A new Maryland law repeals county cost‑sharing for wrongful‑conviction payouts, strengthening Douglass Haynie’s compensation bid while county leaders push back. The change could reshape future Walter Lomax Act claims.

Federal prosecutors charged five men after an ATF‑led takedown on Sheridan Avenue in North Baltimore. Authorities say searches turned up guns and nearly 400 grams of suspected narcotics.

A new MIDC draft — the first annual report since 2017 — finds Israeli‑linked firms generated $315.1M and 987 jobs in Maryland in 2024. The numbers boost the state’s recruitment pitch to Israeli startups.

A year‑long probe into open‑air drug markets on North Collington and Greenmount Avenue led to 11 indictments and nearly nine kilos of narcotics seized.

Bay Management Group withdrew its federal challenge to the Maryland Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division after months of litigation over a sweeping subpoena seeking years of tenant‑screening records.

Baltimore County lawmakers returned from Annapolis with a mix of new state laws and neighborhood grants — from a state Voting Rights Act to $2M for a Tradepoint commuter bus.

The ACLU sued Somerset County's school board, alleging officials withheld hundreds of public records about the superintendent, curriculum and legal hires.

A $1M federal grant secured by Rep. Kweisi Mfume will fund Roca Baltimore's job training and Rewire CBT expansion to help young men at risk of violence.

A man shot Sunday night in Central Park Heights later died at Sinai Hospital; Northern District detectives are asking for tips.

Nearly 11 years after Palak Patel’s killing at a Hanover Dunkin’, the FBI has raised the reward to $1 million as investigators renew the search. Authorities say tips are still being pursued.

Pirates Cove's dock bar reopens April 25 with live music, fresh oysters and a fundraiser for the Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire Department.

Baltimore County police say a man was shot Saturday on the 1800 block of Dunmere Road in Dundalk and taken to a nearby hospital. Investigators have not released suspect details as the probe continues.

A 44-year-old man was shot Friday on N. Gilmor Street in Franklin Square and is listed in stable condition; detectives are asking anyone with information to call.