed, it is a difficult season for the forecaster.

A prominent Eastern Shore developer has reached a deal to take over a retired coal-fired power plant on the Potomac River --Morgantown Generating Station -- and reboot it to run data centers. Does Gov. Wes Moore support the plan?