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One of Baltimore’s oldest chocolatiers is expanding
Rheb’s Candies will add a new location in Mt. Airy.
An employee prepares chocolates at Rheb’s Candies on Wilkens Avenue in Baltimore.
7 indicted for series of armed robberies targeting bank customers across 5 Maryland counties
Seven people were indicted Friday for a series of armed robberies that targeted bank customers across multiple Maryland counties, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. 
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Friday the indictment of seven people who allegedly targeted bank customers in a series of armed robberies that spanned five counties.
Supporters of bill to study slavery reparations urge Gov. Wes Moore to sign it
Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland rallied by the governor’s residence on Friday, calling on Gov. Wes Moore to sign the legislation.
Supporters of a Maryland measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery rally on Friday, May 9, 2025 in Annapolis, Md., next to a statute of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Judge orders Trump administration to halt much of the massive federal workforce downsizing
The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
Betty Deacon, progressive activist and political staffer, helped people find their voice
E. Betty Deacon, a longtime Baltimore political organizer and progressive activist who spent nearly a decade as former U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s projects director, died May 1 of complications related to lymphoma.
Betty Deacon.
Maryland public media outlets brace for federal funding cuts after Trump executive order
Public media outlets, including those that serve Marylanders, are bracing for a future void in federal funding they’ve come to depend on.
President Donald Trump listens during a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Washington.
For sale: Mid-century modern-inspired home that backs up to the Loch Raven Reservoir
The home has been beautifully preserved and features clean lines, an open floor plan and a seamless connection with the outdoors.
It’s tick season and there is a new bugger catching a ride in Baltimore
There have always been a few cases of babesiosis in Maryland every year, but now researcher says the Baltimore region has become a hotspot for cases tied to parasites found on ticks.
Close up photo of adult female deer tick crawling on piece of straw.
Letter: Columbia restaurateur unfairly blames crime for demise of his eateries
A letter writer says the owner of The Walrus Oyster & Ale House at Mall in Columbia should take a look at his business practices as to why he had to close his eateries.
 Walrus Oyster & Ale House at The Mall in Columbia.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles’ injury clouds are clearing. The damage is done.
Unfortunately for the Orioles, the pending returns of injured players are a meek balm for what are increasingly feeling like mortals wounds to this season.
Outfielder Tyler O’Neill should be part of the first wave of injured Orioles to return to the lineup.
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Tomoyuki Sugano’s great start helps Orioles bust 5-game slide against Angels
The Orioles could have hardly asked for more from Sugano, who threw 92 pitches and went deeper than any other O’s starter this year.
Tomoyuki Sugano allowed one run on three hits in 7 1/3 innings Friday night against the Angels.
New Jersey mayor arrested at immigration detention center he was protesting
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to protesters outside of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
TikTok ‘challenge’ has sparked fires in Maryland classrooms, officials warn
There have been multiple incidents of students in Prince George’s County sticking objects into their school-issued or personal electronic devices, causing fires and smoke.
There have been “upwards of 10″ incidents of students in Prince George’s County sticking objects into their school-issued or personal electronic devices, causing fires and smoke, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Howard County issues health alert after sewage overflow in Columbia neighborhood
Nearly 1.3 million gallons of sewage overflowed in a Columbia townhouse community, the county health department said Friday. The agency has issued a precautionary health alert.
Howard County's Department of Public Works was notified of a potential sewage overflow at noon on Wednesday.
Carla Hayden let Lizzo play a Founding Father’s flute. Is that why Trump fired her?
Carla Hayden, the nation’s first female and first Black Librarian of Congress, fired Thursday by Trump, "will remain a Maryland treasure," her fellow Maryland librarians say.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks during a discussion with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, on how "to establish and preserve the narrative of January 6th." The event marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
He left Baltimore to prove tea lattes could sell. Now he’s back with his own shop.
A matcha-themed cafe that came to Baltimore as a pop-up in February as getting a permanent home in Remington.
Equitea owner Quentin Vennie makes a matcha drink during the opening party for his pop-up shop in Remington earlier this year.
More than 170 former Boy Scouts sue Maryland local councils over alleged sex abuse
In seven lawsuits filed last week, the former Scouts said the alleged abusers used their “power, authority and trust” to coerce them to engage in sexual acts.
Merit badges and a rainbow-colored neckerchief slider are affixed on a Boy Scout uniform outside the headquarters of Amazon in Seattle on Jul 23, 2021.
Historic Pimlico Race Course is going to be razed. Go now while you still can.
For anyone who has never been to the track, there’s no better time than the lead-up to the 150th Preakness Stakes.
Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course in 2024.
Air traffic controllers for Newark airport lose radar access for the second time in 2 weeks
The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in Philadelphia that directs planes in and out of Newark airport went black for 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. Friday.
Fog covers planes and control towers at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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