Lawyers who represent Lacks’ descendants said any company using her cells, known as HeLa cells, for research or product development without consulting or compensating the family might be the next target they “see in court.”

Lacks’ family and Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to keep terms of the settlement confidential. Her family celebrated the deal with cake on what would have been Lacks’ 103rd birthday.

Lawsuits alleging profits have been made from stolen, regenerative biological material aren’t common. But if the strategy works, this could become the first in a series of complaints seeking compensation for and control of Lacks’ cells.

Parents who invested in the state's prepaid tuition program to save for college called State Treasurer Dereck Davis’ decision to set a 6% earnings rate on their contributions an overdue victory.

Johns Hopkins medical offices will begin charging a fee to send some messages through its online patient portal, according to a memo to staff obtained by The Baltimore Banner. The change goes into effect July 18.

Gail D'Anthony told first responders her husband, John, was in cardiac arrest. But an autopsy revealed he had suffered extensive injuries, including lacerations, broken bones and black eyes, inconsistent with a natural death.

The ‘e’ in the hand-carved, wooden sign situated at the corner of Charles Street and St. Albans Way was taped over and replaced with a spray-painted ‘o’.

With the identification of the late Philadelphia nun, all the names have been unmasked in the attorney general report.

A former teacher at the old Cardinal Gibbons High School has been identified as one of the redacted names in the attorney general's report on sex abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Two alleged abusers whose names were redacted in the Maryland Attorney General's report on child sexual abuse have been identified as Michael V. Scriber and the Rev. Joseph G. Fiorentino.

Fallout begins over church sexual abuse report; one official, Monsignor Richard Woy, resigned from the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center’s board of directors.

The investigation identified three of the clergy members and one church official whose names were redacted from the report.

Reporters matched details in the Maryland attorney general's report into the Archdiocese of Baltimore to court transcripts, archdiocesan letters, church directories, news articles and other public documents.

Five priests are known to have abused children while serving at St. Mark. Another seven abused children before or after they served at the Catonsville parish.

The examples include priests who asked victims to delay reporting their abuse so they could reach retirement age; prosecutors who agreed not to pursue criminal charges against known abusers; and even a secret deal with a Baltimore County judge to resolve a case quietly.

Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Joanne Benson to overhaul Maryland 529 would dissolve its independent board and phase out the prepaid trust it manages.

One expert in state-backed college savings plans said she has never seen anything like what’s unfolding now in Maryland.

Things turned around for the students after the Maryland office of the Council on American Islamic Relations got involved.

The 34,000-square-foot building under development will have research and classroom space as well as meeting space intended for community use.

Police believe a juvenile in North Carolina was also involved in the series of threats that have rattled the community.