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Man charged in Edgewater homicide sought victim’s $300K life insurance payout, police say
A man who police allege fatally shot another man at an Airbnb in Edgewater and then dumped his body in Baltimore had been made the beneficiary of the victim’s $300,000 life insurance policy two weeks earlier, court records indicate.
Anne Arundel County police arrested Bryan Alberto Cazares on Friday in St. Mary’s County.
Feds purchase warehouse near Hagerstown, fueling talk of immigration detention center
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has inked a deal to purchase a warehouse just outside Hagerstown for $102.4 million.
A warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
WSSC Water tells 1.9 million customers: Only use water if you have to
WSSC Water, the commission that provides water and sewer services to Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, is urging customers to restrict water during the current cold snap.
Dozens of water main breaks and leaks prompted the commission overseeing water and sewer service for Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to ask customers Tuesday to use water only when necessary.
Maryland sees drop in Hispanic graduations as immigration raids ramp up
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
Moore proposes another $100M in energy rebates, renewable incentives
Gov. Wes Moore's bill is expected to compete this session with a host of proposals from Maryland lawmakers, advocates and power companies hoping to steer a response to the region's mounting energy concerns.
Gov. Wes Moore at an energy announcement last year. Moore unveiled a $200 million energy plan Tuesday, about half of which will go to rebates on power bills.
Montgomery County public schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday
MCPS announced Tuesday that schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. School officials will announce on Thursday whether they will close on Friday.
Cynthia Ferguson, left, and Joni Kayne sled down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm  in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
List: School closings and delays for Wednesday
Here’s what we know about Maryland school and college closures as cold weather and ice persist.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025 — Ava Funk, 5, boards her school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva, MD.
65-year-old man dies in Upton rowhouse blaze, officials say
Baltimore City fire officials are investigating after a 65-year-old man died in an Upton rowhouse blaze Tuesday morning, the first fire fatality of the year.
Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
Investigator describes intense air traffic at time of deadly midair collision near DC
A daylong hearing should make clear what factors played the biggest role in causing last January’s midair collision near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
FILE - Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
All Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores to close, including 5 in Maryland
Amazon will close all of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores in Maryland on Feb. 1 to focus on its same-day delivery services, the company announced on Tuesday.
Amazon fresh market sign is seen in Naperville, Ill., Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Spirit contractor at BWI had no written heat illness prevention plan, state finds
State officials issued five citations against a contractor that provides ground crew services for Spirit Airlines at BWI airport. The state’s investigation found that contractor AGI Ground did not have a written heat illness prevention plan.
Tyrone Daniels, an AGI ground crew employee, speaks at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Bitter cold grips Maryland as forecasters eye another winter storm
Frigid temperatures, brutal windchills and possibly another storm lie ahead for Maryland.
After a major winter storm over the weekend, Maryland could see more snow soon.
What travelers at BWI and other airports can expect as Southwest introduces assigned seats
Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more than half a century.
Southwest first announced plans to switch to assigned seating back in 2024.
Bethesda’s José Andrés sends food donations to local shelters amid snowstorm
José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen partnered with local restaurants to provide meals to shelters in Montgomery County and the greater D.C. area.
Caruso's Grocery chef Matthew Adler helps the Bread and Water Company team load food donation boxes for delivery to local homeless shelters.
Stretch of I-695 reopens hours after tanker truck rolled over, leaking fuel near Halethorpe
A tanker truck rolled over and leaked fuel onto Interstate 695 at Washington Boulevard in Baltimore County on Tuesday morning, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2026 - Crews remain on scene of a fuel tanker rollover on I695 inner loop near Washington Blvd.
‘Completely unacceptable’: Moore’s office chides Trump over Baltimore ICE facility video
Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Gov. Wes Moore’s office called out the Trump administration on Tuesday.
Hutzell: A little time travel helps explain Maryland’s power dilemma
COLUMN: Demand for more electricity shows no sign of slowing. It’s driven by the rapid growth of data centers, which power the AI behind Alexa and Gronk. As Gov. Wes Moore prepares his plan out of this mess, a look at the next decade explains what’s happening.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Third Maryland prisoner is killed this month after record year
A prisoner was killed inside the Jessup Correctional Institution on Monday, representing the third prison homicide this month, state officials said.
Barbed wire is seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
Letter: Failing to act on redistricting will have serious consequences
Blaire Postman writes that the risks of congressional redistricting in Maryland are worth taking, and that inaction is not prudence, but surrender to President Donald Trump and his allies.
State Senate President Bill Ferguson gives remarks at the Maryland State House in Annapolis on Jan. 14, after his reelection.
Predicting which Orioles prospects will pop in 2026 | Banner Baseball Show
Paul Mancano and Jon Meoli hand out superlatives for the Orioles farm system.
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