Baltimore City Council scrutinizes police budget under pressure to radically...
As protesters marched outside City Hall Friday, Council members scrutinized the police department’s half-billion dollar budget to find money that can be shifted to investments they believe will address...
View ArticleAs Confederate statues fall, Black Lives Matter rallies around Alex Haley in...
From a slew of Confederates to the colonizers to slave traders, protesters across the nation — and the world — are tearing down statues criticized as symbols of racism, white supremacy and genocide. A...
View ArticleGerald Winegrad: The Chesapeake Bay restoration is in deep trouble
Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts have reached their lowest ebb. The wheels are coming off the commitments by federal and state governments to get the job done and assure a flourishing ecological...
View Article‘From the ground up:’ Orioles’ top pick Heston Kjerstad’s growth mirrors that...
Heston Kjerstad, the Orioles pick with the No. 2 selection in the MLB draft, was always watching his older brother’s play baseball, always internalizing what he was seeing and trying to apply it.
View ArticleNo layoffs, no pay raises: Howard school board, teachers’ union come to...
A few days after the Howard County school system floated laying off educators by increasing class sizes during a work session, the Board of Education and the teachers’ union tentatively agreed to a...
View ArticleSpeedy Orioles second-rounder Hudson Haskin ‘looking forward to getting...
With the possibility of having three more years of collegiate eligibility, Orioles second-round pick Hudson Haskin said he will likely sign with the organization and begin his professional career.
View ArticleWestminster motorcyclist killed in collision on Littlestown Pike
Charles Lee Ginneman 38, was transported to Carroll Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased, according to a Maryland State Police news release.
View ArticleFive stories to watch for the 2020 Belmont Stakes
On June 20, the Belmont Stakes will kick off the most unusual Triple Crown series in recent history. Will Tiz the Law back up his status as the heavy favorite? Will any of it feel normal? These are...
View ArticleHow last-minute voters pushed Brandon Scott to the top over Sheila Dixon in...
Brandon Scott, the 36-year-old City Council president, was banking on his support among younger, even first-time voters. He says he was aware they would likely cast their ballots late in the voting...
View ArticleSheila Dixon concedes Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor, congratulates...
Former Mayor Sheila Dixon formally conceded the race to reclaim her old seat, offering congratulations to the Democratic nominee for Baltimore mayor, Brandon Scott.
View ArticleMaryland officials confirm 692 coronavirus cases as hospitalizations continue...
Maryland officials confirmed 692 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 more deaths stemming from the disease on Saturday.
View ArticleAnne Arundel black clergy, county police join in prayer walk through Severn
The peaceful march was yet another instance of near-daily protests that have occurred across the county in the three weeks since George Floyd, a black man, was killed by a white Minneapolis police...
View ArticleA Bowie resident dies after police discover him shot in vehicle when...
A 20-year-old Bowie resident died after Prince George’s County police discovered him with a gunshot wound while responding to a single-vehicle crash in Kettering Thursday night, police said.
View ArticleHundreds march in Baltimore Saturday afternoon, protesting police brutality...
Protesters stood outside Douglass Homes on Saturday afternoon to protest police brutality and, in the shadow of Johns Hopkins Hospital, decried the Baltimore health institution and what they called its...
View ArticleJohns S. Ward, first African American assistant superintendent of Baltimore...
John S. Ward, who became the first black Baltimore County public schools assistant superintendent, has died at 94.
View ArticleBaltimore Police set up mobile command station in Fells Point after overnight...
Hours after five people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in Fells Point, the Baltimore Police Department set up a mobile command center in the heart of that neighborhood in an effort...
View ArticlePolice search for woman who stole ambulance before Annapolis crash that sends...
A woman stole an ambulance Saturday afternoon from the West Annapolis fire station that was then involved in a crash in Annapolis that seriously injured another driver, officials said.
View ArticleBaseball players say talks futile, tell MLB to order return
Baseball players say talks futile, tell MLB to order return
View ArticleA decision about defaced Lothian Confederate monument will take time, church...
After the statue of Private Benjamin Welch Owens was defaced this week, a decision about its fate could take time as the church's leadership must approve its removal, said Mt. Calvary Anglican Church...
View ArticleNo Ravens minicamp? No problem. Here are 42 things to consider during a weird...
As the Ravens’ offseason program winds down and training camp slowly approaches, it’s worth remembering what we’re missing.
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