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Aquatic club coach out after allegation of misconduct revealed

August 19, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

Michael Phelps The North Baltimore Aquatic Club reported the coach, who was not identified, to swimming authorities in October 2011, according to USA Swimming, the Colorado-based governing body. The coach...

Vi Ripken abduction is not a cold case, investigators say

August 19, 2019 at 9:49 a.m.

Six weeks after the mother of one of Baltimore's most famous baseball players was kidnapped and left bound on the side of the road in her Lincoln Town Car, the...

Left to right, Jeri Lacks Whye, granddaughter of Henrietta Lacks, and Whye's daughters, JaBrea Rodgers, 11, and Aiyana Rodgers, 14, attend the 15th Annual Turner Station Heritage Festival & Praise Day Celebration at Union Baptist Church. Turners Station is honoring its heritage and Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were harvested to help develop medical treatments around the world.

Henrietta Lacks honored in 15th annual Turners Station celebration

June 5, 2019 at 1:20 p.m.

Long before the best-selling book about Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells was written, Turners Station neighbors gathered to honor her legacy, a tradition that continued Saturday. Lacks' great-granddaughters, born...

Vi Ripken throws out the first pitch for the IronBirds Opening Day game against the Hudson Valley Renegades.

Cal Ripken Jr. calls mother’s kidnapping ‘worst feeling’

August 19, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

As soon as Cal Ripken Jr. found out his mother was missing, he jumped in his car and set out to find her himself. The Orioles' "Iron Man" got a...

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr., reads a brief written statement at the start of a press conference at Camden Yards on the investigation of the abduction and subsequence safe return of his mother Vi Ripken at her home in Aberdeen.

Police silent on details of Vi Ripken’s abduction

August 19, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

As the investigation into Violet R. Ripken's abduction stretched into an eighth day, police remained silent Wednesday about their leads — a strategy Harford County State's Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly...

Video of suspect in Vi Ripken’s kidnapping released

August 19, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

Police released a new video Tuesday that shows a man believed to have kidnapped Violet R. Ripken stopping during the abduction to shop at an Anne Arundel County store. As...

Police release suspect photo, offer reward in Vi Ripken abduction

August 19, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

A manhunt continued Thursday for the man who kidnapped baseball matriarch Violet R. Ripken, as Aberdeen police released a surveillance video image of a suspect and several law-enforcement agencies joined...

Vi Ripken abducted at gunpoint, quietly returned

August 19, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

Bound and abducted in her own vehicle, Violet Ripken was gone for 12 hours before her disappearance was reported to authorities. And amid an intensive search, she was quietly dropped...

Local police, movie theaters step up security

August 19, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

Police in the Baltimore area increased patrols around movie theaters, and local theater owners added security precautions — including banning face masks and fake weapons — after the mass shooting...

He has lived life backward, becoming the coach at his alma mater (Maryland) before joining the pro ranks. Funk scored eight victories on the PGA Tour and has six on the Champions (Senior) Tour. One of golf's most accurate drivers, he became, at 49, the oldest ever to win The Players Championship in 2005. Two years later, he became the first to get a PGA win in Mexico.

Eddie Murray linked to insider trading probe

December 23, 2018 at 11:07 p.m.

Eddie Murray , the former Orioles Hall of Famer, has been linked to an investigation by federal authorities in a wide-ranging insider trading case that already has ensnared teammate Doug...

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