Total power failures like the one the Dali experienced before hitting the Key Bridge are rare, possibly caused by faulty equipment or contaminated fuel, experts said.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Althea M. Handy sentenced Travon Shaw, 35, of Catonsville, on two counts of first-degree murder and related crimes.

The Appellate Court of Maryland issued the ruling in the case of Tyler Mailloux less than one month after hearing oral argument.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge and retrieved its black box, sending the data to a lab for analysis.

In the opinion, Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader wrote for the court that landlords cannot charge tenants who are overdue on their rent any penalties except for a late fee that can be up to 5% of the monthly amount.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judge Michelle M. Harner on Thursday signed an order setting status conferences for April 8 and May 20 during which survivors of clergy sexual abuse can address the court in the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case.

Baltimore Circuit Judge John Addison Howard said it would be a “miscarriage of justice” to impose a harsh sentence for Tracie Minor, 36, of Mondawmin, a former educator who accidentally dropped her bag containing a loaded handgun at KIPP Harmony Academy in West Baltimore on Dec. 21, 2023.

In court documents filed on Monday, Deborah Katz Levi and James Dills, David Linthicum’s attorneys, asked a judge to throw out the charges against their client or bar all witnesses from the Baltimore County Police Department from testifying at trial.

In court documents filed on Wednesday, Blake Roth, an attorney for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, wrote that it endorsed the request and stated that Archbishop William Lori will “personally attend on both occasions to hear directly from the survivors.”

Brice Boots was found dead on Jan. 10 inside a 2003 Toyota Sequoia in a field about 650 feet off the road in Frederick County. He was 65. The Frederick County State's Attorney's Office alleges that his estranged wife, Frances Hamilton, and one of her nephews, Keon Wilson-Hawkins, conspired to kill him.

Louis Maurice Mason, 67, died recently in the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center. He struggled with homelessness and substance use issues.

Matthew Hebert, 44, of Concord Township, Delaware County, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Thursday to knowingly or willfully violating U.S. national defense airspace, according to court records.

The lawsuit asserts that the incinerator repeatedly violated pollutant emissions limits and used a monitor that did not record valid data.

The Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office alleges that Wilson-Hawkins and Hamilton together went to Boots’ home the night before he was found dead and remained there until early morning the next day.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander ruled that prosecutors violated David Davis’ constitutional right to a speedy trial.

William Brown Jr., of Essex, recently pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to bigamy. According to data from the Maryland Judiciary, there were 16 cases filed statewide containing at least one count of bigamy between 2013 and 2023.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeffrey M. Geller issued the ruling at the conclusion of a motion hearing.

Elliot Knox, 34, of Mount Holly, stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.

The jury has deliberated in Baltimore Circuit Court for more than eight hours in the case of Elliot Knox, 34, of Mount Holly, who’s charged with two counts of first-degree murder and related offenses.

Elliot Knox, 34, also stood trial in the killing of Justin Johnson, whom prosecutors allege he shot the same night in December 2021.