Maryland News

A strong cold front is moving through the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area, and wind chill values will drop to as low as 10 below zero overnight, according to the National Weather Service i»¿ on Saturday afternoon.

Sharalyn Webre feeds Lottie, 1 week old. Webre said breastfeeding her first child was a challenge, but she's more confident with Lottie.

Prince George's County authorities are searching for suspects who committed an armed robbery of a Maryland 7-Eleven store early Thursday morning.

A panel of state senators reviewing Maryland ethics rules decided Friday to recommend local government officials should not be required to release as much information in financial disclosure forms as officials in state government.

Arguments over procreation, civil rights, religious freedoms and protection of children punctuated a more than 10-hour long hearing on legalized gay marriage Friday.

Last month Governor Martin O'Malley and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar together noted that the federal government announced that wind energy projects off the Mid-Atlantic coast would cause "no significant environmental damage."A According to The Washington Post this finding removes "one of several expected regulatory hurdles to wind farm ... (more)

By Mike Bock, Capital News Service While Barack Obama and his Republican opponent will capture national headlines this November, Maryland voters will turn their attention to in-state policy disputes, like 2011's In-State Tuition Bill, also known as the DREAM Act .

Debate on Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's plan to make Maryland the next state to legalize gay marriage began in the House on Friday.

Staff photo by EMILY BARNES Sales Associate Tina Clayton places a vase in the Valentine's Day display at Country Florist on Wednesday in Waldorf.

An early morning accident shut down four lanes on the inner loop of the beltway during the morning rush hour Friday, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Capt.

The Prince George's County teacher lifted a foam object from an orange bucket in her lap and waited for someone in the kindergarten class to identify its shape.

Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Catholic, has renewed his efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland.

A man charged in the January robbery of a Taylorsville Bank has been arrested and also faces similar charges in connection with robberies in Carroll, Frederick, Howard and Prince George's counties, according to a press release fromA the Maryland State Police.

A federal judge has thrown out a $1 million discrimination lawsuit filed by Salvadoran native Roxana Orellana Santos against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, two deputies and the Board of County Commissioners.

Can't resist arguing with the TV when jackpot winners on "The Lottery Changed My Life" reality show waste millions on luxury toys, fancy trips or a head-shake-inducing splurge? With a $310 million Powerball jackpot on the line in Saturday night's drawing, Marylanders with big dreams are lining up for a $2 ticket.

A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with having sex with a student at the Maryland school where she taught.

A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with sex abuse of a student at the Maryland school where she taught.

Immigrants to Maryland contribute significantly to the state's economy, and were vital to its workforce expansion in both technical and less-skilled occupations from 2000 to 2010, concludes a new report by a Maryland commission.

After six weeks of testimony, a major trial to determine whether Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities have been routinely denied funding and other needed resources that would have made them "comparable and competitive" with White universities in the state is expected to end this week, with a ruling expected by this summer.

Catholic services across the country on Sunday-with Maryland being no exception-included admonitions against the Obama administration's requirement that church-affiliated facilities offer birth control coverage in their employee health plans.