Maria Stainer

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, a Democratic candidate running to be Maryland’s next governor, died early Thursday morning of cardiac arrest, county officials confirmed. He was 60 years old.

At least 20 vehicles were involved in an early morning crash Monday that closed Interstate 270 South in Germantown, Maryland, multiple news outlets are reporting. Three lanes have reopened, but there is a major backup in traffic, so use caution in the area.

A teen was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in connection to the MS-13 killing of a man who was lured to a Maryland park, choked, stabbed 100 times, decapitated and dismembered by nearly 10 gang members, multiple news reports said.

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

President Trump responded Tuesday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s assertion that the European Union would have to “take our destiny into our own hands” and not rely on the U.S. or the U.K.

Baltimore City police have taken into custody their latest “Public Enemy No. 1,” a teen on the run who was wanted on murder charges for fatally stabbing a homeless man on Friday afternoon.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto reiterated to a Spanish-language news show Thursday that his country will not pay for a wall on the border with the U.S., a campaign assertion repeatedly made by Donald Trump, and that Mr. Trump’s positions were a “threat” to the future of Mexico.

Baltimore police on Monday announced the arrest of “Baltimore’s No. 1 trigger puller,” a gang member who is accused of more than a dozen homicides, the city’s police commissioner said.

Macy’s Inc. said Thursday that it intends to close approximately 100 of its 728 stores “proactively” as it pivots more toward digital shopping.

U.S. officials said they removed a former defense minister of El Salvador Friday for his role in human rights violations committed during the 1980-1992 civil war in the Central American nation.

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner and an education activist, issued a warning Tuesday to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump: “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create.”

Ghost Sec, a group affiliated with Anonymous, the hacktivist collective, attacked a site by an Islamic State supporter found on the deep web and replaced the terror propaganda with a pharmacy ad for Viagra and Prozac.

Belgian police asked Twitter followers to observe “radio silence” Sunday as they hunted terrorists linked to the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, so Twitter responded by not letting the cat out of the bag, so to speak — instead, they flooded the feed with cat images and memes.

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.

Yvonne Craig, best known for her role as Batgirl in the iconic TV show “Batman,” died of cancer Monday at age 78.

A former Russian army tank commander was convicted of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, conspiring to shoot down American helicopters and to kill U.S. and Afghan soldiers, conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges related to an attack he led on U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan in November 2009.

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.

Charlie Daniels, a southern rock and country musician, said Friday that the Confederate flag was “a sign of defiance, a sign of pride,” and “opportunists” were trying to create a symbol of hate.