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• Maryland

100 years of gratitude: Veterans and families remember Baltimore World War I soldier on Memorial Day

Army Pvt. Henry G. Costin was awarded the first Medal of Honor in the history of the legendary Maryland-based 29th Infantry Division.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

May 27, 2019

• Maryland

Howard County to host free veterans resource fair next week

Howard County will host a resource fair next week to provide support for veterans who live in the county and their families.

By Erin B. Logan

Apr 1, 2019

• Obituaries

Mary E. Rigdon, teacher and farmer who was named a Harford County Living Treasure, dies

Mary E. Rigdon, a former educator and librarian who oversaw the operation of her family's Harford County farm, died Saturday from a heart attack at her Jarrettsville home. She was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 4, 2018

• Maryland

Commentary: 'Medicare for All'? A grim prognosis

Now that Democrats are poised to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January, taxpayers can expect a major push to achieve the "progressive"

• Maryland

Four biggest issues facing Carroll County veterans, and how to resolve them

Returning to civilian life after serving in the military can be complicated, but Carroll County has resources for its veterans to make that process a little bit easier. Here are the biggest issues facing the county’s veteran population and ways to work on resolving them.

• Maryland

Today: 'The 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month' to resonate 100 years later

Organizations in Cecil and Harford counties will host Veterans Day observances Sunday, which is also the centennial of the day World War I ended.

By David Anderson

Nov 9, 2018

• Commentary

Culleton: Health care isn't a 'bad thing'

This is an election year and the electronic media is loaded with political ads. My favorite (I have viewed two different versions) warns voters that if they vote for a Democrat some "bad things" will inevitably occur. The joke is that all the "bad things" would be welcomed in this household.

• Maryland

Nikki Haley joins a growing list of Trump officials who criticize Trump on their way out the door

She was one of the few Trump administration officials to leave on her own terms and with reputation intact. And yet that hasn't stopped outgoing United Nations

• Opinion

Defrost federal pay

Freezing federal pay at a time of economic prosperity is not just dumb, it's counter-productive.

• Opinion

The military is not a toy

Trump's priorities in national security - from parades to clearances and 'Space Force' - are dangerously self-serving.

• Politics

Maryland analysts: Single-payer health care, proposed by Jealous, could cost state $24 billion a year

State-sponsored health insurance for all Marylanders such as the single-payer plan proposed by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Jealous could cost $24 billion a year, forcing lawmakers to significantly raise taxes, according to a nonpartisan analysis.

By Luke Broadwater

Jul 17, 2018

• Maryland

Commissioners approve Citizen Services grant submissions, acceptances

The Board of County Commissioners moved forward on planning for the Family and Children’s Services new domestic violence shelter, and grant submissions and acceptances for the Money Follows the Person and Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services programs Thursday.

• Obituaries

Dr. Stanley N. Yaffe, a noted retired Baltimore dermatologist

Dr. Stanley N. Yaffe, a noted dermatologist who was a co-author of a seminal paper on the use of cortizone, died June 6 in his sleep at Brightview Towson, an assistant living facility. He was 97.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 14, 2018

• Health

Baltimore VA works to embrace LGBT veterans who have long felt unwelcome by the military

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the health system for former military personnel, thinks sentiments like this are keeping many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans from using their services. An initiative aims to change that.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 12, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. John C. Price, head and neck surgeon, dies

Dr. John Price, a surgeon affiliated with GBMC and Johns Hopkins, was known for treating rare cancers and was popular with his patients.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 4, 2018

• Politics

Democrat Alec Ross, tech expert and author, says as Maryland governor he'll focus on 'what's next'

Alec Ross, 46, is among seven serious candidates running for the Democratic nomination for governor. Ross says his varied experiences — teacher, janitor, author, tech innovator — have prepared him to lead Maryland.

By Pamela Wood

May 24, 2018

• Opinion

With CIA nominee, we must draw a line on torture

The Senate needs to ask President Trump's nominee to lead the CIA some very difficult questions about her role in post-9/11 torture.

• Maryland

Baltimore VA hospital hosts baby shower for veterans who are expectant or new mothers

As a sign of a changing population of veterans in the region, the VA Maryland Health Care System hosted a baby shower for veterans who are expectant or new mothers on Saturday.

By Catherine Rentz

May 5, 2018

• Maryland

Laurel's Klan chaos in a time of civil rights

An in-depth look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Laurel with a focus on Francis Raymond Edwards, a self-proclaimed leader of the Klan and an attention-getter.

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump's VA nominee takes his bizarre advice

The decision of White House physician Ronny Jackson to to get out of the kitchen rather than face any more fire, is only the latest head-scratcher coming from this incomprehensible gang of misfits who have descended on a capital already overstocked in them, and in both parties to boot.

• Opinion

Has an American president been so plagued by an aura of incompetence combined with allegations of personal instability?

President Donald Trump's first year was bad. He's doing everything possible to make his second worse.

By Jules Witcover

Apr 2, 2018

• Maryland

Carroll Hospital event to focus on intimate partner violence

This free event hosted by Carroll Hospital is targeted at the medical and social work professionals who may interact with people who have experienced trauma as well as lay people looking to better understand how trauma may affect their own behavior and that of their loved ones.

• Politics

Emails suggest HUD Secretary Ben Carson knew of $31,000 dining room set

New documents made public Wednesday suggest Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was involved with the purchase of the controversial $31,000 furniture set for his office suite, despite claims by an agency spokesman that he was not aware of it.

By John Fritze

Mar 14, 2018

• Maryland

Map of state gun laws: Where things are changing after mass shooting at Florida school

Gun laws by state, and whether any action has been taken since Parkland shooting

• Maryland

Central Carroll: Roar Like a Lion – An Afternoon of Community Service

Join others at the Finksburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library for Roar Like a Lion – An Afternoon of Community Service on Sunday, Jan. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m.

• Maryland

Despite assurances, new ordinance, Havre de Grace residents remain concerned about hospital closing

Havre de Grace residents continue to express concerns about the medical center and psychiatric hospital that will be built near the Interstate 95/Route 155 interchange, as part of Upper Chesapeake Health's plan to close Harford Memorial Hospital.

By David Anderson

Jan 22, 2018

• Immigration

Government shutdown looms as stopgap spending measure appears likely to stall in the Senate

Legislation to temporarily fund the federal government and avert a shutdown passed in the House Thursday evening, though its prospects remain uncertain in the Senate.

• Opinion

'Unit cohesion' in a time of discord

The Armed Forces teach people how to stay united with and defend people very much unlike them. We could use that today.

• Opinion

Graham-Cassidy is more of the same from the GOP

We are the only advanced industrialized country that does not provide universal health care for its  citizens. 

• Opinion

Zurawik: Nothing funny about the propaganda machine Team Trump is building

You can mock Trump TV’s “Real News” videos featuring Lara Trump and Kayleigh McEnany singing the president’s praises like a couple of propaganda sock puppets if you want. But not me. This is serio

By David Zurawik

Aug 11, 2017

• Maryland

Sen. Ben Cardin talks health care, opioids, budget in Carroll tour

Sen. Ben Cardin made stops throughout Carroll County on Friday to talk with local leaders.

• Opinion

Is universal health care the future?

Trumpcare will have the same unpleasant outcome as Obamacare because the basic flaw in both is allowing healthy citizens the option to avoid health care premium payments until they are seriously ill at which time the cost becomes enormous. Young, healthy citizens will never be induced to voluntarily purchase health insurance. Ultimately, Trumpcare will become untenable, and the country will be forced to consider the obvious solution: universal health care.

• Opinion

HHS secretary misunderstands addiction

While Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was in West Virginia last week, he described methadone and buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorders as just "substituting one opioid for another." This statement swiftly, and rightly, drew widespread criticism from the medical community, including former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. On the surface, Dr. Price is correct: Both methadone and buprenorphine (brand name Suboxone) are synthetic opioids. However, taking them in the context

• News

Mayor's nominees to Civilian Review Board include academics, attorneys and a former Baltimore sheriff's captain

Mayor Catherine Pugh's list of nominees to fill the city's largely-vacant Civilian Review Board — which she first mentioned Thursday but has declined to provide or discuss — includes several academics and attorneys, as well as a former high-ranking official in the Baltimore sheriff's office, The Baltimore Sun has confirmed.

By Kevin Rector

Apr 21, 2017

• Opinion

A wallet recovered, faith restored at Lexington Market

There are a million stories in the life of a city, and some of them validate the misanthrope's hateful view of mankind. But then, you might be as surprised by this story's turn of events as Bob Padousis was.

By Dan Rodricks

Apr 15, 2017

• Obituaries

Minnie Smoot, nurse and medical office manager, dies

Minnie Lee Smoot, medical office manager, dies

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 3, 2017

• Maryland

Carroll leverages partnerships, seeks growth from Fort Meade

As efforts to promote and grow Carroll County continue, the Board of County Commissioners is looking toward regional partnerships to help drive families to the farm land.

• Maryland

Zirpoli: Federal government hiring freeze good politics, poor policy

President Donald Trump issued an executive order freezing federal hiring last week because he said the federal workforce had grown too big. The facts, however, do not support Trump's statement. In fact, the number of federal civilian employees has decreased over the past several decades.

• Health

Maryland officials signing up ex-offenders for Medicaid

Maryland will soon turn to a simple means of sending people released from jails and prisons off with health insurance: presume everyone is eligible for Medicaid.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 25, 2017

• Obituaries

Michael J. Romanelli, WWII veteran and a former chief at APG

Michael J. Romanelli, former chief of the Computation Branch at Aberdeen Proving Ground and a World War II veteran, died Thursday from cancer at Perry Point Veterans Administration Medical Center. He was 94.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 24, 2017

• Entertainment

'Homeland' Season 6 premiere recap: 'Fair Game'

"Homeland" returns, and Carrie has a new civilian job, Quinn is spiraling downward, and Saul and Dar are feeling the heat from the new president-elect.

• News

Maryland VA healthcare system says primary care wait list cut down

Doctors in the Maryland VA medical system say they have tackled problems that two and a half years ago left veterans waiting an average of 80 days to get their first primary care appointment.

By Ian Duncan

Dec 31, 2016

• Opinion

Mikulski was a friend to veterans

Mikulski's service to veterans earned her life-long admiration and loyalty.

• Harford

New Harford judicial appointee Ishak follows a road to success [Editorial]

Harford will be getting another judge who is a county native, one who understands what life is like here

• Opinion

Anne Arundel County health briefs

Vision and hearing screenings

The Department of Health's vision and hearing screenings will be held at the following schools and programs for c

• Opinion

Anne Arundel County health briefs

Vision and hearing screenings

The Department of Health's vision and hearing screenings will be held at the following schools and programs for c

• Baltimore City Paper

The last homeless man in Port Covington

Crossing the train tracks under the highway near the Schuster Concrete building, Jim Petway looks hale and hearty on this sunny Friday morning. He lo

• Baltimore City Paper

The last homeless man in Port Covington

Crossing the train tracks under the highway near the Schuster Concrete building, Jim Petway looks hale and hearty on this sunny Friday morning. He lo

• Baltimore City Paper

Homeless, facing eviction from Plank's Port Covington

Crossing the train tracks under the highway near the Schuster Concrete building, Jim Petway looks hale and hearty on this sunny Friday morning. He looks pretty

• Health

Heart-failure app just the latest innovation to spring from VA research

It's the cycle of readmission that a cardiology nurse hopes to break with her concept of a cellphone app to track cardiology patients' diet, weight and exercise.

By Tim Prudente

Nov 11, 2016