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Nov 30, 2023 12:23 AM EDT
A lawyer for the Memphis couple who took in former Ravens player Michael Oher when he was in high school said Wednesday that references to Oher being their adopted son will be removed from the couple’s websites and public speaking materials as part of their legal battle over Oher’s finances.
Maryland weather: Warmer temperatures, rain expected Friday afternoon and Sunday
Nov 29, 2023 09:43 PM EDT
After a cold Wednesday, rain is expected in the Baltimore metro area for parts of this weekend.
Nov 29, 2023 09:18 PM EDT
Brinae Alexander hit a school-record 11 consecutive field goals to start the game and scored a career-high 29 points to lead Maryland women’s basketball to a 114-44 victory over Niagara on Wednesday night.
Nov 29, 2023 08:31 PM EDT
The Confederate statues were loaded onto two trucks for the journey from Baltimore to Los Angeles, where they eventually will be included in an art exhibit.
Two 21-year-olds injured in separate Baltimore shootings Wednesday
Nov 29, 2023 08:03 PM EDT
A 21-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man were wounded in separate shootings Wednesday in Baltimore.
Nov 29, 2023 07:03 PM EDT
Survivors are pushing back against a February deadline proposed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore for potential victims to provide proof of claims of child sex abuse in the church’s bankruptcy case.
Orioles closer Félix Bautista named AL Reliever of the Year after dominant 2023
Nov 29, 2023 06:30 PM EDT
Orioles closer Félix Bautista was named the recipient of the AL Reliever of the Year award, named for Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera. Bautista is the second Oriole to win the honor since its introduction in 2014, following Zack Britton in 2016.
Angel Reese returning to LSU women’s basketball after 4-game absence
Nov 29, 2023 06:09 PM EDT
LSU star forward Angel Reese, who has missed four games for undisclosed reasons, is rejoining the No. 7 Tigers in advance of their matchup with ninth-ranked Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
Nov 29, 2023 06:03 PM EDT
The University of Maryland, College Park plans to launch a task force aimed at addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia, President Darryll J. Pines said in a campuswide email.
Following worrying rockfish population data, Maryland looks to cancel spring trophy season for 2024
Nov 29, 2023 05:48 PM EDT
After five straight years of troubling data on the population of young rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland officials plan to enact emergency regulations canceling this spring’s trophy season for recreational anglers.
Orioles hiring Braves bullpen coach Drew French as pitching coach
Nov 29, 2023 04:31 PM EDT
The Orioles will hire Drew French, the Atlanta Braves’ bullpen coach for the past three seasons, as their pitching coach, a source with direct knowledge of the team’s plans confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.
Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa named second-team All-Big Ten by coaches, media
Nov 29, 2023 03:57 PM EDT
After becoming the Big Ten’s all-time leading passer, Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa was honored as one of the conference’s top players for the 2023 season.
Closure of Babylon Road bridge to get public hearing at Carroll commissioners meeting Thursday
Nov 29, 2023 03:00 PM EDT
Among the agenda items for the Carroll County commissioners’ weekly meeting Thursday is a public hearing on the suggested closure of the bridge at Babylon Road.
The Exchange, multi-vendor retail space, planned for Baltimore Peninsula
Nov 29, 2023 01:03 PM EDT
The Exchange, a multi-vendor retail and food market, is slated to open at the Rye Street Market building in Baltimore Peninsula in South Baltimore next year.
Nov 29, 2023 12:56 PM EDT
Maryland enjoyed its best performance from 3-point range and did a better job of protecting the ball Tuesday nigh against Rider. Most importantly with the Big Ten opener looming, it might have a budding star in Indiana transfer Jordan Geronimo.
Kal’s View: The Koch network abandons Donald Trump, but does anyone notice? | EDITORIAL CARTOON
Nov 29, 2023 11:29 AM EDT
Kal's View: The Koch network abandons Donald Trump, but does anyone notice?
The lesson for Baltimore of inclusionary housing: Location matters (a lot) | STAFF COMMENTARY
Nov 29, 2023 09:51 AM EDT
One of Baltimore's best hopes to bridge historic divides of race and class is to pursue inclusionary housing.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appoints judges to Anne Arundel Circuit Court, District Court
Nov 29, 2023 09:28 AM EDT
Gov. Wes Moore made one appointment to the Anne Arundel Circuit Court and one to the Anne Arundel District Court to replace two retiring judges.
Nov 29, 2023 08:42 AM EDT
Snow has appeared in Maryland on Tuesday with some isolated snow showers potentially arriving in the afternoon in the Baltimore area, according to the National Weather Service.
New effort to eliminate contraception deserts launches in Maryland
Nov 29, 2023 06:00 AM EDT
As Maryland continues its push to expand access to reproductive health care, a new collaboration will look to improve contraception services in areas where people don’t have access to all of their birth control options.
Nov 29, 2023 06:00 AM EDT
A new wave of culinary arrivals will soon add even more dining options to the menu in Northeast Baltimore.
Nov 29, 2023 06:00 AM EDT
The 5,000-square-foot center initially debuted in 2015, funded by a $3 million gift from Baltimore philanthropists Mark and Patricia Joseph.
Nov 29, 2023 06:00 AM EDT
Maryland officials are negotiating a new lease with the Orioles. Economists question the public benefit of such investments.
Nov 29, 2023 06:00 AM EDT
Despite tearing ligaments in her ankle in September, Ammaarah Williams’ commitment to rehabilitation and Coppin State allowed the outside hitter to return in time to help the Eagles win their first MEAC title and earn their first NCAA Tournament berth.
Nov 29, 2023 05:50 AM EDT
Fears that young people are being left to run amok without consequences threatens a juvenile justice reform law passed last year.
Touring Baltimore’s big trees in an ‘oasis of beauty’ | GUEST COMMENTARY
Nov 29, 2023 05:46 AM EDT
Cylburn Arboretum is a leader in promoting and preserving biodiversity and home to many of Maryland's champion trees.
NFL power rankings, Week 13: Ravens enter bye looking like the class of the AFC
Nov 29, 2023 05:30 AM EDT
It hasn’t often felt that way, but the Ravens have been the most dominant team in the league this season. Here are The Baltimore Sun's NFL power rankings entering Week 13.
Nov 29, 2023 05:23 AM EDT
Bruen continues the court's questionable pro-gun opinions, but it deserves special treatment because of the damage it does.
Nov 29, 2023 05:00 AM EDT
Unlike many teams around the league whose defensive line and linebackers meet separately, the Ravens' defensive line and linebacker groups gather in the same room every day in Baltimore.
Patricia ‘Pat’ Warren, former WJZ-TV weekend anchor and political reporter, dies
Nov 29, 2023 05:00 AM EDT
Patricia “Pat” Warren, who covered politics for WJZ-TV and had been a weekend anchor, has died, the station said. She was 70 and lived in Federal Hill.
Mark Cuban working on $3.5 billion sale of Dallas Mavericks to Sands casino family, AP source says
Nov 28, 2023 10:42 PM EDT
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is working on a deal to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company, a person with knowledge of the talks said Tuesday night.
Nov 28, 2023 10:04 PM EDT
Julian Reese and Jahmir Young each scored 22 points for Maryland, which scored its most points since Nov. 23, 2018, and made its most free throws (29) since 2003 in a 103-76 win over Rider in College Park.
Pigtown’s Suspended Brewing will move to North Baltimore
Nov 28, 2023 09:25 PM EDT
The start of the new year will also be the start of a new chapter for the nearly 7-year-old craft brewery.
Nov 28, 2023 09:16 PM EDT
The University of Delaware is joining Conference USA as a full member starting in 2025, the league’s latest expansion with a school moving up from Division I college football’s second tier to the Bowl Subdivision.
High school sports roundup (Nov. 28)
Nov 28, 2023 09:05 PM EDT
Here’s a roundup of high school varsity action on Tuesday, Nov. 28.
Senate panel approves former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead Social Security Administration
Nov 28, 2023 07:11 PM EDT
The Senate Finance Committee voted 17-10 Tuesday to approve Martin O’Malley to lead the Social Security Administration, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
Nov 28, 2023 06:34 PM EDT
The Key School in Annapolis faces four new lawsuits alleging child sex abuse committed by faculty more than 50 years ago, attorneys for the plaintiffs say.
Memo detailing Baltimore-BGE conduit deal should not be kept from the public, regulators order
Nov 28, 2023 06:26 PM EDT
Maryland’s utility regulation commission has denied an effort to shield from the public a memo detailing an agreement between Baltimore and Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott endorses Angela Alsobrooks for US Senate
Nov 28, 2023 06:14 PM EDT
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has endorsed Democratic Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin when he retires at the end of his term.
Mental health hotline to launch at five Baltimore County middle schools later this month
Nov 28, 2023 05:06 PM EDT
Students at five Baltimore County middle schools will soon be able to call a hotline for mental health services, Superintendent Myriam Rogers said at a news conference Tuesday.
This year’s Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ was the smallest on record, going back to 1985
Nov 28, 2023 05:06 PM EDT
This summer’s oxygen-poor “dead zone” in the Chesapeake Bay was the smallest since scientists started monitoring it in 1985, according to estimates by researchers in Maryland and Virginia.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore releases additional state funding for security against wave of hate crimes
Nov 28, 2023 03:20 PM EDT
Gov. Wes Moore said the state will fund $1 million in grants for local organizations and religious institutions to hire security.
Nov 28, 2023 12:10 PM EDT
Mount Airy business owner pleaded guilty Monday to willfully failing to pay taxes withheld from employees’ paychecks to the Internal Revenue Service.
Orioles unveil 2024 home first pitch times, including 6:35 p.m. games on weeknights
Nov 28, 2023 10:57 AM EDT
The Orioles announced the start times of their 81 home games in 2024, including a 3:05 p.m. first pitch for their March 28 season opener and almost 30 weeknight games that will begin at 6:35 p.m.
COVID-19 in Maryland: Track death, hospitalization and case data from the state and CDC
Nov 28, 2023 10:40 AM EDT
What are the COVID-19 numbers in Maryland? Get the latest on deaths, hospitalizations and cases for the state, Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and other counties.
Nov 28, 2023 10:07 AM EDT
Training new prosecutors, rebuilding relationships with police and feds among his priorities.
Nov 28, 2023 09:23 AM EDT
With budget deficits looming, lawmakers may be tempted to move too far, too fast on expanded internet gambling.
University of Maryland medical students organize holiday book drive for pediatric patients
Nov 28, 2023 09:16 AM EDT
University of Maryland medical students are fundraising for a book drive that gives new books to hospitalized children over the winter holidays.
Nov 28, 2023 06:30 AM EDT
An entrepreneur’s ability to access to capital can either propel dreams to fruition or shatter them into fragments.
Nov 28, 2023 06:02 AM EDT
Isn’t it time
Nov 28, 2023 06:00 AM EDT
Emily Ferketic, a 6-foot-2 graduate student opposite hitter for UMBC volleyball, can discuss the mysteries of black holes and power down a kill.
A story of love for Adoption Month | GUEST COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2023 05:45 AM EDT
I am here today because of the chance that was given to me by the love, courage and strength of a young woman in college.
Nov 28, 2023 05:00 AM EDT
Vernon “Marc” Rey, a veteran Western High School English teacher who was an indefatigable managerial presence at the 32nd Street Farmers Market, died Nov. 17 at Mercy Medical Center. He was 80.
Nov 28, 2023 05:00 AM EDT
Bowie State University’s LGBTQIA Resource Center, which has been operating for over a decade, is set to get a facelift paid for with a grant won by Paige Hoskins, a junior at the school.