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“There’s a lot of new things around here, but it’s exciting to learn it and see how it’s going to help us develop into better pitchers, better everything, and win a lot of ball games in the future,” left-hander Mitchell Parker said.

The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory for Central Maryland for Wednesday morning.

This week’s list of things to do in Baltimore County is an especially zany one. Here are seven events for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 25.

The 87-year-old man found fatally shot on Valentine’s Day at a senior living facility in Potomac had practiced law in Maine and authored a novel about a murder. There are are no suspects in his death.

James Harvey, who still lives on Cross Road, descends from the first Black people to own property in Perry Hall.

Baltimore’s overdose crisis does not appear to be ebbing, but evolving, according to interviews with experts. A mix of other chemicals — often less immediately lethal but dangerous in other ways — has grown increasingly common.

Virginia-based American Real Estate Partners is suing Johns Hopkins University for breaking a lease at downtown Baltimore’s Candler Building. The university blamed cuts to grant funding for the break, but then bought office space in Washington, D.C.

Charm City and its food scene were built on the contributions of Black Baltimoreans. Here are some of the eateries shaping the region that are worthy of trying this Black History Month.

Daaon Spears, 19, of Edmondson Village, is standing trial again this week in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including first-degree murder.

A riddle mentioning “a tower that once stood tallest” drew hundreds of “Survivor” fans to downtown Baltimore on Monday.

Dawaun Gough, 34, is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with second-degree assault, misconduct in office and making a false entry into public documents.

Discussions about Mayor Brandon Scott’s tax relief plan got off to a rocky start before a Baltimore City Council committee Tuesday.

Gavin Buckley’s retirement from politics didn’t last long. Just months after completing eight years as mayor of Annapolis, Buckley has filed to run for Anne Arundel County Council.

Anne Arundel County Councilman Pete Smith, a Democrat running for county executive, said a campaign volunteer was recently subjected to racist abuse while canvassing.

To avoid a foreclosure auction on its Bond Street building in Fells Point, The Black Olive owners file for bankruptcy.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday released body camera footage from the Jan. 17 fatal single-vehicle crash involving a juvenile driver and the Howard County Police Department.

Richard Henry investigated wrongdoing by school boards and superintendents in Maryland for six years. Gov. Wes Moore administration wants someone new.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill Tuesday to end the state’s local partnerships with federal immigration officials.

With multiple reports indicating Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark is expected to resign, Orioles right-hander Chris Bassitt expressed confidence in the strength of the union and its ability to negotiate the upcoming collective bargaining agreement.

Charlie Wilson and The Lox are headlining the 50th AFRAM festival, which takes place Juneteenth weekend on June 19 to 21.