boston marathon bombing

The mistakes made by social media and cable TV after the Boston Marathon bombings have continued reverberating with the discovery last week of the body of a young man falsely accused of being a suspect. We saw similar patterns after the Newtown shooting, and we need to look at this trend before the media get any further out of control.

Catonsville resident and Boston University student Caitlin Donnelly is one of the thousand of Boston residents striving to return to normal less than two weeks after the Boston Marathon Bombings.

Three were killed and more than 170 injured when the two bombs went off April 15 in Boston. Among the wounded was Erika Brannock, 29, a resident of Cockeysville in Baltimore County, an Ellicott City native and a graduate of Mount Hebron High School in Howard County.

Jules Witcover writes that the bombing story exposed the chaos unleashed by the clash of old and new media.

Charlestown residents gathered Wednesday night at the conference center on campus for a question and answer session about the 2013 Maryland Legislative Session with District 12A representatives

Whether the Boston bombers used mortar-style fireworks to create their bombs is notable but safety concerns alone may justify stricter controls on pyrotechnics

Three were killed and more than 170 injured when the two bombs went off April 15 in Boston. Among the wounded was Erika Brannock, 29, a resident of Cockeysville in Baltimore County, an Ellicott City native and a graduate of Mount Hebron High School in Howard County.

Victor and Lindsay are in jeopardy, but Jacoby and Karina live to dance another week

Bombing shows the nation's willing to balance rights against public safety so why not accept background checks for all gun sales?

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of April 25

Local runners packed Charm City Run in downtown Bel Air Monday evening, and even spilled outside onto South Main Street.

CIA torture of terrorist suspects was wrong

The surviving Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a seemingly well adjusted American teen, is the mystery man in this story.

Calls for Boston bombing suspect to be tried as an enemy combatant are irresponsible, dangerous and unconstitutional but not terribly surprising

5K held in Annapolis, victims remembers at Baltimore 10K and half-marathon

BOSTON — By 2:42 p.m., eight minutes before the first bomb blast triggered chaos along the marathon course here, Carol Downing's daughters and son-in-law were positioned perfectly to watch her sprint across the finish line.

Two Maryland uncles of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings live talked to reporters about their nephews Friday morning, as the nation sought to learn anything it could about the men behind the deadly attacks this week.

As a ranking member of the House intelligence committee, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger says he was briefed every three hours on the manhunt for the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.

The Women's 5K by the Bay in Havre de Grace Sunday renewed its connections among Ethiopian runners, course records, and Washington, D.C.

NAACP employees were going through the mail Thursday at their national headquarters in Baltimore when they found a strange-looking letter. It bore no return address and a Memphis postmark like the ones on two letters to government officials this week that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin.

The seeds of fear have been sown, but athletics are still a celebration of the human body, and we should not have to live in constant worry

A trust fund has been established for Towson preschool teacher Erika Brannock, who had part of her left leg amputated because of injuries suffered during the explosions Monday at the Boston Marathon.

Terrorist attacks diminish our freedoms

Anne Arundel County Police on Thursday arrested a Ferndale man who they said called 911 and threatened a bomb attack similar to that of Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured almost 200 others.

Howard County Striders return home after the Boston Marathon bombing.

A Towson preschool teacher is in intensive care after her family was caught in the Monday explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of April 18

Harford County Executive David Craig says the Harford County's Department of Emergency Services, the Harford County Sheriff's Office and municipal, state and federal law enforcement partners are working cooperatively to ensure public safety throughout the county following the bombings in Boston Monday.

A teacher at an Episcopal school in Towson is in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital after being injured in the bombings at the Boston Marathon, according to the school's Facebook page and the school's rector.

An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at a Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday.

A visibly increased police presence greeted Orioles fans Tuesday as they ventured to Camden Yards for Baltimore's first major sporting event since the previous day's deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon.

About 17 people from Harford County were listed as runners in Monday's Boston Marathon, and while those contacted by The Aegis were not among the more than 180 injured and three killed in the dual bomb blasts near the finish line, they all have stories of the chaos and fear that took over what has traditionally been a celebration of athleticism and personal triumph.

The motivations of those behind the marathon bombings are unknown and perhaps unknowable, but the outpouring of love and concern that followed is something we all can understand.

Among the running community, the anguish of Boston is intense, but marathoners know how to get past adversity

More than 440 Marylanders and about 60 people from Baltimore ran on Monday in the Boston Marathon, which became a scene of grisly violence after two explosions at the finish line left at least two people dead and dozens injured.

Baltimore-area authorities announced heightened local security after bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, though officials cautioned there were no evidence of threats here.