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A daily diary, chocolate rainbow cake and a gift basket with skin care products were just some of the $1,300 in gifts Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake claimed on her 2013 ethics forms, according to a review of the filings.

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Anne Arundel County Police on Monday filed first-degree murder charges against a Gambrills man they said fatally shot a Odenton man on Dec. 10, two months after the men had been involved in an altercation.

Janice H. Wilcox, former chief of staff for higher-education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, died June 26 of neuroendocrine disease at her home in Towson.

Two people were shot—one fatally—in Baltimore overnight, police said.

Two people were shot, one fatally, on Tuesday, bringing the city's tally to four shootings in the past 24 hours, Baltimore police said.

Black and copper colored jewelry beads lay around a puddle of blood in a Northwest Baltimore alley, where police said a transgender woman was brutally killed early Wednesday in a crime that bore similarities to the murder of another transgender woman last month.

For a growing number of freshman applicants to universities in Maryland and across the country, it's a second chance – denied admission for the fall, they are offered a slot in the spring semester, often with conditions attached.

The comeback of Baltimore's Michael Phelps continued in impressive fashion Friday at the Bulldog Grand Slam in Athens, Ga., as the most decorated Olympian of all time beat rival Ryan Lochte in the 100-meter butterfly and recorded the second-fastest time of the year.

Ollie M.J. Ray, whose career teaching in city public schools spanned nearly four decades, died Tuesday of heart failure at Northwest Hospital. She was 82.

Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon, football coach Randy Edsall and womens basketball coach Brenda Frese rank as the state's three highest-paid employees.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will sign a pact with several leading universities and hospitals Wednesday to work together on some of the city's most vexing challenges, officials said.

Sen. Brian Frosh, Del. Jon Cardin and Del. Aisha Braveboy – three Democrats vying to be Maryland's next attorney general – stress different strengths they would bring to the office.

State and federal transportation officials studying the replacement of an aged rail tunnel beneath Baltimore are opening the discussion to local residents and Amtrak and MARC commuters.

An attorney once called the "political pope of Baltimore" will chair a search committee to find the next chancellor of the University System of Maryland.

State Del. Jon S. Cardin and Sen. Brian Frosh stole the show in Monday's attorney general debate, constantly attacking one another at the University of Baltimore

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History has demonstrated the importance of historically black colleges and universities in producing well prepared competitive citizens for the American economy and the world community. Today's challenge lies in making these institutions more diverse and more fully effective in achieving their missions.

Coppin State senior Christina Epps advanced to the NCAA outdoor track and field championships by placing third in the triple jump with a personal-best 43 feet, 11.75 inches on Saturday at the East Regional Preliminary in Jacksonville, Fla.

On April 16, just weeks before he was set to graduate from Edmondson-Westside High School, Michael Mayfield, 17, was found shot in the head inside a van near Leakin Park.

Doctors told Coppin State triple jumper Christina Epps that it wasn't likely she would ever be able to compete at the same level again after she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

April's floods left the school without rehearsal studios one month before the big annual concert

Rita R. Martin, a counselor of homeless women at a Better Waverly residence, died of multiple myeloma and infection complications Monday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Lochearn resident was 69.

One man was killed and another critically wounded in a double shooting early Monday in West Baltimore.

D. Watkins' unflinching portraits of the lives of poor, black Baltimoreans have gained him national recognition, a literary agent and talk of a book deal.

The Sun's focus on suspected counterfeit tickets shortchanges Coppin grads.

Hundreds of people who came to watch their loved ones graduate from Coppin State University were turned away Saturday after the venue filled to capacity and the staff suspected counterfeit tickets were to blame.

David Mbugua, 36, was stabbed to death about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in downtown Baltimore. He stumbled to a bus stop at Baltimore and Charles streets, seeking aid for a wound to his neck, and lost consciousness.

Less than 24 hours before Coppin State introduced its new men's basketball coach, the players were searching for more information about who would lead them out of the Fang Mitchell era.

The Ravens are preparing for the NFL Draft and the Orioles moved into first place

More than a month after announcing that the contract of longtime men's basketball coach Fang Mitchell would not be renewed, Coppin State athletic director Derrick Ramsey is expected to introduce Michael Grant as Mitchell's successor at a news conference Tuesday.

Spokesman Rob Knox said he did not know who was going to get the job. An announcement will be made Tuesday.

Contrary to some complaints, the Somerset County wind energy project would be an economic boon in a distressed area.

Harry R. Vaughn, former deputy warden of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility who earlier worked for the Baltimore City Jail, died April 19 of a heart attack at his Randallstown home. He was 72.

Considering the players Maryland loses after next season, this is going to be an important recruiting class for Mark Turgeon based on who he's going to need to replace.

Coppin State has narrowed its search for a new men's basketball coach to five candidates who are scheduled to interview on campus next week, including current Maryland assistant Bino Ranson.

The body overseeing all higher education in Maryland unveiled a new, four-year plan Wednesday intended to address the growing reality that college students are now more likely to be poorer, first-generation, working full-time or in need of remedial education.