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    Coco Gauff wins the French Open capturing her 2nd major title
    Coco Gauff won the French Open defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
    Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts as she plays against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their final match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
    Trump and Musk’s relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started
    President Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk depart after looking at Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke out against calls for a boycott of Elon Musk's companies and said he would purchase a Tesla vehicle in what he calls a 'show of confidence and support' for Elon Musk.
    Marylanders react to Trump’s announced travel ban, restrictions
    Hundreds of Maryland college students could be affected by the travel ban on 12 countries and restrictions on seven more.
    President Donald Trump stands before greeting Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz before his arrival at the White House, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington.
    Army soldier from Maryland gets 23 years for killing his pregnant wife and dumping her in the trash
    A Hawaii-based U.S. Army soldier who was originally from Maryland was sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and unborn child last summer and attempting to cover up the crime by dismembering and disposing of her body in the trash.
    U.S. Army Pfc. Dewayne Johnson sits with his teammates during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-01 at Helemano Military Reservation in Wahiawa, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2023.
    Aaron Rodgers ends months-long dance with Steelers, informs team he plans to sign, AP source says
    The Steelers and the 41-year-old Rodgers had been circling each other for months.
    The Steelers and the 41-year-old Rodgers had been circling each other for months.
    AmeriCorps must restore grant funding, members to states that sued over cuts, judge rules
    AmeriCorps employs more than 500 full-time federal workers and has an operating budget of roughly $1 billion.
    FILE - As President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton mark the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program, hundreds of new volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
    Luigi Mangione said UnitedHealthcare CEO ‘had it coming,’ according to prosecutors
    Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty in both cases. No trial dates have been set.
    The Manhattan district attorney’s office quoted extensively from Mangione’s handwritten diary.
    Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
    President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
    U.S. President Donald Trump addresses graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point in Michie Stadium on May 24, 2025 in West Point, New York.
    Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
    A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to challenge their deportations.
    SAN VICENTE, EL SALVADOR - APRIL 4: A prison officer guards a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. Amid internal legal dispute, Trump's administration continues with its controversial and fast-paced deportation policy to El Salvador, as part of a partnership with President Bukele. The US Government acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland resident from El Salvador with protected status and is arguing against returning him to the US.
    Unsealed records in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown
    Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have argued that the Trump administration has done nothing to return the Maryland construction worker.
    Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, second from left, joins a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md
    Marylander Frances Tiafoe knocked out of French Open as his historic run ends
    Tiafoe also was part of a rare duo: He and Paul were the first American men to get to the round of eight in Paris since Andre Agassi.
    Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. plays a shot against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti during their quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
    Meta turns to Baltimore-based Constellation to secure nuclear power for AI needs
    The agreement announced Tuesday is just the latest in a string of tech-nuclear partnerships as the use of artificial intelligence expands.
    The 21-story, mixed-use Constellation Building serves as the headquarters of Constellation Energy and a regional office for the Exelon Corporation.
    Supreme Court declines for now to hear a challenge to assault weapons bans in a case from Maryland
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    6 injured, possibly with burns, in a Colorado attack the FBI is investigating as terrorism
    The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, yelled “Free Palestine” and used a makeshift flamethrower in the attack, the special agent in charge of the Denver field office said.
    Law enforcement officials investigate after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall on Sunday in Boulder, Colo.
    Maryland’s Frances Tiafoe reaches French Open quarterfinals in historic run for US men
    Zero men from the United States had made it this far in any year since Andre Agassi in 2003. And Tiafoe has done it without dropping a set.
    Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. celebrates beating Germany's Daniel Altmaier during their fourth round match of the French Tennis Open
    Pride Month starts this weekend. Here’s what to expect
    At its heart, Pride is both a party and a protest.
    A young girl is seen with a rainbow sticker on her forehead and a flag in her hair along West St. during the Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival on June 1, 2024.
    Maryland native Frances Tiafoe among trio adding to the best French Open for US men in decades
    This go-round, the trio is Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe, all scheduled to be on court Sunday in fourth-round action at Roland-Garros.
    PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 30: Frances Tiafoe of United States celebrates a point against Sebastian Korda of United States during the Men's Singles Third Round match on Day Six of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on May 30, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
    Demand for Pokémon is exploding. Here’s how a local game shop is weathering the storm.
    For local card stores, the latest surge in demand for Pokémon cards like Destined Rivals, Prismatic Evolutions and Surging Sparks has been a mixed bag.
    Jalen Manley and his twin sister, Bryanne Manley, discuss some of the cards they've opened from the new packs at Game Haven in Pikesville on Sunday, May 25, 2025.
    Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
    The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    What to know about Baltimore U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume’s run for a leadership role
    The role would put Mfume in a sweet spot to take over as committee chair if Democrats take back the House of Representatives next November.
    U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume has told colleagues he’s running to be the top Democrat on an influential House committee.
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