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In a long and emotional session Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates advanced a bill giving more incarcerated people a chance to petition for shorter sentences.

The National Weather Service said the Washington and Baltimore region could experience severe weather Sunday afternoon.

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Government recognized over 130 first responders for their ”heroic efforts” following the DCA crash, a spokesman said.

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Maryland’s seventh case of bird flu was detected in a backyard flock in Anne Arundel County, officials announced on Wednesday.

One officer remains hospitalized and two others are on administrative leave following a shooting between police and a male gunman at the Wilkens precinct, officials said Friday.

The Harborview Marina is closing at the end of March, according to an email sent to members.

“I hope Mr. Syed, and I trust, that this will be the last time we see each other,” Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer said during the brief hearing over Zoom.

The luck of the Irish may prevail come next week, with warm weather.

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Plummer, the longtime coach of Woodlawn High School's baseball team, died March 4 of heart failure. He was 73.

Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.

A lone male gunman exchanged fire Thursday afternoon with Baltimore County Police officers in the parking lot of their Wilkens precinct in what officials say was a premeditated act.

Maryland’s hospitals have, for now, dodged federal cost cutters, who axed a half dozen special programs around the country for not saving enough money.

Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.

Proposed tariffs threaten to upend current auto supply chains, boosting prices, particularly on cars and parts from Canada, Mexico and China.

David Philpot was attacked on Eastern Avenue near South Broadway in Fells Point on Aug. 17, 2024, and died the next day at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 74.