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To honor the holiday—commemorating the 1634 landing of the Ark and the Dove in what is now St. Mary’s County—UMBC's Institute of Politics polled residents about why they love living here.
Maryland—whose last witch trial was held in 1712—never saw witch hunts on the scale of Massachusetts, but early court cases around slander and witchcraft are a part of the state’s legal history.
In coordination with the “No Kings on Presidents Day” rallies around the country, Baltimoreans braved the cold to protest the policies of President Donald Trump and the dismantlement of the federal government by billionaire Elon Musk.
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After being sworn in as the 47th President on a frigid day in D.C., Trump immediately signed a slew of executive actions.
Here, rats have an omnipresence, invading everything from our vacant buildings to our fanciest restaurants, our nightly news to our national headlines, our pop-culture zeitgeist to our personal psyches. And as far as relationships go, it’s complicated.
Seventy years ago, 200 residents had to leave their South Baltimore neighborhood—famous for its swimmable cove—behind.
As Trump wins the presidency, P.G. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeats former Governor Larry Hogan while referendum to rezone Inner Harbor passes and initiative to reduce the size of the City Council fails.
Election Day is November 5. As always, there’s a lot at stake.
Visible from President Street, the modern depiction of Maryland's iconic abolitionist sparks mixed reactions—which the museum hopes will lead to larger conversations.
The president of the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore aims to put all of the eternal theories to rest in ‘The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe.’
Schochor, Staton, Goldberg, and Cardea, P.A. advocates for victims of wrongful acts.
Moored at a desolate former Canton grain pier, the circa-1959 vessel appears ordinary from the outside, but inside it's a mashup of 'Star Trek' on sea and 'Mad Men' on vacation.
In May, a Baltimore Police Department detective pointed his service weapon to the temple of a prone and restrained Baltimore man.
The couple discusses keeping the secret, ditching traditions that didn’t feel meaningful, and incorporating their love for Baltimore into the celebration. Plus, browse their wedding gallery captured by Alicia Wiley Photography.
Little Italy's hometown hero and the first female speaker of the House returns to reminisce about the place where she was born and raised.
This month, the Organ Historical Society convention comes to town. With the Archdiocese of Baltimore church consolidation plans underway, it may be the last time several historic organs are heard.
Nine years after former Gov. Larry Hogan cancelled Baltimore’s east-west transit line, Moore calls the decision “the right and fair choice.”
The surprise of primary night was the convincing margin of victory in Baltimore’s mayoral race and the Democratic U.S. Senate tussle.
In the museum's latest permanent exhibition, curator Rachel Donaldson taps into the history of Baltimore watering holes from the Industrial Revolution until Prohibition.
Former 'Sun' reporter Scott Shane introduces us to writer, activist, and former enslaved shoemaker Thomas Smallwood—a Harriet Tubman-worthy figure whose story is barely known.
In February 1904, downtown Baltimore was utterly destroyed by a ravenous fire that burned for two days. Just two years later, a new city—the one we live and work in today—had risen from the ashes. We look back at the rebirth of a great American city, and hear the echoes of the present in the voices of the past.
The bonds between the country we know as Liberia, uniquely allied with the U.S. since its inception, and Maryland are profound, if generally little known.
The real-life storyline depicted in FX's new series 'Capote vs. the Swans' led to Capote's notorious 1977 TU appearance, in which the inebriated, profanity-spewing writer was escorted off stage.