When Maryland’s health department told nursing homes in late July that the state would stop paying to test their staff members for COVID-19, the facilities were told they’d have to come up with their own testing plans by Aug. 14.
The Baltimore Fire Department released the names and ages Wednesday of the two people killed and limited details about the seven survivors of the gas explosion that leveled three homes in Northwest Baltimore on Monday.
Chance Sisco and Rio Ruiz's offseason work together paid off in a big way Wednesday for the Orioles in a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, the team’s fourth straight win.
Storms are moving slowly through Central Maryland, bringing heavy rains and the possibility of dangerous flash floods Wednesday evening.
Former Baltimore Police Sgt. Wayne Jenkins has asked a judge to release him just four years into his sentence, citing his efforts to save another inmate suffering a medical episode.
The 2019 shooting death of a construction worker in Rising Sun, a small town in Cecil County, has raised questions about a veteran police officer.
Ravens head team physician Dr. Andrew Tucker on Wednesday outlined the team's coronavirus protocols and spoke at length about the heart condition linked to COVID-19.
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Baltimore FOP lawyer says management, not Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, is BPD’s problem
An attorney for the Baltimore Police union is pushing back at calls to change a state statute that provides officers with legal protections, saying department leaders — not the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights — bears blame for dysfunction in the BPD.
Early voting to begin Oct. 26; Maryland election officials still deciding on voting center locations
Early voting in Maryland will begin Oct. 26 and continue until Election Day.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Wednesday.
The Chestertown city council has voted to approve a proposal to paint "Black Lives Matter" murals on two streets, ending weeks of "contentious" debate in the historic town on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
A 16-year-old charged with assault after a Mount Airy man died as a result of an incident at the Great Frederick Fair was sentenced to probation and anger management in court Wednesday.
Lauretta Dorsey Young, who taught for decades at the Baltimore School for the Arts and earlier performed with leading opera companies, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease and dementia Aug. 5 at Stella Maris Hospice. The former Hamilton resident was 77.
The New York Islanders overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals, 4-2, on Wednesday in a hard-hitting opener to the first-round playoff series.
Alex Sandusky, who played 13 seasons for the Baltimore Colts and was starting right guard for the 1958 and 1959 NFL championship teams, has died at age 87.
Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate gives the Democrats the best chance at a sweeping victory this fall.
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Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly had his suspension for throwing pitches near the heads of Houston hitters reduced to five games on appeal.
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Baltimore’s spending panel approved $1.1 million in police misconduct lawsuits, including the first two settlements related to the city’s corrupt Gun Trace Task Force.
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Baltimore’s spending panel approved $1.1 million in police misconduct lawsuits, including the first two settlements related to the city’s corrupt Gun Trace Task Force.
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Lauretta Dorsey Young, who taught for decades at the Baltimore School for the Arts and earlier performed with leading opera companies, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease and dementia Aug. 5 at Stella Maris Hospice. The former Hamilton resident was 77.
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The arrival earlier this week of Tropical Storm Isaias recalls the two meteorological occurrences that Marylanders fear most: hurricanes and snow.
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