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Sherita Golden, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, resigned from her position after months of controversy over her definition of privilege.

The Baltimore resident has been campaigning remotely, saying American Samoa deserves a president who will be an advocate for the U.S. territory.

Actress Lex Scott Davis, originally from West Baltimore, is set to star in the pilot for “Suits: L.A.,” the highly anticipated installment of the hit legal drama.

Harriet Tubman should be honored by putting her image on the $20 bill because she embodied America’s highest principles and aspirations, says Linda Harris, director of the Harriet Tubman Museum and Education Center.

Maryland’s Department of Emergency Management said it was “aware of the widespread internet and cellular outages” across the state and was “monitoring the situation.”

U.S. officials are revising their preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died during a mission to board an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.

An Iranian man who federal prosecutors say operates a criminal network that targets dissidents and activists abroad has been charged alongside a pair of Canadians with plotting to kill two Maryland residents, including a defector from Iran.

Charleston, Clavel Mezcaleria and Alma Cocina Latina are among the Maryland establishments in contention for the James Beard Foundation Awards, one of the culinary industry’s top honors.

Terrence M. Sawyer, the president of Loyola University Maryland, will officially acknowledge the university’s past role in benefitting from the slave economy in a nearly 40-page report released Wednesday and in a more detailed account this spring.

The New York Times lists Baltimore at No. 14 of places to visit this year alongside destinations such as Paris, Maui, New Zealand (by train), Singapore and Geneva, Switzerland — just to name a few.

“Saving Our Service Academies” and “The Academy” should be required reading for Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as she starts her delayed but historic tenure in Annapolis Thursday as the first woman named superintendent of the Naval Academy.

St. Frances alum Blake Corum contributed 134 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

23-year-old Naomi Winston, who creates coloring books to help young people and others embrace their skin tone, was recently featured on "CBS Mornings" with Gayle King.

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.