Politics

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final on Sunday, thanks to thunderstorms passing through the area.

“I am the only African American governor in the country right now, but that’s not a title that I’m proud of,” Moore said. “I don’t want to hold on to that title for very long.”

Plus: Hearings for the Friendship Heights Sector Plan; recruiting for the Arts and Humanities Council; how Kensington and Germantown feel about cats.

Republican council member David Marks said he plans to introduce legislation that would extend the Baltimore County’s pause on data center development.

It will take longer than two weeks to stabilize Empire Towers, a 10-story office building in Glen Burnie.

The decision came in response to a petition against Ronald Rosenbluth from the 41st District Democratic Central Committee. The 62-year-old was accused of yelling at 78-year-old Betsy Krieger on June 17 at an early voting center.

President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to once again raise doubts about the results of past elections, reviving a subject he's long used to make unproven claims and deny his loss in the 2020 election.

The deans have been part of the inspector general advisory board since it was created in 2018.

As President Trump prepares to give a primetime speech on Thursday, Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox is trying to distance himself from past challenges to the 2020 election.

Known as the “mayor of Suitland,” Elsie Jacobs has gained an outsize but informal role at the sheriff’s office.

Elrich confirmed the appeal during his weekly media briefing Thursday, but declined to elaborate on the filing in detail, citing “legal” concerns.

The newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a protective coating in a color President Donald Trump called “American flag blue” this spring.

The Sisters of Bon Secours USA sold a portion of its land to the Howard County Conservancy as a way to ensure it will never be developed.

The County Council passed emergency legislation that would require towing companies to release impounded vehicles to detainees’ families or members of the same household.

Michael MacDougall, 40, died while in police custody following a single-vehicle crash along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

An attorney for Smith sent Moore and his communications staff a letter on June 29 demanding that Moore retract a statement and apologize.

Thirty people were shot — two of them fatally — during an annual event called Brooklyn Day on July 2, 2023.

State police and corrections officials are conducting a “potential criminal misconduct” investigation into staff at a Western Maryland prison after the latest in a rash of killings of prisoners across the state.

The order came a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine, renewing criticism of the agency’s tactics during enforcement operations.

Daylight saving time is that period between spring and fall when clocks in most parts of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time.