A Baltimore County police officer working as a school resource officer at Eastern Technical High School in Essex fatally shot himself Monday, according to Baltimore County Police. The department identified the officer as J. Comegna, a 21-year veteran, who was taken to MedStar Franklin Square Medical...
Editor's note: This article was originally published on Aug. 18, 2011. Stan Lee is one proud father these days. You'd be proud, too, if your progeny included Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor and the Fantastic Four — characters whose films routinely bring in a few hundred million dollars at the movie...
A second high school in the Maryland suburbs has confronted an alleged episode of hazing involving football players, officials confirmed — as administrators contend with continuing concern about alleged sexual assaults by players at Damascus High, a football powerhouse. The new case in Montgomery...
After a one-point win over Oklahoma State two years ago, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon was asked about his team making just four of 22 shots from 3-point range and whether that was an invitation for future opponents to play zone against the Terps. “Zone us. Please zone us,” Turgeon said. Even against...
From a partisan Democrat’s perspective, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has a heads-I-win, tails-you-lose proposition in front of him. If he appeals a recent federal court decision invalidating the state’s 6th Congressional District as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and wins,...
Maryland’s Brian Frosh and 17 of his fellow state attorneys general dispatched a letter last week to Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker that ought to be required reading in the White House as well as the Justice Department. That’s not too much to ask, as it’s just four paragraphs long....
Last week, a classroom of Baltimore City students witnessed a peer punch a teacher dead in the face. And before the bell could ring, the video was uploaded to social media for the world to see, with tens of thousands watching it within the first 24 hours. As a former educator in Baltimore City...
Election night was a big night for Democrats and Democratic values in Maryland. Much of the media coverage has focused on Larry Hogan winning re-election to the Governor’s Mansion. And it’s true, by essentially running as a moderate Democrat and claiming credit for the work of Democrats in the...
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The rise of driverless cars is expected to displace workers, slash cab fares and give people a new place to have sex. Possibly for money. That's according to a new study from the Annals of Tourism Research with the deceptively dry title: "Autonomous vehicles and the future of urban tourism." Researchers...
Under Armour has been working for nearly two years to turn around its faltering business. Now, the Baltimore-based company acknowledges it needs to transform its corporate culture as well, so it can stand up to scrutiny of the #MeToo movement. The once predominantly men’s brand with deep roots...
On Veterans Day, our nation honors those who have so honored us with their sacrifice and service to keep America strong and free. Retailers and restaurants salute our military heroes by offering freebies and discounts on Sunday to veterans, active duty and retired U.S. military, National Guard...
Maryland officials are asking a federal court to urge the Federal Aviation Administration to resolve complaints about noise pollution stemming from low-flying planes at BWI and other airports after the agency declined to respond to the state earlier this year. The petition is the latest in a series...
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has suspended concertmaster Jonathan Carney after allegations surfaced of Carney’s “inappropriate behavior” toward another orchestra’s employee, BSO President and CEO Peter Kjome said in a statement. BSO management decided to suspend Carney after it came to the...
It appears Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has traded his former Arizona home for a new $10,000-square-foot mansion nearby. Built in 2017, the mansion sits on nearly two acres of land in the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley, where Phelps and his family settled in 2016. It has six bedrooms and eight...
What if a president of the United States were anti-Semitic? That’s part of the premise in “The Plot Against America,” a 2004 novel by Philip Roth that explores what would have happened if Franklin Roosevelt had lost the 1940 election. Roth’s book is being turned into a six-part HBO series co-produced...
A district court judge has granted a temporary peace order against Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney, according to court records. District Court of Maryland Judge Catherine Chen ruled Monday that a peace order against Carney was enforceable after he allegedly threatened...
President Donald J. Trump on Friday called White House correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan a “loser” and “nasty,” and hinted that he is considering revoking press credentials of journalists. The comments came after Trump had heated exchanges with Ryan, CNN chief White House correspondent...
Baltimore’s celebration of the end of World War I began in the early morning of Nov. 11, 1918. “With the coming of the first light of a perfect day, the misty light that begins at dawn, the whistles began to ring and bells began to peel out their message that peace again had returned to the world,”...
City officials and community members will meet Tuesday to discuss the fate and legality of the Midtown-Belvedere mural of “Hairspray” actor and drag queen Divine during a public hearing hosted by the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP). The mural, painted by Baltimore-based...
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Close to a third of Maryland workers who filed injury compensation claims in recent years continued to rely on highly addictive opioid painkillers three months after they were hurt, according to a recent study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers. Excessive use of painkillers...
Maryland may have allowed residents who did not qualify for Medicaid into the government health program for the poor by failing to consider all of their income, according to a routine audit of the quasi-governmental agency that oversees the Maryland health exchange. The Maryland Health Benefit...
The number of black students who enrolled at the University of Maryland this fall dropped sharply, according to data released by the school Wednesday. African-American representation in the new freshman class dropped to at least an eight-year low, the data show. Just 7.3 percent of the new freshman...