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DJ Durkin was dismissed by the University of Maryland as its football coach Oct. 31, two months before the end of the year. But that did not stop Durkin from ranking first on The Baltimore Sun’s list of the state’s highest-paid employees in 2018. At $4.7 million, Durkin made more money last year...
Rain and snow are in the forecast this weekend and early next week as a cold front sweeps through the Baltimore area. The chance for winter weather comes after springlike temperatures graced the region late in the week. Friday’s highs were expected in the low 60s. There’s a slight chance of rain...
A horse that got loose Wednesday night in the Level area died after it was hit by three cars, according to Maryland State Police. The horse was free around 7 p.m. in the area of Foxridge Drive and Route 155 near Level when it entered the eastbound lanes of Route 155, according to Sgt. Anthony Dudek...
The Cubs TV partnership with conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcasting has some fans concerned. Will we see pro-Trump pundits in the booth during the seventh-inning stretch or discussions on the need for the border wall while Anthony Rizzo is at the plate? The Cubs insist it won’t be like ESPN’s...
On Jan. 22, 2019, the Supreme Court decided by a 5-4 margin to allow the Trump administration’s ban on most transgender individuals serving in the military to go into effect. The justices did not take a stance on the legality of the ban, however, which allows cases that are challenging the policy...
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Consumers who buy energy efficient appliances this weekend in Maryland will get a break on the state's 6 percent sales tax. Maryland’s tax-free weekend applies to qualifying Energy Star products, such as air conditioners, washers and dryers, furnaces, heat pumps, boilers, solar water heaters, standard...
It's been a complicated few weeks for Amazon, what with its abrupt pullout from a massive New York City development, extortion claims related to intimate photos taken by its founder Jeff Bezos and increasing antitrust scrutiny in Europe. For now, these events seem unlikely to pose much threat to...
Developers of the proposed $5.5 billion Port Covington project in South Baltimore began seeking design approval Thursday from a city architectural review board for the first set of buildings that could break ground late this year and open in 2021. The first phase will contain two residential buildings...
A Baltimore County administrative law judge ruled last week that the Towson Station development can move forward. Judge Lawrence Stahl ruled on Feb. 8 that developer Caves Valley Partners can proceed with the controversial retail development at the corner of York Road and Bosley Avenue, according...
In an unusual statement, Chicago police said Friday that the two brothers being questioned about a reported attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett are now "potential suspects," and detectives have "probable cause" that they may have committed a crime. The statement, tweeted by police spokesman...
Flip open the covers on the half a dozen books listed below, and pretty soon you’ll start hearing voices. But that’s O.K. when those voices are as provocative, thoughtful, funny and fascinating as are those in the six non-fiction titles below that we’ve assembled in honor of Black History Month....
Baltimore pastry chef Duff Goldman, who rose to fame with his cake decorating show “Ace of Cakes,” is partaking in a baking battle against “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro on the Food Network in March. The challenge will air on the Food Network series “Buddy vs. Duff,” a six-week reality baking competition...
More than 70 years ago, a young soldier was separated from his sweetheart by an ocean and World War II. He imagined the two of them gazing at the same constellations from different hemispheres, and wrote her the following lines: ”What are you doing tonight? How about a date? I’ve rented a moon,...
Now here is a Valentine’s Day gift that is as romantic as it is practical. In the 1980s, Baltimore launched a Valentine’s Day “adopt-a-pothole” campaign in which citizens could pay to have a pothole filled in their sweetheart’s name. A pink or red heart was stamped in the asphalt by the repair,...
With Valentine’s Day here and Spring Training hard upon us, who better to revisit than former Orioles outfielder Fred Valentine? A native of Clarksdale, Miss., and a star shortstop (and quarterback) at Memphis’ Booker T. Washington High School (class of ’53), Valentine was signed by the Orioles...
With antique lace, a Peter Pan collar and floor-length satin, Joanna Young’s wedding dress was out of this world — and out of this century. Young wore a vintage dress for her 2016 wedding, the same year she took over Evergreen Antiques on Maryland Avenue in Annapolis. She’s sold and is still selling...
While planning her wedding in 2017, Ashley Paternostro, 32, had two revelations: First, wedding dresses are expensive. And second, the time to open a retail space – a longtime dream of hers – was now. After spending $3,500 on her dress, the Annapolis resident and animal lover launched Veils for...
Who judges the judges in Maryland? Gov. Larry Hogan and many state lawmakers think state judges don’t face enough scrutiny. So they have proposed legislation to provide more oversight — by allowing cameras in courtrooms, tracking judges’ sentencing of violent criminals and including the names of...
James Cabezas investigated public corruption for three decades while working in the Maryland state prosecutor’s office before retiring two years ago. And he did it while going blind and even after he lost his sight. Cabezas, with local journalist Joan Jacobson, recently published a memoir of his...
Baltimore’s new rules expanding oversight of rental properties and landlords is an ambitious undertaking that has required private sector help to multiply the number of apartment buildings inspected and licensed. Many say the overhauled rules are long overdue in a city where 53 percent of homes...