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Anne Arundel County police have canceled an Amber Alert for a woman who took her two children and told her boyfriend she planned to drive off the Delaware Bridge with them Tuesday.

About 30 Catholics shivered in the chilly Sunday afternoon air as they prayed the rosary on the sidewalk in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Baltimore officials promised to fix up Waxter Center for seniors when the GLCCB moved in. They have.

After blacking out with 4 miles to go in his first marathon, Matt Llano didn't think he would make it.

Thomas E. Perez, who is being considered for U.S. attorney general, was endorsed Tuesday for the top law enforcement job by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $207 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to produce a mobile ground radar system, the first of what could be a series of agreements worth more than $2 billion.

Fatalities in the federal workplace climbed last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, even as the number of workplace deaths in the United States fell.

The Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant will face increased regulatory oversight after an August finding that a miscalculation on the operators' part could have led to an unnecessary emergency response to an insignificant radiation leak.

Federal grant funds examination of sources and impacts of pharmaceuticals

Maryland Natural Resources Police are looking for a person they said shot and killed a bald eagle in Pasadena last month, the state agency said on Friday.

The second raw sewage leak announced in as many weeks poured 36,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into a Baltimore stream Thursday, the city's Department of Public Works said.

City officials agreed Wednesday to award an $8.4 million contract to a Belgian company to overhaul Baltimore's water-billing system, which has been criticized as outdated and error-prone.

Marriotts Ridge’s golf team may have captured its third consecutive 1A/2A state championship trophy on Wednesday at the University of Maryland golf course, but Mustangs coach Mark Dubbs still found himself getting as emotional afterward as he did following the program’s first crown.

The average monthly bill for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers receiving both electric and gas services would jump by about $4 under a settlement the utility reached this month with state regulatory staff and other stakeholders.

The Rev. Richard C. Schmidt, a Jesuit priest and former prefect of discipline at Loyola Bllakefield High School, died Oct. 11 at the Keswick Multi-Care Center of an embolism after surgery. He was 84 and lived at the St. Claude la Colombiere Jesuit Community in North Roland Park.

There is little doctors can do for those suffering serious brain injuries from car crashes, athletics and battle, other than wait and treat the symptoms, but a unique collaboration between those who study mental illness and those who treat the disorders offers hope for new therapies.

Every Wednesday, reporter Jon Meoli will serve up five stats you should know heading into that week’s Ravens game. This week’s stats, pertaining to Sunday night’s primetime showdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers, focus on how the Ravens are going to stop the Steelers, and...

I stand with those who rallied to keep public water in public hands and applaud Councilman Carl Stokes for calling for a hearing ("Hearing scheduled for concerns on city water system privatization," Oct. 27). Baltimore should not enter into a contract that could allow Veolia, a...

Unsettled weather is forecast to move into the region on Halloween, bringing chilly air just in time for trick-or-treating and possible rain showers late Friday night.