Community issues

Attorney General Anthony Brown has suspended a member of the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention, citing personal social media posts that he said “risk disrupting the work and mission of the Commission.”

John Worthington, owner of Reisterstown restaurant The Grill at Harryman House, was instead ordered to serve three years of probation in addition to paying more than $2.8 million in restitution.

A major donor is suing the One Love Foundation, a nonprofit founded in honor of Baltimore native Yeardley Love, claiming that Sharon Love, Yeardley's mother and the organization's co-founder, opposed "outreach to LGBTQ and minority communities," prompting the CEO and nearly all board members to resign.

A former teacher in Washington, D.C. accused of sexually assaulting a student nearly a decade ago was arrested earlier this week at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on Tuesday issued the 2-1 decision about Maryland’s handgun qualification license law.

The initiative will offer $20 ride-hailing credits and encourage Marylanders to “Be the Make A Plan Driver” by choosing an alternative to driving impaired from alcohol or drugs.

Whether you’re traveling by plane, car or train, we’ve got you covered.

Travel & Leisure just put Annapolis 15th on its annual list of the top 25 towns to visit for Christmas for the second year in a row. The website, frankly, is late to the party. Annapolis has been a Christmas town for more than a century. Here, then, is an essential guide to the holidays in Annapolis.

Patrick Wojahn, a Democrat who served as the mayor of College Park from 2015 to 2023, was sentenced to 30 years in prison plus five years’ probation on 140 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography.

The city’s inclusionary housing bill package advanced to third reader Monday, setting it up for a final vote as early as next month.

D.C. Metropolitan Police Department arrested Jovan Terrell Williams on Nov. 17 in connection with the October shooting at Morgan State University that left five people wounded and interrupted homecoming festivities.

Hersl requested early release last month, citing a cancer diagnosis that doctors say is likely terminal.

Though the city’s legislative package differs slightly from the county’s proposal, they share a similar goal: that housing developments exceeding a certain size or value, or already receiving large public subsidies, should allocate at least a portion of the units for people at income levels below the Baltimore-area median.

Howard County police are investigating a deadly collision that killed a 17-year-old pedestrian in Laurel on Sunday morning.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore proposes a deadline of Feb. 26 for survivors to file claims of clergy sex abuse.

The passenger rail company needs to financially compensate 532 property owners to be able to dig a new passenger rail tunnel underneath their homes. The project could cost as much as $6 billion to complete.

Maryland roads include more than 700 historic markers commemorating famous battles and buildings. Some, like the one introducing Kent Island to motorists, hearken back to the years before Catholic settlers even founded the colony in 1634. Others, like the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory dedicated on Solomons Island in 1925, are more recent.

Someone who found an extra bag in his garbage can has a message for whoever left that bag of pooch poo: Find a better place to get rid of those.

After a halfway-constructed senior center was burned down in East Baltimore, a partnership emerged between a pastor and a mortgage broker. Their collaboration has provided meals and holiday gifts to families across the city.

A natural gas leak in the basement of a home in south Baltimore Saturday caused an explosion, fire officials said.