Community issues

Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.

A 17-year-old Edgewood boy died after a car struck him along Interstate 695 in Baltimore County as he was changing a tire, officials said, adding to a growing list of crash fatalities in the area.

Police have arrested a person in connection with the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old outside a Baltimore church.

A 36-year-old Parkville man has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter for allegedly shoving a man into the Inner Harbor, where the victim drowned.

There’s a chance of daily afternoon showers and thunderstorms throughout the week, according to the National Weather Service.

A new partnership is offering Baltimore gun owners a way to safely store their firearms in an attempt to prevent suicides and unintentional shootings.

Baltimore officials are hoping that a deploying a new, state-of-the-art police tool to officers across the city will result in them reaching for their guns and shooting people less often.

COLUMN | I’m trying to raise a friendly, confident Black child who is solid in any identity he comes to have. But I’m afraid it will be used against him.

Joe Nathan Page has lived in his Northeast Baltimore home for over 60 years. He’s one of at least 129,000 Baltimoreans who have lived in their homes for 20 or more years.

Despite new measures the intersection of the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail and Route 138, visitors report continued dangers from limited parking and speeding traffic.

A prolific developer plans to build a sprawling residential community in northern Anne Arundel County on land once identified for conservation, in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant.

The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, Maryland's largest county fair, returns Aug. 14-22 in Gaithersburg. Here’s everything you need to know about tickets, schedules, food, entertainment and more before you go.

Two men were pulled from Baltimore waters in unrelated incidents Sunday afternoon. A 37-year-old man died after being rescued from the Patapsco River in Harbor East.

Storms have begun moving across Maryland, delaying the Orioles game at Camden Yards and raising concerns about flash flooding, damaging winds and dangerous evening conditions across much of the state.

The next Powerball drawing Monday will be for $748 million, an estimated cash value of $325.1 million.

COLUMN | Where there are people, there is plastic. People are crap. You can hold cleanup days from now until forever, and it won’t stop plastic from flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. To do that, you have to think big.

Walker, a former military police officer and professor who was a champion for diversity and economic development, died June 24 at age 79.

An armed security guard detained a teenage suspect after a 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg inside Wheaton Mall on Friday evening, Montgomery County Police said.

Maryland will feel a bit tropical next week as hot and humid weather follows potential thunderstorms.

An officer with the Maryland-National Capital Park Police fatally shot a man on Friday evening in Fort Washington Park, state investigators said.