What happens when your insurer and hospital break up? Some Hopkins patients find out.
The deadline was Monday and there was no agreement between Johns Hopkins and UnitedHealthcare, so officials began notifying thousands of patients that the Hopkins hospitals and doctors’ offices are now out of network.
Johns Hopkins Hospital campus, Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center building.
How will the Annapolis elections turn out? Follow the money.
Annapolis is a small town where fewer than half the registered voters usually cast ballots. How much money do you need to convince 6,000 people?
Annapolis is a small town where fewer than half of registered voters usually cast ballots in municipal races.
Serena Williams doesn’t deserve these slams for taking GLP-1 weight loss drug
Tennis great Serena Williams is again taking the heat, this time for unveiling a taut physique and announcing she achieved it through taking a GLP-1 drug, the injectable weight-loss medication.
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - AUGUST 23: Serena Williams introduces Maria Sharapova during the 2025 Induction Celebration weekend at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
Colton Cowser’s third homer in four games not enough for Orioles as they lose opener to Red Sox
Since returning from a concussion on Aug. 17, Cowser is 10-for-33 with eight runs batted in.
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser homers during the second inning of Monday's game against the Boston Red Sox.
George Herman Ruth charged with using old baseball players’ names for settlement fraud. No, not the Babe.
The 69-year-old is charged with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers, money laundering, making false statements to his probation officer and possessing firearms after having previously been convicted of felonies.
American baseball player George Herman Ruth (1895-1948) known as “Babe” Ruth. A different George Herman Ruth now faces fraud charges.
Bus drivers vote to strike in Anne Arundel — and 7,200 students could be out of a ride
Anne Arundel County bus drivers are seeking better pay and more respect on the job. The vote signals they’re willing to walk off the job to get them.
yellow school buses
Kilmar Abrego Garcia held in Virginia; Judge wants him to remain in US amid deportation fight
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Virginia detention center, as the case of the Salvadoran native reaches yet another crescendo.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
Orioles righty Kyle Bradish to make first start since Tommy John surgery Tuesday
“He’s been miserable not being able to help us this year, been very miserable kind of watching this thing, and how it’s gone and he finally gets a chance to help,” interim manager Tony Mansolino said.
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish photographed during the 2025 Baltimore Orioles Media Day at spring training.
Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm: What to know about the parasite
The New World screwworm parasite primarily affects livestock and is rare in humans. It does not spread from person to person, and poses a very low risk to the public, according to U.S. health officials.
An adult New World screwworm fly sits at rest in this undated photo.
Trump calls Baltimore a ‘horrible deathbed,’ insults Moore again
The recent back-and-forth between President Trump and Gov. Wes Moore could set the stage for more direct intervention from the federal government.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington.
Tax sale lawsuit against Baltimore can proceed, federal judge rules
The case now centers on the question of “just compensation.”
The Edmondson Community Organization, a neighborhood group in West Baltimore, brought the lawsuit against Baltimore and an investor in July 2024
Donald Trump vs. Wes Moore: Everything the president has said about Baltimore
In an escalating war of words, President Donald Trump threatened to send the National Guard to Baltimore, revoke funding for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and questioned Gov. Wes Moore's military awards. The Democratic governor wants Trump to come see Baltimore for himself or “keep our names out of your mouth.”
Man who shot and killed 2 strangers in Baltimore receives consecutive life sentences
On Sept. 12, 2020, Dandre Woods-Bethel, of Belair-Edison, fatally shot Julie Rice and Michelle Green on the porch of a home on Clifton Park Terrace and then called Baltimore Police to surrender.
Exterior of the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Even when Samuel Basallo was a tween with too-big feet, this Orioles scout saw a star
“You have a gut feeling in your heart when you sign somebody,” Orioles scout Gerardo Cabrera said. “We felt that he was going to be impressive. You had that feeling that he’s different.”
Samuel Basallo has five hits and five runs batted in after 21 major league at-bats.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia in ICE custody again as hundreds rally in Baltimore
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took a stoic Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody Monday morning and are preparing to remove him to Uganda.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, arrives with his wife Jennifer, left, to the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore on Monday, August 25, 2025.
Some National Guard units in DC now armed in escalation of Trump deployment
Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.
Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard talk with a man while positioned outside of Union Station in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Kyle Goon: Baltimore’s golf tournament success shows our aptitude for MLB, NFL headliners
The BMW Championship was a smooth-running event with 120,000 people coming to Baltimore County. Let’s get more big-time sports stops in the area.
A large gallery watches as Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the 12th green Sunday during the final round of the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club.
She’s photographing her Baltimore neighborhood walks as an exercise in mental health
Nichole Morris' goal is to walk through — and photograph — each of Baltimore’s 250-plus neighborhoods not only as a physical record but as a mental health exercise.
In Otterbein. The woman with the dog: This was the only home not hidden in shadow. In the time it took to unlock my phone, the woman and her dog came into the frame as if to bring the street to life.
These bargain burgers in Baltimore are bliss on a budget
Baltimore is a burger-lover’s playground, with great deals from neighborhood bars, taverns and steakhouses, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
Kooper's Tavern in Fells Point offers a $5 Burger of the Month deal.
In Baltimore’s ‘hope desert,’ mass overdoses overshadow residents’ struggle for survival
To Baltimore Penn North neighborhood residents, it felt like the beginning of a familiar cycle: Crisis strikes, troubling woes are in the spotlight and then the cameras and immediate attention are gone.
Ulysses “Chuck” Palmer and his daughter Serenity Palmer wait in line for snowballs from Daisy Bush at the D&D Variety store, in Baltimore, Friday, August 8, 2025.
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