20 years later, ‘The Wire’ still has fans buzzing about Baltimore
In the summer of 2004, actor Jamie Hector was filming an episode from the third season of "The Wire" late at night on a rundown street in East Baltimore when...
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Maryland university president offers inauguration poet Amanda Gorman a job
Morgan State University President David Wilson on Wednesday made inaugural poet Amanda Gorman an offer that he hopes she can't refuse — a job at the prestigious historically Black educational...
6 beds, 9 baths, 1 exiled president: Lawsuit seeks forfeiture of Maryland mansion owned by Gambian dictator
The U.S. government is attempting to seize the Montgomery County estate of Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former president of The Gambia who has been accused of murders, rapes, tortures and...
First novel by slain Capital Gazette columnist Rob Hiaasen to be published
The late Rob Hiaasen, who was one of five employees slain on June 28 after a gunman entered the Capital Gazette newsroom, will publish his first novel posthumously. “Float Plan”...
Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters remembered as ‘an American hero’
Wendi Winters lived for 65 years. Her life was filled with her four adult children and Girl Scout cookies. It was a life with room for her Teen of the...
‘We are not the enemy’: Mourners gather for victims of Capital Gazette shooting
Some marched down Annapolis’ Main Street Friday, their faces resolute, hoisting editions of The Capital newspaper high in the air. Others gathered quietly in church, crying and holding each other...
Candidates for Baltimore mayor in 2016
The following have either announced their candidacy or filed to run in the 2016 election: Richard Black, Democrat. Black is a certified public accountant. According to his website, voteblackformayor.com, the...
Life goes on for former Baltimore mayors
Life goes on after leaving the mayor's office — at least, that's one conclusion that can be drawn from examining the histories of Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's seven most recent predecessors. The...
Media horde grows at second day of Freddie Gray hearings
The crowd of journalists covering the Freddie Gray pretrial hearings grew for Day 2, with about 70 journalists snapping up all available press passes at the courtroom. Representatives for outlets...
News media descend on courthouse for Freddie Gray hearings
Representatives from two dozen news organizations showed up Wednesday morning to cover pretrial hearings for six police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. #FreddieGray was also...