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As in-person early voting got underway Thursday in Maryland, a nation divided in the presidential race was on display at a voting center in Baltimore County.

Fatmata Barrie, wearing a denim coat, is the co-chair of Africans in the Diaspora for Harris-Walz

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan are competing for a U.S. Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber.

Chris Billiak, president of the Greater Remington Improvement Association (GRIA), marks the concrete making room for plenty of tree pits.

John Kellett (wearing the cap) digs trash out of a dumpster that Mr. Trash Wheel collected.

On a weekday evening, staff and volunteers from several organizations including BUILD — the influential, multifaith nonprofit group — gathered for a community walk, in Westport, a neighborhood in southern Baltimore.

Courtesy of the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City

Traffic crawls along the Capital Beltway during rush hour, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015.

First Lady Dawn Moore says she was inspired to transform Maryland’s Preakness after attending the Kentucky Derby two years ago.

City officials are calling their latest plan to tackle Baltimore’s vacant housing crisis the first of its kind in the nation. Recently, the City Council passed a special financing package aimed at addressing blight on a large scale. If successful, it could help transform thousands of vacant homes and abandoned lots, creating a pathway to affordable housing across the city.