Baltimore has officially recommended against building the proposed high-speed Northeast Maglev train to Washington, citing concerns about equity and the project’s effects on the environment.
A “very huge oversight” will cost Baltimore $3.5 million more than expected to operate several parking garages in the city based on an agreement approved unanimously Wednesday by the city’s spending board.
Royal Farms Arena, the aging downtown Baltimore events venue, would be renovated by a global entertainment and investment company with ties to basketball star Kevin Durant under a deal being negotiated by Baltimore Development Corp.
The same day veteran pitchers Max Scherzer and Sergio Romo nearly removed their pants on the field as umpires searched them for spin rate-increasing sticky substances, the Orioles made the most anti-spin roster move they could: promoting knuckleballer Mickey Jannis to the majors.
Now back home after a stint in federal prison, Donald Stepp is speaking out against Wayne Jenkins and other GTTF officers, including Daniel Hersl, who continue to insist the charges against them were trumped up.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an investigation into a hit-and-run crash in Harford County that they say targeted a Palestinian-American Muslim family. The Maryland State Police, who investigated the crash, say there is no evidence the collision was anything more than “an unfortunate sequence of events.”
Scott, a Democrat, said the ideas amounted to “not being soft or tough on crime. It’s being smarter.” They included a collaboration announced Wednesday in which Baltimore and more than a dozen other cities will trade information on community intervention programs.
Former Democratic state Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman, who worked tirelessly as a supporter of environmental and public education initiatives during her years in the legislature, died of cancer Sunday at her Cheswolde home. She was 81.
Chants of “respect the worker’s voice” and “Ho-ho, hey-hey, we deserve response pay!” echoed around the campus of Spring Grove Hospital Center, a state psychiatric facility in Catonsville, on Wednesday afternoon.
To be caring means to show concern for others or to be kind to them. Care can be expressed in many different ways, so WalletHub took a look at some of the most populated cities in America and ranked each according to caring for the community, caring for the vulnerable and working in caring industries. (Diamond Bridges, The Active Times)
Dr. Joseph P. Connelly Jr., who practiced family medicine in Baltimore County for nearly four decades, died June 10 from a heart attack at his Fallston home. He was 65.
A Maryland man pleaded guilty Wednesday for his participation in the January 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.Robert Maurice Reeder, of Harford County, faces up to six months in prison for a federal charge of entering the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Hammerjacks, the storied Baltimore music venue known for its hard-rock, punk and metal roots, will breathe new life as a multipurpose outdoor tailgating venue and private event space as early as this fall.
Maryland’s Public Defender’s Office is calling on Ocean City to require its police officers be outfitted with body-worn cameras after videos surfaced earlier this month showing officers violently arresting Black teenagers on the boardwalk.
The supercontagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is responsible for about 1 in 5 COVID-19 cases in the United States, and its prevalence has doubled in the last two weeks, heath officials said Tuesday.
The free Towson Loop will provide free public transportation in the core of Towson’s downtown and main attractions, providing two loop options which will complement the existing Maryland Transit Authority services.
Tom Perez, who spent the last four years leading the national Democratic Party, is launching a campaign to be Maryland's next governor.
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Dr. Joseph P. Connelly Jr., who practiced family medicine in Baltimore County for nearly four decades, died June 10 from a heart attack at his Fallston home. He was 65.
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