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    Barbara Walters, news pioneer and ‘The View’ creator, dies
    Barbara Walters, the first woman to become a TV news superstar, has died.
    FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2014 file photo, Barbara Walters addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a network career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. She was 93.
    Former Ravens player Ed Reed agrees to become Bethune-Cookman’s football coach
    Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed has agreed to become the football coach at Bethune-Cookman and is leaving his job with the Miami Hurricanes, the schools announced Tuesday night.
    FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed displays his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring during a halftime ceremony at an NFL football game between the Ravens and the New England Patriots in Baltimore. Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed has agreed to become the football coach at Bethune-Cookman and is leaving his job with the Miami Hurricanes, the schools announced Tuesday night, Dec. 27, 2022.
    Congress requires states to reissue stolen food benefits as part of spending bill
    Federal agencies must also coordinate with the U.S. Attorney General, state agencies, retail food stores and third-party contractors who process the federal funds to determine how money is being stolen and how it is being used, according to the bill.
    A photo of the light stone U.S. Capitol building. The photo is taken from the bottom of stairs leading into the building looking up at the Capitol dome. Two uniformed police officers stand on the steps.
    Is there a growing risk of being ‘roofied’ at a gay bar?
    Baltimore police aren’t seeing an uptick in reports, but a Pride Center of Maryland survey found a rising concern in the LGBTQ community about being drugged in a drink at gay bars.
    Brendon Huffman, a bartender and manager at The Manor, has been roofied four times in the past seven years. He is vigilant in making sure that the same doesn't happen to others. He is pictured here at The Manor, a bar in Mount Vernon.
    Maryland’s Van Hollen wants Congress to address medical debt practices
    If passed, the measure would require health care institutions to communicate about debt with consumers and cap the annual interest rate growth for medical debt at 5%.
    U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, touts the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act while visiting the headquarters of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative in Baltimore's Canton neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
    Maryland’s LGBTQ communities cautiously optimistic as Congress passes same-sex marriage act
    President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Respect for Marriage Act into law.
    Lee Carpenter, a Baltimore-based lawyer, said he has noticed a significant uptick in inquires following opinions of Justice Clarence Thomas that there could be a reverse of same-sex marriage.
    Shooting in Colorado Springs gay nightclub unsettling for Baltimore’s LGBTQ community
    The shooting deaths of five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado has been unsettling for Ron Legler, the president of the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. Legler was a founding co-owner of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting at an LGBTQ establishment in this country’s history.
    Ron Legler is the President France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. Legler is also founding co-owner of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which was the site of the deadliest mass shooting at an LGBTQ establishment in American history. On June 12, 2016, more than 50 people were killed and 53 were injured by a lone gunman.
    ‘The true meaning is kind of hard’: How American Indians in Maryland observe Thanksgiving
    For Maryland’s American Indian population, Thanksgiving can be a complicated — and oftentimes painful — reminder of lost lives, land and culture.
    A Native American celebration of food, culture, and heritage took place at the 46th Annual BAIC PowWow at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium on November 19, 2022.
    Moore supporters relish building a network that can lift other Black candidates to victory
    Wes Moore’s historic win puts Maryland on the national map in discussions about Black electoral politics at the statewide level, according to a political expert.
    Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore declares victory at an Election Night event at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront on Tuesday, November 8. Democratic candidates Wes Moore, Aruna Miller, Chris Van Hollen, Anthony Brown and Brooke Lierman held a combined event beginning at 8 p.m. as the polls closed.
    Baltimore isn’t anywhere near Alaska, but “Alaska Daily” is closer to what I do than any other newspaper show
    I have never been to Anchorage, where the occasionally uneven but increasingly excellent “Alaska Daily” is set, more than 71 hours and 4,267 miles from Baltimore. Still, I felt a rush of uncomfortable recognition, as a journalist, a Baltimorean and as a Black woman when watching it.
    HILARY SWANK, GRACE DOVE from the ABC's show Alaska Daily.
    Parents, students urged to ‘use common sense’ when picking out Halloween costumes
    Here’s a look at how schools throughout the state will address culturally and ethnically insensitive costumes this Halloween.
    Illustration of students throwing Native American feather regalia and afro wig into trash bag held open by teacher
    Awareness raised, confidence built since Maryland’s version of the CROWN Act took effect 2 years ago
    A state delegate says more people feel empowered since Maryland joined other states two years ago in banning discrimination against Black hairstyles such as Afros, locks and braids.
    Stylist Ericka Cherrie styles Torre McKiver’s hair working with her natural texture. Cherrie says she has seen an uptick in clients requesting more natural hairstyles since the Crown Act was passed.
    Baltimore trio stresses value of yoga, meditation in new book
    The trio launched their company Holistic Life Foundation in 2001 after meeting at College Park. Since then, they have taught the benefits of yoga and meditation to more than 50,000 people.
    Atman Smith, left, and his brother Ali Smith, two of the authors of Let Your Light Shine, stand in front of their Baltimore office. The book comes out Tuesday, October 18.
    Baltimore-based artist has work included in Target’s Latino Heritage Month collection
    Jen White-Johnson sees collection as an opportunity to spotlight her Afro-Latina culture.
    Jen White-Johnson, a Baltimore-based artist, designed a tumbler ($10) and a now sold out t-shirt ($13) for the Latino Heritage Month collection at Target.
    Homecoming at Morgan State University, other HBCUs is a cultural phenomenon
    Homecoming at an HBCU represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones and experience the promise of a safe space where Blackness is celebrated.
    Azikiwe Deveaux, 47, is founder of Events 4 Good People (E4GP), an event coordinator and event productions company.  This year, his event at Rye Street Tavern is expected to attract 1,000 people. In all, this weekend, he will throw five Morgan State homecoming related events. (Paul Newson for The Baltimore Banner)
    Baltimore Poly grad John Clauser wins Nobel Prize in physics
    Clauser, a 1960 Poly grad, would spend time in his father’s lab at Johns Hopkins.
    An illustration of John Clauser, one of the Nobel Prize in Physics winners for 2022. The illustration in black and gold on a white background shows a smiling white man with a crew neck shirt.
    Marylanders can expect rain this weekend after Hurricane Ian batters SW Florida coast
    National Weather Service forecasts between half an inch and an inch of rainfall in the Baltimore region through Saturday evening.
    Red Cross Volunteers work in evacuation centers in Florida, as Hurricane Ian approaches state.
    Jared Kushner’s apartment company settles Maryland lawsuit over alleged tenant mistreatment
    The suit argued Westminster charged tenants illegal fees and failed to maintain the properties and aggressively and “illegally” used Maryland’s eviction laws.
    A masked woman speaking at a lectern next to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh holding a poster with photos of Westminster Management property.
    Katie Caljean wants to pass on her love of history
    She is the first woman to be both president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
    Katie Caljean is the first woman to simultaneously be the president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
    NASA’s James Webb Telescope delivers first deep-space images
    Images from the telescope showed cosmic cliffs, a dying star and the deepest infrared image of the universe yet.
    This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth.
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