Community issues

The Baltimore County Council celebrated hometown astronaut Reid Wiseman Monday night, honoring the Cockeysville native two months after he led Artemis II’s historic trip around the moon.

Baltimore Police arrested a man in connection with the weekend shooting of a 55-year-old man on Bateman Avenue.

The Baltimore County Council unanimously voted to close a pension loophole that could have allowed retired Councilman Wade Kach to collect significantly larger retirement payments tied to future salary increases.

Pride month has begun across the U.S., bringing parades and parties to big cities and small towns to celebrate LGBTQ+ people.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General accuses Florida-based real estate firm MV Realty of misleading Maryland homeowners into predatory loan agreements with intentionally obscure terms.

Since federal health officials removed the “black box” warning on hormone replacement therapy, doctors and women’s advocates have been cautiously optimistic it will mean better access to the menopause treatment generally for more women, especially Black women.

Baltimore Police said a 15-year-old boy has turned himself in to face first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl in February.

Heavy rain toward the end of May helped Maryland’s drought a little bit, but it wasn’t enough, officials said.

Abagail Van Vlerah will take the helm of the private Catholic college in North Baltimore.

Baltimore detectives seized nine illegal dirt bikes and ATVs from a gathering at Herring Run Park on Sunday and are seeking to pursue criminal and traffic-related charges against the operators.

A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday.

COLUMN | The civil trial against the owner and operator of the Dali, which caused the fatal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was settled days before the trial. Does justice help with healing?

A federal judge on Monday agreed to postpone the long-expected civil trial over the Key Bridge collapse. It had been set to begin after two years of legal wrangling and a slew of settlements.

Curators behind a new exhibition ask Baltimore to picture the Jones Falls in 50 years. Does it have a highway on top? How about gondolas?

Susan Van Buren, a landscape architect and longtime Bolton Hill resident who cared for a massive home garden, died April 15 of liver cancer. She was 78.

How would you convince someone to move to Baltimore?

The city is experimenting with clear boarding on its vacant homes to reduce fires and additional displacement.

A violent 24-hour stretch in Baltimore left two people dead and three others wounded in a series of incidents, police said.

Smashburgers are having a moment in Baltimore. Here are some of the best places to find them, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.

Nino Mangione, a staunchly MAGA Republican state delegate, will become the newest Baltimore County councilman, thanks to a vote Saturday afternoon.