Community issues

Hundreds of bills passed by Maryland lawmakers earlier this year will become law come Oct. 1. From legislation surrounding masked police to rap lyrics, here are some that may affect you.

Here are five carryouts, cocktail bars and sit-down restaurants that are stretching the bounds of Baltimore’s raw bar scene.

Maryland state and local leaders are mourning the death of Denton Police Chief George William Bacorn Jr., who was killed Friday morning in a head-on vehicle crash in Talbot County.

On a large campus in Edgewater, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center flood a forest every summer to learn about climate change. It's just one of the large-scale experiments conducted at the institution which has, so far, escaped some of the scrutiny and critique that Donald Trump has lobbied at the rest of the Smithsonian.

Four teenagers remain hospitalized, two in critical condition, a day after police say they crashed a stolen red sedan into a Maryland Transit Administration bus in East Baltimore, authorities said Friday.

Baltimore County Police are searching for a driver who struck and critically injured a woman on Thursday night in Pikesville and left the scene, authorities said.

The remains of a Maryland military service member who was unidentified for decades after he was killed at Pearl Harbor during World War II were welcomed home Thursday at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Oceans Calling, a three-day music festival scheduled for this weekend in Ocean City, has been cancelled due to a powerful nor’easter that has caused coastal flooding and other weather concerns.

Charles “Chuck” Bowers, the former owner of the storied Baltimore gay club the Hippo and an advocate for Maryland’s LGBTQIA+ community, died at 81 on Tuesday.

Here’s what you need to know about what the Baltimore City Council is considering and what could be next.

If you’re headed to cheer on the Ravens against the Dallas Cowboys and have never been to Brazil, we’ve got you covered.

Officer Kevin Hilton, 28, a seven-year veteran, was charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with second-degree assault and misconduct in office.

More than 18 years after its conclusion, ‘The Wire’ has earned a posthumous bouquet of flowers from its industry peers.

Members’ pay would jump from $69,000 to $119,000; the county executive would also see a raise.

The bill would require the Montgomery County Council and executive to each appoint one member to MCM’s board of directors. It would also require MCM to comply with open meetings laws and adopt policies related to journalistic ethics and racial equity and social justice.

The world of quantum computing descended on College Park this week for the highest-attended Quantum World Congress to date.

The investigation into Baltimore Police Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau is drawing attention to his tenure overseeing the internal affairs division.

Baltimore County fire crews responded Thursday evening to a fire on an Amtrak train car in Essex.

Emergency crews are responding to a crash in East Baltimore between a Maryland Transit Administration bus and a red sedan.

There have been more than 2,400 crashes involving at least one transit bus across Maryland since the beginning of last year, a Banner analysis found.