Prison terms set in arson
The alleged ringleader of a brazen act of arson that burned a predominantly black housing development in Charles County was sentenced yesterday to nearly 20 years in federal prison. Two...
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Slain inmate recalled as sweet, troubled
The brief life of Philip Eugene Parker Jr. was celebrated yesterday with laughs, tears and draft beer at the waterfront bar where his mother occasionally seeks solace - an elusive...
Port security gaps pose threat
The port of Baltimore - the nation's eighth-largest - suffers from significant security shortcomings, including gaps in fences, unattended gates, alarms and camera systems that don't work or exist, and...
Questions raised as localities stockpile anthrax antidotes
Fire Lt. Randall Owens keeps one in the locker at his Rockville station and another in the master bathroom of his Frederick County home. His are two of the 7,000...
Pattern of abuse claims at NAACP kept quiet
The same day in May 1999 that Kweisi Mfume abruptly announced that he would not be a candidate for mayor, an internal investigative memo was sent to top officers of...
Mfume says he was not forced out
Kweisi Mfume denied yesterday that he was forced to resign as president of the NAACP amid allegations of nepotism and sexual harassment, saying someone is trying to derail his campaign...
Faithful in U.S. unlikely to see altered message from the Vatican
He was Pope John Paul II's right-hand man, a sort of vice president to the pontiff who led the church for a quarter-century. So the election yesterday of Cardinal Joseph...
Suspect in Ga. killings is captured
ATLANTA - The one-day killing, carjacking and kidnapping rampage that left four people dead and terrorized this sprawling metropolitan area ended early yesterday when the suspect meekly surrendered, waving a...
Sun files suit to lift ban on journalists by Ehrlich
The Baltimore Sun Co. sued Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday, asking a federal judge to lift the administration's order banning state government employees from talking to two of the...
Diplomat or firebrand: NAACP mulls next leader
The sudden departure of Kweisi Mfume from the NAACP came as a jolt to many civil rights advocates and scholars. But now that Mfume is leaving, many are asking what...