Community issues

An adult male was killed and a young boy passing by in a vehicle was wounded during a shooting incident in West Baltimore on Saturday night.

A South Dakota company is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal health officials said Friday.

Tropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean.

The Port to Fort race, which was supposed to run through Fort McHenry, had to change its route at the last minute because the government shutdown has closed the national monument.

Highs area-wide peak around 60° for both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. On average, you’d expect high temperatures in the mid-60s heading into Halloween.

The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with local law enforcement, spent time in and around Baltimore, checking over 3,000 card readers, gas station pumps and ATMs looking for illegal skimming devices.

Poolesville High School named its stadium after Howard Lyles, a longtime coach and one of the first black students to integrate the school.

Patrick Kent, a former Baltimorean now living in Washington, D.C., says it’s time for the Ravens to fire coach John Harbaugh.

Multiple people were shot during what was supposed to be a celebration near the campus of Howard University in D.C., on Friday evening.

This is the sixth year that the Downtown Partnership has worked with other groups to bring gigantic pumpkins to downtown Annapolis, where they are carved by local artists.

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Harford County officers were called to respond to an alligator found in the parking lot of an exotic pet store in Bel Air Thursday night. The female alligator was housed overnight at Ryan’s Reptile Rescue and Rehoming.

A jury convicted Markus Dowdy in February of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, the use of a firearm in a violent crime, illegal possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment, according to the statement.

Alaska Airlines is adding a new transcontinental flight to its portfolio next Spring with daily flights between Baltimore and Portland, Oregon.

Justin Reeves, 28, of Remington, is facing three counts of first-degree arson, along with one count of malicious burning and reckless endangerment. His trial is set for February.

A mother has raised more than $29,000 for her son's medical bills after the middle schooler was hit in the head by a metal object at Odessa Shannon Middle School in Silver Spring last week.

Baltimore Administrative and Chief Judge Audrey J.S. Carrión on June 2 issued a temporary pause on all lawsuits filed under the Child Victims Act of 2023.

The federal government told a Maryland judge on Friday that it plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, saying in a court filing it could do so as early as Oct. 31.

Marylanders voted to allow sports betting in the state in 2020.

Lani Moore’s horror dolls wouldn’t play well with Barbie.