The debate over reparations for descendants of slaves catapulted Wednesday from the campaign trail to Congress with an impassioned plea from actor Danny Glover, Baltimore native and author Ta-Nehisi Coates and others for lawmakers to address compensation for America's blighted heritage of racism...
Under Interstate 395 into downtown Baltimore lies what might be the most valuable parking lot in America. The little sliver of land will allow Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank, one of Maryland’s richest men, and the New York investment bank Goldman Sachs to claim what could amount to millions...
The Boy Scouts of America had previously banned a Maryland Department of General Services employee now charged with viewing child pornography at work, citing previous child sex abuse charges against him in 1995. Brian Steger, the scout executive and CEO for the Scouts’ Baltimore Area Council, said...
An Anne Arundel County jury decided Wednesday that a MacArthur Middle School teacher had not acted negligently when he shut a student’s fingertips in a door in 2017, partially severing them. Javier Benitez — the child’s father, who filed a lawsuit against the Anne Arundel Board of Education in...
Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot in the back by a gunman who mistook him for the real target, another man who was seated at the same table at an outdoor cafe, Dominican officials said Wednesday. The Dominican Republic's attorney general and national police director told reporters that...
When I got to the part about Wells Fargo in “Broken Bargain,” Kathleen Day’s excellent book on American financial institutions and the disasters they have wrought, I had to ask: “How is this company still in business?” The country’s fourth-largest bank and its various entities engaged in a series...
Demolition seems to be Larry Hogan’s top priority when it comes to Baltimore; he gets a real kick out of it, too. The Maryland governor put on a hard hat the other day and got behind the controls of a CASE excavator to knock down an abandoned rowhouse. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....
In the interest of setting straight the record of Nancy Pelosi’s time in Baltimore, allow me to provide a brief follow-up to Sunday’s column about her family portrait and that white dress she wore for it. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives grew up in a Baltimore political family....
So, last Thursday morning I’m driving back into Baltimore on O’Donnell Street, having just attended the annual business showcase of the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce at the Best Western Plus. I’m westbound on O’Donnell. I pass Ponca Street, then Newkirk. I look to the left and suddenly I have a Shocking...
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Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Tuesday designed to strengthen the state's defenses against cyber attacks, appointing a single official with responsibility for computer security at all state agencies. The order creates the post of Maryland Chief Information Security Officer, who will...
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline in Washington County that the state’s top officials have rejected. Columbia Gas Transmission, which is owned by TransCanada Corp., filed the lawsuit...
Bank of America plans to offer some potential homebuyers in the Baltimore metro area up to $17,500 to pay up-front costs, which are often out-of-pocket and the biggest barrier to making a purchase. The Down Payment Grant Program will offer the money as part of the bank’s $5 billion pledge to help...
Digital license plates could be coming to Maryland. Twenty Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration vehicles and two Maryland Transportation Authority vehicles will be outfitted with license plate-sized, LTE-connected, electronic displays from the Silicon Valley-based tech firm Reviver under a two-year...
With their jangly guitars and radio-ready hooks, Gin Blossoms helped define the sound of popular alternative rock in the early/mid-1990s. The multiplatinum-selling band behind hits like “Hey Jealousy” and “As Long As It Matters” comes to Baltimore this fall to headline the 53rd Fells Point Fun...
Jay Rohlfing, put simply, is having a great Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night, he celebrated with an estimated 80-100 people at Cunningham’s, the Towson restaurant where he serves as executive chef, as they watched him win the latest episode of Food Network’s “Chopped.” He said he was “filled...
A bitter labor dispute exacerbated by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's financial crisis erupted this week into a lockout. It was the first work stoppage at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in three decades. Sunday’s decision by the orchestra’s board of trustees locking out the players was not unexpected....
If those attending performances of “Hamilton” at the Hippodrome Theatre started belting “My Shot” or “The Room Where It Happens” from their seats — they would likely be promptly escorted from the venue. The same is not true at Everyman Theatre, which is partnering with the Hippodrome in hosting...
Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the "poor little rich girl" of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and '80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95. Vanderbilt...
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Laura Embrey enjoyed something of a family reunion in Philadelphia last week, involving her brother and her son, the spirit of her father and a 990-foot steamship that was once the pride of the Atlantic but has been out of service for half-a-century. The 54-year-old Baltimore native, now living...
When Mimi Demissew joined the then-named GLCCB in 2017 and saw a fractured organization with lagging attendance at its marquee Baltimore Pride Festival and a lack of ethnic and gender diversity, she knew that increasing representation was key. Two years later, the organization has a surplus, more...
It’s been a month since Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott established a special committee focused on cybersecurity and emergency preparedness as City Hall recovers from a ransomware attack that still cripples several city payment functions. One of the committee’s co-chairmen, Councilman...
Four top executives at the University of Maryland Medical System have resigned amid investigations into accusations of self-dealing among the hospital network’s board members, the system announced Thursday. Those resigning are Megan Arthur, the system’s primary lawyer; Jerry Wollman, the chief...
The University of Maryland Medical System, under fire for lucrative no-bid contracts with some of its board members, is earning above-average profits even as it seeks state approval to charge some patients more, according to an analysis by The Baltimore Sun. The system’s profitability raises questions...