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Félix Bautista cherished ‘different feeling’ of closing a tight game on the road. It felt like old times.
As he recorded a save at Nationals Park, Bautista looked more like his old self than he had previously.
Orioles closer Félix Bautista throws during the ninth inning Thursday night in Washington.
Kennedy Center events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration have been canceled, organizers say
Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 17: U.S. President Donald Trump looks at a theater in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' REACH extension on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. After shunning the annual Kennedy Center Honors during his first term in the White House, Trump staged a takeover of the storied music, theater and dance institution by purging the bipartisan board of Biden appointees, firing the center’s president and making himself the new chairman in February. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The state’s troubled psychiatric hospital has a new issue: Legionella bacteria
The troubled Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is the latest state building to test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education department’s threats to withhold school funding.
Annapolis was supposed to get a new charter school. Then Trump took office.
New Village Academy canceled plans to open this fall, blaming tariffs and upheaval in federal funding.
New Village Academy faced a series of setbacks, including the sale of the Annapolis Mall to a new owner just as the school was negotiating its lease.
28-year police veteran identified as officer who fatally shot man in Arbutus
Officials identified the officer who fatally shot a man in Arbutus on Wednesday as a 28-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.
Law enforcement officers investigate a shooting by a police officer on Wednesday on Leeds Avenue in Arbutus.
Maisie the Malinois: Anne Arundel man shoots puppy dead after mistaking it for coyote
Authorities are investigating after a Harwood resident shot dead a Belgian Malinois puppy after apparently mistaking it for a coyote.
Authorities are investigating after Maisie, Shannon Smith Wood’s 11-month old Belgian Malinois, was apparently shot to death in Harwood by a neighbor who mistook her for a coyote.
How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.
Gov. Wes Moore, right, during the first day of Maryland’s legislative session in January.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball wants more youths employed this summer
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball is committing $250,000 in new funding in his budget proposal to expand the summer youth employment program to include 75 more young people.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball in March.
University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
The University of Maryland is among nine Big Ten colleges whose faculty senates voted to join an alliance called a mutual defense compact.
As Day 2 of NFL draft approaches, watch out for these Baltimore-area prospects
Here are nine prospects with local ties who could be drafted Friday or Saturday, including a few potential Ravens targets.
Kevin Winston Jr. of Penn State, a Columbia native, is expected to be drafted on Day 2.
Maryland youth detention centers hit with 85 new sexual abuse allegations
Eighty-five people joined a civil complaint against Maryland and the state Department of Juvenile Services over alleged sexual abuse at dozens of youth detention centers as early as 1974 to 2018, attorneys said.
A person becomes emotional during a press conference addressing sexual abuse in Maryland juvenile detention centers, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
One of Baltimore’s top chefs has closed his Towson restaurant
Carlos Raba is a James Beard semifinalist who co-owned Baltimore's hottest Mexican restaurant, yet his efforts to branch out in Towson failed.
Carlos Raba displays family photos in his new eatery.
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him.
Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students in Maryland and around US, lawyer says
The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said Friday.
Johns Hopkins University, where 37 international graduate students and recent graduates lost their visas.
Explaining why the Ravens crave comp picks — and how they use them so well
You'll hear talk of "comp picks" over the next two days of the NFL draft. But what are they?
Tight end Isaiah Likely is one recent example of a player the Ravens added, with great success, using a compensatory pick.
FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested
Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents."
FBI director Kash Patel.
What the Ravens should look for if they decide to draft Justin Tucker’s replacement
At least one kicker has been drafted every year since 2012, except in 2015.
Florida State’s Ryan Fitzpatrick did not miss a field goal attempt last season.
Parents of young children will be able to defer jury duty under new state law
Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.
Photo collage shows close up of woman’s face in profile, her eyes look right. On right side of collage are a breast pump and baby bottle with a jury box seats in the background.
The COVID grant was supposed to help the community. Instead they bought property.
Baltimore City is suing Ahavas Chaim after the group used federal COVID-19 aid intended for rental assistance to buy property instead.
Baltimore is suing Ahavas Chaim, a group that helps Jewish teens. They received $500,000 in ARPA money, but spent $230,000 of it buying the property next to theirs at the corner of Park Heights Avenue and Seven Mile Lane.
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