Whether they claimed the annuity option, paid over 30 years, or a lump sum in cash, the owner of the winning ticket would become a multimillionaire by chance in one of the smallest, most economically distressed pockets of Maryland.
Jim Hunter, who has served as a play-by-play announcer for Orioles baseball games since 1997, announced Friday that he will not rejoin the team’s broadcasts in 2021 after the club elected to not renew his contract.
For more than two hours, current and former state senators shared stories about the late Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller in the marble chamber that he loved.
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Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump will begin the week of Feb. 8.
An aide to U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a Baltimore County Republican, says the congressman possesses a handgun permit, and suggested the weapon is intended for self-defense following a threat.
Maryland's governor wants students back in classrooms but his arrogant condemnations and threats are the wrong strategy.
Britt Ghiroli, who is now a senior columnist for The Athletic, wrote this week that while covering the Orioles for MLB.com in 2012 an unidentified Orioles player invited her to his hotel room under the guise of passing along news. Instead, he made sexual advances toward her.
New variants of the coronavirus, including one found in Maryland, appear to be more contagious, complicating efforts to slow spread.
Stacker compiled a quiz of 50 famous quotes and their authors using information gathered from Goodreads, newspapers, magazines, book and poetry foundations, and author websites.
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday. He was 86
The Howard County school system is now aiming to get students back in classrooms in a hybrid learning model on March 1, and the Board of Education did approve the framework for a potential hybrid model.
Six months after asking the inspector general to investigate her travel and personal businesses, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby wants the probe wrapped up, arguing that a lack of resolution undermines public trust in her office.
Here are The Baltimore Sun’s first-round projections for the 2021 NFL draft, which begins April 29.
Baltimore police union: Recently, there has been a significant spread of misinformation about the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights.
More than 2,300 registered Republicans in Maryland changed their political affiliation in the week after a group of rioters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol in support of Republican President Donald Trump.
A Columbia couple are among a small network of families across the country who are welcoming asylum-seekers into their homes for long-term stays. By taking in a Honduran mother and her young son, the Zinners wound up forging bonds that have made the strangers like family.
A Columbia man is facing federal charges of making multiple social media threats to blow up a federal building and kill elected officials, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said Thursday.
U.S. District Judge James Bredar says it’s time the department start showing results after making inroads training officers and implementing policies to correct years of corruption and damaged community relations.
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- Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday. He was 86
- Peter Boikai, 18, was violently shot in the chest on Christmas morning. His mother found out by a phone call while at work.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has again refunded tens of thousands of dollars to campaign donors, according to his latest campaign finance report.
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- The venerable North Howard Street theatrical costumer A.T. Jones & Sons Inc. that has kept Baltimoreans and environs dressed as ghouls, ghosts and in other guises for more than 150 years, now faces an uncertain future since the death of its owner, George F. Goebel, 88, who was also a well-known magician and illusionist, earlier this month.
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