Community issues

The new strategy comes as the state faces a shortage of housing units and Marylanders list housing affordability as a major concern.

Savannah Guthrie was back and almost all business at NBC’s “Today” show anchor desk on Monday, marking a return for the first time in more than two months since her mother’s disappearance. “Here we go, ready or not,” Guthrie said as the show opened. “Let’s do the news.”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials said a 32-year-old Baltimore City man late last week “dangerously evaded” officers who were attempting to arrest and eventually deport him, which ultimately led to a multicar pileup and the man attempting to flee on foot.

The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran, a risky mission that President Donald Trump and his top defense aides detailed Monday.

After a Baltimore County woman charged with 328 counts of animal cruelty found a way to get her pets back, county officials are introducing legislation to close loopholes in existing animal welfare laws.

Four people were injured after a machine at McCormick & Company’s Hunt Valley spice plant malfunctioned, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Karen Elsa Carstens died in a Chevy Chase house fire trying to save her cats, Montgomery County Police said on Monday.

Drivers who use the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel should expect temporary lane closures this week, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

The new owner of Shanteari Young’s former child care center lets parents watch classroom livestreams.

The Maryland Hospital Association asked lawmakers to exclude hospitals from paying a tax on their affiliated for-profit insurance companies. A revised bill moving forward would pause the tax collection for two years.

The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.

Two people were shot overnight in separate incidents near Baltimore nightlife hubs.

Requity wants to scale so that vocational students complete one vacant house a year.

The lawyer for a 32-year-old man who he said was injured this week when his van was struck by a federal immigration agent’s vehicle was again denied access to him, the attorney said.

Rashad Singletary, the beloved head pastor at Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Turner Station, has worked in violence prevention programs in Baltimore since at least 2013.

An SUV with a Maryland license plate crashed into a Metro bus on Saturday morning, causing the bus to drive into a restaurant in the Shaw neighborhood, officials said.

Most travelers flying with United Airlines paid $10 more to check their luggage on Friday.

The Maryland SPCA often sees a surge of kitten intakes during spring and summer and tries to pick themes for names. One cat has a familiar name: RLong, the tag of a mysterious Baltimore graffiti artist.

Larry Aaronson, a community advocate and college professor who worked primarily in Howard and Baltimore counties, died March 9 of complications from dementia. He was 84.

A 32-year-old man remained under treatment Friday at a Baltimore hospital for “significant injuries” after his lawyer claimed an ICE vehicle rammed the back of the immigrant’s van this week.