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Library and campus of the University of Maryland located in College Park, MD.
UMD gets $500 million contract from Department of Defense, largest research deal in school history
The Department of Defense awarded a $500 million contract with the University of Maryland’s national security research facility, the largest research deal the university has received.
Richard Michael Roe is charged with cyberstalking and is currently free on $100,000 bond. He pleaded not guilty at an initial appearance.
A man accused his ex of a campaign of online attacks. The FBI says he was the stalker.
The FBI affidavit unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Maryland lays out a series of allegations of stalking, using spoofed phone numbers and text messages aimed at the targeted woman.
Meghan Lewis' life is honored with a candle lit memorial in Bel Air, MD on Jan 2, 2024.
They bonded over the Grateful Dead. Now friends of a slain trans woman honor her at a festival
The festival — they are calling it MegFest — was supposed to pair up with the day of the trial of the man who fatally shot her. It is supposed to bring closure to a community that is still piecing together what happened that night in December.
St. Ann’s Catholic Church will close under a plan announced Wednesday by the Archbishop of Baltimore. It will merge with St. Francis Xavier.
Archdiocese of Baltimore to close half of Catholic churches in city, nearby suburbs
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori on Wednesday announced a final church consolidation plan that would reduce the number of worship sites from 59 to 30. Many churches would get folded into merged parishes.
Grammy Award-winning singer Stevie Wonder speaks to graduates at the Peabody Conservatory ceremony Wednesday.
Nothing is impossible, Stevie Wonder tells graduates, if you want it for good purposes
Wonder was at the Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall on Wednesday afternoon as the recipient of the George Peabody Medal, the highest honor by the institute at the Johns Hopkins University.
Mark Parker, Joseph Koehler and Liam Davis are running for Baltimore City Council in District 1.
Mark Parker declares victory in Baltimore’s 1st District City Council race
The pastor at Breath of God Lutheran Church and a familiar face in Highlandtown would take over the seat of Zeke Cohen, who endorsed Parker earlier this year and declared victory in his bid for City Council president.
Baltimore City Council members, including (from left) Council President Nick Mosby, Phylicia Porter, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen and John Bullock listen as Mayor Brandon Scott gives the annual State of the City address on Monday, April 17. The event was held at the Middle Branch Fitness and Wellness Center in South Baltimore.
A majority of the Baltimore City Council hangs on in early results in the 2024 primary
The Baltimore City Council is not likely to change much as several incumbents, facing lesser-known or scantily funded opponents, were poised to handily win their races.
A protester waves a Palestinian flag amid a protest on Monday at Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins protest continues after talks with school officials falter: What we know
The pro-Palestinian encampment on the Johns Hopkins University campus has stretched on for about a week, despite rainy weather.
Scenes from the Kinetic Sculpture race on May 6, 2023.
Volunteers don’t take the Kinetic Sculpture Race seriously. They’re not supposed to.
An annual festival dating to 1999, the spring Baltimore event invites racers — or, as they are called, pilots — to show off their human-powered sculptures in a 15-mile course.
A demonstrator at the Johns Hopkins University waves the Palestinian flag.
Johns Hopkins says pro-Palestinian protests can continue, but not overnight
Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday set up an encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, the latest college to face demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war.
The mother and aunt of the 7-year-old shot at Mondawmin Mall said they received an “outpouring of love” from community members, who have asked for updates on the status of the girl. They didn’t want to show their faces because of safety reasons.
Family says 7-year-old shot at Mondawmin Mall is on the road to recovery
The girl was struck once in the abdomen and once in the hand.
Photo collage of silhouette of young girl with ponytail and backpack next to bright orange stuffed toy rabbit. The background shows on the left a photo of the border wall between the USA and Mexico, and on the right a grayscale photo of a judge in a courtroom.
What life is like for children navigating Baltimore’s immigration court
For the last decade, children have been traveling to the U.S. southwest border in record numbers, with more than 33,000 unaccompanied children arriving in Maryland since October 2014.
Catalina Rodriguez Lima poses for a portrait in the City Hall rotunda with her left hand on the rail.
City moves forward with efforts to make immigrant affairs office permanent
The decade-old Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs was created more than 10 years ago as a division of the mayor’s office that could be cut at any time. Under a bill being considered by the City Council, it would be added to the city code as a permanent office.
Maynor Suazo Sandoval had an entrepreneurial mind and wanted to open a small business in Owings Mills, where he lived.
Body of Key Bridge victim Maynor Suazo Sandoval recovered on Friday
Divers have recovered the body of Maynor Suazo Sandoval, a construction worker who was working on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed.
José Mynor López (right) was always willing to help his family, his younger brother Mackon said.
Bridge collapse victim José Mynor López moved to US for a better life
Six men died after falling into the dark waters of the Patapsco River after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. José Mynor López is among those whose body has not been found.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott attends a news conference in Dundalk after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday, collapsing the bridge into the Patapsco River.
How racist, anti-immigrant disinformation added to the Key Bridge tragedy
Baltimore has become the latest target of a national far-right campaign spreading thinly veiled racism after a catastrophic event.
Maynor Suazo, one of the six construction workers who died while working on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, had two children.
What we know about the victims and survivors of the Key Bridge collapse
The six missing workers were all part of Baltimore’s flourishing Latino community, immigrant advocates say.
Two men observe the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from Ft. McHenry on March 26, 2024. The bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning when a cargo ship collided with it.
35,000 used the Francis Scott Key Bridge daily. What will they do now?
Commuters and residents who use the bridge are figuring out how the collapse of the bridge after being hit by a ship will personally affect them.
Barbara Moeller, who presided over the Glen Burnie Improvement Association since 1998, died last week at a hospital in the Glen Burnie area at the age of 80.
Glen Burnie community remembers Barbara Moeller as someone gruff with a heart of gold
Barbara Moeller, who presided over the Glen Burnie Improvement Association since 1998, died last week at a hospital in the Glen Burnie area at the age of 80.
Library and campus of the University of Maryland located in College Park, MD.
UMD received complaints of physical abuse, hazing before suspending fraternities, sororities
The University of Maryland received multiple complaints of hazing and physical abuse, including beating new or prospective members with a paddle, before it banned fraternities and sororities from engaging in new member activities or holding social events involving alcohol, according to new filings in a lawsuit over the suspensions.
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