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- Donald Trump sees an upside to climate change that seems to have eluded Prince Charles and the rational among us.
- Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer will seek majority leader spot — not speaker, sources say. Elijah Cummings, who won his 13th term, was expected to become chairman of Oversight and Government Reform
- In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to 200,000 people at a peaceful civil rights rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial
- In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in the city of Baltimore. It had been signed on July 4 in Philadelphia. The illustration above depicts
- In 1936, Albert C. Ritchie died at age 59. Ritchie is Maryland’s longest-serving governor to date, remaining in office from 1920 to 1935. Many landmarks are
- In 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated TV special featuring characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, was first
- Watching polo ponies thunder across a 10-acre field, one might assume the majestic animals provide nothing more than raw horsepower to support the skilled players on their backs. That would be a mistake.
- This week, leading up to the official start of summer, we're taking a look at the definitive summer songs of all time, based on their seasonal popularity on Billboard's Hot 100 charts. Today, we look at the summer jams of the 1980s.
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- On the day Maryland celebrates it 381-year heritage, local church leaders and historical society members gathered at the Baltimore Basilica to bless wooden crosses carved from roots of a tree that stood nearly twice as long.
- More than 80 people were treated Friday to a talk from British author Hugo Vickers, the biographer of the Royal Family, about the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, and her relatives' love of horse racing.
- A 100-year-old horse racing tale that unfolded on two continents, against a backdrop of world war and with a of host of historically notable people, will come to life again this month at the Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College, which also figures prominently in the story.
- Richard Bankerd, a hairstylist who owned a salon and competed in an international beauty event, died of lymphoma May 2 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. A resident of the Mayfield section of Northeast Baltimore, he was 71.
- Two button-pushing plays nicknamed "The Raisin Cycle" are featured in national newspapers and on an hour-long PBS special
- A head-on collision of two cars in western Howard County sent two people to Maryland Shock Trauma Center Thursday afternoon, according to Howard County fire and rescue.
- As Great Britain takes center stage for the Olympics, here's how to put together your own posh English style.
- Joan Rivers, a serial cosmetic surgery seeker and subject of an engrossing, well-received documentary in 2010, "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," seems as fresh and dynamic as in her earlier years.
- Demolishing blight is sometimes needed to revive blighted neighborhoods
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- The nuptials between Kate Middleton and Prince William has been dubbed the wedding of the decade and has captured the attention of the paparazzi, public, and wedding industry alike.