Maryland

An ice rink in Laurel, Maryland, is temporarily housing bodies amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s just very sobering, is the way I would sum it up,” said Del. Mary Lehman, who represents Prince George’s County. Lehman learned Monday morning that her community’s ice rink is now a temporary morgue, as Maryland runs out of room for its deceased. “It’s...

A group of engineers in Maryland says breast pumps — machines many moms have at home — could be a game-changer in saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic. “This has been really exciting for me,” engineer Rachel Labatt said. Labatt, Brandi and Grant Gerstner, Alex Scott and Director Tommy Luginbill are a team of engineers from southern Maryland. They say…

Authorities say they will continue the search Monday in the Chesapeake Bay for the bodies of the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.

As millions of Americans practice social distancing amid the Coronavirus, one winery decided to get creative when it came to delivering drinks to customers.

All public schools in Maryland will be closed for two weeks, gatherings of more than 250 people are banned and the governor has activated the National Guard to a higher state of readiness. Gov. Larry Hogan announced drastic safety measures Thursday afternoon to try to contain the spread of coronavirus. Public schools will be closed March 16 through March 27,…

President Donald Trump says he isn’t concerned that the coronavirus is getting closer to the nation’s capital and the White House.

Someone disguised as a UPS delivery man forced his way into the home of a family in Montgomery County, Maryland, and pulled out a gun.

Two families with lifelong secrets unearthed because of home DNA test kits are now dealing with the truth. Here’s what their stories tell us about the shock that can come from new ancestry technology, and how to deal with it.

A Maryland woman will spend 180 days in jail for keeping 66 dogs in deplorable conditions in her home.

Republican lawmakers in Maryland are criticizing a history lesson at a public high school near Baltimore that compared President Donald Trump with Nazis and communists

A family friend of a pizza delivery driver who was recently gunned down in Baltimore says he had fled war-torn Syria to seek a better life

A Navy midshipman has died while taking a physical readiness test at the U.S. Naval Academy.

A Maryland man has been charged with murder and attempted murder in an apparently random shooting aboard a Greyhound bus in California that killed a woman and injured five other people.

Love Old Bay? Meet Old Bay Hot Sauce. Old Bay Hot Sauce goes on sale starting Wednesday, the company behind the Maryland favorite announced. “Old Bay Seasoning and hot sauce go together like … well, Old Bay and everything,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. The hot sauce will be sold on OldBay.com and, starting in early February, at…

A Prince George’s County police officer who shot and killed a suspect who was handcuffed and wearing a seat belt inside a police cruiser Monday night in Maryland is in custody and facing charges, police said. Cpl. Michael Owen Jr., a 10-year veteran of the department, is charged with second-degree murder, involuntary and voluntary manslaughter, first-degree assault and use...