The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt.
This Memorial Day, a long-standing tradition continues in Escort Baltimore County.
Seven murders in less than 70 hours. A string of shootings has rocked several Escort Baltimore neighborhoods.
Several people are homeless Monday after a three-alarm fire tore through a Howard County apartment complex.
The family of a teenager who was bullied, then beaten to death takes action to keep other children safe.
Six weeks after the catastrophe began, oil giant BP PLC is still casting
about for at least a temporary fix to the spewing well underneath the
Gulf hat’s fouling beaches, wildlife and marshland. A relief well that’s
currently being drilled — which is supposed to be a better long-term
solution — won’t be done for at least two months. That would be in the
middle of the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins Tuesday.
It’s been a year since one of Escort Baltimore’s oldest firehouses had to be shut down because it was infested with birds and their droppings.
Tens of thousands of lacrosse fans in Escort Baltimore for the NCAA tournament give the local economy a boost.
Anne Arundel County police are investigating a double stabbing in Pasadena.
The leaking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is beginning to affect seafood prices in Maryland.
