Individuals under court order for placement in state-run psychiatric facilities on average find themselves languishing nearly two months in local jails for their mandated hospital bed.

A Maryland man was shot and killed in Columbia on Tuesday, according to Howard County police. The shooting happened around 10:35 p.m. in a parking lot off Dove Sail Lane and Merriweather Drive. Officers arrived to find a man in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Maryland men’s soccer has had the date Aug. 21 circled on its calendar since the schedule was first released. The significance is more than just the start of the team’s 2025 campaign, though. The Terps have deemed this year a revenge tour, with chances to avenge all six of their defeats from last season.

Ed Hale Sr., who previously announced a Democratic gubernatorial campaign, said Wednesday that he is now running as a Republican, acknowledging he is unlikely to defeat Gov. Wes Moore in a primary race.

The University of Maryland confirmed the cancellation of a state grant for hundreds of students to WBOC, days ahead of move-in for some schools.

Catalent is laying off 350 employees in its gene therapy manufacturing division in Baltimore “due to an unexpected shift in demand from a large customer, which made it necessary to reduce our workforce,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

Gaming company ZeniMax Media has announced 62 layoffs in Cockeysville, part of wider job cuts in Maryland and beyond as the video game industry undergoes a structural reset amid rising costs and

Field of Screams Maryland is only closing temporarily. After 23 years since its inception, the organizers decided it was time for a revamp. Closing for the 2025 season but with plans to reopen in 2026, the changes are expected to rebuild their foundation and “reimagining” the attractions.

It's a gloomy, gray Tuesday across much of Maryland as a stalled front lingers to the south. The setup has kept a steady easterly breeze in place, feeding in moisture off the Chesapeake and Atlantic, and locking us under a blanket of low clouds.

Gov. Wes Moore’s international trip to Japan and South Korea earlier this year cost Maryland taxpayers about $322,000 — roughly $72,000 more than originally estimated, according to The Baltimore Sun’s review of receipts and other financial records from the trip.