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    John Tillman, shown here after winning his first national title with the Terps in 2017, returns to Foxborough in search of his third national championship this weekend.
    Maryland’s John Tillman has set ‘the standard’ in men’s lacrosse. All he needed was a chance.
    As the Terps prepare for their Final Four matchup with Syracuse, Tillman has become synonymous with the sport’s championship weekend.
    The Supreme Court vote leaves the issue unresolved nationally.
    Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school
    The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.
    When Sandy Point State Park opened in 1952, it had separate beaches for Blacks and whites. The NAACP legal victory in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1955 ended the legal justification for segregation and parks nationwide.
    Sandy Point is a scenic beach. It’s a 70-year-old civil rights landmark, too.
    While much of the history of the civil rights struggle was written in Southern states, this chapter takes place 50 years ago on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
    A white sign in all capital letters says "ZAXBYS" on top of a Zaxbys restaurant.
    Zaxbys chicken chain is coming to the Baltimore region
    Zaxbys is a Georgia-based chain with locations in Northern Virginia and other Maryland spots planned for the Eastern Shore.
    A group of Florida International University students protest against cuts in federal funding and an agreement by campus police to partner with ICE
    Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students’ legal status
    Some students left the U.S. rather than risk being deported to a third country.
    Baltimore Banner Editor-in-Chief, Kimi Yoshino.
    Founding editor Kimi Yoshino to leave The Banner for The Washington Post
    Kimi Yoshino, who has led The Baltimore Banner for three and a half years as its first editor-in-chief, will leave to become a senior editor at The Washington Post.
    Stephan McClellan of One Life Wonder performs for a crowd at Artscape on Sept. 22, 2023.
    What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from Artscape to Brew at the Zoo
    Whether you want to check out Baltimore’s annual Artscape festival, try new beers at the Maryland Zoo or headbang at Maryland Deathfest, we’ve got you covered.
    Lawmakers, longshoremen and Morton Salt are pressuring Gov. Wes Moore to keep open a North Locust Point pier. Pier 4 needs millions of dollars of improvements so the company can continue to operate and bring in 400,000+ tons of salt each year.
    Top lawmakers, longshoremen and Morton Salt press Moore to keep Locust Point pier open
    Shipping plans are made months in advance and without assurances that the Locust Point pier will be open for business in 2026. Companies may soon opt to route their deliveries elsewhere.
    Corey Bryce reads a book with her 1-year-old daughter, Julien, inside their Columbia, Maryland home on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Julien has been in an infants & toddlers program since she was about 4 months old, and Bryce says she knows she won’t be able to afford preschool without the money the state plans to funnel into pre-kindergarten education.
    These parents are leaving work to stay home with their kids — but not by choice
    Maryland laid-off federal workers have suddenly found themselves in the nation’s oldest job: full-time parenthood.
    Ken Ulman, chair of Maryland’s Democratic Party, attends a reproductive rights rally in 2024. Ulman is stepping down from his role with the party.
    Maryland Democratic Party leader Ulman steps down
    Ken Ulman, chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, is stepping down and switching to a role boosting Gov. Wes Moore’s “economic growth agenda.”
    The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
    873,000 Marylanders will be traveling for Memorial Day weekend: Here’s what you need to know
    If you planned a trip for Memorial Day weekend, you’re a part of the nearly 873,000 Marylanders expected to travel for the holiday, the American Automobile Association predicts.
    Buzz Williams, center, will coach his first regular-season game for Maryland in Baltimore against Coppin State.
    Maryland men’s basketball returning to Baltimore for season opener, will play Coppin State
    Buzz Williams isn’t waiting long to take the Terps back to Baltimore.
    Gerald Connolly on Capitol Hill.
    Gerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, dies at 75
    Connolly, who served in Congress for more than 16 years, announced in 2024 that he had esophageal cancer and would retire.
    The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services’ Green Ridge Youth Center along I-68 in near Flintstone in Western Maryland.
    Violence inside a Maryland youth detention center has staff begging for help
    About half of the staff at Green Ridge Youth Center is on leave injured, union reps said, and morale has plummeted
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, shown here during a town hall in Columbia in March, says committing to care for adult addiction saves lives and creates healthier communities.
    Letter: Calvin Ball on how Howard County addressed overdoses
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball says committing to treating adult addiction saves lives and builds healthier communities.
    The Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station, foreground, and Brandon Shores Generating Station are seen across Cox Creek from homes in the Stoney Beach community.
    Maryland lawmakers demand federal regulator stop expected electricity bill spike
    Maryland lawmakers joined a call from the Office of People’s Counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop supply costs from surging this summer.
    House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones sponsored a bill to create a state Department of Social Equity. It ultimately passed and became law as the Department of Social and Economic Mobility.
    Maryland’s new cabinet agency is focused on equity — but we’re not calling it that
    Multiple existing programs will be folded into the state's new Department of Social and Economic Mobility, which was signed into law Tuesday.
    The Banner’s 2025 summer intern class.
    Meet the 2025 Banner summer intern class
    Please join us in welcoming these young journalists to our newsroom.
    Gov. Wes Moore, center, smokes a cigar and holds hands with his wife, First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore ahead of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
    Who watched the races from Maryland’s exclusive, taxpayer-funded Preakness tent?
    During a full day of racing capped by a dramatic come-from-behind Preakness Stakes win by the horse Journalism, dozens of fans watched the action in a trackside tent paid for by Maryland taxpayers.
    Updated COVID-19 vaccines are available, as well as annual flu shots for people 6 months and older. For those 60 and older or for people who are pregnant, you may want to get the RSV vaccine.
    Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
    Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
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