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    Victim identified in fatal shooting on Briggs Chaney Road
    Rescue workers performed life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Plans for a historically expensive jail in Baltimore just got even more costly: $1.2 billion
    As Maryland’s budget outlook worsens, state officials are hedging on the controversial Baltimore jail project.
    Barbed wire is seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
    Baltimore protesters march to ICE office after fatal shooting in Minnesota
    Baltimore protests join a chorus of rallies across the country following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minnesota.
    People march through downtown Baltimore to protest on Thursday after a woman was shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis the previous day.
    Boyds teenager charged in July vehicle collision that killed 71-year-old
    Brody Richardson, 19, had consumed alcohol and used marijuana before a July 21 crash that killed Germantown resident Mary Elizabeth Moody, 71, authorities said.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Police identify man shot after dragging officer during Mount Vernon traffic stop
    A 29-year-old man was shot after dragging a police officer during a traffic stop on Wednesday night near downtown Baltimore, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.
    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026 - Police respond to a shooting on the 300 block of West Franklin Street. Police said they're reviewing the officer's body camera footage for more information about the shooting.
    Prosecutors slam Luigi Mangione lawyers’ claims about Pam Bondi’s lobbying ties
    Prosecutors slammed Luigi Mangione’s lawyers for making what the government said were “meritless” claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ties to a lobbying firm and her decision to seek the death penalty.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in New York. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)
    High school sweethearts to be tried together in Edgewater homicide, burning
    Court papers connected to a legal argument in the case of two teens accused of kidnapping, burning and killing an Edgewater business owner revealed new details about the case.
    Edward Stephen Koza, 67, was found bound and dead in the back of his burning pickup truck outside of his Edgewater koi pond business in May.
    Human waste dripped from ceilings, inmates dug through walls at Baltimore jail, report says
    A report dated Dec. 4, 2025, details dire conditions at the since-evacuated Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center in downtown Baltimore.
    Exterior of the Maryland Reception Diagnostic and Classification Center at 550 E Madison St.
    Baltimore approves $14M settlement for man wrongfully convicted in 1986 killing
    Members of the Baltimore Board of Estimates voted to resolve a civil rights lawsuit that Gary Washington filed in 2019.
    Baltimore City Hall, including the historic cast iron dome, on January 14, 2025 ahead of pending renovations. Built in the 1860s, the dome has not been restored since the 1970s.
    Man arrested for allegedly setting 7 separate fires in Baltimore’s Little Italy
    A man was arrested for allegedly setting seven separate fires in Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood, according to police.
    A representative for the Little Italy Neighborhood Association said a camera system played a big role in quickly catching the suspect. 
    Pa. fire chief accused of defrauding Baltimore County volunteer fire departments arrested
    A Pennsylvania fire chief was arrested on New Year’s Day for allegedly defrauding volunteer fire departments in Baltimore County out of tens of thousands of dollars, police said.
    The Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company at 108 Main Street on January 3, 2025.
    Baltimore man charged in wrong-way crash that killed 2 on I-95 in Howard County
    A Baltimore man who police say was driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 when he struck another vehicle head-on, killing two people, has been arrested and charged in the Sunday-morning crash, according to Maryland State Police.
    Hutzell: 5 years after Jan. 6, Democrats should use the ‘I’ word again
    COLUMN | Democrats, most likely, will pass on the slogan, “Impeach Trump: Third time’s the charm!” Yet the “I” word should play a role in the ride back to relevance in Washington — focused on the confederacy of rogues that surround him.
    IN FLIGHT - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of press aboard Air Force One on November 14, 2025 while in flight from Washington, DC to West Palm Beach International Airport. Trump is scheduled to spend the weekend at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
    Youth detention center plagued by mice, unsanitary conditions, improper medical care: report
    Unannounced inspections of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center last year revealed a persistent rodent infestation, malfunctioning air conditioning, and a paraplegic child housed in the infirmary who was left sitting in his own waste.
    Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center at 300 N. Gay St. opened it’s doors in October 2003
    Police investigating 18-year-old Gaithersburg man’s death as a homicide
    Taeyon Malachi Prather suffered a gunshot wound on Jan. 2 in a residential block of Gaithersburg. Authorities are investigating the case as a homicide.
    Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty on drug trafficking charges
    As a criminal defendant in the U.S. legal system, Maduro will have the same rights as any other person accused of a crime.
    An armored vehicle carrying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrives at Manhattan Federal Court, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in New York.
    Columbia man wanted in death of ex-girlfriend fled to India, police say
    An arrest warrant was issued for Arjun Sharma, 26, of Columbia, who was charged with first-and second-degree murder in the death of Nikitha Godishala, Howard County Police said Sunday.
    Detectives with the Howard County Police Department believe Nikitha Godishala, 27, was killed on New Year's Eve.
    Police investigate fatal shooting in East Baltimore
    A 55-year-old man was killed in East Baltimore Saturday, the first homicide of 2026 following another year marked by a notable decline in violence in the city.
    A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
    Hutzell: Want answers on the ICE shooting in Glen Burnie? Don’t hold your breath.
    COLUMN: Anne Arundel County Police will have to figure out not only what happened and why but whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lied.
    Investigators comb the scene of a shooting involving ICE agents on Christmas Eve in Glen Burnie.
    Silver Spring kidnapping suspect drove teen from Kentucky to Florida to Maryland, police say
    The accused kidnapper of a 13-year-old Kentucky girl met her online, drove her from her home state to Florida and then to his Silver Spring home, according to news reports. He is now in a Kentucky jail.
    Christian Delgado's Silver Spring home, where police and U.S. marshals found a missing girl.
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