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Channeling Spiro Agnew in the Baltimore riots
Name a newly elected Republican Governor of Maryland with little previous political experience that hailed from the suburbs and had to deal with racial unrest and rioting in the city during his first term? Maryland's current Governor Larry Hogan?...
Maryland to close two juvenile detention centers
Maryland is closing two juvenile detention facilities at the end of next month, moving 10 children to other centers.
Here are the known cases of coronavirus in Maryland [GRAPHICS]
These are the confirmed Maryland cases of the novel coronavirus, the illness that causes the COVID-19 disease, confirmed by the Maryland Department of Health. The table and map below shows what has been reported by the state and updates at 10 a.m....
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Statistics show Maryland is continuing a trend of declining hospitalizations due to the disease.
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13 shot and 3 killed, including 16-year-old girl, in Baltimore weekend shootings, police say
Baltimore police reported that nine people were shot Friday evening into Saturday morning, including a double-shooting in Southwest Baltimore that left a 16-year-old girl dead.
Rediscovering the African-American graveyard beneath a Baltimore shopping center
Legislation before the General Assembly would increase protections for local cemeteries that have been abandoned, bulldozed or just neglected — like the cemetery beneath a strip mall in Northeast Baltimore.
GTTF testimony draws link back to drugs looted from Baltimore pharmacies in 2015 riot after Freddie Gray funeral
On Thursday, a Baltimore bail bondsman said a member of the city’s Gun Trace Task Force arrived at his home with two trash bags full of looted prescription drugs amid the April 2015 riots and looting.
Prince George’s County ready to start reopening Monday, with ability to test 9,000 a week
County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday that Prince George’s is ready to start the first phase of reopening on Monday after seeing a decline in deaths and building the capacity to test and trace patients.
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Prince George's County, with Maryland's highest total number of cases and most per capita, is ready to start the first phase of reopening, the county executive says.
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What’s lacking from Maryland’s COVID-19 test kits? A dose of transparency | COMMENTARY
With much fanfare, Gov. Larry Hogan acquired coronavirus test kits from South Korea but with much secrecy his administration is not explaining why they haven't been put into greater use.
‘You don’t feel like you’re a hero:’ Former political refugee helps lead Saint Agnes coronavirus unit
Vera Lertora escaped communist Czechoslavkia as a refugee in 1989. Her journey to the U.S. was one of the most challenging times in her life. Now, the registered nurse has been thrust into another challenge: coordinating the COVID-19 unit at Saint...
Mary J. Wilson, first African American senior zookeeper at the Baltimore Zoo, dies of the coronavirus
Mary J. Wilson, the first African American senior zookeeper at what is now at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, died Thursday at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown of the coronavirus. The former Ashburton resident was 83.
Desks 6 feet apart? Elementary only? Temperatures taken at the door? Maryland schools plan for coronavirus contingencies
Maryland school officials have now outlined a range of possibilities that all involve significant restructuring of the school day and week with a combination of distance learning and in-person instruction.
Climate change will make Baltimore County warmer and wetter, report says – some already feel the heat
As the global climate continues to change, northern Baltimore County will see a warmer and wetter future, according to a report commissioned by the Valleys Planning Council.
President Trump marks Memorial Day at Fort McHenry as Baltimore remains under coronavirus stay-at-home order
President Donald Trump gave a Memorial Day address at Fort McHenry in Baltimore on Monday honoring recent and past fallen military members and likening their contributions to service members currently on the front lines battling the coronavirus.
Coronavirus may be spreading in Maryland, putting state at risk of a surge if precautions not taken, study says
Maryland is at risk of a second wave of coronavirus infections if the state reopens too quickly or without proper precautions, according to new research.
Hydroxychloroquine linked to deaths, heart risks in COVID study
Antimalaria drugs that President Donald Trump has touted for treatment of COVID-19 were linked to an increased risk of death and heart ailments in a study.
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Antimalaria drugs that President Donald Trump has touted for treatment of COVID-19 were linked to an increased risk of death and heart ailments in a study.
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My run in with liberal fascists
Usually fascism is linked with right-wing tyrants and religious zealots. What distinguishes liberal fascism is outrage masked by humanitarian words. Liberal fascists promote tolerance while quashing disagreement. They speak of compassion, yet do not...
Dr. Anthony Fauci serves as surprise guest speaker for Johns Hopkins virtual commencement
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, surprised members of Johns Hopkins University’s 2020 class Thursday by serving as the guest speaker of their virtual commencement ceremony.
Maryland to beef up contact tracing operation. Make sure you answer your phone.
Maryland has hired about 1,400 contact tracers to track down who in the state may have been exposed to the coronavirus.
After vendor wrongly said Baltimore’s ballots were on the way, Maryland officials are scrambling to get them
Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson have called for state election officials to offer more in-person voting centers in Baltimore and Montgomery County for the June 2 primary in response to ballots that have been...
Business leaders, philanthropists hope to buy The Baltimore Sun and run it as local nonprofit
A group of Baltimore philanthropists, business people and the union representing journalists are again rallying support for an idea that’s long been floated but never materialized: regaining local ownership for The Baltimore Sun. Yet even some of...