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'DaddyOFive' outrage indicative of larger trend of internet sleuthing

'DaddyOFive' outrage indicative of larger trend of internet sleuthing

A Frederick County couple's YouTube videos of what they called "pranks" on their children have sparked a viral outrage in recent weeks, leading people from across the globe to notify law enforcement and media outlets and launch investigations of their own of what they saw as abuse. Heather and...

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  • Republicans' fingerprints are all over Obamacare premium increases

    Republicans' fingerprints are all over Obamacare premium increases

    Before the House of Representatives' health care vote on Thursday, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to press his case to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That morning, he tweeted "Death spiral!" over a link to news that Aetna would pull out of the Virginia insurance exchange out of fear of...

  • An end to orphanages

    An end to orphanages

    There has been horrendous news coverage of orphanages recently: children starving in an orphanage in Belarus, a fire killing 40 girls in an orphanage in Guatemala, children being made to clean septic tanks and scavenge for food at an orphanage in India. This all gives rise to a hugely important...

  • Discrimination against conservatives in higher education is 'a mile wide and a mile deep'

    Discrimination against conservatives in higher education is 'a mile wide and a mile deep'

    The denial of a speaking engagement to conservative commentator Ann Coulter at the University of California at Berkeley is getting a lot of coverage right now, but it's nothing new. For many decades, there has been a stunning — and manifestly appalling — general prejudice against conservatives...

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  • Independent firm to review CareFirst rate request

    Independent firm to review CareFirst rate request

    The state entity that approves insurance rates is going to hire an independent actuarial firm to review the large increases requested by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield for plans that people buy under the Affordable Care Act. Maryland's largest health insurer asked the Maryland Insurance Administration...

  • MGM National Harbor tops again in state casino revenue

    MGM National Harbor tops again in state casino revenue

    Just five months after it opened, MGM National Harbor emerged for the second straight month in April as Maryland's top revenue-producing casino, according to figures released Friday by the state. MGM, which topped $50 million in monthly revenue for the first time in March, generated $49.9 million...

  • JCPenney in Abingdon adds major appliance showroom

    JCPenney in Abingdon adds major appliance showroom

    JCPenney in Abingdon has expanded its home department to include major appliances. The department store at the Boulevard at Box Hill is one of 100 JCPenney stores nationwide to get a major appliance department this year. The new department opened Friday, featuring a 1,000-square-foot showroom with...

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  • Baltimore culture, music magazine True Laurels returns with rising rapper Bandhunta Izzy

    Baltimore culture, music magazine True Laurels returns with rising rapper Bandhunta Izzy

    Since September, East Baltimore native Lawrence Burney has lived in New York, covering music for Vice’s music website, Noisey. But he still makes a trip home once a week to see his 6-year-old daughter, Ayden. He spends nearly all of his time visiting with her, but the 26-year-old writer still keeps...

  • Baltimore Museum of Art prepares for 'Olympics of the art world,' the Venice Biennale

    Baltimore Museum of Art prepares for 'Olympics of the art world,' the Venice Biennale

    With just six days to go before the opening of the 2017 Venice Biennale, the staff for the Baltimore Museum of Art was being bombarded with interview requests from more than 140 media outlets, including the national public television of Slovenia and the fashion magazine Marie Claire Ukraine. They've...

  • Metallica shows no signs of self-destruction

    Metallica shows no signs of self-destruction

    Thirty-four years into his career as Metallica's lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett's routine around this time remains the same. Tour is about to start, so it's time to run. "It's important for me to be in shape, and make sure my cardio is up," Hammett said on the phone recently from his San Francisco...

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  • Vulnerable House Republicans fear political consequences after healthcare vote

    Vulnerable House Republicans fear political consequences after healthcare vote

    Many House Republicans who gambled to pass a healthcare plan must now turn to a new challenge: survival. The two largest purges of House members since the early 1940s have followed efforts to remake the nation’s healthcare system: in 1994, when Democrats lost 52 seats after the collapse of the...

  • Trump proposal would gut 'drug czar' office in middle of opioid crisis

    Trump proposal would gut 'drug czar' office in middle of opioid crisis

    The Trump administration is proposing to gut the budget of the White House "drug czar" by 95 percent, effectively eliminating the decades-old Office of National Drug Control Policy, the lead federal agency responsible for managing and coordinating drug policy, according to a memo that its acting...

  • Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over order on churches

    Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over order on churches

    A Wisconsin-based atheist group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump's order easing enforcement of an IRS rule limiting religious organizations' political activity. A 1954 federal law prohibits tax-exempt charitable organizations such as churches from...

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  • Officials want to end Baltimore rent court disparities

    Officials want to end Baltimore rent court disparities

    City and state officials say tenants in Baltimore's rent court must have better access to lawyers, and that more needs to be done to reduce evictions and improve rental housing. Mayor Catherine E. Pugh said she is exploring ways to support legal services for low-income tenants, who typically fend...

  • Fire Department response times, dispatch errors among data city lawyers won't release

    Fire Department response times, dispatch errors among data city lawyers won't release

    City lawyers refused to release information about the Baltimore Fire Department's response times, dispatch errors and paramedic staffing rates. Benjamin A. Bor, a special assistant solicitor in the city's Law Department, told The Baltimore Sun this month that the city was denying two Public Information...

  • Baltimore County withholds body camera footage in three police shootings

    Baltimore County withholds body camera footage in three police shootings

    After fast-tracking a $12.5 million program to equip its police officers with body cameras, the Baltimore County Police Department has declined to release footage from three recent police shootings. County police have shot six people in four separate incidents since January, killing two of them....

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