Police have arrested the 16-year-old wanted for a Saturday shooting at Arundel Mills Mall, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Accompanied by his mother, Jamari Marquese Hammond turned himself into the county’s Western District Police Station at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, police...
When the letter came from the adoption agency saying their home would need to be re-inspected Saturday because of a change in the law, Karen Faherty was suspicious. The laws haven’t changed, she said. And the adoption agency they applied to a year ago was known for surprising couples with their...
When shoppers describe Caprichos Books, Bel Air’s only used bookstore, they recall the cushy chairs, restful aura and how owner Liz Decker makes them feel so snug. Then, of course, they go on to tell about the everchanging selection of fiction, non-fiction, mysteries, children’s books and classics....
New Orioles manager Brandon Hyde didn't have time for questions after the first full-squad meeting of his club marked the official start of spring training. He'd already taken enough of his players’ time. That's because the Orioles players, so far, have mirrored his own mindset towards camp: All...
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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Federal officials have told Southwest Airlines to fix the way it calculates the weight of luggage loaded on flights after finding frequent mistakes. Southwest said Tuesday that it made improvements in its methods for calculating weight and the balance of loads during 2018. The airline says it voluntarily...
More than half of Marylanders support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, according to a new poll. A poll of 808 Maryland residents by Goucher College found 57 percent support marijuana legalization. Thirty-seven percent of those polled were opposed. Those who identify as conservative...
The Baltimore-based Law Offices of Peter Angelos have joined a host of firms across the country beginning to file lawsuits against the St. Paul, Minn-based 3M Co. over earplugs it provided the military that were alleged to be defective by the U.S. Justice Department. The first local case against...
Human and machine have 10 seconds per plant. They must find the ripe strawberries in the leaves, gently twist them off the stems and tuck them into a plastic clamshell. Repeat, repeat, repeat, before the fruit spoils. One February afternoon, they work about an acre apart on a farm the size of 454...
Chicago police are investigating whether "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett paid two brothers to stage an attack on the actor in the Streeterville neighborhood late last month, according to a law enforcement source. Detectives are following up on information provided by the brothers while they were...
Atlas Restaurant Group has announced plans to open a Latin American-style concept restaurant in Baltimore’s Four Seasons Hotel. The hotel’s 8,000-square-foot space on its ground floor, formerly occupied by Wit & Wisdom, will soon house Maximón, an eatery that showcases South American cuisines with...
Chicago police late Friday released two brothers they had been questioning about a reported attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, saying they no longer were considered suspects. “Due to new evidence as a result of today’s interrogations, the individuals questioned by police in the Empire case...
Baked, boiled, fried, mashed, in any way, shape or form, potatoes are delicious. These starchy tubers, native to the Andes, can be divided into two categories — starchy or waxy — each of which lends itself particularly well to particular culinary uses. Want light and fluffy mashed potatoes, a particularly...
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, the Pennsylvania-based discount retail chain, will hold a five-day sale of wedding and formal dresses in five Maryland stores starting Thursday. The deep discounts include $2,500 wedding dresses marked down to $199.99, dresses originally more than $2,500 sold at $299.99,...
Whether as the plaintiff in a recently filed lawsuit or a central figure in a new documentary, therapist Christopher Doyle portrays himself as both healer and healed. “The same-sex desires, just like it was in my case, just went away. And today, I’m married, I have two kids and I’m so happy,” Doyle...
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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,...
Veteran public corruption investigator James Cabezas, who retired two years ago from Maryland’s Office of the State Prosecutor, has written a memoir of a four-decade career taking down corrupt government employees and politicians. This is The Baltimore Sun’s second peek into the plethora of public...
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...
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...