With less than three months until the general election in November, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has a sizable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous, according to a new poll. A survey conducted by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies from Aug. 1 through Aug. 8 showed Hogan leading Jealous...
Four suspects from Baltimore have been indicted on carjacking charges for allegedly stealing dozens of cars and assaulting victims in Baltimore and Baltimore County last year, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced Monday. Dalante Graham, 18; Tyheim Gray, 19; Daquan Johnson, 18; and Travon...
Dr. Raymundo S. Magno, a longtime Dundalk family physician who cared for generations of families and was also known for his charitable work in his native Philippines, died Thursday at a daughter’s home at Rehoboth Beach, Del., from kidney disease. The Towson resident was 83. “I was devastated when...
This has been a busy month for Zach Abey, who is learning how to play wide receiver while still operating as a quarterback. Navy is asking Abey to play a dual role during the 2018 season – blocking and catching passes as part of the wide receiver rotation while periodically taking snaps at quarterback...
The general consensus for months has been that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican in a blue state, is a shoo-in to win a second term. Some polls rank him as the second most popular governor in the entire country. And, according to an April Goucher poll, Mr. Hogan is not only leading the Democrats...
Someday someone will surely invent an aghast-o-meter to measure the outrage felt as we watched a single officer appear to contradict everything the Baltimore Police Department, city leaders, federal authorities and just about anyone connected to police reform have been talking about since the death...
How do people go haywire and shoot up a school, a concert, a random crowd? Humans are hardwired to be connected, and when those connections cannot be found, the result is emotional pain. Isolation and loneliness are painful experiences. There are 85 billion to 100 billion neurons in your brain...
Democrats who were looking to last Tuesday's mixed bag of special and primary elections for firm confirmation of their much-sought "blue wave" of public Donald Trump rejection had to settle for an interim “maybe.” Perhaps the best they had to show for it was a very near miss in a congressional...
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Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you've used a privacy setting that says it will prevent...
Aaron McNeil had just graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in vocal performance and gone to work for a bank in Northern Virginia when he had a sweet idea. “My mom and I decided to test how our cupcakes would do outside of friends and family,” he said. “So we found a place in...
As Kala Craig combed through a sales rack at Wee Chic in Lutherville, shopping for a baptismal dress for her daughter, she said she’s looking forward to Sunday. Sunday is not only the day of her daughter’s baptism, but also the first day of Maryland’s tax-free week — and just in time for back-to-school...
The spa and beauty industry is growing so fast that 30,000 jobs are going unfilled. A "Get Your Dream Job" campaign is aiming to change that. Lynnelle Lynch is president of Beauty Changes Lives, a foundation committed to "elevating the perception of careers in beauty and wellness and make it a...
Since it’s become too dangerous to sit outside on her front porch, Beverly Johnson attends Baltimore’s AFRAM Festival to visit with neighbors and friends. And she prefers to park her lawn chair on a grassy bank in Druid Hill Park — the event’s new location — rather than downtown near the sports...
Nearly 10,000 people visited Baltimore County’s new Guinness brewery last weekend, the facility’s first open to the public. The operation, Guinness’ first in America since the 1950s, is off to a fast start, said brewery ambassador Ryan Wagner. “We were very happy with the number that came through,”...
It’s hard to believe that Natasha Rothwell ever considered a career path other than the multi-hyphenate position of actress-comedian-writer that she holds now. Known now for her engaging role as the plus-sized, unabashed and sexually-liberated Kelli in the soon-to-return HBO series “Insecure,”...
V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85. His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he was "a giant in all that he achieved and...
Wearing a video game T-shirt and shorts, James Petruzzi sits down at his computer, where he will spend the next 12 to 14 hours. For the last six years, the Owings Mills resident has spent about two-thirds of his life at his computer chair. He tweaks code, designs art assets and gets real-time feedback...
A free, two-day festival this fall will help inaugurate the redevelopment of the Poppleton neighborhood where Edgar Allan Poe once lived. Poe Baltimore, in partnership with La Cité Development, will host the first International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and Awards on Oct. 6-7, according to a news...
That munching sound you hear at the Maryland Zoo is the sound of giraffes, elephants, tortoises and other animals saving taxpayers big bucks. A new program has begun providing the zoo’s animals with branches that have been trimmed from healthy trees by electric utility crews. The vegetation — known...
Democrats are fighting to beat back Republican gains across the Midwest as the 2018 primary season roars through Wisconsin and Minnesota, two states where President Donald Trump's appeal among working-class voters threaten to upend decadeslong political trends this fall and beyond. Tuesday's primary...
President Donald Trump's bitter fight with a former top White House aide has highlighted his aggressive and unconventional use of nondisclosure agreements to prevent current and former government employees from revealing secrets or disparaging him or his family. The latest uproar centers on claims...
Prosecutors rested their case Monday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after two weeks of testimony detailing the million-dollar lies they say he told to the IRS and banks that loaned him money. The six-man, six-woman jury in Alexandria, Va., is expected to hear closing arguments...
An email from a medical marijuana dispensary owner alerting patients to a state investigation into whether a Maryland cannabis grower used pesticides and warning them of possible harmful side effects has spurred concern throughout the young industry. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission took...
Got a “secluded, secure facility with a retreat-type setting” in Maryland? Well, the Maryland Judiciary has a contract for you. But be careful what you wish for. The request to accommodate a five-day retreat next year requires the winning proprietor to host what may be the most discerning cohort...
Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Andre Bonaparte’s failure to file his business property tax returns for 2017 and 2018 wasn’t his first run-in with the tax authorities. On Feb. 8, 2013, the state entered a tax lien against Bonaparte and his wife for $3,421.79 for unpaid taxes, according to...