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Maryland Department of Health officials announced Friday a capital region resident tested positive for West Nile virus, the first confirmed human case in the state this year.

The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

More than 100 women’s college basketball players have teamed to form a union for college athletes, an organizing group announced Friday.

Ravens coach Jesse Minter has called quarterback Lamar Jackson one of the NFL’s most talented players. On Friday, Minter’s defense offered a reminder of its own considerable abilities.

“There is a lot of moving of the goalposts — two steps forward, one step backwards — in terms of the minorities that are leading programs,” Locksley said.

It’s been a period of change for the authority. In addition to Michael Frenz’s retirement, longtime executive Terry Hasseltine, who spearheaded the state’s sports tourism arm, exited his position in December without explanation.

The University of Maryland Smith School of Business will allow students to earn their degrees with three fewer courses.

This year, organizers contracted a new ticket vendor, Big Tickets, that has streamlined the process in a fashion that seems to be paying off.

The Mexican and Colombian men’s national soccer teams will meet in a September friendly in Baltimore, the teams announced Thursday.

Ivan Rivas, the longtime Montgomery County schools bus driver involved in a fatal crash in October that killed a middle school student, paid a $390 fine on Thursday to avoid going to trial.

Why hasn’t Washington bought an insurance package at receiver yet? It needs time, not reinforcements.

The purchase comes six weeks after Gov. Wes Moore’s administration first sought to buy the branding — exercising its first right of refusal in matching an offer from racing industry giant Churchill Downs Inc.

The Washington, D.C., National Guard is still investigating what led to a cluster of sudden illnesses at a military prep school for at-risk youth in Laurel over the weekend.

Zay Flowers is the best receiver the Ravens have ever drafted, but there’s one area where he’s struggled.

SNAP cuts under the Trump-supported federal law leave 36,000 Marylanders without food benefits, affecting families, seniors and vulnerable groups.

Starting Monday, 120 prime parking spots at The Mall in Columbia will require payment to ease parking headaches.

From Baltimore’s Birthday Bash to Patty Griffin, planetarium shows and family fun, here are some of the best things to do around the region this weekend.

Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the flood in Ellicott City that took the lives of Joseph Blevins and Jessica Watsula.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. scientist who helped lead the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, is set to face off — again — with a Republican senator probing the origins of the coronavirus.