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A 3-year-old boy died Sunday after police said he was assaulted by his mother's boyfriend, a 22-year-old from West Baltimore.

The parents of a 2-year-old girl who died in August after ingesting methadone have been charged with manslaughter, Baltimore Police announced.

Preschool suspensions are likely justified — real problem begins at home

Criticism of Doug Gansler for the teen party he attended is overblown.

Among the first words said by prosecutor and Assistant State¿s Attorney Lisa Broten during her closing arguments in the Maryland School for the Deaf child sexual abuse case were "unique" and "unusual."

Among the first words said by prosecutor and Assistant State's Attorney Lisa Broten during her closing arguments in the Maryland School for the Deaf child sexual abuse case were "unique" and "unusual."

Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

Federal authorities are asking anyone with information about the former Fort Meade Youth Center worker who was accused this week of sexually abusing two boys to contact them.

Anthony Dennis Williams II is accused of sexually abusing two minor males in 2010 and 2011, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said.

Clarence Cepheus Taylor III was found guilty of two counts of child sexual abuse Wednesday. The jury deadlocked on four other counts and acquitted Tayor of a seventh count.

The nation's top Catholic bishops will convene this week in Baltimore to choose a new leader, a decision that will help set the course for an American church striving to build its appeal while grappling with stances on immigration and contraception coverage.

The former aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf facing seven counts of child sex abuse denied the allegations against him during his testimony in Howard County Circuit Court on Friday.

The FBI is investigating allegations of child sexual abuse by a former employee of the Fort Meade Youth Center, a spokeswoman for the Army base said Friday.

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A former Archbishop Curley High School student is accusing a Catholic priest and former teacher at the school with sexually abusing him on several occasions, according to a news release from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

After eight days of testimony, the prosecution rested its case Thursday afternoon in the Howard County sex abuse trial of a former employee for the Maryland School for the Deaf in Columbia.

Retired Carroll County Circuit Court Judge Luke K. Burns Jr., who during his years on the bench developed a reputation for being even-keeled and fair-minded and had a special affection for adoption cases, died Sunday of renal failure at Carroll Hospital Center. He was 79.

A White Marsh woman will spend her life in prison for hiring a hit man to kill her husband at his Towson gas station.

SARC, a non-profit in Harford County providing hope and resources to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse and stalking, received a proclamation from the Harford County Council recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month

A two-month old Hagerstown girl died after her intoxicated mother passed out while breastfeeding her early Saturday, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

A recap of the Oct. 31 episode of 'Scandal,' as Mellie wants Olivia back in the game

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Lionel Torrence, 25, was held without bail on Wednesday afternoon on charges of allegedly strangling his pregnant fiancé and assaulting her sister.

Many parents may puzzle over why women activists and writers would argue so fiercely over advising teenage girls not to binge drink. The answer has to do with the nature of the crime and an ongoing dilemma in women's history.

The case of a Jarrettsville woman accused of bestiality has been dismissed after the state of Maryland decided not to prosecute her.

Renee, a lifetime advocate and an employee with SARC, shares what this month and the work SARC does, means to her.

Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

A Baltimore man received twin life sentences Wednesday for sexually assaulting and murdering his children's mother at a house where she was staying in the city's Waltherson neighborhood.

An Aberdeen man who allegedly had cocaine in his vehicle was stunned with a Taser by Aberdeen police last Friday after resisting arrest, according to charging documents.

An attempt by Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler to pivot from character concerns to issues in the increasingly nasty gubernatorial contest yielded more vitriol Tuesday as Gansler accused rival Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown of putting politics ahead of protecting women from domestic violence.

Nelson Clifford, 35, has been cleared by four juries since 2011

An Anne Arundel County judge ordered John Villers-Farrow of Edgewater to serve 10 years in prison for sexually abusing two neighborhood boys for several years.

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler's comments about how parents of daughters may respond differently to underage drinking drew a sharp rebuke Monday from a political rival.

The trial of the Baltimore County man accused of sexually abusing seven young female students at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Columbia has begun in Howard County Circuit Court Monday.

Baltimore jury acquits Nelson Clifford again

A Baltimore man who once volunteered for a fire company in Anne Arundel County was arrested this week on multiple sex abuse charges, county police said.

Director Aaron Posner puts a fresh spin on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in a vivid season-opening production at the Folger Theatre.

A student at a Northeast Baltimore middle/high school fell ill Wednesday after several students ate cookies laced with suspected marijuana, sources with knowledge of the incident and the investigation confirmed.

Several students at a Northeast Baltimore middle/high school fell ill Thursday, school officials confirmed.

As he has done in three recent trials, the attorney for convicted sex offender Nelson Bernard Clifford told jurors Wednesday that he had a "consensual encounter" with a woman who says he broke into her home and attacked her.

Baltimore prosecutors have resurrected charges dropped six years ago against a convicted sex offender, a rare move that comes as the man's latest trial is set to begin after a series of acquittals on recent accusations.

Antonio Iglesia has a well-toned, muscular build – one similar to that of men who spend Sunday afternoons crossing lines of scrimmage and chasing quarterbacks.

Harford crime reports from Bel Air, Abingdon, Aberdeen, Havre de Grace, Fallston, Joppa and surrounding areas

One of the Naval Academy midshipmen accused of sexually assaulting a classmate is seeking to join the alleged victim's lawsuit to remove the academy superintendent from the case.

Where is the outrage for NFL running back Adrian Peterson, who apparently fathered five children by four women, none of them he was married to?

The Columbia man who assaulted his wife and set fire to his Harper¿s Choice apartment during a tirade earlier this year was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in jail and ordered to pay $430,000 to debtors, according to Howard County State's Attorney spokesman Wayne Kirwan.

Anne Arundel County police say a man and woman were assaulted and robbed in an incident Saturday evening in the Brooklyn area.

Victim helped "Public Enemy No. 1" elude capture