Family and parenting

“Because it’s only food stamps,” theft victim feels pushed to the side in DHS and police caseloads amid nationwide benefits fraud scheme.

As this week showed me, even scheduling something as simple and vital as a colonoscopy is impossible without help when you're a parent.

Nearly two dozen officers each earned more than $100,000 in hourly pay and overtime combined from October 2020-October 2021 by staffing Orioles and Ravens games and working at city pools and after-school events.

After 2 1/2 hours of cutting down greenery, Paul Newson's kids were ready for liftoff.

Students from Baltimore City and Baltimore County are hoping for a return to normalcy when classes resume on Monday, but schools are still struggling with teacher shortages and COVID concerns.

Only a third of Maryland's fifth and eighth graders scored proficient on the state's new science test, which are the first test results since 2019.

Whether you’re new to Baltimore or a longtime resident, here are some great hacks for making living in Charm City easier.

You don’t have to be old enough for a bank account to start to understand money.

Parenting is an emotionally unpredictable enterprise. Doing it in public ratchets up the unpredictability — don’t make it worse by staring or scolding.

In Baltimore, these pockets of lack of access to providers concentrate in the Southeast and South region of the city.

As the virus continues to mutate, public health experts said infections may become more common and more severe among those who have been boosted and recently infected.

Summertime presents a conundrum for working parents: what the heck to do with kids too young to stay home alone.

Lawyers are reporting an uptick in concerns about wills, status of marriages and power of attorney.

I brought my son to see ’80s band Tears For Fears and it was cheaper than a sitter.

As one of 13 states with strong laws that protect the right to an abortion, Maryland will play a key role for those looking to end a pregnancy.

Here are some local and national organizations working to ensure people will still be able to end unwanted pregnancies.

If the Catholic church wants to help the expectant mother already ripped to her core by a devastating genetic diagnosis, maybe the best way would be to offer compassion and empathy for whichever path she chooses with her own body, and to recognize that there are multiple paths that deserve grace.

As the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, a Banner reporter shares her deeply personal story of what it meant to choose to end a pregnancy.