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As the Ravens and Texans try to shake off their early-season disappointments, here’s what to watch in the teams’ Week 5 matchup.

Todd Kazlow of Towson writes that Sinclair Executive Chairman and Baltimore Sun owner David Smith bent the knee to President Trump and trampled the First Amendment right to free speech when he canceled the Jimmy Kimmel show.

The Ravens will face the Houston Texans at 1 p.m. Sunday in Baltimore. Here are game predictions from The Banner’s sports staff.

Before the president and his party continue their wanton disassembly of the federal workforce, it’s a good moment to appreciate what we’re about to lose.

The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.

Mark Conway is challenging Kweisi Mfume. In a heavily Democratic district that includes most of Baltimore and portions of the county, the winner of the primary election is all but guaranteed to win the general.

The Conowingo Dam would power Maryland homes and businesses under a new deal that requires Constellation Energy to spend millions to limit pollution.

The Navy-Air Force football game will go on as planned in Annapolis on Saturday, but that doesn’t mean the athletic departments at the service academies are unaffected by the government shutdown.

Hamilton, who played every defensive snap Sunday in the Ravens’ blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, was a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice because of a groin injury.

A U.S. immigration judge has denied a bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a proxy for the partisan power struggle over immigration policy.

The Howard County Public School System canceled its free flu and COVID vaccine clinics due to a lack of grant funding.

Maryland plans to use state money to fund food and cash assistance and fund state employee salaries typically paid with federal dollars as it rides out a government shutdown, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday.

For years advocates had warned the practice of housing vulnerable children in hotels and hospitals could have tragic consequences.

Week 5 wasn’t supposed to look like this for the 1-3 Ravens, who could take on the Texans without Lamar Jackson and other stars.

Baltimore County Police charged Mark Anthony Hawkins on Tuesday night with first-degree arson and malicious burning after the explosion of his Rosedale home in July.

Ian Roberts, who resigned this week as Des Moines’ superintendent of schools, claimed in his 2023 application that he received a doctorate in urban educational leadership from Morgan State University in 2007, according to documents The Associated Press obtained through a public records request.

Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks called on the federal government to halt efforts to “whitewash American History” at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia.

PAD develops when arteries in the legs narrow, restricting blood flow. The consequences are often catastrophic: wounds that won’t heal, heart attacks, strokes, amputations and premature deaths.

False claims of active shooters or violence are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know as Maryland schools are targeted.

These are Baltimore’s almost-love stories, written by those still thinking about them.