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When Samuel Smith, major general of the Maryland militia, needed a headquarters to plot Baltimore 's defense from British invaders in the summer of 1814, archaeologists believe he called on the owner of a shop that gives Butcher's Hill its name.

While many people were observing Resurrection Sunday, or Easter, April 20, 2014, this writer was ecstatically moved to see an unusual type of performing art at Baltimore's Ark Church, 1263 E. North Avenue.

Two men were shot - one in the leg and the other in the groin - in South Baltimore Sunday afternoon, police said.

Lynne Douglas, 58, was near the Boston Marathon finish line, maybe 100 yards away, when the first bomb went off.

Anyone who has competed in a road race knows that extra police and security are as much a part of the event as water stops and cheering spectators.

Baltimore police are investigating the April 16 shooting death of a teenager remembered as an outstanding student, youth leader and up-and-coming baseball star.

As Kristen Visbal scanned the Internet looking for images of John Harbaugh , she kept encountering the Ravens ' head coach in the same pose.

Maryland was recently ranked 46th in the nation for transparency, but a new law could put the state ahead with a policy requiring that data be made more easily accessible to the public.

One man was shot around 5 p.m. Friday in the Harlem Park neighborhood, in the 1700 block of W. Lanvale St. Police did not provide information on the condition of the 22-year-old victim, who was shot in the upper torso.

As Christians across the state prep Easter baskets for little ones this weekend, a busier preparation is happening at a Baltimore institution known for its great chocolates.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday that a state-run jail in Baltimore will no longer automatically comply with requests from the federal government to hold immigrants beyond their normal release date for possible deportation.

In one of the city's first historic preservation battles, Baltimore residents paid $17,000 in 1924 to save the soaring Phoenix Shot Tower from a wrecking ball and a future as a Union Oil Company gas station.

The crash of a 477-foot tanker into a coal pier in Baltimore in 2012 - which cost millions of dollars in damages and injured a dockworker - was likely caused by the "high rate of speed" at which operators tried to maneuver the ship into Curtis Creek, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report on the incident, released Friday.

TV 11 NEWS. HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE WORKING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF RECENT VIOLENT CRIMES INVOLVING YOUNG VICTIMS ARE YOUNG SUSPECTS.

A Baltimore City police sergeant who allowed an officer to assault a suspect that broke into his girlfriend's house will not serve jail time.

That's where Jamyla Bennu first mixed up batches of hair and skin products to give to friends and relatives more than 13 years ago.

Hampton Hotels , Hilton Worldwide's global brand of more than 1,900 mid-priced Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, and Hampton by Hilton hotels, today announced the official opening of its newest property, the 92-room Hampton Inn & Suites Baltimore/Woodlawn located at 1810 Belmont Avenue in Windsor Mills.

A WOMAN CARJACKED AN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. WHERE IT HAPPENED INTO AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT.

Annapolis Mayor Mike Pantelides thought winning election as a Republican in a Democrat-dominated city would be hard.

All three Democratic candidates in the governor's race agree Maryland's economic policies need work, but they disagree sharply about how much.