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'A lot more choices that are really viable': Pugh's exit clears way for big Baltimore mayoral field in 2020

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's resignation has hit reset on the 2020 Democratic primary, turning a race in which a few possible candidates would seek to capitalize on her vulnerabilities into a free-for-all in which voters will be asked what kind of leader they want for their beleaguered city.

'I mean, who does that?': 1- and 2-year-olds, three adults injured in South Baltimore shooting, police say

A 1 year-old was shot in the leg and a 2-year-old in the torso in a triple shooting in South Baltimore on Friday night, Baltimore Police said.

Three men fatally shot in separate incidents Friday in Baltimore, police say

Three men were fatally shot in Baltimore on Friday, in Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, in Curtis Bay and on Hollins Ferry Road.

Bald eagle poisoning deaths have become rare across U.S., but not in a part of Maryland dubbed 'bald eagle central'

A once-common farm pesticide killed millions of birds before the government took steps to restrict its use in the 1990s and ban it in 2009. Since then, such poisoning has made up a small fraction of deaths among bald eagles — except in Maryland.

How to bet the 145th Kentucky Derby: Liam Durbin handicaps the first leg of the Triple Crown

Liam Durbin handicaps the 2019 Kentucky Derby now that morning-line favorite Omaha Beach has been scratched.

Battle lines drawn in race to be Baltimore City Council president after Mayor Catherine Pugh's resignation

The fight for Baltimore City Council president is on now that Bernard C. "Jack" Young has become the city's 51st mayor after the resignation of Catherine Pugh. And the final faceoff may come down to council members Sharon Green Middleton and Brandon Scott.

Baltimore brothers set free after 24 years in prison for wrongful murder conviction

A judge set free two brothers from East Baltimore on Friday after finding they had been wrongly convicted of a murder conspiracy 24 years ago.

Baltimore judge denies bid by tenants to file class action suit against Jared Kushner-owned apartment complexes

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge recently ruled against the tenants who are attempting to file a class action lawsuit alleging unlawful rental practices by the Maryland apartment company owned by Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to President Donald Trump.