Community issues

Mayor Brandon Scott's legal team, fresh off a lucrative settlement, hired more litigators. Now the city is taking aim at online casinos “dressed up as a children's game.”

Here’s a look at seven things to do in Howard County during the week of March 12-18. The theme is St. Patrick’s Day.

An attorney for Jackson Fleming wants President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene.

As the Trump administration and conservative legislatures around the country attack rights secured for LGBTQIA+ people, Baltimore historians say sharing the stories of queer ancestors has never been more important.

Donald “China” Waugh, a fixture on the Baltimore arabbing scene for decades, died recently at age 90.

Clay Kearns and his mother, Erica, want lawmakers to require local governments to address safety issues.

Tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm threats and a statewide hazardous weather outlook blanketed Maryland on Wednesday evening.

Fourteen students were sent to the hospital as a precaution on Wednesday morning after a student accidentally discharged pepper spray on a school bus, police said.

Samuel Warren, a correctional officer who initiated an attack and cover-up at Eastern Correctional Institution, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.

Lt. Welai Grant, Sgt. Mark Rutkowski and former Officer Harrison Brandon are facing charges in Baltimore Circuit Court, including theft and misconduct in office.

Former Lt. Gov. Melvin “Mickey” Steinberg, who served in state government for nearly three decades and later pursued a career as a lobbyist, died Tuesday after a short stay in hospice. He was 92.

The Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore Hotel — once a part of downtown’s rebirth — will soon be owned by its lender, DR VII REIT Holdings, a subsidiary of New York-based Torchlight Investors.

A man was taken into custody on Wednesday after driving his van into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said.

The measure, introduced by Demoratic Councilman Izzy Patoka, prohibits law enforcement from wearing face coverings and requires officers to wear visible identification.

Baltimore arts nonprofit Wide Angle Youth Media, which educates and trains city students in media, has ambitious plans for 2026 and beyond.

Police said two autocycle vehicles struck an SUV at an intersection of Pulaski Highway.

A problem with processing sewage sludge at Baltimore’s largest wastewater treatment plant has driven one of its operators to ship local sewage out of state at a cost of millions of dollars a month to the city.

Maryland’s electric vehicle drivers — who are concentrated in Montgomery County — are immune from the rising gas prices tied to the Iran war.

A Baltimore Police officer and a suspect were shot in a Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, officials said.

Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking a court to stop work at a Washington County immigration detention center until a separate legal challenge is decided in court.