A 70-year-old woman was fatally shot by police Wednesday afternoon after allegedly lunging at an officer with a knife during a possible behavioral health crisis, officials said.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher said the federal prosecutors could not “play ‘fast and loose’ with decisions involving life and death.”

A police-involved shooting in Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood Tuesday evening left a man in critical condition and an officer injured — and quickly escalated into tensions flaring between law enforcement and bystanders who crowded the scene.

Law enforcement authorities had long said they believed Matthew Hightower was behind the May 27, 2016, shooting of Latrina Ashburne.

Ziyon Thompson was sentenced for taking part in a fatal kidnapping-for-ransom in 2022, when he was 21 years old.

The home of former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker is set to hit the market, with the list price of $3.2 million one month after he was cut by the team.

Actor and director Ben Stiller visited Baltimore’s circuit courthouse ahead of filming for his next project, reported to be about former U.S. vice president and Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew.

The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.

The case, which involves two murders and four attempted murders, has been pending since 2022.

Independent pathologists commissioned by the state concluded that Tyrone West’s case should be reclassified as a homicide.

The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.

The yearslong audit cited racial and pro-police bias in the work of the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The state of Maryland has banned the death penalty since 2013, but it has remained in effect on the federal level and applied sparingly.

The most accurate kicker in NFL history is suddenly a free agent — while awaiting the results of a league investigation.

One of the title companies that handled ABC Capital’s disastrous sale of hundreds of homes to foreign buyers has been stripped of its license.

An ongoing corruption investigation involving bribery at the state Department of Labor could involve “much larger fish,” a defense attorney involved said.

Aberdeen Mayor Patrick McGrady says the IronBirds will likely leave his city’s Ripken Stadium amid a long-simmering battle over costs.

After the death of Freddie Gray, promises were made to change Baltimore for the better. Ten years later, the city looks the same, many say.

Police Det. Calvin Moss’ inclusion on the courtroom ban list makes him the latest of nearly a dozen officers so mistrusted by prosecutors they cannot be counted on to help bring criminals to justice in court.

A federal judge sentenced former top malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder to three years of probation with six months of home confinement for attempting to extort the University of Maryland Medical System.