Maria Stainer

Two bodies were found Thursday in a two-story house engulfed with fire in Capitol Heights, Maryland.

Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, closed its campus and asked students to shelter in place Monday morning on reports that a student may be headed to the college with a firearm. Although the student has not been found, college officials consulted with police and said the campus will reopen Tuesday morning for classes and normal operations.

A box truck flipped on its side on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning, blocking the eastbound lanes, Maryland Transportation Authority officials said.

A Florida man self-described as a “monster” was charged with first-degree murder after admitting that he fatally disemboweled his girlfriend with his hands Sunday after she uttered her ex-husband’s name twice during sex, police said.

Days before Iran agreed to a landmark nuclear deal, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s official website showed the leader trampling on a painted representation of the Israeli flag and condemning the Jewish nation.

Ken Burns, award-winning director and producer of the 1990 PBS documentary series “The Civil War,” said Thursday the Confederate flag is about “resistance to civil rights.”

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took to her Facebook page to call actress Lena Dunham a “pedophile” and the media “disgusting hypocrites” for attacking reality star Josh Duggar and his family.

Four homeless adults were found unresponsive Thursday afternoon at a makeshift camp in Glen Burnie, Maryland, as a result of ingesting synthetic marijuana or “spice,” local police said.