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Doyle McManus says President Obama's plan to strike at Syria is fraught with challenges, but the other options are even worse

LGBT veterans and their partners could find themselves unable to receive equal veterans' benefits due to a portion of U.S. law, according to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

The U.S. has little choice but to respond forcefully to Syria's most recent use of chemical weapons against its citizens

Bradley Manning, the junior Army analyst convicted of espionage for leaking thousands of classified documents, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, reigniting a debate over how far the government should go to punish those who publicize secret information.

Pfc. Bradley E. Manning's attorney focused on the former Army analyst's mental health and whether his superiors adequately probed his fitness to serve as the defense opened its case in the sentencing portion of his trial Monday.

A web-hosting owner is accused of 'enabling' child porn; well-intentioned services may also be victims of an enforcement action.

Prince George's County Circuit Court Judge C. Philip Nichols Jr., a Laurel native, gives a humorous, and informative, look at jury duty after he is called to serve.

About 35 to 40 people took part in a ceremony Saturday to honor a Confederate veteran at a Havre de Grace cemetery.

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) welcomed cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point this summer to work on chemical and biological defense projects

The nonprofit program Coming of Age offers people 50+ a number of online resources (www.comingofage.org) to aid them in determining what they want to do next, as well as resources to help them give back to the community.  

The general who led the Pentagon's review of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history told a military judge on Wednesday that their publication revealed tactics, strained relations with some allies and caused some Afghans to stop cooperating with Americans.

A military judge ruled Tuesday that Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning violated the Espionage Act when he gave a trove of classified material to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks to publish online. But Col. Denise Lind found the onetime Marylander not guilty of aiding the enemy.

This show is at its best when its characters fight for what's right and win. This episode, characters fought for things. But were they right, and did they win?

Bipartisan proposal to crackdown on sexual assaults in the U.S. armed services gets a much-needed boost from two GOP senators

A Florida man who sold military-style night-vision goggles without a license to an undercover agent in Baltimore — believing him to be an overseas buyer — was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of probation late Wednesday, prosecutors announced Thursday.

After months watching the uprising in Syria, spreading support through social media and raising money for the suffering, Dr. Hassan Masri thought he understood the devastation that has sundered his parents' homeland.

For the eighth consecutive year, dozens of people became U.S. citizens during a July Fourth ceremony at the Annapolis estate of a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

WBAL meteorologist Tony Pann's denials of man-made global warming do the public a disservice.

Students from Glenelg High School and Folly Quarter Middle School were winners in the National History Day competition

Howard County rec sports for the week of June 27

Federal budget trimming should attack wasteful spending, not veterans benefits

Guantanamo Bay prison bigger threat to U.S. security than Manning

Bennett Bradley plays four sports to earn Towson Times Athlete of the Year honor

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Second Lt. Stephen James Peck, son of William and Donna Peck of Abingdon, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on May 25.

America's bungled relationship with the MEK/PMOI has led to missed opportunities and humanitarian catastrophe.

Holiday travelers know what Uncle Sam should — U.S. needs a creative solution to fixing its ailing and underfunded infrastructure

For Theresa Mills, the "most emotional day" was the day last June when the Marine Corps notification team visited her Laurel home to tell her that her older son had been killed in Afghanistan. The second most emotional day, she said, came Monday.

President Barack Obama told graduating midshipmen at the Naval Academy on Friday that the nation needs them to "project power across the oceans" and vowed to continue to fight for military resources for their missions in the face of deep federal budget cuts.

President Barack Obama told graduating midshipmen at the Naval Academy on Friday that the nation needs them to "project power across the oceans" and vowed to continue to fight for military resources for their missions in the face of deep federal budget cuts.

President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit.

Technically it's a day to honor those who have given the last full measure of devotion, but realistically speaking, serving in the armed forces is a dangerous job and there's a lot to be said for saying thanks to people when they're around to appreciate the sentiment.

To fulfill its ideals, the Boy Scouts of America must finally lift its long-standing ban on openly gay youngsters

U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium.

As Harford County health and elected officials worked to alert the public to the dangers of Lyme Disease during a Harford County Council meeting Tuesday the council president revealed just how personal his stake was in the fight against the disease.

How sexual assaults are investigated and resolved by the U.S. armed forces must be reformed

End all U.S. military, economic and diplomatic aid to Israel

The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel.

Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty this week to defrauding the government by obtaining federal military benefits with faked documentation that they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office.

In response to Syria's use of chemical weapons, U.S. options range from bad to worse, but the worst may be doing nothing at all

The debate over whether the CIA tortured terrorist suspects is over; what remains is deciding the steps that must be taken in order to avoid making the same mistakes again

The Humane Society of Harford County Inc. and Pets for Patriots Inc. have joined forces to give active, disabled and retired military service members and their families the gift of a pet's unconditional love, while providing dogs and cats with a second chance at life

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel once called the military budget 'bloated,' but he's treading cautiously so far.