Maryland

The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Andy Harris, suggested that North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state Legislature should consider awarding the state’s electors to Donald Trump before all votes are counted.

The Howard County Health Department said it was working with the Maryland Department of Health to investigate the cause of the outbreak, adding there’s no risk to the community.

Some residents in a Bowie, Maryland, neighborhood think that one neighbor’s decorations went too far and want the disturbing display taken down.

A mother has been charged with attempted murder after police say she shot her 13-year-old daughter in Seat Pleasant, Maryland.

Authorities say a student at a Maryland high school has died after being shot by another student during a dispute in a bathroom at Joppatowne High School. Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler identified the victim in Friday’s shooting as 15-year-old Warren Curtis Grant. They identified the shooter as a 16-year-old fellow student who fled immediately afterward but was caught minutes...

When Marquise Vanzego got his food from the La Plata Chick-Fil-A drive-thru last Friday, he was shocked by the racist name printed on the label. The Charles County man says he the label he received had the word “monkeys” printed instead of his name.

Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the former House Democratic leader, is recovering after experiencing a mild stroke on Sunday. Hoyer’s spokesperson Margaret Mulkerrin says in a statement that Hoyer, who is 85, experienced a “mild ischemic stroke” on Sunday night and sought medical help. Hoyer responded well to treatment and has not had any lasting symptoms from the stroke, according to...

A Southern Maryland Blue Crabs game ended in tragedy on Friday night when a wind gust lifted a bounce house into the air, then crashed it roughly 15 feet into the ground — all while children were inside. A 5-year-old boy died as a result.

“I think maybe there is still a goal for me,” Julio Cervantes Suarez said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

A group of Baltimore teachers is asking voters to approve a ballot initiative that would give $1,000 to new parents in hopes of reducing childhood poverty starting from birth.

Bailey Anne Kennedy, a military wife, is the first married woman and first Asian American woman to become Miss Maryland. She’s also the first transgender woman to win the title, in the 10 years since transgender women were first allowed in the Miss USA pageant. And to top it all off, this year’s competition was Kennedy’s first pageant.

“Kids can be so cruel,” one Reddit user joked.

Emma Patterson is what could be called a “super” foster mom. She started taking in children in the early 1980s. Over the past four decades, she raised more than 40 foster children.

Kristie Pereira said she’s tried to get Beau back after learning he was never euthanized but said the rescue organization she got him from has refused to rehome the dog with her.

Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday.

This schoolhouse-turned-house is a hidden treasure on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The couple who bought the building in 1987 gave it new life with second-hand finds.

Federal officials on Wednesday released some details of the timeline of events in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler on Wednesday offered an update on the probe into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

The 1.6-mile Francis Scott Key Bridge crossed over the Patapsco River in Baltimore where its namesake was inspired to write the words of the American national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” in 1814.

Maryland officials provided updates Tuesday morning after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending at least eight people into the river below.