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As the nation recognizes May as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, students and staff at a scholastic program in Columbia can boast that they highlight Chinese heritage year round.

Symbols are meaningful in politics. Sometimes, a gesture as simple as a handshake can resonate with tremendous importance.

Madeline Friedman was recently honored for her environmental efforts by the Jane Goodall Institute.

New book explores how social media combats the alienation, fear and apathy that suppresses political protest in China, Cuba and Russia

Laurel resident Clayton Pond, an American Indian and World War II veteran, was typical of many World War II veterans, and reluctant to talk about his military service. He would occasionally drop hints and tidbits that made his children curious, but when pressed for details, he clammed up.

By the end of 2016, MGM Resorts International plans to have built a nearly $1 billion facility at National Harbor in Prince George's County — high on a bluff above the Potomac River — that analysts say will transform the Maryland gambling market, potentially raising the state's profile as a destination for high rollers from around the world.

Discussion of the Iran nuclear deal, framed in black and white, neglects to recognize that there are two different concepts of leverage that are relevant. And while it is true that we have given some ground with one type of leverage, we have gained in another -- a far more productive kind of leverage -- through the bargain.

While the recently announced two-year budget deal has put a temporary tourniquet on the sequester, it doesn't fully stop the drain of critical medical research funding.

JPMorgan Chase has been hiring China's "princelings" in exchange for business deals with their parents -- a serious offense that's all to similar to practices here in America

Delegation of venture capital people and quasi-Chinese government officials tour the Green House Residences at Stadium Place to see the Green House model for caring for the elderly. China has a an aging population and is behind the curve on caring for them.

National Zoo's adorable baby giant panda cub got a really appropriate name today, Bao Bao, or "precious"

Red, a lucky color in Chinese culture, gave this Ellicott City couple's ceremony bold beauty.

The workmen who built the Great Wall of China ate it for strength. Sailors on early American clipper ships consumed it for health during long voyages.

At Morgan State University, administrators have been working to attract international students knowing that today's careers often require a global focus.

Maryland's manufacturing job losses — the result of cutbacks, shutdowns and technological innovations requiring fewer people — are among the nation's steepest. Advocates say it's not too late to reverse that.

The plenary meeting of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee could make or break the current controlling of the party in society.

Maryland alumnus Justin Benedik finishes in fourth place in compulsory changquan (long fist) at World Wushu Championships in Malaysia

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. is not giving up courting Men's Wearhouse, despite encountering more barriers.

Giant Food appoints Gordon Reid, former Diary Farm International executive, as president

Norris said the demeanor of the staff, the efficiency of the clinic and the price of the service and antibiotics, it cost him $5 for a diagnosis and 10 days of medication, are what led him to set a fundraising goal of $10,000 for the clinic.

Justin Benedik, who was raised in Calvert County and attended the University of Maryland, will compete in the wushu world championships next week

The film 'Gravity' should remind us of how far the president has allowed us to fall behind China when it comes to human spaceflight.

Under Armour, in a race to expand its brand globally, opened its first-ever Under Armour Experience, a blend of retail store and promotional venue, in Shanghai, China.

GOP is out of touch on the shutdown, debt ceiling

The end came quickly for Silk Road, when federal agents crept in to nab the alleged kingpin of the secret $1.2 billion online drug marketplace as he sat at his laptop in the sci-fi section of a San Francisco public library.

Even before local and federal agents raided Jade Heart Health in Towson and charged its operators with prostitution and human trafficking, what went on at the massage parlor at 1404 E. Joppa Road was hardly a secret.

Scientists with the University of Maryland School of Medicine are helping to test a vaccine to fight against a lethal strain of bird flu that has killed 44 people in China.

The Howard County Board of Education has rescheduled several middle school redistricting meetings.

Lou Panos, a heralded journalist and author who covered state and national politics during a career that spanned 67 years, died of complications from heart disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital early Sunday.

The uncertainty surrounding America's intentions in Syria threatens growth, and President Barack Obama's weakness on the international stage emboldens our competitors.

It was a sunny October afternoon in 2011 when Caroline Bowman's childhood dream came true.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to host stylish arrangers of vintage songs

Federal agents intercepted

Endlessly tinkering with financial reform won't address China's biggest challenge: burgeoning consumer demand

The John Carroll School in Bel Air is renovating a building that began its life as a faculty house into a residence hall for 14 international students.

The 6-year-old Catonsville child, whose life and courage captivated people worldwide, was borrowed from heaven to teach all a lesson in God's love, the Rev. Christopher J. Whatley said Saturday at her funeral.

U.S. commerce "would grind to a halt in a matter of days" in the wake of a crippling cyber attack that the nation's ports — including Baltimore — are ill prepared for, according to a new Brookings Institution report. But Port of Baltimore officials called the report "misleading and factually incorrect."