Public Safety

A 4-year-old boy drowned in Claymont Wednesday night. It was one of two pool-related incidents reported on the Fourth of July holiday.

Officer Fred Attakora was taken to a hospital in a private car with gunshot wounds to his arm and abdomen.

Could we please, please, please not light fireworks off the tops of our heads?

The streets of Annapolis filled on Friday as people gathered to mourn the loss of five Capital Gazette employees, who were gunned down in their newsroom on Thursday.

The man charged with murdering five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom on Thursday had previously been investigated over threatening comments toward staff members.

"Today we are speechless," the opinion page of The Capital's Friday edition reads.

Acting Anne Arundel County Police Chief William Krampf confirmed an adult male suspect is in custody and being interrogated by law enforcement.

A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police said a suspect was in custody.

A 19-year-old man who authorities allege threatened to shoot students and faculty at his high school graduation is now facing an additional charge of terrorism. 

The debate in many ways comes down to this: What's more important — cold steel or warm hugs? Harsh consequences or second chances?

The park service has given initial approval to hold a "white civil rights rally" on Aug. 11 and 12.

Over the course of two days this week, a state House panel pushed forward a raft of gun control measures that have accumulated in the chamber in recent months.

Tales of horror and tragedy, of loved ones lost or grievously wounded by automobiles, rolled out in waves before a handful of City Council members.

To ensure the safety of visitors to New Castle County parks, police officers are cracking down on their enforcement of the county’s dog off-leash code.

Authorities have made a second arrest stemming from a deadly shooting at a 24-hour arts and music festival in New Jersey.