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The 10 runs the Orioles scored Sunday afternoon were more than they scored in the first five games of this week’s homestand combined, which might be all you need to know about where the team’s offense is right now. One big outburst won’t cure this team’s offensive problems, but the 10-4 win over...
A 20-year-old Baltimore woman found dead on the bleachers of a local high school this week was discovered in a kneeling position with trauma to her neck, her hands bound with rope and a prom picture of her alleged killer, according to charging documents in the homicide case. And before Jasmine...
The Democratic candidates for Baltimore County executive continue to out-raise and out-spend their Republican counterparts, according to new campaign finance reports. Going into the final days of the campaign, Democrat Vicki Almond has the most cash on hand — about $241,000. Almond, a county councilwoman...
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Brazil joined the list of big teams struggling to win their opening matches at the World Cup in Russia. The five-time champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland on Sunday, a few hours after four-time champion Germany was beaten by Mexico 1-0. Philippe Coutinho gave...
Immigrant children suffer enough hardships — often fleeing from violence in their home countries and facing grueling physical challenges in their quest for a better life — that one might assume that surely the last brickbat to be tossed their way would be the Bible. Yet no fewer than two of the...
To celebrate his 20th birthday in April, Diamonte Howard planned to show his mother, Tamica, his acceptance letter to Wilberforce University. He would be the first in his family to attend college. He would attain his degree and then come back to Baltimore and start a business. He would lift his...
Donald J. Trump is a Russian agent. What else can any sane and objective person conclude after his blindly pro-Russian — and anti-American — comment that Russia should be invited back into the G-7? The dean of the Russian State University in Moscow observed that Mr. Trump took a "sledgehammer"...
Maryland is at a significant choice point looking toward our energy future: Aggressively build clean renewable electricity generation or lock electricity generation into 30 and more years of fossil fuel-fed utilities — notably the dirty fuel with the clean-sounding name, natural gas. The first...
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Hord Coplan Macht, Baltimore’s largest architecture firm, plans to move to new Inner Harbor offices, continuing its commitment to downtown. As other top firms have shifted to new buildings in Harbor East and Harbor Point, the firm decided to keep its 168 Baltimore employees close to its current...
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has won bids to take over Toys “R” Us stores in Glen Burnie and Hagerstown. Toys “R” Us announced plans in March to sell or close all 800 of its U.S. stores after 60 years in business. The toy retailer, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, has been...
Towson University officials say they are applying for a program that would target the campus and surrounding community for increased economic development. The university qualified under the state’s Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise program, or RISE, which allows it to seek a RISE Zone designation,...
Maryland’s unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in May, unchanged from the previous two months and a bit higher than the national rate of 3.8 percent, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The state added 4,600 jobs in the month, with about half in state and local...
After years of scaling the tech startup scene, a Baltimore native has turned her sights to delivering the communality and convenience of New York bodegas to Hampden this fall. Tess Russell, a Baltimore native, is the one-woman show behind Prime Corner. The bodega-inspired store — just blocks away...
The AFRAM Festival, Baltimore’s annual celebration of African-American culture, will return to its two-day format in August at Druid Hill Park. Entering its 42nd year, the free festival will take place noon-8 p.m. Aug. 11 and noon-6 p.m. Aug. 12, said Tonya Miller, senior director of public affairs...
In five years as an infielder in the Orioles’ farm system from 1967 to 1971, Ron Shelton never made it to the majors, only making it as far as the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings. But his time there was a turning point because that experience laid down the foundation for one of Hollywood’s greatest...
Complaints and taunts aimed at immigrants. A sex scandal involving a high government official. Intense partisan bickering fueled by short-fused tempers. Tired of being bombarded with all those current, terribly distressing issues? Head to the Kennedy Center Opera House, where the superb national...
The Baltimore Sun won nine awards from the Society for Features Journalism, an organization that recognizes lifestyle and entertainment staffs and publications. The national awards were announced Tuesday on the society’s Twitter page. The Baltimore Sun is categorized as Division 2 — publications...
In the 10 years leading up to 1978, Maryland had seen two governors come and go…and go in spectacular fashion. Sprio Agnew had been elected vice president, then resigned five years later in the wake of a bribery scandal that ended in tax evasion charges. His successor in Annapolis, Marvin Mandel,...
Samantha Brown, host of “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love,” spent the past few days filming in the Baltimore area, according to a show representative. Brown stopped by Nancy by SNAC, the art cafe located in Station North, which closed for the morning to accommodate the filming, according to a post...
The Trump administration's move to separate immigrant parents from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border has grabbed attention around the world, drawn scorn from human-rights organizations and overtaken the immigration debate in Congress. It's also a situation that has been brewing since the...
For Father's Day 2016, Paul Ryan gave the world ... Paul Ryan. Specifically, the Republican House speaker tweeted a soft-focus video about life with his three growing children. "We fish. We hike. We go do something," Ryan said as a string instrument plucked in the background. "Then we go to the...
White House lawyer Rudy Giuliani suggested Sunday that President Donald Trump might pardon his former campaign manager Paul Manafort if he is convicted - but only after special counsel Robert Mueller III has completed his investigation. "When it's over, hey, he's the president of the United States,...
The spate of four worker deaths in the Baltimore area in eight days this month reflects a rise in fatal workplace injuries in Maryland depicted in the most recent government data. In 2016, 92 people died of injuries while working in Maryland, a 33 percent jump from 2015, when 69 work-related fatalities...
One week after the Baltimore County school board voted to give interim superintendent Verletta White a four-year contract, two dissenting members rebelled. In an unusual move, Ann Miller and Kathleen Causey wrote letters to Maryland State Schools Superintendent Karen Salmon in late April, urging...
For over a year, Baltimore's water meter readers would get a list of jobs at the beginning of their shifts, finish them up and then either drive around aimlessly or go home instead of getting more work.