It's one thing to boast that a major league managerial job was always in a colleague's future once he actually lands one, as has reportedly been the case for Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde with the Orioles. It's another entirely to tell his father to his face a decade earlier. But that's...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi clinched the votes for a second stint as House speaker on Wednesday after agreeing to serve no more than four years in a deal with a group of Democratic rebels - a significant concession to their demands for generational change. The group of insurgents wanted new blood in the...
Baltimore police have arrested two men in connection with a killing that took place last year. Darryl Burks Jr., 25, a medical technician whom friends called “Pee Wee,” was found shot to death in a burning vacant rowhouse in the 3000 block of Rayner Ave. in the Mosher neighborhood of West Baltimore...
Tony Jefferson missed his seventh consecutive practice Wednesday, but Ravens coach John Harbaugh said the starting safety has made progress in overcoming his injured left ankle. “He’s close,” Harbaugh said before Wednesday afternoon’s session. “He tells me he’s going to play, and [head athletic...
Like countless other parents of college-bound high school seniors living in Maryland, I started steering my daughter toward her state’s flagship university last year, when we began talking about college options. The University of Maryland, College Park, with its strong academic reputation — it...
Over the past two years, I have been asked the same question over and over again: “How are we able to continue to fund the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort in the current political climate?” This question has merit, since President Donald Trump’s first proposed budget completely eliminated the...
Late last month — on the International Day to End Violence Against Women — the U.N. released a study with a shocking but unsurprising conclusion: The most dangerous place for a woman is inside her home. This conclusion is not surprising because data from the World Health Organization tells us that,...
Those who are accustomed to “old school” Washington politics — where a photo op with the president and top Democrats is just a photo op and not a tribal council meeting on “Survivor” — might have been appalled by the 17-minute made-for-YouTube Oval Office food fight Tuesday between President Donald...
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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...
Old Bay parent company McCormick and Co. filed a federal lawsuit this week claiming trademark infringement from a Pittsburgh spice company that produces a seasoning called New Bae. The suit against Primal Palate, an organic spice company, was filed Monday and claims that Primal Palate has intentionally...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Several artists with Maryland ties are among the nominees for the 2019 Grammy Awards announced by the Recording Academy Friday. The multi-talented songstress and reality television star Toni Braxton, who was born in Severn, was nominated for “Sex & Cigarettes” in the Best R&B Album category, while...
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...