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Roland Griffiths, pioneering Johns Hopkins psychedelics researcher, dies at 77
Roland Griffiths, who founded and led the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins, died yesterday. He was a pioneer in bringing psychedelics into mainstream medicine.
Roland Griffiths in the β€œpsilocybin room” at Johns Hopkins
A sign the Chesapeake Bay is getting slightly healthier? Dolphins are returning.
An app created by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science allows people to track dolphin sightings, providing insight into the prevalence and behavior of dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay.
Scientists have learned a lot about the annual movements of dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay in recent years thanks to an app created by Chesapeake Dolphin Watch. The dolphins move up the bay in late spring, then head back out to sea by late fall.
One year after Gunpowder manager’s arrest, state park system gets an overhaul
When Maryland’s acting state parks Superintendent Angela Crenshaw visits parks, she goes over a few rules with staff members. Be nice. Be safe. Keep body to self.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz  and acting parks Superintendent Angela Crenshaw are seen outside of the  Department of Natural Resources headquarters in Annapolis on Sept. 22, 2023. The two discussed developing strategies to reform the agency since the arrest of prominent Park Ranger Michael J. Browning.
Maryland’s state park service suffered from β€˜unhealthy dynamics.’ Here’s how new leaders are seeking to change it
Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz explained in a legislative hearing on Sept. 20, 2023 that he has undertaken reforms to change the culture in the state’s troubled park service.
A sign at the entrance of Gunpowder Falls State Park Sweet Air Area.
They checked in, but they can never leave: Meet the ghosts of the Lord Baltimore Hotel
On Sept. 30, people will have a chance to encounter the spectral residents of The Lord Baltimore Hotel as a team of professional spirit seekers arrives for National Ghost Hunting Day.
The Lord Baltimore Hotel was built in 1928 and some of its guests never checked out. A mannequin tends to the bar on the 19th floor.
Detectives pursue leads in Los Angeles, Chicago in Rachel Morin homicide investigation
Detectives investigating the slaying of Rachel Morin near a wooded trail in Bel Air last month uncovered information in Los Angeles that led them to Chicago, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said.
The loved ones of Rachel Morin last month taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the grounds of the Ma & Pa Trail where she was found deceased.
Think spotted lanternflies are bad now? Wait until they swarm.
Seeing spotted lanternflies in your garden, along the street and scudding thorough the air? Welp, they're about to get worse. But at least they seem to be sparing Maryland's wineries this year.
Invasive spotted lanternflies are appearing all over Maryland and pose a particular threat to grape vines.
β€˜Crying in our hearts’: Rachel Morin remembered in Sunday service
Family, friends and church members remembered Rachel Morin, the Bel Air woman slain this month, at a service Sunday at Greater Grace Church in East Baltimore.
The sheriff’s office has received more than 300 tips about the Rachel Morin case, a spokeswoman said. Metro Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Morin’s killer.
Rachel Morin’s family, friends recall woman of β€˜joy and energy’ at trailside walk
Family, friends and neighbors took part in a walk to honor Rachel Morin, who disappeared Aug. 5 after going on a walk along the Ma and Pa Heritage Trail in downtown Bel Air. Her body was found the next day.
Rebekah Morin, left, and Patty Morin, center, grieve for their sister and daughter Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five who was found deceased on the Ma and Pa Heritage Trail two weeks ago.
The mysterious safe at Red Emma’s has at last been opened
After weeks of attempts, a Canadian safecracker finally opened the mysterious old safe at Red Emma’s bookstore.
Rick Ammazzini traveled from Winnipeg, Canada to crack the mystery safe found inside in Red Emma’s, seen here on Aug. 11, 2023.
Rachel Morin’s family asks for compassion amid β€˜horrific news’
The family of Rachel Morin, the mother of five whose body was found along a trail in Bel Air on Sunday, says the family is planning a celebration of life and a 5K in her honor.
The body of a woman found on a popular Maryland hiking trail has been formally identified as 37-year-old mother-of-five Rachel Morin.
Rachel Morin: More than 100 tips received in β€˜heinous’ killing, sheriff says
Ten investigators are working β€œaround the clock” on the case of Rachel Morin, the 37-year-old mother of five, whose body was found near a Bel Air nature trail Sunday, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said Wednesday.
The body of a woman found on a popular Maryland hiking trail has been formally identified as 37-year-old mother-of-five Rachel Morin.
Sheriff: Medical examiner confirms that body found along trail was Rachel Morin, mother of 5
Rachel Morin was β€œa fighter” who was looking for β€œsomeone to love her in her raw form,” says friend of the slain Harford County woman.
The body of a woman found on a popular Maryland hiking trail has been formally identified as 37-year-old mother-of-five Rachel Morin.
Women say β€˜Keepers’ figure was unnamed rapist in Catholic abuse report
Their stories were in the massive report on sex abuse in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese, but a key detail was missing: the name of one of the men who they say raped them.
(left) A historical picture of Gerry Koob; (right) Gerry Koob, as featured in the Netflix documentary "The Keepers"
Can you open this mysterious safe? Red Emma’s bookstore seeks safecrackers
What lies inside the deep, dark safe on the second floor of Red Emma’s in Waverly? The bookstore’s worker-owners are inviting the public to try cracking the code.
The locked safe sits among books on the second floor of Red Emma's on July 6, 2023.
FBI to exhume body of Joyce Malecki, whose death was chronicled in β€˜The Keepers,’ family says
Investigators have long searched for a link between the killings of Malecki and Sister Cathy Cesnik, a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School.
Promotional image for The Keepers on Netflix
After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
Maryland blazes into recreational cannabis sales with parties, promotions and eager consumers
People thronged cannabis dispensaries across the Baltimore region Saturday, eager to see, learn about and try the products that those 21 and over with a state-issued ID are now able to purchase for recreational use.
Customer Lloyd Wilkins looks at the products inside Far & Dotter on Maryland's first day of recreational cannabis legalization.
Here’s to the preschool teachers who wipe noses, shape souls
Preschool teachers don't have the most glamorous job, yet they undertake the Herculean task of turning toddlers into miniature members of society, people who can (usually) take turns, follow directions and not hit. As my youngest child prepares to graduate from preschool, I want to thank the teachers who have put their hearts into caring for our kids.
The author's youngest child performs in the Sunshine Circus, a 3's class tradition at her preschool, as her teacher, Mrs. Else, serves as ringmaster. She graduates from preschool this week.
They’re heeeere. Invasive spotted lanternfly population booming in Baltimore.
Five years after they first appeared in Maryland, the population of spotted lanternflies, an invasive insect native to Asia, is booming in the Baltimore region this spring.
They're baaaaack! Black-and-white spotted lanternfly nymphs are scuttling around the Baltimore region, the harbingers of a population boom of the invasive pests. Although the bugs have been slowly moving into the area over the past few years, entomologists believe this will be the first year we see them in massive numbers in the Baltimore area.
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