Rapper 2Chainz has been arrested on drug charges in Maryland where he was to perform at a college event.
Rapper 2 Chainz has been arrested on drug charges in Maryland where he was performing at a college homecoming event.
Gov. Martin O'Malley on Friday underscored the need for new licensing requirements for handguns, while a leading Maryland lawmaker recommended the provision in a comprehensive gun-control measure be considered separately due to the potential for considerable opposition.

A 26-year-old man drunkenly wielding a hammer was fatally shot on Christmas by a police officer in Carroll County.

A Maryland bowhunter who accidentally shot himself with his own unregistered gunthought he'd help rescuers locate him in the woods by firing off a couple of shots — a signal not appreciated by the helicopter trying to find him.

A Prince George's County man was killed early Wednesday morning after his car was struck by a truck tractor on the Capital Beltway in a crash that snarled traffic for hours, according to Maryland State Police.

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of Maryland's controversial requirement that legal gun owners have a "good and substantial reason" to carry concealed weapons.

A new Maryland law requiring mo-peds and motor scooters to be titled and insured and for drivers to take extra safety precautions goes into effect next week.
Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration says homicides, violent crime and property crime have dropped to the lowest levels since 1975 in Maryland.