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Effects from marijuana can be experienced anywhere between one and four hours. Those under the influence of the drug are twice as likely to be in a crash.

A Maryland General Assembly task force began its work on studying possible legalization of cannabis for adult use.

Why would Maryland need to issue costly digital license plates when the plain metal ones work perfectly fine?

The Orioles have a lot of players who are young enough to project success, but still too inexperienced to be relied on at the major league level.

Chance Sisco is feeling comfortable with the Orioles, even though his status as their catcher of the future is up in the air thanks to Adley Rutschman.

The Orioles called up trade products Luis Ortiz and Josh Rogers ahead of Friday's series opener with the Boston Red Sox.

The Orioles are 20-45, tied for the majors' worst record. Are enough of those losses close that switching half to wins would put them "right in the mix"?

Orioles left fielder Dwight Smith Jr. capped a miserable week of injury scares when he ran hard into the outfield wall at Globe Life Park.

Opposition is mounting to Gov. Larry Hogan's plan to have a private company to widen the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 and charge tolls on the new lanes.

Designated hitter Renato Núñez is one of several Orioles who will get to return to their old stomping grounds in this week's road trip through Texas.

First baseman Chris Davis will "probably" return from the injured list during the Orioles' upcoming road trip to Texas, manager Brandon Hyde said Sunday.

Outfielder DJ Stewart, having one of the best months of anyone in the minors, was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to give the Orioles another outfield option.

Drivers going more than 12 mph over the speed limit in school zones and work zones in Maryland paid nearly $64 million in speed camera fines last year.

Friday, the Orioles began a nine-game homestand with a 3-10 record in Baltimore. Both manager Brandon Hyde and outfielder Trey Mancini pointed to this season’s slow start at Camden Yards as a case of a small sample size.

President Trump and Congressional Democrats talk a big game on infrastructure but where the rubber hits the road is the federal gas tax, which is frozen at 1993 levels.

The tolls on the Francis Scott Key and Thomas J. Hatem Memorial bridges will become E-Z Pass-only, Maryland transportation officials announced Thursday.

AAA Mid-Atlantic is reminding drivers of the dangers of driving while intoxicated or while texting in light of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

The Orioles had just six hits but one big defensive miscue that led to a 5-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, ending their improbable winning streak at four.

When Hampstead resident Harry Griffith, 86, saw that AAA Mid-Atlantic was seeking story submissions from former safety patrollers for its 100th anniversary, he didn’t know his would get him back onto the scene for the first time in 75 years.

Motorcyclists would be allowed to ride between lanes of highway traffic and between vehicles stopped at traffic lights under a bill scheduled for a first hearing in the Maryland House of Delegates on Thursday.

The speech took place at Turf Valley in Ellicott City and was attended by President of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce Leonardo Mcclarty, Councilwomen Deb Jung, Christiana Mercer Rigby, Police Chief Lisa Meyers and Fire and Rescue Services Chief Christine Uhlhorn.

In this year’s readers’ poll, more than 15,000 voters cast their vote for Harford County’s best of the best – people and organizations that locals trust and admire.

Harford County Executive Barry Glassman, in his fifth annual State of the County Address, highlighted prior successes that have left the county on better financial footing than when he came into office in 2014, but he also urged fiscal discipline ahead of potential national economic slowdowns.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drowsy driving results in 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and more than 100,000 accidents each year.

As Johnny Olszewski Jr. takes over as Baltimore County executive Monday, he faces an increasingly challenging financial forecast that may force him to consider raising taxes.

At the Maryland House Travel Plaza near Aberdeen, business at the restaurant, shops, gas pumps and electric charging stations was brisk throughout the late morning and early afternoon Wednesday as the Thanksgiving Holiday travel rush was in full swing.

With Maryland gas prices at an average of $2.47 per gallon this week, and Carroll County’s average even lower — with multiple locations at $2.17 per gallon — residents have more to be thankful for this holiday season.

AAA determined the 15 spots around the Baltimore area that are likely to see the worst congestion. Here are the roads to avoid, if you can.

AAA Mid-Atlantic opened its new Abingdon Car Care Insurance and Travel Center earlier this month.

More than 1.1 million Marylanders will travel for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic projections.

Major delays are expected on Interstate 895 beginning later this month and continuing for the next three years, as the Maryland Transportation Authority limits the expressway to one lane in each direction for a $189 million replacement of the bridge north of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel.

The assailant should be considered armed and dangerous because he took aim at a woman who was not initially involved in the incident.

2018 Carroll's Best: Readers' picks for the best services in Carroll County

City Council members want to cap drivers’ speed on Baltimore streets to 25 mph on main roads and 20 mph on side streets. Legislation proposed by Ryan Dorsey and Mary Pat Clarke would drop the top speed on main thoroughfares such as Harford Road, Martin Luther King Boulevard and York Road.

Newly-released data from the 2017 American Community Survey show that commute times in the Baltimore area are again among the nation's longest. Here's a look at Baltimore's commute times over the past decade.

Over the course of their trade deadline overhaul, the Orioles continue to field a club that not only continues to lose, but does so playing an ugly brand of mistake-riddled, head-scratching baseball.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he's not focused on whether Mychal Givens will close the team's rare save opportunities as much as he is on Givens finishing the year strong.

Summer comes to a close on Labor Day. Here are some suggestions to help you celebrate the end of the season.

Baltimore County Police will be "out in force" to enforce traffic laws, monitor school buses to ensure safety of students as school begins next week.

A camera in a work zone on Interstate 95 issued more than 142,000 speeding tickets between May 2017 and July 2018, according to AAA.

Automated speed enforcement devices — a fancy way to say speed cameras — are almost universally despised by motorists. But they aren’t going away any time soon. Why? Because speed cameras are effective getting people to slow down, reducing crashes and saving lives.

The Orioles are expected to call up Luis Gonzalez or Ryan Meisinger on Friday.

The Orioles bullpen couldn't hold a one-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning.

With top outfield prospect Cedric Mullins on the cusp of a call-up, the configuration of the Orioles outfield is expected to change by the end of the week.

A guide to Maryland's six minor league ballparks.

The 993,000 Marylanders going to the beach and other start-of-summer vacation spots is up nearly 6 percent, the biggest jump since 2010, despite high gas prices and the holiday travel period — Tuesday to Sunday — being a day shorter than last year’s, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more about Saturday's Orioles-Braves game.

Drivers in the Baltimore region spend an average of just over 30 minutes commuting each way — the eighth-longest in the country, according to 2017 U.S. Census data. The average commute time is longer than in notoriously traffic-heavy Los Angeles and only a few minutes shorter than in New York.

It’s time for my semi-annual list of things that really got my goat in the last six months. Read on and see if you agree.

Here are the best times to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge during Memorial Day weekend, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.