PASADENA — Anne Arundel County police say 40 animals, including a kinkajou and a chinchilla, have been removed from a Pasadena home. Police and animal control officers searched the home Thursday and found aquatic species, snakes, dogs, turtles, birds, chickens ...

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From the First Amendment to first downs, a retired judge and several lawyers are tackling high school football.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland health officials are highlighting $14.3 million they can use to expand community-based, long-term care for seniors and the physically disabled with the help of an increased state alcohol tax, which has been in effect for a little ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County officials are praising clarifications to PlanMaryland, a statewide development plan criticized by many local officials from rural parts of the state. Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the measure on Tuesday. Supporters say the bill clarifies that the ...

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WASHINGTON — Tourism officials say Washington saw a record 17.9 million visitors last year, surpassing a previous record of 17.4 million set in 2000 before the 9/11 attacks. Statistics released Tuesday by the tourism bureau Destination D.C. show a 4.1 ...

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NEW YORK — Just days after cheering the arrival of the record-breaking 50 millionth visitor of the year to New York City, officials are starting over and counting from one. Now, with the New Year’s confetti cleared from Times Square ...

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ANNAPOLIS — To comply with the new Chesapeake Bay “pollution diet,” Anne Arundel County will spend millions of dollars upgrading sewage plants, connecting septic systems to public sewers and fixing outdated stormwater controls, county public works officials said. Though those ...

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Residents of Middle East met for the fourth time Thursday night with developers and officials at East Baltimore Development Inc. to discuss a new master plan for the 88-acre site. The meeting was at times tense, with charges of mistrust ...

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Maryland officials are announcing that the infant mortality rate has dropped for a second year in a row. State and local officials, including Gov. Martin O’Malley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, discussed last year’s decline at a news conference in ...

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Maryland prison officials cannot be sued for having used a high-tech scanner in an effort to detect illicit drugs on their employees and independent contractors, a federal appeals court has ruled. In its 3-0 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...

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