Opinion

The first week of school goes by airport rules — anything goes as long as they get there.

When a colleague urged me to write about the death of Anas Al-Sharif, a correspondent covering the war in Gaza for Al Jazeera Arabic, he hoped I would be outraged. I didn’t. Because, frankly, I don’t know how I feel. So I asked someone who was there.

Watts-Brown came to the Orioles organization from the Blue Jays in the trade for Seranthony Domínguez.

That billboard is still in downtown Annapolis. But wait. Is that an ad for The Baltimore Banner I see, floating majestically over City Dock? Why yes! Beauty, as I have just been reminded, is in the eye. Sometimes like a poke.

You’ve got to see the video of Jay Higgins finding out he’s on the team.

Cedric Walker created the UniverSoul Circus so that kids growing up in places like his native West Baltimore could see themselves reflected in joyous things.

The Notre Dame product’s versatility and intellect have made him the NFL’s best safety in just three seasons. His long-term future with the Ravens is as important as Lamar Jackson’s on offense.

Tennis great Serena Williams is again taking the heat, this time for unveiling a taut physique and announcing she achieved it through taking a GLP-1 drug, the injectable weight-loss medication.

Annapolis is a small town where fewer than half the registered voters usually cast ballots. How much money do you need to convince 6,000 people?

The BMW Championship was a smooth-running event with 120,000 people coming to Baltimore County. Let’s get more big-time sports stops in the area.

Nichole Morris' goal is to walk through — and photograph — each of Baltimore’s 250-plus neighborhoods not only as a physical record but as a mental health exercise.

The call for adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Agency’s definition of antisemitism in Baltimore City schools could have chilling effects on free speech.

Orioles controlling owner David Rubenstein said he's “committed to doing more of these” long-term extensions “as soon as we can.” It shifts the onus from ownership to the players if anyone wants to lock up a long-term future in Baltimore.

The Orioles have more to do, but signing a homegrown star to a longterm deal is a good start.

Giving Samuel Basallo the first long-term deal of the Mike Elias era makes so much sense.

An unpopular Republican president, a budget bill that busts the deficit while hurting many Marylanders and election rigging in Texas could change the political fortunes of Rep. Andy Harris.

Andrew Walen’s journey took him from music to mental health and back again. Fatherhood and The School of Rock brought him full circle.

The majority of talent that has advanced the farthest in the system is at the plate. Here are some prospects to follow.

The workers who pick crabs for Maryland’s seafood industry deserve an immigration system that respects their rights, says Rachel Micah-Jones, executive director of Centro los Derechos del Migrante.

On the way out the door as Naval Academy superintendent, Vice Adm. Yvette Davids wasn’t going to let anyone denigrate her institution or those who have made it a success.