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An early morning apartment fire in Silver Spring kills a man and investigators say it was likely caused by smoking in bed.

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is cheduled to speak Monday morning in Rockville, where he is expected to give his ideas on how to balance the state budget.

Investigators are trying to figure out who put homemade bombs on an Anne Arundel County playground.

An emergency dispatcher in suburban Philadelphia says a hot-air balloon has crashed and burst into flames, killing one person and injuring the six others who were on board.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says powerful Hurricane Ike has roared ashore in eastern Cuba.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden campaigned Sunday in the heart of conservative Montana, saying the campaign will make good on its pledge to compete in places that have previously...

New Castle County police say a 47-year-old Wilmington man is under arrest after he allegedly beat up his brother and girlfriend with a baseball bat.

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is scheduled to speak Monday morning in Rockville, where he is expected to give his ideas on how to balance the state budget.

Authorities have located several explosive devices in Riva, Maryland.

A new study released by the Abell Foundation says Baltimore jurors are 30 times less likely to convict a defendant of the most serious charges he or she faces than...

A Montgomery County school is helping students with high-functioning autism transition to mainstream classrooms.

Howard County Police are investigating a fatal crash in Ellicott City Sunday morning.

The Maryland Transportation Authority Police are looking for a man they say assaulted an officer during a traffic stop on the Francis Scott Key Bridge shortly after midnight Sunday.

A phased evacuation is planned for this morning for residents in the Florida Keys as Hurricane Ike gets ready to pass by.

The National Weather Service will visit Allentown, Pennsylvania, to try to determine if Tropical Storm Hanna spun out a tornado that damaged a high school and surrounding areas.

The Coast Guard is searching the waters of Ocean City this morning after receiving a call that a swimmer was in distress last night.

Maryland Transportation Authority officials have lifted all weather-related warnings for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Tropical Storm Hanna left areas flooded by rain, but rainbows of hope for better weather can now be found.

Maryland Transportation Authority officials say wind restrictions are now in effect on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Prince George's County prosecutors say a dying man's last words helped convict his killer.