Howard County School Board agrees to $600,000 settlement in discrimination,...
The Howard County School Board has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to settle complaints that a former board made homophobic remarks, discriminated against employees who are gay, and that the...
View ArticleThis Orioles regime is defined by a supreme belief in what they’re doing....
An Orioles front office that came in with a confidence about its drafting and development that bordered on conceit put that reputation on the line by selecting Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad...
View ArticleNames to watch as Orioles prep for Day 2 of MLB draft
After making two of the top 30 selections during Wednesday’s first day of the MLB Draft, the Orioles will try to stockpile more talent Thursday in the final four rounds of a shortened draft.
View ArticleMaryland coronavirus hospitalization drop further as state passes 60,000...
With 902 hospitalizations reported, Maryland officials reported a 15th straight day of declines in the number of current hospitalizations Thursday, extending the state’s longest streak of days in which...
View ArticleJuvenile Defenders call for removal of school resource officers from Prince...
The Maryland Office of the Public Defender called for the Prince George’s County Board of Education to remove school resource officers from public schools on Thursday — ahead of the board’s resolution...
View ArticleBaltimore-area home sales plummet in May to steepest drop in decade amid...
Home sales in the Baltimore area plummeted in May, the steepest drop in a decade amid the pandemic.
View ArticleSchool funding in Baltimore City, County will be flat next year, but costs...
Local school systems were expecting an increase in funding that could be used to reduce class sizes, bring in more social workers and provide teachers a raise. Now school leaders are being told they...
View ArticleWork on new park-and-ride at Routes 24 and 924 in Abingdon to begin Monday
Construction of a new park-and-ride near the I-95 interchange at Routes 24 and 924 is slated to begin June 15 and last about a year, the Maryland Transportation Authority announced.
View ArticleRobert Forster, a social historian who taught at Johns Hopkins for 31 years...
Robert Forster, a social historian and scholar of French history who taught at Johns Hopkins University for more than three decades, has died at 93.
View ArticleMacy’s, Nordstrom reopen some Baltimore-area department stores closed during...
As more COVID-19-related restrictions are loosened in Maryland, Macy's said Thursday it will reopen three Baltimore-area department stores that had been closed during the pandemic.
View ArticleJoppatowne’s Esther Adelola graduates after completing ‘the most challenging...
Ebunoluwa “Esther” Adelola, after graduating from Joppatowne High, plans to attend Towson University in the fall and major in bioinformatics, before going to medical school to become a pediatrician.
View ArticleState awards $1.6 million in grants to makers of personal protective equipment
The state commerce department has awarded $1.6 million in grants to manufacturers who are making personal protective equipment.
View ArticleChair of Naval Academy Board of Visitors calls for institution to remove...
U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, is calling for the removal of two building names at the Naval Academy, citing the links to the Confederacy.
View ArticleCarroll County Biz Challenge to take on a new look this year
The COVID-19 pandemic will affect how the Carroll County Biz Challenge is conducted this year. The Biz Challenge live event scheduled for Aug. 27 is up in the air on how it will be conducted based on...
View ArticleCarroll County Food Sunday receives $10,000 donation
A local credit union recently made a $10,000 donation to Carroll County Food Sunday to help keep bellies full during the pandemic.
View ArticleBaltimore County to partially reopen indoor dining, gyms and malls
Baltimore County will follow Gov. Larry Hogan’s lead to further reopen indoor dining, gyms, malls and other nonessential businesses at 50% capacity.
View ArticleMaryland to begin testing drinking water, Chesapeake Bay oysters for harmful...
Maryland is testing drinking water and Chesapeake Bay oysters for the presence of what are known as “forever chemicals," or PFAS.
View ArticleBaltimore businessman paid $90,000 to sex-trafficking operation, feds charge
A 64-year-old Baltimore financier has been arrested on federal charges that he spent $90,000 on a sex trafficking business. Charles “Chuck” Nabit, who owns the Westport Group LLC, was charged Thursday.
View ArticleWith fewer than 1,000 ballots left to be counted, results from the Howard...
With nearly all of the ballots counted from the June 2 primary election, local races in Howard County look to be finally decided. The last day for canvassing at the elections office is Friday, but Guy...
View Article‘For my people’: Baltimore photographer Devin Allen lands second Time cover,...
Devin Allen, the West Baltimore photographer whose photo of the unrest over the death of Freddie Gray ran on the front of Time Magazine in 2015, is back on the cover, five years later.
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