Black women ejected from Napa Valley wine train reach settlement
A group of women who filed an $11-million lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train after they were kicked off a tour reportedly for being too loud have reached a...
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College students confront subtler forms of bias: ‘microaggressions’
USC junior Vanessa Diaz was raised in Dallas. But at a party two years ago, she was asked if she could speak English. When Diaz became offended, the other student...
Word of bus changes isn’t reaching Latino riders
Edith Diaz is about to lose her ride to work, and she doesn't even know it. The Salvadoran native takes the No. 17 bus most days from the Patapsco light...
Mass appeal in Tridentine tradition
Kim Keller wanted her nine children to experience as many different Masses as possible and took them to services in English and in Spanish at churches throughout the Baltimore region....
Free: pizza to stressed techies
COLLEGE PARK - Allow Rob Sherwood to explain his assignment. "I buy pizza for people," the University of Maryland graduate student says. Sherwood is Google's official pizza ambassador at the...
A life marked by confusion, an arrest full of questions
Donta Maurice Allen's prom picture is a mess. The photo of the murder suspect has been torn in two. The colors are mottled. Tape has shredded spots of the generic...
Students express relief after arrest
Ever since Linda Trinh, a Johns Hopkins University senior, was found dead in her apartment in January, students and area residents worried about her killer's identity. "We didn't know any...
Hopkins to spend an extra $2 million to improve security
The Johns Hopkins University will spend $2 million to increase security by hiring armed guards, increasing patrols and shuttle services, and tightening entrance checks in dorms, university officials said yesterday....
Plans of a lifetime abruptly cut short
There were so many things Linda Trinh had yet to do over the next five years. For her parents, the bubbly and devoted 21-year-old planned a visit to the Vatican....
Start of session is boost for Annapolis
Forget about getting a room at the Loews Annapolis hotel today or tomorrow. But if you'd like a low-carb Bloody Mary, maybe the 217-room hotel on West Street is your...