Community issues

Police fatally shot a man Sunday after a report that he loaded a gun at a bus stop near a crowded Gaithersburg strip mall.

Behavioral health advocates warn Maryland budget cuts could affect overdose prevention, addiction recovery and mental health crisis programs.

An arrest on the Commodore John Rodgers campus shattered the sense of safety school staff spent years building.

Industry insiders said there’s been a decline in new development proposals throughout the Baltimore metro area, a slowdown that tracks with national trends.

Three people were killed in a crash involving a motorcycle and a Tesla believed to be operating as a rideshare early Sunday in Prince George’s County, according to Maryland State Police.

Two Baltimore firefighters were injured while battling a blaze that ripped through three rowhomes in Hampden on Saturday evening.

An off-duty Baltimore officer was injured in a shooting Saturday night in Clifton Park, officials said.

Drivers on northbound Interstate 97 should prepare for overnight lane closures this week as crews complete repairs to pavement that was damaged during the early-July heat wave.

A newly-installed eel ladder, one of the first in Maryland, helps endangered American eels pass over Harford County's Eden Mill dam — and benefit the surrounding ecosystem.

Every year, for eons, horseshoe crabs have migrated to the beaches and coastal bays of Ocean City and the Eastern Shore to spawn during the full and new moons around the summer solstice. Tuesday offers the last chance to catch the phenomenon this year.

The tiny book exchange planted in front of a Bethesda family’s house more than 10 years ago does not comply with county rules.

Thousands of revelers filled the streets of Baltimore on Saturday for the Caribbean parade, one of the signature events of the 44th annual Baltimore Washington One Carnival.

Bryan Johnson pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder and related crimes in the killing of Deanta Dorsey, a sophomore at Edmondson-Westside High School, on Jan. 4, 2023.

Residents near the structurally unsound Empire Towers on Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie are being asked to respect a 150-foot perimeter around the building, county officials said.

Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and heavy rain could dash Saturday night plans for a second time this month, though the risk is much lower this weekend.

Rev. Annie Chambers, a Baltimore civil rights icon who advocated for the poor, died July 2 of an infection. She was 84.

The historic Eastern Avenue Pumping Station has kept Baltimore's wastewater moving since 1912. Now the city is investing $63 million to modernize it.

Drs. Charles Shelton and Willie Richardson opened their dental practice in Baltimore in 1979. For more than four decades, the practice operated seven days a week in Park Heights.

An Anne Arundel officer was sentenced in an insurance fraud scheme involving several other Maryland officers.

Three men were injured in a shooting outside a commercial strip on East Cold Spring Lane in Northeast Baltimore, police said.