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    Where to find the best blind boxes for people into mystery gifts
    You can find blind boxes at toy stores, booksellers, big retailers — and, if you are not picky, some gas stations and gift shops, too.
    Toys, plushies and figurines come in blind boxes, packaging that obscures exactly which version of an item the purchasers will get. This Baby Third Lily Rabbit Town series has 12 versions.
    UMBC exhibit puts focus on Black leisure during the Jim Crow era
    An exhibit at UMBC, “Picturing Mobility,” runs through Dec. 19 and features two inventions that made leisure travel possible during segregation — the automobile and the camera.
    Picnic Group, Highland Beach, Maryland c. 1931, printed 1982. Gelatin silver print.
    Headed to Christmas Village in Baltimore? Here’s what to know.
    The Christmas Village in Baltimore, now in its 12th season, is back and full of shops, food and photo opportunities.
    Patrons walk past vendors through the Christmas Village at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, December 20, 2024.
    Firefighters rescue person who fell between Amtrak train cars at BWI rail station
    Firefighters rescued an Amtrak passenger who fell between train cars at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s rail station.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Turkey trot, Christmas Village and Ravens game traffic comes to town on Thanksgiving
    If you’re staying in the Baltimore area for Thanksgiving this year, prepare for traffic jams and parking difficulties.
    Christmas Village along the Inner Harbor will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving.
    2 shooting victims discovered after vehicle crashes with Hopkins shuttle
    An unidentified man and a 28-year-old woman died Wednesday morning after they were found with gunshot wound in a crashed vehicle in Baltimore, police said.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    No bomb bursting in air: Cannonball dug up at Fort McHenry was corroded dud
    After the arrival of a bomb squad and other precautions, there was no explosion. The historic ordnance was found to be an inert and fully corroded cannonball.
    A flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes flies over Fort McHenry.
    Don’t be fooled by warm weather today. Thanksgiving will be cold.
    Thanksgiving Day will see a high of 46, and it will stay windy with gusts around 20 to 30 miles per hour. Windchill will make the weather feel below freezing on Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service.
    Wild turkeys forage in a field near Linkwood on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
    Trace Capt. John Smith’s steps through Patapsco Valley State Park
    Patapsco Valley State Park’s smallest attraction is a Maltese cross marking a spot on a 400-year-old map created by Capt. John Smith.
    The Patapsco River rounds a bend in Patapsco Valley State Park near the area where a marker was installed on a high bluff memorializing the steps of Capt. John Smith 400 years ago.
    Howard County library employees seek answers after branch closed amid carbon monoxide concerns
    The Howard County Library Savage Branch location closed abruptly last week because of carbon monoxide poisoning.
    The Savage Branch of the Howard County Library System.
    Train gardens abound in Baltimore County around the holidays
    Looking for fun things to do in Baltimore County this week? Check out some of the county's train gardens.
    The train garden at Kenilworth Mall has been delighting families for decades.
    Recent SNAP chaos looms over Thanksgiving, driving some people to food banks
    The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history halted food benefits for more than 680,000 Marylanders.
    Volunteer Ron Conley, left, hands out bags of food during a Thanksgiving holiday meal giveaway at Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson on Monday.
    Jury awards over $21M to man and woman attacked before murder of Pava LaPere
    April Hurley and Jonte Gilmore filed a lawsuit against Eden’s Homes LLC, Property Pals LLC and Jason Billingsley, who attacked them in 2023 at a rooming house in West Baltimore.
    April Hurley, center, is joined by her attorneys Malcolm Ruff, left, and Phylecia Faublas, as well as her family at a press conference at the law offices of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy on Tuesday.
    Holiday travelers flood Maryland roads around Thanksgiving. So will drunk drivers.
    As Thanksgiving approaches, here is a look at recent patterns of drunk driving in Maryland and what's being done to mitigate the issue.
    Traffic travels on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road as rain falls on the region.
    Police investigate after body found at ‘trash fire’ in West Baltimore
    Baltimore Police are investigating what they described as a “suspicious death” after a body was found Monday night following a fire in West Baltimore.
    A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
    Cold front will bring freezing temperatures to Maryland for Thanksgiving
    A strong cold front will blanket Maryland with near-freezing temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.
    The forecasted low on Thursday night is 32 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
    We tried the Annapolis doughnuts that appear in Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’
    Ben Wang, who owns Sandy Pony Donuts with his wife, Brea, said the phone rings daily at one of their locations since the show debuted Nov. 7, with people mostly wanting to know if it’s a real store.
    Doughnuts from Sandy Pony Donuts, which appear in the first few minutes of “Pluribus,” the new dystopian, sci-fi show from Vince Gilligan on Apple TV.
    Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI
    The historically Black college may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.
    Morgan State University may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.
    Big Crunch Amplifier Service & Design repairs the ‘sound of rock ’n’ roll’
    Big Crunch Amplifier Service & Design started in 2008 and is located on East Biddle Street in Johnston Square.
    Big Crunch Amplifier Service & Design services and designs tube amplifiers for guitars in Baltimore, MD. Owner Brooks Harlan works on customer projects on September 23, 2025.
    Man sentenced to life in prison for 2023 shooting in Silver Spring garage that killed college student
    Ramone Ramsay on Monday was sentenced to life in prison in the 2023 shooting inside a Silver Spring garage that killed college student Kymani Bailey.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
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