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Dear Gov. Moore, what’s wrong with vacationing in Ocean City? (and other nonsense questions)
Columnist Rick Hutzell has a few questions for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after he was photographed sunbathing topless with his wife on George's Clooney's boat?
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 06: Governor of Maryland Wes Moore speaks onstage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola - Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kyle Goon: The Ravens keep proving they deserve their reputation for choking
With a penchant for blowing double-digit leads like no one else in the NFL, the Ravens have to get to the root of the problem. Denial doesn't help.
Bills players rush kicker Matt Prater after he made the winning field goal Sunday night.
What season is it anyway?
You’re not alone in feeling confused by what to do for fashion, food and fun as Maryland and its unpredictable weather enters false fall.
Kyle Goon: Jim Palmer knows Mark Andrews’ pain — and how to heal from it.
Jim Palmer knows what it’s like to crash out in a loser-goes-home-game from getting shelled in 1982. He believes Ravens tight end Mark Andrews will bounce back.
Hall of Famer pitcher Jim Palmer played for the Orioles from 1965 to 1984.
Baltimore has a crime problem. That’s not why Trump is threatening to send in the National Guard.
President Donald Trump’s threat is not about crime. It's not even about Baltimore or Chicago or any other of his favorite municipal punching bags. It is about power.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 14:  California National Guard soldiers (front) stand guard at a federal building on June 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Protesters held an anti-Trump "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles which has been the focus of protests against Trump's immigration raids. Marches and protests against the Trump administration and its policies are taking place across the United States today. Protesters are also reacting in opposition to a planned military parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, DC, coinciding with President Trump's birthday.
Kyle Goon: On a night celebrating history, the young, gritty Orioles finally give hope for the future
The Orioles have struggled in close games at home, becoming the last club to win a walk-off game. But lately they've shown signs that they're gathering resolve.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Emmanuel Rivera #26 of the Baltimore Orioles celebrates with Robinson Chirinos #23 after hitting a single in the ninth inning to walk off the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 06, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Letter: ICE should not leave those it releases stranded, far from home
Lia Nigro of Columbia writes that ICE should not leave those it releases stranded and without resources far from their homes.
Daniel Fuentes Espinal, the Maryland pastor who was arrested by ICE in late July, embracing his daughter Clarissa outside of the detention center in Louisiana on August 14, 2025. His daughter Clarissa Fuentes Diaz took the photos. She has given us permission to use them in the future.
Annapolis’ next mayor will finish the big dig at City Dock. But what then?
When Annapolis voters elect a new mayor this fall, he or she will need to focus on finishing the reinvention of City Dock, a project that awaits federal funding.
City Dock, Annapolis, MD, May 9, 2025.
I was prepared to hate ‘The Paper,’ a spinoff of ‘The Office.’ I was wrong.
When Peacock first announced “The Paper,” a newsroom-themed spin-off of “The Office” about a dying Midwest publication, I was not pleased one bit. That changed.
THE PAPER -- Episode 102 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alex Edelman as Adam, Gbemisola Ikumelo as Adelola, Domhnall Gleeson as Ned, Melvin Gregg as Detrick -- (Photo by: Aaron Epstein/PEACOCK)
Letter: University of Baltimore restructuring preserves, strengthens liberal arts
Christine Spencerk, dean of the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Baltimore, says recent course consolidations will strengthen the liberal arts, not diminish them.
The University of Baltimore Student Center
Kyle Goon: Cal Ripken Jr. was my hero. Seeing him as a mere man makes the Streak even more remarkable.
Cal Ripken Jr. loomed like a giant to a generation of Maryland kids, including myself. The reality is that, throughout his 2,632 straight games, Ripken felt the very real pains and frustrations that all people feel. But he kept going, and that's what makes his Streak even more remarkable after 30 years.
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., sitting on the back of a sportscar, receives a standing ovation from the cheering crowd during post-game ceremonies celebrating Ripken's surpassing of Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games, at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Md., on September 6, 1995. Fans on the right display the new record of 2131 straight games played in major league baseball.
Kyle Goon: Everything you need to know about the Ravens offseason (to sound like you paid attention the whole time)
The NFL can feel like a bit of a flat circle, especially for a Ravens team that consistently plays like one of the league’s best teams in the regular season only to come up short in January.
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jaire Alexander (23) plays catch with a fan on the sidelines prior to the Ravens preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts at M&T Bank Stadium.
This judge will resolve ‘who’s your daddy?’ Her pay raise might be unconstitutional.
Orphans' Court judges convinced the Baltimore County executive and council to give them $30,000 raises. It may have violated the Maryland Constitution.
The Baltimore County Orphans Court conducts its hearings in a series of small courtrooms on the fifth floor of the county courthouse in Towson.
It’s my turn to host the family cookout. I am not sure I’m ready.
Wallace Lane learned this summer he’s old enough not just to attend the family cookout but to take over the grill too. Call it a rite of passage.
Illustration of black man grilling food at a cookout with family.
Parents: It’s OK if back to school looks more blooper reel than Instagram reel
The first week of school goes by airport rules — anything goes as long as they get there.
A young woman of color student struggles to carry a large heavy backpack conceptual
When a journalist dies in Gaza, does it change how we think about this horrific war?
When a colleague urged me to write about the death of Anas Al-Sharif, a correspondent covering the war in Gaza for Al Jazeera Arabic, he hoped I would be outraged. I didn’t. Because, frankly, I don’t know how I feel. So I asked someone who was there.
Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets during the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2024. Dagga was one of several journalists killed along with other people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.
Arms on the Farm: The intriguing present and future of Orioles trade addition Juaron Watts-Brown
Watts-Brown came to the Orioles organization from the Blue Jays in the trade for Seranthony Domínguez.
Juaron Watts-Brown pitches for the Double-A Chesapeake Baysox.
Remember that ugly Annapolis billboard with the cockroach? Now, it’s Bannerific!
That billboard is still in downtown Annapolis. But wait. Is that an ad for The Baltimore Banner I see, floating majestically over City Dock? Why yes! Beauty, as I have just been reminded, is in the eye. Sometimes like a poke.
A workman installs The Banner's billboard advertisement on Aug. 26, 2025 at City Dock in Annapolis. Beauty, it turns out, is in the eye of the beholder.
Kyle Goon: The Ravens’ undrafted free agent trio is the feel-good story we needed to end camp
You’ve got to see the video of Jay Higgins finding out he’s on the team.
From left, Ravens linebacker Jay Higgins IV, safety Reuben Lowery III, and corner Keyon Martin.
He didn’t see anyone who looked like him at the circus, so he created one of his own
Cedric Walker created the UniverSoul Circus so that kids growing up in places like his native West Baltimore could see themselves reflected in joyous things.
Performers on stilts dance across the stage while one breathes fire during the UniverSoul Circus Caribbean Carnival act at a show in Baltimore.
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