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Recent Baltimore County police shootings raise concerns over mental health response
Sisters In Science: How One UMBC Lab Kindled A Family Tradition Of Discovery - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
On the fourth floor of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Chemistry Building, where students are hard at work exploring the intricacies of RNA molecules that may hold the...
3 teens arrested after a string of business break-ins in Baltimore County
Herman’s Bakery in Baltimore County closing March 31 after decades in business
Baltimore County schools partners with Ray Lewis for mental health screenings
Baltimore County police mental health response questioned in officer shootings
Baltimore County family calls for police accountability after mental health call left man paralyzed
No charges filed in deadly 2025 Baltimore County police shooting during mental health crisis
'Cops and Basketball' camp builds bonds with youth through sports
Baltimore County police officers are bonding with kids through basketball drills, games, and meaningful conversations.
Police investigating multiple early-morning break-ins at Frederick Road businesses
Detectives are investigating a series of commercial break-ins along Frederick Road Sunday morning, according to Baltimore County police.
Three teens charged after string of business break-ins in Baltimore County
Baltimore County police have arrested and charged three teenage boys after a string of commercial burglaries across the county.According to police, detectives a
Key Bridge collapse: Baltimore, business owners fight Dali owners’ bid to limit liability
Baltimore, Baltimore County, and a business coalition are pushing back against the owners and operators of the Dali.
Multiple firefighter crews battle 2-alarm fire at small business in Glen Arm
Multiple firefighter crews were called to northern Baltimore County for a 2-alarm fire that struck a second floor and attic of a small business.
Dundalk's Eastpoint Mall set to close after 70 years in business
It's an end of an era after 70 years serving Baltimore County, as the Eastpoint Mall prepares to close.
3 teenagers charged in string of Baltimore County business burglaries
Businesses targeted in burglary spree in Dundalk, Rosedale
Baltimore City police and Baltimore County officers began investigating multiple commercial crimes in the Dundalk area early Saturday.
‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch
Last week was meant to be a moment of triumph for Bit Reactor, the Maryland-based game studio founded in 2021 with ambitions to create a great new tactical combat game. On Thursday, August 27, Bit Reactor’s debut title, Star Wars Zero Company, released to stellar reviews. And, from the Gamescom show in Cologne, Germany, studio co-founder Greg Foertsch was giving interviews discussing what the studio’s next game may be. But for many developers on the game, launch has been bittersweet. Fans love it. Critics prefer it to most recent Star Wars games. Zero Company, which is out for PS5, Xbox Series consoles and PC, is the top-selling game on Steam. Much of the team that made it, however, is currently going without pay. They were furloughed, just weeks ahead of the game’s launch. A rep for Bit Reactor confirmed to Game File today that the studio had furloughed many of its workers prior to the game’s release. They said it was a difficult decision and one that had been made before it was clear how launch would go. The rep emphasized that the call to do this was Bit Reactor’s alone (meaning not from publisher EA nor Star Wars license holder Disney). While the rep declined to comment on the scale of the furloughs, a previously unreported lawsuit brought by studio co-founder Alison Kelly in 2024 noted in a filing from August 12 of this year that Bit Reactor “has furloughed most of its employees and terminated contractors…” One source told Game File the furloughs impacted 80% of the team; another referred to there only being a skeleton crew left on Bit Reactor’s active payroll, ready to address any of Zero Company’s post-launch bugs. The issue is that Bit Reactor, a studio formed in 2021, had run out of most of its money just ahead of the launch of its first game. Over the weekend, Zachariah Scott, a senior technical artist who worked at Bit Reactor from early 2023 until an acrimonious exit this past May, said on LinkedIn that the studio was “concealing the fact that the team was Furloughed weeks ago.” Reached by phone today, Scott told Game File that he spoke to nearly a dozen Bit Reactor workers over the weekend. “Everybody has essentially the same story, which is, ‘Yeah, I got furloughed three weeks ago.” The Bit Reactor rep told Game File that the studio hoped to bring furloughed workers back, suggesting that a successful launch of the game could be impactful. Scott told Game File that workers he spoke to were less confident that even if there were returns, that all who were furloughed would get their old jobs again. A heated dispute Bit Reactor’s mid-2026 was almost even more tumultuous. The lawsuit by co-founder Alison Kelly that first revealed the furloughs was initially slated to go to trial in June. The suit is a she-said/he-said about whether Kelly, until 2024 the chief operating officer of Bit Reactor, was a co-owner of the studio or whether it was solely owned by Greg Foertsch. In July 2024, Kelly sued, saying she was pushed out by Foertsch. She first sued in federal court and later refiled in Maryland’s Baltimore County, alleging breach of contract and that Foertsch had unjustly enriched himself. Kelly cited damages of over $20 million, on the basis of Bit Reactor allegedly being worth more than double that. Foertsch’s side has said Kelly was never a co-owner and has countered with claims about her job performance (which she has denied). The June trial was postponed until early 2027, as both sides have been deposing witnesses and filing more claims and denials along the way. Amid all of that, filings in the lawsuit reviewed by Game File paint a picture about Bit Reactor’s origins, early aspirations around tactics games, the team’s breakthrough in drawing the attention of Electronic Arts with the help of a pitch tied to one of EA’s non-Star Wars franchises, and early fractures among its co-founders. The real story about the company behind Zero Company
Most Baltimore County teachers are ready to teach science of reading. What about yours?
The phonics-forward method backed by brain science is what education leaders hope will bring Maryland back to its heyday.
Scientists discover a weak spot shared by polio and common cold viruses
Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses—the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common cold—to reproduce inside human cells. The team captured, in unprecedented detail, how viral RNA recruits both viral and human proteins to assemble the machinery needed for replication, acting almost like a molecular “on-off switch” that controls whether the virus copies itself or makes proteins.
Baltimore County schools launch mental health program with Ravens' legend Ray Lewis
How partisan politics shape Baltimore County’s nonpartisan school board race
Here’s what to know about the political backgrounds of Baltimore County school board candidates in contested races.
Meet A Retriever—Manikanta Sirumalla, International Data Science Graduate Student And Entrepreneur - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
If you want help meeting a big new fitness goal, Manikanta Sirumalla may have the app for you. Manikanta came to UMBC from India as a graduate student
4 Security Plaza Shopping Center businesses burglarized
Baltimore County police are investigating four break-ins at businesses in Woodlawn.
SUN | Baltimore, business owners fight Dali owners’ bid to limit liability
Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and a business coalition are pushing back against the owners and operators of the Dali ship, asking a federal judge to reject
Understanding American Healthcare: A Deep Dive for Reporters
Christy Ford Chapin of the University of Maryland Baltimore County presented findings from her 2015 book to provide journalists with historical context for their healthcare reporting.
Ballot question aims to remove politics from Baltimore County inspector general selection
The county has been without an inspector general since January. It stems from the failed attempt by County Executive Kathy Klausmeier to fire the IG. Supporters of the ballot question say elected officials should not be involved in the selection.
Seniors in Baltimore County turn to pickleball for health and fitness
Business—not As Usual - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
At UMBC, entrepreneurship transcends a traditional business education: It empowers scientists, artists, and technologists to transform their expertise into real-world impact.
Baltimore County Police respond to string of reported business break-ins in Catonsville
Seven businesses broken into overnight at Baltimore County shopping center
This weekend, back-to-back burglaries left a Baltimore County shopping center battered and boarded up. More than half a dozen businesses were broken into overni
Anduril plans $3.7B submarine shipyard in Maryland, promising 3,100 jobs
Anduril Industries plans to invest $3.7 billion in a submarine manufacturing shipyard at Sparrows Point, promising more than 3,100 permanent jobs at full operation as Maryland and Baltimore County consider