Faced with another legal defeat, a defense attorney for Adnan Syed says he will take to the U.S. Supreme Court his fight to free the subject of the hit podcast “Serial.” Attorney C. Justin Brown announced his next move Friday after Maryland’s highest court declined to reconsider its decision refusing...
The man charged in the shooting deaths of two Glen Burnie men in March, who fled for Mexico, was brought back to Anne Arundel County Wednesday. Anne Arundel County police’s Fugitive Apprehension team retrieved the man from Texas, where he had been in the custody of U.S. Marshall’s Service after...
Baltimore City Councilman Ryan Dorsey plans to introduce Monday three bills aimed at ensuring an ethical city government — including measures that would ramp up financial oversight and disclosure requirements and protect whistleblowers. Dorsey said the bills have long been in the works, but acknowledged...
A Dundalk man was charged Friday with fatally shooting 27-year-old Gerrard Eugene Taylor last month. Baltimore County police say 40-year-old Dwayne Kenneth Taylor, of the 4100 block of Garrison Blvd., retaliated against the 27-year-old following a physical altercation on a previous occasion. The...
From the earliest age, Darnell Savage Jr. has exceeded expectations. It began when his father, Darnell Sr., helped organize a youth tackle football league in his hometown of Seaford, Del., and put his then-7-year-old son up against bigger and stronger kids a year or two older. “He was always super...
Baltimore had a net loss of some 7,000 residents between the summer of 2017 and the summer of 2018, according to the latest Census Bureau estimate. That’s the biggest single-year loss in nearly two decades, the fourth consecutive annual loss since 2015 — one of the worst years in the long life...
Scavengers and predators. Those are apparently the first words that popped in the head of a security guard for a private company when seeing a group of black teenagers roaming the streets of downtown. Dehumanizing words that evoke tired, age-old stereotypes of young black boys as uncontrollable...
When members of the House of Delegates reconvene next month for a special legislative session, they won’t vote to replace the late speaker, Michael E. Busch. He is irreplaceable. But delegates will vote on the leader for the next chapter of the House’s history, and among the three announced and...
I have joined in a lawsuit with four former federal employees to end the government’s censorship of our writings on national security issues. The current publications-review system of our intelligence agencies is dysfunctional, inhibiting our ability to participate in national security debates....
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Belvedere Square in North Baltimore is up for sale as its owner said it will focus on “other important initiatives.” In a statement, owner War Horse Cities said now “is the logical time for a retail specialist to take the helm” after it has managed the property for nearly seven years. War Horse...
Co-working spaces have proliferated in recent years in and around Baltimore, with about two dozen opening their doors to entrepreneurs and young companies that aren’t ready for their own offices or not enthusiastic about working in isolation. Among those benefiting from the desire for collaborative...
The sale of one of Maryland’s most promising, but also once-troubled biotechnology companies, Osiris Therapeutics Inc., to a British medical equipment maker is complete, the Columbia-based company announced. Smith & Nephew plc paid $660 million for Osiris, which focuses on developing and marketing...
Baltimore’s acting mayor has put another aide to Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh on paid leave, according to sources familiar with the move, adding to the number of her staff members now not currently on the job. The aide is Stephanie Hall, who is on the staff of the Baltimore Women’s Commission,...
Ancestry.com has pulled an ad featuring a white man romantically pursuing a black woman in what appears to be 1800s America amid an onslaught of backlash from critics who accused the DNA testing company of romanticizing slavery. The commercial, titled “Inseparable,” shows the pair of characters...
A pair of TV classics are being honored by Jimmy Kimmel with a special TV event next month. Kimmel is teaming up with TV icon Norman Lear to bring “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” back to life “for one night only,” the late-night host announced Thursday. The special event, scheduled to...
The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the singer. The New York Daily News reported Thursday there are conflicting claims about Smith's 1939 song "That's Why Darkies...
A few years ago I asked “Veep” showrunner David Mandel why he thought the cast of the long-running HBO comedy (now in its final season) was stacked so deeply with performers from Chicago. He told me it’s because the show is “so much about reality — and there’s so much reality at the basis of Chicago...
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Whether you're looking for an athletic adrenaline rush, a great photo opportunity, a peaceful retreat or a romantic vista, there's a beautiful spot in every state that will make the perfect backdrop. Put these awe-inspiring, photogenic places on your travel bucket list to see the best of America's...
Paris and the Eiffel Tower, San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, Agra and the Taj Mahal: Some of the world's top travel destinations go hand in hand with their most iconic landmarks. While experiencing the local art, culture and food is a must on any vacation, for certain cities it's practically...
While a hat isn't a formal must-have fashion accessory like it was in generations past, hats continue to experience trends such as the recent resurgence of the "dad" baseball cap, the bucket hat and the beret. While certain toppers fall in and out of fashion, there are certain iconic hats that...
As more immigrant families move into Baltimore, the public school system plans to pump additional money into programs that help children learn English. Schools CEO Sonja Santelises asked for $25 million dollars — 2% of the system’s operating dollars — to support students who speak English as a...
The market for Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's “Healthy Holly” books has fluctuated rapidly over the past eight years — from $5-per-book when she was a state senator in 2011 to $9-per-copy after she was sworn in at City Hall in 2016. The price listed on Pugh’s Healthy Holly books is $9 each, but...
Several investigations and reviews have begun or been requested in the weeks since The Baltimore Sun revealed hundreds of thousands of University of Maryland Medical System deals with nine of its volunteer board members, including Mayor Catherine Pugh. Some are investigations into Pugh, who has...