One hip injury, three wins and five weeks of uncertainty later, Ravens coach John Harbaugh announced Wednesday that rookie Lamar Jackson will remain the team’s starting quarterback Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Joe Flacco, a longtime face of the franchise and former Super Bowl Most Valuable...
Members of the Baltimore City Council have been allowed to review part of a background check report on police commissioner nominee Joel Fitzgerald, but two of those who have seen it described the document Wednesday as “heavily redacted.” Councilman Ryan Dorsey is one of four members of the council...
Julia Roth, a newly minted Cub Scout, misses nothing about being a Girl Scout. In September, Julia, 8, of North Laurel, joined Cub Scout Pack 602, leaving behind three years of being a Girl Scout. “I get to be with my brother,” Julia said. “We also get to do things we wouldn’t get to do in Girl...
Agent Scott Boras, giving his annual comments at the winter meetings in front of a massive Christmas tree in a fire-hazard of a media briefing at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, said he's held discussions with Orioles officials this week about the best way to get maligned first baseman Chris...
While considerable work remains to repair Maryland’s pretrial justice system, there’s one sensible thing that judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys can do right now to make a significant difference in dozens of lives: take a close look at the incarcerated population awaiting trial to see who...
In a policy statement released last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics aims to end the debate over whether corporal punishment is an acceptable parenting tool. The verdict? It’s not. “Corporal punishment is associated with increased aggression in preschool and school-aged children,” write...
People around the globe are conversant with Johns Hopkins Hospital and its university and medical school in Baltimore, but almost no one is conversant about the man. Of course, that’s how “Johnsie,” as he was known to family and friends (“Mr. Johnsie” to servants), wanted conversations to be directed...
On the last night of the Republican National Convention in 1988, the candidate sought to impart to the country a vision of the America it could be. "Some," he said, "would say it's soft and insufficiently tough to care" about troubled children. "But where is it written, that we must act as if we...
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The Los Angeles Times’ former publisher and editor, Davan Maharaj, reportedly received a $2.5-million settlement following his exit from Tribune Publishing Co. after revealing to a mediator he had recorded anti-Semitic comments allegedly made by the company’s largest shareholder, Michael Ferro....
Health insurance sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act are down with just a few days left to enroll, even though premiums are stable, consumers have more choice and millions of uninsured people can still get financial help. Barring an enrollment surge, the nation's uninsured rate could edge up again...
The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to clarify that telephone companies may block unwanted text messages in a move the agency said would help prevent spam from polluting the popular service. The action is a loss for messaging company Twilio and free speech groups that had asked...
It was only a few months ago that Wall Street was bashing Elon Musk's Tesla. One analyst called the stock "no longer investable," citing Musk's erratic behavior in tweets and taunts. A short seller bet on a dramatic drop, saying it's "more and more apparent that Tesla is having difficulties paying...
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...
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...
Public art can define a locale and ratchet up its appeal in a way nothing else can, say organizers of a fledgling nonprofit. That’s why Fund for Art in Ellicott City, which was founded in November 2017, is sponsoring a mural competition for professional and amateur artists on four buildings around...
Baltimore’s neighborhood churches are opening their doors this month for guests to enjoy some amazing architecture and to hear holiday music produced by local talent. These events are certainly opportunities to smell the incense and catch the spirit. The village of Hampden’s collection of stone...
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...