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    Bella the Pug relaxes on her float at the AVAM July 4th pet parade on July 4, 2023.
    Too hot to trot: AVAM postpones July Fourth pet parade in Baltimore over rising heat concerns
    The American Visionary Art Museum said Friday it won’t host its annual animal parade and talent show due to warming temperatures.
    Hailey Midgley, left, and Brett Midgley check out the view from the Top of the World Observation Leck at the Baltimore World Trade Center in April.
    Top of the World observation deck won’t close — yet
    The Top of the World observation deck, at the Baltimore World Trade Center, won’t close this month after all.
    Frederick Hoover, chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission, wants BGE to flatten bills ahead of high-usage summer months.
    As BGE bills are set to rise, utility commission demands a delay
    The Maryland Public Service Commission is ordering Baltimore Gas and Electric to mitigate the effects of an impending supply-side rate increase by shifting cost recovery to less expensive times of year.
    Mike Elias, executive vice president and general manager for the Baltimore Orioles, speaks to the media before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Milwaukee.
    Letter: Orioles fans deserve better than Mike Elias’ ‘malpractice’
    Zack Wolfe, a longtime Orioles fan from Manchester, says executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias has committed ‘malpractice’ with the team’s roster.
    Ellen O. Moyer, Annapolis' first and only ever woman mayor, is running for a seat on the City Council.
    Ellen O. Moyer, Annapolis’ only ever woman mayor, is running at 89 for City Council
    If she won, Ellen O. Moyer would possibly be the oldest person to serve on the council, turning 90 about a month after taking office in January.
    Rayman “Jim” Ally Jr.
    Jim Ally, former Baltimore social worker and history enthusiast, had a smile ‘like sunlight’
    Jim Ally, a native Baltimorean who spent his professional life helping people in need or experiencing homelessness, died May 12 after a two-year battle with cancer.
    A pair of indictments unsealed charge Annapolis man Patrick Britton-Harr with a dozen crimes.
    Feds say Annapolis man bilked $15 million each from Medicare and a private jet company
    A pair of indictments unsealed charge Annapolis man Patrick Britton-Harr with a dozen crimes.
    From left: Montgomery College had 1,257 international students; The University of Maryland, College Park, had 6,627; and almost half of the international students studying in Maryland last year — 10,054 of them — were at Johns Hopkins University.
    These Maryland colleges would be hardest hit if they lose international students
    More than a third of Maryland’s roughly 24,000 international students were from China last school year.
    A still from a video shared on the official X account for the White House purports to show ICE agents tackling and detaining several men near a home improvement store near Baltimore’s southeastern border with Dundalk.
    ICE reveals new details about viral video of Baltimore-area arrests that caught Trump’s eye
    The video, which was shared by The White House on Wednesday, has already attracted already more than 1.7 million views on X.
    The Pikes Studio Cinema will offer new movies along with classic and independent films.
    Black-owned Pikesville theater makes a comeback with a new name and owner
    Pikes Studio Cinema in Pikesville is replacing the now-defunct Next Act Cinema, which abruptly closed in December 2024.
    Seating at the food court in the Mall in Columbia in Columbia, Md. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
    Teen arrested in fatal shooting near The Mall in Columbia’s food court
    Police are still gathering information about why William Marshall was in New York and whether anyone was helping him.
    Howard County Department of Corrections in Jessup.
    ICE slammed Howard County for releasing Honduran offender. The county says it followed the law.
    ICE criticized the Howard County Detention Center for twice releasing a Honduran national, Alex Yonatan Flores-Arce, as local officials say the law bars them from intervening.
    Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark signs autographs for fans at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore on Wednesday.
    Baltimore’s first WNBA game draws a crowd, even with Caitlin Clark injured
    Clark didn’t play in the Fever's loss to the Mystics. But that didn't stop thousands from turning out to see her at CFG Bank Arena.
    The Maryland State House dome in Annapolis.
    Letter: Federal job cuts, credit rating downgrade will harm state for decades
    More than just downgrading Maryland’s credit rating, federal job cuts will harm the state for decades, says Jyoti Mohan of Cockeysville.
    On August 11, 2024, at about 6:48 a.m., a natural gas explosion destroyed a 
single-family residence at 2300 Arthurs Woods Drive, Bel Air, Maryland.1 Two people died, and three people were injured.
    NTSB investigating BGE practices after deadly Bel Air house explosion
    A hole in a plastic gas pipeline could reveal more about the cause of a Bel Air house explosion that left the 73-year-old homeowner and a Baltimore Gas and Electric employee dead last summer.
    Elected officials and civil rights leaders gathered in Annapolis Wednesday to unveil a memorial dedicated to the late Parren J. Mitchell, the first African American to represent Maryland in Congress.
    Annapolis dedicates memorial to Maryland’s first Black Congress member
    Over his eight-term congressional tenure, which concluded in 1987, Parren J. Mitchell earned a reputation as a champion of the Civil Rights Movement. He was one of 12 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
    Harborview Marina was auctioned under foreclosure on Wednesday.
    Baltimore’s Harborview Marina sells at auction after one bid — and lots of legal drama
    With a lone bid of $2.9 million, Baltimore's Harborview Marina was sold in moments and the auction betrayed none of the legal drama that has played out behind the scenes.
    An illustration of a parent being detained by ICE while their children watch.
    ICE ‘wellness checks’ on migrant children in Baltimore intimidate families, advocates say
    Advocates say ICE "wellness checks" on migrant children are intimidating for families.
    Kevin Liles
    Music mogul Kevin Liles accuses rapper of $30M extortion scheme amid ‘false’ accusations
    Kevin Liles, the Baltimore-born music mogul who is currently fighting sexual assault allegations, says an artist he signed in the late 1990s is planning to sue him and publish a book.
    Second Chance founder and CEO Mark Foster is suing the IRS after the federal agency fined the nonprofit last year.
    Facing scrutiny, Second Chance is tangling with the IRS
    A federal lawsuit filed by Second Chance reveals that the Baltimore nonprofit and its founder, Mark Foster, are under IRS scrutiny.
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