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- The 5th annual U.S.E. Basketball Family Reunion is set for Sunday at Pikesville High School, featuring games from elementary to post-college and a panel discussion about how young girls can use basketball to achieve their dreams no matter what level they aspire to play.
- Fans are invited to the Navy Football Fan Fest on Aug. 4 from 10 a.m.-noon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy players will sign autographs on the blue
- Serrel Smith, a 6-4, 170-pound combo guard from St. Petersburg, Fla., joins the No. 7-ranked recruiting class for 2018.
- Last month Montgomery College in Md. accidentally sent a text message warning of an active shooter to 9,000 cellphones. It was a false alarm, the latest example of human error triggering one of the most terrifying notifications a campus community could receive. Such mistakes put people in danger.
- Carroll County ban on Confederate flags in schools violates constitutional rights.
- The right to free expression is either secured for all (even Ann Coulter) or it's guaranteed to none, says Leonard Pitts Jr.
- Nancy R. Norris-Kniffin, former director of the master of liberal arts program at Johns Hopkins University, died Feb. 13. She was 77.
- Researchers at Frostburg State University and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore have formed partnerships with medical marijuana companies to study the science behind using pot as medicine.
- The Summer Meals Act, H.R. 1728, is a straightforward proposal that would support millions of American children in getting access to affordable, nutritious food over the summer months. Legislative action is needed now in order to prepare students, sponsors and state administrators for the summer of 2016.
- Jordan Jones didn't plan on keeping the Charleston Southern coaches waiting. Before his official visit last weekend to the Big South Conference school, the Poly senior told the staff that he'd "give it two days to wait or commit" following his trip.
- Johns Hopkins is among the last two U.S. medical schools using live animals to train students. Third-year medical students take part in a surgery clerkship in which live pigs are anesthetized and cut open before being killed. While this animal lab is technically voluntary, medical students everywhere face enormous pressure to impress their professors, so nearly all students take part in this disturbing exercise. I understand the pressure that medical students face when confronted with this
- Baltimore point guard Kamau Stokes is headed to Kansas State after also considering Ole Miss and others. He had signed with Toledo last year.
- Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III returned to the practice field for the first time since dislocating his left ankle in Week 2 and looked "fine" while handling a limited workload, coach Jay Gruden said.
- Animal rights group says Hopkins among only four medical schools using animals for training
- SJ Tuohy, also known as the adoptive brother of Ravens tackle Michael Oher and the real-life kid from "The Blind Side," is perhaps the most famous reserve guard in Loyola basketball history.
- For Aberdeen resident Janice Grant, it meant feeling like a real American for the first time.
- A 2 1/2 year-old Mississippi girl born with HIV has become the first infant cured of the deadly virus, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions announced Sunday.
- Paul Theodore Pojman, a professor of philosophy at Towson University and a community activist, died Sept 20 of lung cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 45.
- The University of Maryland, College Park is on list of top party schools while the Naval Academy is ranked one of the most sober campuses.
- Former Dunbar star Derrell Edwards commits to High Point
- Ablitech's choice earlier this year to move to Baltimore was a modest win for the still-growing University of Maryland BioPark on the west side of downtown, where around 500 people work.
- Sean Tuohy Jr., whose Memphis family adopted future Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher when he was a homeless high school student, has committed to play basketball at Loyola University in Baltimore.