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He committed to Maryland lacrosse in 8th grade. Now he’s growing into a star.

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Maryland men's lacrosse attackman Eric Spanos

Divorce lawyer Sally Gold brought style, skill and compassion to court

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Sally Gold.

Trying to make sense of an Orioles offense that doesn’t make sense

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Cedric Mullins returns to the dugout after striking out.

There are no easy answers for the Orioles’ struggles | Banner Baseball Show

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Excessive force or not? Video shows how police ended a Johns Hopkins student encampment

Still image from the body camera footage as police ended a Johns Hopkins University student encampment.

With Derby winner Sovereignty skipping Preakness, the Triple Crown calendar debate rides again

Childs Walker

Derby runner-up Journalism, the 8-5 favorite in the 150th Preakness Stakes, trains at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday.

Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?

What’s the latest victim in Trump’s war on woke? You guessed it — bike lanes

White paint in the shape of two bicycles indicate where a two-way bike path is separated from the rest of the roadway.

Excessive force or not? Video shows how police ended a Johns Hopkins student encampment

Still image from the body camera footage as police ended a Johns Hopkins University student encampment.

Just steps from Preakness, Pimlico Carry Out’s ‘dirty yak’ is its own Baltimore icon

Just two blocks away from the race track, Pimlico Chinese Carry Out has been serving shrimp yak a mein for generations.

Divorce lawyer Sally Gold brought style, skill and compassion to court

Sally Gold.

The 15 most memorable editions of the Preakness Stakes

Childs Walker

Sunday Silence with jockey Pat Valenzuela in mount, left, battles with Easy Goer with Pat Day up as they near the finish line during Saturday's 114th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 20, 1989. Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence out distanced Easy Goer to take the second jewel in racing's triple crown. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)

Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?

Ben Conarck, Pamela Wood and Dylan Segelbaum

What’s the latest victim in Trump’s war on woke? You guessed it — bike lanes

White paint in the shape of two bicycles indicate where a two-way bike path is separated from the rest of the roadway.

‘Mad Men’s’ Matthew Weiner talks new play ‘John Wilkes Booth’ and hating crabs

Matthew Weiner attends the Variety Antisemitism And Hollywood Summit at 1 Hotel West Hollywood on October 18, 2023 in West Hollywood, California.

Annapolis can be a lousy place for kids to play. The next mayor needs to fix it.

PlayAnnapolis, a nonprofit advocacy group for youth athletics, held a sports fair in April at the Boys & Girls Club field. It's the only all-weather turf field in the city, and is controlled by the club and Anne Arundel County.

Just steps from Preakness, Pimlico Carry Out’s ‘dirty yak’ is its own Baltimore icon

Christina Tkacik

Just two blocks away from the race track, Pimlico Chinese Carry Out has been serving shrimp yak a mein for generations.

Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order but limit nationwide injunctions

Mark Sherman and Lindsey Whitehurst, Associated Press

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.

Baltimore firefighter ‘not expected to recover’ following medical emergency at fire scene

Darreonna Davis

Lt. Mark Dranbauer, a 23-year veteran of the department, remains on life support and is not expected to recover.

Gov. Moore declares state of emergency in flood-ravaged Western Maryland

Sapna Bansil and Adam Willis

Aaron Fitzgerald wades through the flooded parking lot of Westernport Elementary School to retrieve belongings from his mother waterlogged car after a catastrophic storm hit the area on Tuesday.

Jon Meoli: Tomoyuki Sugano’s success stands out on underperforming Orioles

Tomoyuki Sugano has been the bright spot of the Orioles’ rotation in an extremely taxing season.

Orioles sink to low they haven’t hit since the rebuild in 4-0 loss to Twins

Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins catches a ball hit by Brooks Lee of the Minnesota Twins during the second inning Thursday at Camden Yards.

Public ‘trolley’ service returns to Old Ellicott City after 70 years

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, center left, joins others to launch the public “trolley” service in Old Ellicott City on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

Dr. David Fowler was a well-respected medical examiner, until he wasn’t

In this image from video, Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist and former chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.

After a yearslong vigil, supporters of Tyrone West gain a remarkable reversal

Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, speaks out on police brutality at a rally for Tyre Nichols on the corner of North Avenue and North Charles Street on January 28, 2023.

Here’s what you need to know about Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths

Ben Conarck, Dylan Segelbaum and Justin Fenton

Dr. Jeff Kukucka, center, joined by Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown at a press conference at the State House in Annapolis to announce the release a wide-ranging independent audit of nearly 90 in-custody deaths spanning 2003 to 2019.

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