In a significant victory for animal welfare, the FBI executed a major raid in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, dismantling a dogfighting ring and arresting a leading figure in the South Florida dogfighting community.

Maryland currently has four commitments in the 2026 recruiting class which is headlined by five-star Edge rusher Zion Elee. The Terrapins are doing all they can

A Pueblo-style house in Miami, an 1890 townhouse in Hudson and a midcentury-modern-style home in North Bethesda.

No. 24 Oklahoma St. (15-3) beat UCF 72-58. Next: vs. No. 10 TCU, Wednesday.

Community organizer Elijah Manley is signaling plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in a Democratic Primary next year. If elected, the Fort Lauderdale native could be the youngest member of Congress.

A look at football membership in the Power Four and the Group of Five, largely dating to the launch of the Big 12 in 1996.

Davonte Miles, Justin Okoronkwo sign with USC, Clemson takes on Jeremiah Alexander of Alabama, and recruiters hit the road to bring on big local and national talent.

A New York City couple got one step closer to buying a home in Maryland with the help of a big lottery win, officials said. Juan Infante thought he won $50 — then he “ saw all the zeros ” and realized he had actually won $50,000, he told lottery officials in a news release.

Shari Hunt-Caldwell, 61, earned her big win by playing the Holiday scratch-off game and entering her non-winning tickets into the second-chance drawing, officials said in a Jan. 8 news release. She usually checks the winners online after the drawing but was busy during the Dec. 4 one and didn’t get a chance to look.

A lottery player can finally take all of his grandchildren out for a fun weekend at a waterpark thanks to his big win in Maryland. The grandfather won $75,227 playing his favorite computer-animated horse racing game Racetrax, lottery officials said.

Conference realignment in women’s college basketball came into full effect this week. The theoretical matchups fans anticipated during the offseason are finally starting to play out on the court, adding a new wrinkle to the traditional rivalries of league play.

A lottery winner has a “rude driver” in Maryland to thank for his prize, officials said. He was driving back into Maryland from out of town when someone cut him off on the highway, lottery officials said in a Jan. 3 news release.