Jonathan Pitts

Family members enter the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center at UMES for the funeral for Rodney Todd and his seven children. They died in their home from carbon monoxide gas exposure

Funeral held for family killed by carbon monoxide poisoning

June 30, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

The images were as overwhelming as the tragedy that stunned this Somerset County town two weeks ago. Eight identical white hearses gleaming in Saturday's sunshine in a driveway. Eight white-draped...

Justin Forsett offers a high five to Makai Fogg, 3, as Makai's father Percy Fogg watches. Three Ravens players, Justin Forsett, Courtney Upshaw and Jimmy Smith visited the Pediatric Oncology department of Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital.

Justin Forsett: a ‘miracle’ rise for unsung veteran

August 19, 2019 at 10:46 a.m.

He has been a second- or third-stringer – a utility guy, a backup – for virtually all his professional life. Now Justin Forsett is a record-setting ball carrier, the lead...

Orioles right fielder Chris Davis makes a diving attempt at a fly hit by Yankees Eduardo Nunez in the 7th. The ball got away from him and Nunez got a double from the play. in right center. ALDS game action between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles.

Orioles’ Chris Davis was caught in crackdown

June 30, 2019 at 3:19 p.m.

Orioles slugger Chris Davis, suspended recently for using a banned stimulant, was caught amid a leaguewide crackdown that began three years ago as players' use of Adderall spiked, according to...

Preakness remembers legendary trainer Dickie Small

June 1, 2019 at 9:17 a.m.

It was the last leg of a practice run at Pimlico, and as jockey Andrea Seefeldt Knight came to the end of a spirited gallop, she pulled her colt up...

NAACP to cut national staff 7%, citing financial concerns

June 1, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

The NAACP will lay off 7 percent of its national staff as it continues to search for a permanent leader, a decision the civil rights organization says is necessary because...

U.S. asks Supreme Court not to extend Catholics’ contraception exemption

August 19, 2019 at 7:34 a.m.

The Obama administration argued Friday that the Affordable Care Act contains sufficient protections for nonprofits that object to providing health coverage for contraception and urged the Supreme Court to reject...

Couple joins forces to research breast cancer genetics

August 19, 2019 at 7:29 a.m.

If one sign of a happy relationship is that the partners rarely run out of things to talk about, then cancer researchers Stephen Baylin and Feyruz Rassool of Baltimore have...

Sickle-cell researcher also suffers from forgotten disease

August 19, 2019 at 7:21 a.m.

The tall, lanky patient enters the room bent over and shuffling like a man twice his age. He climbs on a gurney and lies back, head throbbing. Then Carlton Haywood...

Racetrack handicapper has fresh face, old-school approach

June 1, 2019 at 9:16 a.m.

In the first week of her reporting internship for a horse-racing newspaper, Gabby Gaudet nervously approached one of the most celebrated figures in the sport. "Can you tell me how...

Former Ravens player O. J. Brigance is director of player engagement.

Ravens’ O.J. Brigance brings a different power to second Super Bowl journey

June 19, 2018 at 1:14 a.m.

He was a mighty presence when the Baltimore Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV, a warrior who busted a wedge to make the first tackle that day and went on to...

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