15 feet of landmark's historic fence damaged; driver unknown Baltimore police suspect that alcohol was a factor in the accident in which the driver of a van ran through a section of iron fence surrounding Baltimore's Washington Monument in Mount Vernon early Saturday morning.

Baltimore County fire officials say one person was hurt in an early-morning fire in Pikesville.

BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say they are investigating the death of a woman who was shot twice in the torso before running up onto a porch. Police say the shooting occurred about 3 a.m. Sunday in the 2300 block of Braddish Ave. in west Baltimore.

AGAINST a backdrop of squat row houses and tall industrial buildings on a dim corner in Baltimore, laughter, soft music and the intoxicating smell of oven-roasted burgers drift out to the sidewalk. The sounds and smells are spilling over from new restaurants and bars in Harbor East, a burgeoning neighborhood that has undergone an extensive transformation in recent years.

Baltimore and its suburbs have for decades served as the epicenter of political fundraising in Maryland. Businesses atop the city's downtown high-rises, often with views of the shimmering Inner Harbor, and wealthy residents farther out in the tidy suburbs that ring the city's version of a beltway...

Baltimore startup offers 'first year of college' online for $999 Elizabeth Smith this year needed just one more class to earn her bachelor's in theater arts. The full-time worker and single mother of two didn't have time or money to spare, so she signed up for a course offered by Baltimore-based StraighterLine Inc. She finished the course in seven days over the summer. And the course cost only ...

Baltimore city officials and officials in Anne Arundel and Harford County say they will appeal fines by the federal Environmental Protection Agency over runoff.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The non-profit group that oversees Baltimore's Washington Monument says the iron fence that a van plowed through this weekend was 150 years old.

Baltimore actress Carolina Monte Rosa was picked by 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner as one of two winners of a Banana Republic contest held in connection with the Emmy-award-winning drama, according to the show's website.

BALTIMORE - On the same day the Baltimore Ravens welcomed back members of the 2000 Super Bowl team, linebacker Ray Lewis — the lone remaining active player on that squad — celebrated a return of a different sort.