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    Streeter: What Amy Sherald’s BMA show says about Baltimore. And why you should see it before it leaves.
    Amy Sherald's "American Sublime," at the Baltimore Museum of Art, is at once a work of art and an act of rebellion.
    Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - Amy Sherald's exhibit American Sublime press viewing at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Sherald's piece, "If You Surrendered to the Air, You Could Ride It," at right.
    Partial government shutdown drags as debate over ICE deepens
    House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled he is relying on help from President Donald Trump to ensure passage.
    The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
    Punxsutawney Phil is said to be predicting six more weeks of wintry weather after he saw his shadow Monday.
    Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter.
    Most Baltimore County teachers are ready to teach science of reading. What about your district?
    The phonics-forward method backed by brain science is what education leaders hope will bring Maryland back to its heyday.
    BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 5, 2024: School books at a classroom in KIPP Harmony Academy are seen on December 5, 2024.
    ‘Snowtorious B.I.G.’ uses steam heat to devour snow at M&T Bank Stadium
    After blizzards in 2009 and 2010, the Maryland Stadium Authority had the idea to hook up steam lines to a dumpster, then deposit snow into it. It called the apparatus “Snowtorious B.I.G.”
    A snow melter tied into a steam line is seen outside M&T Bank Stadium.
    Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says
    Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations by leading performers and groups.
    New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington.
    Updated list of Maryland school delays, closings
    Here are K-12 schools, colleges and universities that will be delayed.
    Public schools systems across Maryland closed campuses for much of last week after Winter Storm Fern.
    Loyer scores 29 to help No. 12 Purdue snap a 3-game losing streak with a 93-63 rout of Maryland
    Andre Mills scored 18 points for Maryland (8-13, 1-9 Big Ten), which continues to struggle under new coach Buzz Williams.
    Isaiah Watts of Maryland drives against Gicarri Harris of Purdue on Sunday during the Boilermakers’ 93-63 win.
    Brrr! Epic cold to keep Maryland frigid this week.
    Forecast offers some relief — but not much — from teeth-chattering temperatures in the coming days.
    People walk along Charles Street in Mount Vernon last week.
    UMBC graduate returns to the US after going missing in the Philippines
    Chantal Anicoche, 24, had been in military custody in the Philippines.
    Chantal Anicoche, a 24-year-old graduate from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, went to the Philippines on December 2025 to learn about indigenous communities in Mindoro. No one has heard from her since the Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a military attack on the region. She is currently in military custody.
    Letter: Banner coverage of MICA missed the college’s positive trajectory
    The Banner’s coverage of MICA’s Bicentennial Opening Celebration missed indications that the art institute is on a positive trajectory, the college’s president, Cecilia M. McCormick, writes.
    MICA President Cecilia M. McCormick gives remarks at Falvey Hall during the Baltimore art school’s Bicentennial Opening Celebration in January.
    America is drinking more coffee but less of it from Starbucks
    Starbucks is facing unprecedented competition, which will make it harder to win back the customers it already lost.
    SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 10: A customer enters a Starbucks Coffee store on June 10, 2020 in San Rafael, California. Starbucks announced plans to close 400 of its company owned cafes over the next 18 months as the coffee shop chain estimates losing over $3 billion due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
    This Maryland program opened nearly 300 day cares in 3 years
    Maryland’s Growing Opportunities for Family Child Care program is expanding in-home day care, adding thousands of affordable child care slots statewide.
    Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 —  Teacher Aurikshauna Ratliff, owner of The Start of Excellence Childcare, smiles as Sapphire Beatty, 2,  picks out the red heart during a lesson in shapes and colors.
    Ehis Etute scores career-high 26 as Oregon women take down No. 16 Maryland 68-61
    The Terrapins (17-6, 5-6 Big Ten) lost their fourth consecutive game.
    Oluchi Okananwa, pictured against Indiana, led the Terrapins with 27 points in Saturday’s loss to Oregon.
    Marylanders brace for ‘dangerously cold’ wind chills as bomb cyclone hits East Coast
    Marylanders should brace for “dangerously cold” wind chills Saturday evening into Sunday as a bomb cyclone hits the East Coast, according to the National Weather Service.
    Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 — The historic Niernsee and Neilson's Mortuary Chapel stands out in the deep snow coating Greenmount Cemetery as the sun rises on a cold Wednesday morning.
    Protesters close schools and stores in nationwide strike against Trump’s immigration policies
    Protesters held “no work, no school, no shopping” strikes across the U.S. on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
    Despite the below freezing temperatures, seveal hundred people gathered in Baltimore on Friday to show solidarity with Minneapolis.
    Republican Dan Cox files for governor, seeking rematch with Moore
    Dan Cox, the 2022 Republican nominee for governor, has filed to run again, seeking a rematch with Wes Moore.
    Dan Cox, gubernatorial candidate for Maryland, speaks at his election night event held at Double Tree by Hilton in Annapolis, MD on November 8, 2022.
    Senate passes government funding deal despite GOP backlash
    The Senate voted to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids.
    The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
    Mask ban against ICE agents ‘likely unconstitutional,’ Maryland AG says
    In a new letter to lawmakers, the attorney general’s office wrote that there is a “substantial risk” a mask ban would be found unenforceable in court.
    A group of four men wearing law enforcement gear and masks walk on a sidewalk toward the camera.
    The Maryland Polar Bear Plunge is on — with some modifications
    Despite snow, ice and freezing temperatures, Maryland’s Polar Bear Plunge continues at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis to benefit Special Olympics.
    A tractor on Monday drives on the beach at Sandy Point State Park while plowing and preparing for the Maryland Polar Bear Plunge.
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