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    Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson celebrates after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle, Wash., in 2019.
    Ravens’ Lamar Jackson, NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. resolve battle for No. 8
    This isn't the first time that Lamar Jackson has defended the value of his No. 8 before.
    FILE - A North Atlantic right whale surfaces on Cape Cod Bay, in Massachusetts, on March 27, 2023. The loss of dissolved oxygen and changes to ocean chemistry due to warming waters threatened whale and other marine mammals according to a new study.
    Boaters beware: One of Earth’s rarest whales was spotted off Ocean City
    North Atlantic Right Whales, an endangered species on the brink of extinction, were detected east of Ocean City, and boaters must slow down to protect the whales.
    Speaker of the House Adrienne A. Jones concludes business as balloons and confetti fall around her on the final day of the 2024 General Assembly Session in Annapolis.
    Live coverage: Cold feet on immigration bills?
    Lawmakers have until the end of next Monday to wrap up work on bills or they’ll most likely have to start over again in 2026.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing to examine worldwide threats comes a day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently included on a high level Trump administration Signal group chat on bombing plans in Yemen on Houthi targets.
    Top Democrats protest after reported firing of National Security Agency director
    Top congressional Democrats are protesting the reported firing of Gen. Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency, with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe.”
    ABBOTT ELEMENTARY - ABC's "Abbott Elementary" stars Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti. (Disney/Pamela Littky)
    Maryland-bred ‘Abbott Elementary’ star talks crab cakes and stand-up
    Before headlining Magooby’s Joke House, ”Abbott Elementary” star and Silver Spring native Lisa Ann Walter talks about her Maryland roots, winning “Celebrity Jeopardy!” and more.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Joined by children seated at school desks, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon, former head of the Small Business Administration and co-founder of the World Wrestling Entertainment, to shrink the $100 billion department, which cannot be dissolved without Congressional approval.
    Maryland joins other Democratic states suing Trump over elections order
    “The President has no power to do any of this,” the state attorneys general wrote in court documents.
    Different versions of the bill have now been approved by the House of Delegates and Senate.
    General Assembly passes Second Look Act to allow reviews of some long prison sentences
    A Republican amendment would make people convicted of killing a first responder ineligible.
    Illustration showing a picture of a man and a woman holding hands that his being torn apart.
    Bracing for the worst, Maryland’s immigrant families take stock of their lives
    Immigrant families — regardless of status — are increasingly planning for the possibility of a family member being detained and eventually deported.
    Views of the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore on November 8, 2024.
    Pharmacist hacked hospital computers to watch doctors undress, breastfeed, lawsuit alleges
    The women further accuse Dr. Matthew Bathula of installing software on hospital computers to steal their personal passwords and take control of their home networks.
    The Baltimore Convention Center on April 2, 2025.
    Baltimore could pay for downtown’s facelift using this one weird trick
    A proposed authority to oversee the Baltimore Convention Center could also control other parts of downtown Baltimore.
    Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building on April 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Layoffs began earlier this week at the Health and Human Service Administration offices after it was announced last week that the Trump Administration plans to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS.
    Nearly 3,000 jobs cut in Maryland after federal health agencies scale back
    Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.
    Students gather to pray at McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus for an interfaith vigil in 2024.
    A Maryland campus anti-hate bill is all but dead. What killed it?
    The backlash underscores the tension between curbing antisemitism and supporting free speech.
    Ardena Githara of Rosedale was put on administrative leave from her federal job earlier this year.
    Federal jobs helped build Baltimore’s Black middle class. What happens now?
    In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black workers.
    Del. Charlotte Crutchfield, left, congratulates Del. Aletheia McCaskill after the House of Delegates approved a bill creating a state commission to study reparations for slavery. McCaskill, a Baltimore County Democrat, is one of the lead sponsors of the legislation, which won final approval after an intense debate on Wednesday.
    Maryland lawmakers approve commission to study slavery reparations
    New Maryland men’s basketball head coach Buzz Williams speaks during his introductory press conference.
    ‘Sky is the limit’ for Buzz Williams: 7 takeaways from the Maryland basketball coach’s press conference
    Maryland will “provide the resources Buzz needs to win, and we will win,” one school official said.
    Views of the U.S. Social Security Administration Headquarters in Woodlawn.
    She spent her final months trying to prove she was alive. Now her family is suing Social Security.
    Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.
    A Maryland House committee has approved limiting damages that survivors can seek under the Child Victims Act that passed in 2023.
    Bill slashing damages for child abuse survivors moves in dramatic vote
    Survivors said the debate over money has obscured the true purpose of the law: identifying predators and the institutions that shielded them.
    Republicans are using Gov. Wes Moore’s attendance at a PAC fundraiser to spark a conversation about changing state law.
    Republicans target Gov. Moore’s fundraiser attendance with new bills
    Republican lawmakers proposed new campaign fundraising restrictions Wednesday, targeting Gov. Wes Moore on the same day he planned to attend an event for his federal political action committee.
    People stand outside and hold signs protesting federal layoffs. One sign says "Justice for NOAA workers" and "Science not Silence." Another says "Save NOAA. Stop DOGE."
    Maryland judge extends order requiring fired federal workers be rehired in 19 states
    The order requires the 18 agencies originally named in the lawsuit to follow the law in conducting any future reductions in force.
    New Terps coach Buzz Williams does not rely on one style to win games, but his most recent Texas A&M team looked nothing like a modern elite program.
    Buzz Williams brings a unique style to Maryland basketball. Will it work?
    New Maryland coach Buzz Williams' teams are usually good but rarely great. Is his approach too antiquated?
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