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Bronx Bombers batter Kyle Gibson in his Baltimore return

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Starting pitcher Kyle Gibson, right, reacts during a pitching change in the fourth inning against the New York Yankees.

A hawk lands on a transmission tower near Brandon and Marie Hill’s farmland in Parkton, MD on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.

Renewable energy company ordered to issue $6.5 million in refunds to 32,000 Marylanders

Mark Anthony Sykes was sentenced to three years of supervised probation in connection to an ongoing corruption investigation at the Maryland Department of Labor.

Defense attorney: Bribery case at state Labor Department involves ‘much larger fish’

Carey Wright, the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, said that no other state has heard from the federal education department about getting reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Education.

Feds silent as Maryland pleads for $232 million in missing school money

Baltimore County schools to renegotiate salary raises for staff

4 BPD officers hospitalized after trying to arrest 29-year-old man

Sss-surf’s up: Snake gives Ocean City beachgoers a jump

Sentencing set for man who raped and murdered Rachel Morin on Ma & Pa Heritage Trail

He may not have the hype, but Maverick Handley is finally a big leaguer

An unusually high number of Black Baltimoreans identify as entrepreneurs

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Van Hollen argues Trump has the ability to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference upon his arrival from meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Can Baltimore escape its toxic attachment to sludge?

Synagro’s Back River facility can heat-dry 20,000 dry tons of biosolids annually. The pelletized fertilizer product is sold as a fertilizer or soil conditioner.

Even as spending rises, under half of Maryland 4-year-olds attend public pre-K

Apr 29, 2025

The Blueprint for Maryland's Future calls for all 4-year-olds to attend pre-K. Right now, fewer than half are enrolled in a publicly funded programs.

Inside the Dugout: Cedric Mullins offers reason for hope

Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins is playing well after being in a funk during long stretches last year.

Fifth person sentenced for role in Brooklyn Day mass shooting: ‘A small chapter in his story’

Thirty people were shot, two of them fatally, on July 2, 2023, during an annual event at Brooklyn Homes in Baltimore.

Camp Small was warned of fire, environmental hazards ahead of massive blaze

Firefighters spray water on the smoldering wood piles as fire continues to burn at the Camp Small city wood recycling facility in December.

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‘Like playing in a library’: Remembering the Orioles game without fans

Ubaldo Jiménez delivers a pitch in an empty Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 29, 2015.

Anne Arundel Police add automated speed cameras near six schools

Both speed cameras in the 2300 block of West Patapsco Ave. were stolen on Aug. 26. City police have charged a suspect and say he may be responsible for more than a dozen such thefts.

Is Maryland the answer to DC’s MAGA woes? Jamie Raskin says maybe.

The Washington Monument is seen on the mall in Washington would be in Maryland if retrocession were ever to happen.

Rosetta Sands, trailblazing nursing educator, could make the best of any situation

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Corbin Burnes sits in front of the media as the Orioles prepare for their Wild Card Series workout.

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Brooklyn Day mass shooting questions remain as prosecutions wind down: ‘Our work is not done’

Baltimore Police investigate a mass shooting at Brooklyn Homes on July 2, 2023.

Ryan O’Hearn apologizes for hot-mic moment that, well, wasn’t about baseballs

Apr 29, 2025

Baltimore Orioles' Ryan O'Hearn celebrates after hitting a three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Baltimore.

Johns Hopkins to tap earnings from endowment to help address federal cuts

Apr 29, 2025

Johns Hopkins University plans to launch research grant programs of its own to help make up for lost federal funding.

Tomoyuki Sugano delivers a strong start when the Orioles needed it most

Updated Apr 29, 2025

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Baltimore.

The Commanders are leaving Prince George’s County. There’s a plan for what’s next.

Apr 28, 2025

Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris, from left, signs a helmet along with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after an announcement about a new home for the NFL football team on the site of the old RFK Stadium, Monday, April 28, 2025, at the National Press Club in Washington.

Is Maryland the answer to DC’s MAGA woes? Jamie Raskin says maybe.

Maryland child care centers in federal buildings face an uncertain future

Linen World survived big-box stores and online retailers — but not Trump

Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid Trump’s tariff turmoil

Social Security could lose some 7,000 employees under Trump’s worker reclassification

What makes a Maryland man? Chris Van Hollen and Andy Harris disagree

Jason Cole, a professional horse trainer from Upper Marlboro, will ride his 18-hand-high horse, Parker, in the Annapolis, MD recreation of Paul Revere's ride on April 18, 2025.

Paul Revere rides again, this time in a democracy coming apart

Denise Joseph grabs the mail from her mailbox, in Waldorf, Charles County, Md., Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Trump’s federal worker cuts are destabilizing the nation’s 2 richest Black counties

Kaylee Jones, a student at Annapolis High School, reads from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" on April 12, 2025 in Annapolis, MD. The book was banned from the Naval Academy library.

In Annapolis, reading Maya Angelou was a small act of rebellion

Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home

McCormick planned ‘targeted’ price hikes to offset tariffs. Then Trump introduced the real ones.

Federal workers are cramming the roads and trains to return to the office

Mayor, governor, Social Security chief and now — shadow minister Martin O’Malley

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's wife Jennifer, supported by CASA, spoke at a press conference and rally to demand his return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.

Judge again orders Trump administration to return mistakenly deported Maryland man

O’Malley fires up ‘Hands Off!’ protesters: ‘Never gonna give up in this fight for Social Security!’

Have a disease and hoping for a cure? That’s now at risk with federal cuts, UMB scientists say

Jordan Westburg, Gary Sánchez to 10-day IL as Orioles’ injuries mount

Apr 28, 2025

Jordan Westburg (11) points to the sky after singling in the Orioles' home opener.

Police search for man they say stabbed 5 people, including 2 children, in Harford County

Apr 28, 2025

A still from surveillance footage released by The Harford County Sheriff's Office showing who they say is Raja Zahid Maqsood leaving a store.

I am officially an old crone. Just ask the people who want to sell me stuff.

Apr 28, 2025

Former Bullets player Stan Love, brother of Beach Boys’ Mike Love and father of Heat’s Kevin Love, dies at 76

Apr 28, 2025

FILE - Stan Love (34) of the Los Angeles Lakers gets Steve Mix's arm out of the way as he gets a jump shot off in the first half of NBA game with the 76ers, on Jan. 9, 1975 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)

Former Maryland two-sport star Tom Brown, who had clinching interception in 1966 NFL title game, dies

Apr 28, 2025

End Dave Parks of the San Francisco 49ers (81) catches a pass alongside Tom Brown (40) of the Green Bay Packers in 1966.

Three Inner Harbor intersections are finally getting pedestrian-safe makeovers

Apr 28, 2025

The intersection of Pratt Street and the Light Street spur in 2024.

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New grocery store planned for West Baltimore development

Apr 28, 2025

Developer David Bramble at a press conference announcing a Streets Market coming to the new Reservoir Square.

Report: Mercedes-Benz driver at fault in crash that pushed bus into building

Apr 28, 2025

A Johns Hopkins University bus crashed into a building on N. Charles Street at 25th Street in Baltimore after a multi-vehicle accident on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland names new president

Apr 28, 2025

Rhonda Phillips, the incoming president of St. Mary's College.

‘Pro-growth’ candidate wants to shake up Baltimore County executive race

Apr 28, 2025

Nick Stewart on his porch on March 29, 2025, at home in Catonsville.

Maryland’s Buzz Williams will be one of Big Ten’s highest-paid men’s basketball coaches

Apr 28, 2025

New Maryland basketball coach Buzz Williams is slated to make at least $33.3 million over six years.