Bananas are so crucial to the diet of the Yekwana people of Venezuela that they honor esteemed guests like Noel Mueller by inviting them to stay in the hut where the fruits are stored. That diet — and the health of the Yekwana and a neighboring tribe, the Yanomami — may also be factors in explaining...
A youth football team from Reisterstown competing at the World Youth Championship in Canton, Ohio, this weekend has the support of dozens of fans, including at least one Ravens player. “From the athletes I saw, they should be pretty good,” said wide receiver Willie Snead IV, who met the Reisterstown...
Santa Claus is coming to town! He made a special guest appearance in my neighborhood, Gray Rock Farm, last weekend. His sled was accompanied by a group of fire trucks and made quite an impressive sight. Santa is also going to be at the Bethany United Methodist Church, at 2875 Bethany Lane, for...
Wednesday’s announcement from Ravens coach John Harbaugh that a healthy Joe Flacco would back up rookie Lamar Jackson reverberated throughout the NFL. However, it barely made a ripple with the teammate most responsible for getting the football to either quarterback. Despite Jackson’s listed height...
There are tough votes, and then there are votes that break your heart. My vote yesterday in support of a procedural rule to advance what’s known as the Farm Bill was one that broke my heart. That’s because members of the Republican Party’s most conservative wing — with the approval of House Speaker...
A proposal before the Baltimore County Council that will provide for the expedited construction of infrastructure at Tradepoint Atlantic, the former site of the old Bethlehem Steel plant in Sparrows Point, is a prime example of private industry collaborating with government to devise a sensible...
Let's imagine that President Donald Trump gave a White House news conference in the nude. "As you can see," he might say, paraphrasing the semi-apocryphal quip Winston Churchill made when FDR accidentally encountered him emerging from a hot bath in the White House, disrobed, "I have nothing to...
Civil liberties activists long warned that the federal government must adopt “net neutrality” requirements that prevent broadband companies from charging websites for prioritized access to their lines or risk the loss of freedom and openness online. Yet, the Federal Communications Commission repealed...
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Tribune Publishing has terminated negotiations to sell the Chicago-based newspaper company to McClatchy, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday. The decision, reached by the Tribune Publishing board Thursday, followed several months of negotiations with the California-based McClatchy Co....
The two main runways at Baltimore- Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport are open again after being shut down for more than an hour while staff made emergency repairs Thursday afternoon. The runways were closed from about 2:30 p.m. until 4:15 p.m., during which all incoming and outgoing...
In her first public act as incoming president of the Greater Baltimore Urban League, Tiffany W. Majors announced her organization’s support Thursday for a proposed high-speed train linking Baltimore and Washington. The magnetic levitation, or maglev, train, based on Japanese technology and boosted...
Attorneys for the two owners of the Fallston Barrel House told county officials this week that a rift between their clients was the cause of an alleged liquor license violation. Co-owners Robert Diem and William Grose are at odds over control of the restaurant, and their lawyers say the dispute...
Robin Wright’s final stint on “House of Cards” is getting some love from her fellow actors. Wright’s performance as U.S. President Claire Underwood, in a final season that saw the veteran actor pushed to the front of the show after Kevin Spacey was fired following allegations of sexual abuse, has...
Like oppressed minorities throughout the centuries, gay Victorians used a coded language to communicate privately with another, a code designed to be undetectable by members of mainstream society. In the hands of the sophisticated and witty Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, that secret cipher became...
When Chris Conrad moved back to Maryland from the West Coast two years ago, he asked his brother where people in Harford County go to eat seafood. “They come to our place,” said Anthony Conrad, who founded Conrad’s Seafood Restaurant in Perry Hall with his wife, Andrea. What if they don’t want...
Baltimore will be getting back into the movie rental game this weekend. Beyond Video, a non-profit movie-rental store that’s been years in the making, will have its “soft opening” on Friday, organizers announced on their Facebook page this week. The non-profit, housed in a former record store on...
Local dirt bike rider Pacino “Chino” Braxton, known for his daring dirt bike tricks, is donating his custom bike for a good cause. Braxton, who is an influencer for Under Armour and has landed a role in the awaited dirt bike movie produced by Will Smith and filmed here in Baltimore, is auctioning...
Trumpeter and band leader Louis Armstrong announced his arrival in Baltimore by giving away 300 bags of coal in a poor black neighborhood. He offered the coal to those who appeared at the Royal Theatre’s doors on the morning of Dec. 11, 1931. Armstrong would play concerts at the theater starting...
Sidharth Sharma had no idea when he took his first drink of kombucha at a friend’s house as a high school student 14 years ago that he would one day make his living selling the probiotic drink. The 28-year-old Elkridge resident is one of three owners of Wild Kombucha, a Maryland-based company that...
Rover, a dog-walking and pet-sitting service, has come out with its annual list of the most popular dog names in Baltimore. It turns out, Baltimore pet owners aren't much more creative than the rest of the U.S., as most of our top 10 list matches up with the national one. But there is some local...
After spiking over the past few years, homicide rates in cities across the U.S. appear to be on track to fall this year, according to a recent New York Times report. The Times’ Thursday story cited improvements this year in Baltimore and 65 other cities with populations over 250,000. The figures...
A former Baltimore police officer has admitted to the FBI that he stole money, lied in police reports and improperly used electronic surveillance devices, federal prosecutors in California said — widening the scope of police misconduct unearthed by the Gun Trace Task Force scandal. Former Det....
After months deliberating and reviewing resumes, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh whittled down 51 applicants seeking to become the city’s police commissioner to six who would be interviewed by a panel of police executives in Florida. According to five sources familiar with the process, the panel...