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Since 2004, more than 1,000 Baltimore-area high school students have taken the trip to various Southern states with the hopes of getting a better appreciation for the Civil Rights Movement. The weeklong trips are capped at about 36 students with six chaperones.

Many in Baltimore's LGBTQ community say they're giving up alcohol or have noticed that members are drinking less at gay bars. Some say the move toward sobriety followed the end of the pandemic, when many Americans turned to drinking for relief.

Maryland Chef Ashish Alfred appeared on “Good Morning America.”

O’Malley was confirmed in a 50-11 vote.

Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with “All in the Family” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He was 101.

Sandra Day O'Connor left a lasting legal impact after becoming the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, says University of Baltimore School of Law Professor José Felipé Anderson, who recalls her grace and describes her emergence as a swing vote on the court.

A lawyer for the Memphis couple who took in former NFL player Michael Oher when he was in high school said Wednesday that references to Oher being their adopted son will be removed from the couple’s websites and public speaking materials as part of their legal battle over Oher’s finances.

When you sit down to a holiday meal this season — particularly in Maryland — there’s a good chance you’ll be eating at least one dish invented or inspired by the Black diaspora.

The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health.

Kionne T. Abdul-Malik has been named chairperson for the Baltimore Commission for Women, whose mission she sees as more vital than ever in today’s current political climate.

Reparations — and who ultimately will receive them — remains a contentious debate in this country and in Maryland.

Maryland must uphold recently enacted legal protections for children who are subject to interrogation by police, say Jessica Feierman, an attorney and senior managing director at the Juvenile Law Center, and Emily Virgin, an attorney and director of advocacy and government affairs at Human Rights for Kids.

With the death of his brother during Israel’s bombing of Gaza, a Palestinian American says he fears for the lives of other family members there.

While court-ordered child support can address financial needs, it carries considerations that can complicate the lives of parents and children, writer and single parent Alanah Nichole Davis says.

Without reliable access to food, water and electricity, Palestinian civilians now are subjected to intensified Israeli bombing as the latest threat to their survival, journalist Eman Mohammed says.

For the Jewish community, the Hamas attack on Israel felt like the history of atrocities against Jewish people repeating itself, Rachel Garbow Monroe is president and CEO of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that it has suspended Officer Justin Lee without pay and is “taking steps to terminate his employment” after his indictment on felony charges.

Maryland needs air quality standards to curb harmful emissions from heating and air conditioning systems and water heaters, say Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and a physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, and Ruth Ann Norton, president and CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.

Meghan Marsh has been the executive director since September at Disability Rights Maryland.

As president of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, Will Schwarz has the task of addressing the atrocities of racial terror murders of the past while helping to ensure that these crimes are not repeated in the future.