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Bus company could be open to liability in fatal crash, legal observers say

August 21, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

Baltimore's school system and a contracted bus company could be open to legal liability if they were aware of the driving and medical history of the driver involved in last...

Driver in fatal Baltimore bus crash had history of crashes, seizures, NTSB report says

August 21, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

The school bus driver involved in the Southwest Baltimore crash last month in which six people died had a history of seizures and had been involved in at least 12...

Baltimore County police fatally shoot suspected bank robber, take alleged accomplice into custody

August 22, 2019 at 1:14 a.m.

Baltimore County police shot and killed a suspected bank robber at an intersection near several suburban subdivisions on Friday afternoon and took into custody an alleged accomplice wanted in a...

Resignation over Goodson verdict, and the larger problems raised by death of Freddie Gray

August 21, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

Dominic Nell left work at a Baltimore summer camp Thursday afternoon, rode the subway home to West Baltimore to find a veritable skyline of satellite trucks, boom microphones and cameras....

Lisa and Josh Temple take a selfie with family members near the track at the 141st Preakness Stakes.

Officials announce record attendance as weather fails to dampen spirits at 141st Preakness

July 1, 2019 at 10:37 a.m.

Saturday's rain muddied some shoes and brought out the ponchos in force, but seemed to do little to dampen the enthusiasm of the thousands who showed up at Pimlico for...

Preakness officials predict record crowd despite forecasts of steady rain, cool temperatures Saturday

June 30, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

A soaking rain could dampen the 141st Preakness, but organizers are nonetheless predicting record crowds for a third straight year. The Maryland Jockey Club expects as many as 135,000 people...

Animal-rights group films alleged animal cruelty at chicken farm affiliated with Perdue

June 29, 2019 at 3:25 a.m.

Animal-rights activists are criticizing Salisbury-based Perdue Farms after an advocacy group released a video Thursday showing a worker at a North Carolina farm under contract with the poultry giant squeezing...

Skies are blue on Pluto, New Horizons finds

June 30, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

Pluto may be a strange, faraway world, but scientists have learned it shares a familiar trait with Earth -- a blue sky. The first color images of a thin haze...

A partially eclipsed full moon sets behind a statue of a Kansa Indian at the Kansas Statehouse on April 4, 2015, in Topeka, Kan.

Get ready for a ‘Super Blood Harvest Moon’ later this month

May 17, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

This month's full moon is a special one -- you might call it the "Super Blood Harvest Moon" because of a few rare coincidences. It's coming Sept. 27 at 9:47...

New Horizons mission misses three days of Pluto observations after computer glitch

July 1, 2019 at 6:25 a.m.

NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto failed to log observations in deep space after the spacecraft's main computer became overloaded with tasks. The spacecraft is preparing for its closest pass...

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