Gun-rights advocates challenges state handgun restrictions in suit

Maryland places too great a burden on residents who seek permits to carry handguns, gun-rights advocates claim in a lawsuit that builds on recent Supreme Court decisions affirming the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

A close brush with violence

Rawlings-Blake's family touched by city's crime

The front door banged open and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake heard her brother scream: "Call the police!"

In apparent reversal, O'Malley praises Patricia Jessamy

Sparring had dominated relations; now governor may need help

She won the appointment to Baltimore state's attorney that he wanted in 1995. Later, as mayor, he famously called for her to "get off her ass" and prosecute a case. She said he was "hoodwinking" the public into thinking his crime-fighting strategies were effective.

Pro-union bill goes up for debate

Proponents say it would increase construction jobs in city

Small-business owners and labor leaders packed the auditorium at Dunbar High School on Thursday to debate a bill that would require local officials to give hiring preference to union employees on city contracts.

Maryland Politics: O'Malley back in Baltimore, 'capital for day'