Community issues

Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, must have hoped no one would fact check his Ocean City disinformation event about wind turbines.

Requiring just cause for residential evictions would protect Maryland renters and help ensure fair practices in the rental market, Del. Jheanelle Wilkins says in calling for approval of just cause eviction legislation.

In her opening statement, Assistant Federal Public Defender Sedira Banan, one of Mosby’s attorneys, said her client relied upon loved ones and professionals, acted in good faith and committed no crime.

The language that would be added to the state constitution would declare that “every person ... has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” And that freedom includes, but is not limited to, “the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one’s own pregnancy.”

Emergency responders were on scene Monday morning to pull a person out of the water near Pier IV.

Officials say they’ve developed a plan that could keep trash coming to the landfill until at least 2060.

I went from delivering The Baltimore Sun as a teenager to writing columns for its competitor. The news of its recent ownership change threw me for a loop.

The city hopes to hire at least 30 rangers divided into teams spread across the city. The city hired three park rangers late October of last year, and a fourth one was recently hired.

Members of the Glenelg High School community in Western Howard County are remembering the warmth and kindness of Braiden and Hailey Zanski, who police say were fatally shot on Jan. 14 by their father, who killed himself.

Trans teacher Billie Hoard experienced threats and harassment in the Anne Arundel County school district after some parents and students learned she had transitioned. She said she has found her Baltimore City school to be more inclusive and welcoming.

Police say a 64-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle in the predawn hours Sunday in the 3500 block of Reisterstown Road in Northwest Baltimore. The driver fled the scene, authorities say.

Police said a woman was using the pedestrian crosswalk near Baltimore National Pike and Ridge Road when she was struck by a Nissan Altima that continued on.

A blaze Saturday morning in the 4700 block of Old York Road in Baltimore City left two people dead, including a victim who had jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire.

A new co-owner of The Baltimore Sun said the paper will cease endorsing political candidates, joining a slew of other publications in ending the age-old practice.

No arrests were immediately made in either shooting, and police said the investigations were ongoing.

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Despite a worrisome display of hubris at his first staff meeting, I hope David Smith's return of The Baltimore Sun and the Annapolis Capital to local ownership will be good for them and for Maryland journalism as a whole.

Trouble finding affordable housing that allows pets is now the most common reason animals are surrendered at Baltimore-area shelters.

Anthony Day, 32, of Baltimore, was fatally stabbed while working as a distribution technician at McCormick & Co.’s logistics center at the Tradepoint Atlantic Industrial Park in Sparrows Point. Baltimore County Police reported that they are looking for Andre Ali Hubbard, aka Moab Eleazore Ezekuna-Bey, in his killing.

Maryland's attorney general announced Friday that no charges will be filed against the officers who shot and killed 27-year-old Hunter Jessup in November.