The former Mount Saint Joseph and Maryland star was drafted No. 10 overall by the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night, becoming the Terps’ third draft pick in as many years and the program’s sixth since 2016.
Carroll County Board of Education members voted unanimously during a special meeting Wednesday evening to cease in-person learning for the vast majority of students, due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the area.
As Maryland reported the most coronavirus deaths Tuesday since June — 26 people — Gov. Larry Hogan announced new rules that banned fans from stadiums and set new limits on hospitals and nursing homes in hopes of slowing the latest wave of cases. Here's what you need to know.
Retailers say they are better prepared to meet what could be a surge in demand for toilet paper, paper towels and other items that ran out of stock during the coronavirus pandemic's early stages, but consumers have begun to find bare shelves in some stores as the virus has spiked.
Maryland reported 2,018 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, the third time the state has reported 2,000 or more cases in the past five days after not reporting a single day over 2,000 previously during the pandemic.
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But even if the vaccines are authorized soon by federal regulators — the companies developing them have said they expect to apply soon — only a sliver of the American public will be able to get one by the end of the year. The two companies, Pfizer and Moderna, have estimated they will have 45 million doses, or enough to vaccinate 22.5 million Americans, by January.
With the coronavirus upending the holiday season, why not outsource the turkey cooking to the professionals.
Patrick Ricard, a 2019 Pro Bowl selection playing in his third season with the Ravens, tweeted that his neighbor took his DoorDash order, which was accidentally delivered to the wrong address.
The United States is in the midst of a pandemic while health insurance open enrollment for most states is in full swing. Some places, like Maryland, New York and Washington, D.C., attempted to get ahead of the pandemic by having special enrollment extension periods, but the disruptive effects of the pandemic are rippling across the country and millions of Americans are jobless and uninsured. The good news is that enrollment is open until December and there are other options available if you need a backup plan come January. If you’re not sure where to begin or have lingering questions about open enrollment during coronavirus, here are some answers.
Baltimore spending board approves more than $10 million in Gun Trace Task Force settlements.
Stevensville-based Federal Resources Supply Co. has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle claims that it misled the Boston-area public transit agency about the effectiveness of its alcohol-free hand sanitizer, the Massachusetts attorney general announced Wednesday.
Keenan Scott II’s “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” a play about the outer and inner lives of Black men that played in Baltimore last fall, is heading to Broadway.
Under Armour will end its $50 million sponsorship with the University of Cincinnati but will continue to supply products to the school through June 2024, the university said Wednesday.
The team has not participated in any football activities since Nov. 11, when the university announced that eight players had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Charles L. Amos, a former locomotive engineer who later became a Western Maryland Railway superintendent, an official with the Federal Railway Administration and the Association of American Railroads, has died. He was 90.
The new rules, announced during a State House news conference, go into effect at 5 p.m. Friday.
A car plowed into barriers protecting an outdoor dining area outside of Blue Agave restaurant on Light Street in Federal Hill early Tuesday morning, video shows.
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- Immanuel Quickley has been known to put his nose to the grindstone and overcome any challenge that comes his way. Now, the former John Carroll star will take his talents to the NBA.
- Stevensville-based Federal Resources Supply Co. has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle claims that it misled the Boston-area public transit agency about the effectiveness of its alcohol-free hand sanitizer, the Massachusetts attorney general announced Wednesday.
- The effort will focus on intensive care beds and will be coordinated by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, a state agency that already coordinates care for certain patients.
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- Is pumpkin pie a “vile pretender” of a dessert, whose flavor profile hinges upon the spices strewn about the innards of a dissected gourd? Or is it a mouth-watering delicacy that couldn’t possibly be delivered via mail, lest it be gnawed at by “rascally postmasters” and arrive half-eaten?
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