Family and parenting

The annual parade had attractions including traditional Irish music, flag twirling and multiple hot rod collector cars.

Photos from the third annual National Pig Day celebration in Pigtown/Washington Village.

“We are hoping it is not thousands of people, that it’s hundreds,” Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López told lawmakers.

At the 76th annual National Muskrat Skinning Competition in Golden Hill, dozens of people of all ages raced to cut the pelt from these aquatic rodents. The tradition brings together families in this marshy land and hearkens back to Native American traditions.

Martin Linthicum says his younger brother, accused in the shootings of two Baltimore County Police officers in separate incidents, spiraled downward in an abusive household.

A report evaluating the B’more for Healthy Babies program found that it specifically reduced the number of Black and Hispanic babies who died before their first birthdays, narrowing long-standing racial disparities.

In sickness, in health and on the road, newlyweds found adventure and life lessons as they traveled across the nation.

Thinking about raising chickens to save money on eggs? These Baltimore-area backyard chicken owners say prepare yourself for feathers, heartbreak and some very expensive eggs.

It’s a dilemma that pet owners dread: When your companion animal escapes, how do you bring them home safely?

Of the more than one-third of the foster children prescribed psychotropic drugs, half are given more than one drug, despite concerns by the medical community about the use of multiple psychotropic drugs by children, according to the complaint.

Mia and James Moore are about to join a rarified list of children in Maryland history, moving into the governor’s official home in Annapolis, Government House. Those who have lived it before them say there will be wonderful experiences they’ll never forget — and moments that were, frankly, harder because they were lived in the public eye.

Here's a look at the children who have lived in Government House before Mia and James Moore.

It probably won’t be a white Christmas — but it will be extremely cold and windy.

Pork ‘N Pine is the business of Todd Coleman and Mike Santoro, two Baltimore natives who dress up as Santa Claus and deliver slow-cooked pulled pork sandwiches from HarborQue to neighbors within city limits.