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U.S. Holocaust Museum research center opens in Bowie

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$40M Shapell center opens on Holocaust Remembrance Day to cope expanding collections

Dale Earnhardt Jr. to retire from NASCAR at the end of season

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. abruptly announced his retirement at the end of the season Tuesday, a decision that will cost NASCAR its most popular driver as the series scrambles to rebuild its fan base.

Colorful, candid and talented, Earnhardt has been plagued by concussions the last several years and he...

Arkansas executes 2 inmates on the same gurney, hours apart

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After going nearly 12 years without executing an inmate, Arkansas now has executed three in a few days — including two in one night.

Jack Jones and Marcel Williams received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night, just about three hours apart. It was the first double execution in the...

Trump backs away from border wall money demand as shutdown showdown looms

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President Donald Trump stepped back Monday from demanding a down payment for his border wall in must-past spending legislation, potentially removing a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal just days ahead of a government shutdown deadline.

Trump told a gathering of around 20 conservative media reporters...

Homers by Kim, Schoop and Jones help Orioles rally past Rays, 6-3, in rain-delayed game

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The Orioles found themselves on the wrong end of another early-inning meltdown by Ubaldo Jimenez on Monday night, but everything turned out all right again.

Somehow, Jimenez has managed to remain undefeated through four starts, even though he has only pitched well in one of them.

Of course, he’s...

T. Rowe Price Group reports Q1 results up from last year

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T. Rowe Price Group Inc. reported a profit of $385.9 million in the first three months of the year, up 27 percent from the January-through-March period last year.

Earnings per share rose 36 cents to $1.54, compared to the first quarter of 2016. Backing out non-recurring gains, per-share earnings...

Councilman Scott proposes citizens committee to advise Baltimore police

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Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott introduced legislation Monday that would create a 20-member committee of local residents to advise the city police department on a wide range of issues.

Scott said the proposed Citizens Advisory Committee for Public Safety is needed even though the consent...

Renovation of county garage in Towson prompts legislation

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Before Baltimore County decides to renovate county-owned garages or parking facilities, the County Council should get a look at the plans, according to legislation introduced by Councilman David Marks.

The move comes in response to the renovation of the five-story Drumcastle Government Center garage,...


Classes begin on time Tuesday at the University of Maryland after fire closed campus

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Classes resumed at the University of Maryland Tuesday, the day after a five-alarm fire broke out at a College Park apartment complex.

University officials said on Twitter that classes would start on time Tuesday morning. Afternoon classes were canceled Monday after the massive fire broke out at...

Gov't shutdown, health bill rescue at stake in Congress

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Bipartisan bargainers are making progress toward a budget deal to prevent a partial federal shutdown this weekend, a major hurdle overcome when President Donald Trump signaled he would put off his demand that the measure include money to build his border wall with Mexico.

Republicans are also vetting...

Maryland rampage suspect, scheduled to plead guilty, fired 21 rounds, had $1,802 cash

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The shooting spree - at least 21 rounds fired in different parking lots - had left three dead, three injured, and prompted a massive police manhunt just north of Washington.

It was noon on a Friday in May last year, and the suspect, Eulalio "Leo" Tordil, then 62 and a career law enforcement officer,...

Howard board, superintendent in legal battle as they run county school system

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A new majority took over the Howard County school board in December and passed sweeping measures to assert its authority over superintendent Renee Foose.

In response, she sued them.

Now the superintendent and school board are locked in a costly power struggle with dueling accusations and no lack...

Tree planted on Queen Anne's school pitcher's mound may be a prank, police say

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Authorities on Maryland's Eastern Shore say someone planted a tree and scratched "Earth Day 2017" in the dirt on the pitcher's mound of a high school baseball field in what may be a senior prank.

The Queen Anne's County sheriff's office said in a statement on its Facebook site that the incident...

Female Trouble podcast: Amie Ward, R. Bar lead bartender (episode 39)

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Bartender Amie Ward on hospitality, transitioning to full-time bartending and keeping Baltimore weird.

Roughly Speaking podcast: How Coke became kosher (episode 239)

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Food historian Roger Horowitz shares stories from his new book, "Kosher USA," about the keeping of the Jewish dietary law in the modern industrial food system.

'DaddyOFive' wife 'MommyOFive' speaks to reporter; couple issues public apology

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As law-enforcement agencies review the many videos made by the Maryland couple behind the now-infamous YouTube channel "DaddyOFive," the wife and mother Heather Martin, also known as "MommyOFive," spoke to The Baltimore Sun about the public backlash and the couple's latest apologies for what they...

Rosenstein poised for confirmation as deputy attorney general

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Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein is poised to be confirmed to serve as deputy attorney general after clearing a procedural vote Monday with bipartisan support.

The Senate voted 92-6 to cut off debate on Rosenstein's nomination to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice and move...

Woman pleads guilty in fatal Edgewater Valentine Day's crash

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Prosecutors shelve charges tied to heroin, drugs in Lauren Scott's system

Four Baltimore juveniles arrested in Ellicott City dirt bike theft

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Four Baltimore juveniles were arrested and charged with stealing dirt bikes from an Ellicott City dealership, an occurrence the owner says has become "almost an epidemic," with three dealers reporting five break-ins in the past 10 days.

The four suspects — three 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old —...

Seeding project near Key Bridge looks to give oysters ‘a second chance’ in the Patapsco

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Two centuries ago, a heaping shoal of oysters might have peeked above the water near what is now the foot of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The U.S. Army built the hexagonal installation Fort Carroll atop it in the 1840s.

But the shellfish have not thrived in the Patapsco River since. It's naturally...

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