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    Southwest Airlines travelers stand in a long line at Baltimore/Washington International Airport after thousands of flights were canceled over the holiday weekend.
    Preflight beers at BWI are about to get a little easier, thanks to the MVA
    Mobile-ID isn't just for TSA anymore: Seven restaurants at BWI airport can now verify your age with it.
    Navy quarterback Blake Horvath runs for a touchdown against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the first half at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 26. Navy plays Tulane this weekend in their final home game of the season.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Navy plays Tulane in final home game
    This weekend is the last chance to catch Navy at home during a turnaround football season. Other things to do in Annapolis include a fall arts show, an Annapolis roots trio, a touring dance company and the concert “Shared Voices” at a historic Black church.
    The unapologetic Martha Stewart attends the premiere of her Netflix documentary “Martha.”
    Powerful women are supposed to apologize, be humble. Martha Stewart says nah.
    Martha Stewart is not sorry. And you’re going to have to deal with it.
    Jasmine Vaughn-Hall holds her son for a portrait inside of their home in Baltimore, Monday, October 28, 2024.
    Commentary: Breastfeeding is a personal choice, not a public debate
    The expectation of breastfeeding can be debilitating, persistent and intimidating for a new mom.
    The Maryland World War II Memorial was built on a rise overlooking Annapolis, located just across the Severn River from the Naval Academy. It contains the names of all Marylanders killed in the war.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: No parade, but lots of ways to honor Veterans Day
    There is no well-known veterans memorial or parade in Annapolis. But there are ceremonies, concerts and other special events to mark Veterans Day on Monday.
    Grab a drink, enjoy happy hour prices and watch the voting results trickle in at these election night parties.
    From a queer cabaret to an artsy bar event, here’s where to watch election results
    Grab a drink, enjoy happy hour prices and watch the voting results trickle in at these election night parties
    Drowning out the noise is its own form of self-care
    I have been focusing on light subjects and avoiding serious topics as of late because the election makes me think it’s all going to be serious very soon.
    Phillip Clark, a volunteer at skylight boutique, helps a customer find their size at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Baltimore on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.
    One of the country’s few gender-affirming thrift stores is in Baltimore
    Trans and nonbinary people can struggle to find clothes that fit their bodies, their gender expression and their budget, but the Skylight Boutique is a thrift store stocked with items that are often difficult and expensive to obtain.
    Kevin Spacey has lived at least seven years in the 9,000-square-foot Inner Harbor pier home, but he fell behind in his mortgage payments and his house was sold at public auction in July.
    Kevin Spacey settles dispute over auction of Baltimore home, buyer says
    Kevin Spacey has agreed to settle his legal fight with a Bethesda real estate investor over the auction of actor’s waterfront home in Baltimore, the investor said Friday.
    Brandon Hartman and his girlfriend Erisa Qirici in their handmade Halloween costume of the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dundalk.
    Couple nails costume inspired by Dundalk’s famous ‘Golden Eggs’
    It’s smelly and iconic. The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dundalk has made its mark on Halloween as one couple’s duo costume.
    A decorative green man sculpture at The Turning Wheel Bookstore.
    5 best places to shop if you’re a witch (or just witchy)
    Whether you’re a bona fide witch or just enjoy the witchy/new age aesthetic, here are the best places to shop for crystals, incense, herbs and other tools of the witch’s craft.
    Memories of being that most shameful of neighbors: The bad candy house.
    The horror of being the bad Halloween candy house
    Halloween is a time of spooky generous behavior — and shame if you give out the wrong candy to trick-or-treaters.
    Candy Warden brushes leaves and grass off the grave marker for Hilda Maria Gray, one of several people buried alongside pets in the Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park in Elkridge.
    Mystery and scandal haunt pet cemetery on coveted Howard County land
    A famous old pet cemetery hides in the shadows of Howard County’s new apartments. And someone’s moving the graves.
    Angela Alsobrooks (center), Maryland’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is endorsed by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at a gun violence prevention event at the Kentland Community Center in June.
    The Harris and Alsobrooks friendship may matter now more than ever
    As the general election draws near, Kamala Harris and Angela Alsobrooks are experiencing a different kind of intimacy as their friendship may matter now more than ever.
    Witch Board Museum Baltimore is a self-guided tour through the fascinating history of spirit, witch, and talking boards, including the enormously popular Ouija board, which began in Baltimore in the late 1800s .
    Baltimore’s Witch Board Museum chronicles the history of the enigmatic Ouija
    Witch Board Museum Baltimore takes you on a strange trip into the history of one of the city’s oddest inventions — the Ouija board.
    Scott Wolcott plays for the crowd at the piano bar upstairs at Middleton Tavern in Annapolis on Oct. 18, 2024.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Before it gets dark, start your own pub crawl
    It’s a great time of year for a pub crawl in Annapolis. You could also catch the Colonial Players production of “The Winslow Boy” or “Napoli” by the Ballet Theatre of Maryland.
    It’s easy for some to assume Black men all vote the same, but Wallace Lane and his friends are divided on who should be our next president.
    Commentary: Kamala or Trump? Why Black men are divided
    It’s easy for some to assume Black men all vote the same, but Wallace Lane and his friends are divided on who should be our next president.
    An artist rendering shows what the brigantine Peggy Stewart might have looked like before it was burned on Oct. 19, 1774 in Annapolis.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: 250th anniversary of Annapolis Tea Party, drone show
    Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Maryland’s most flamboyant Revolutionary moment, the burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis. You can also see the opera “Figaro” or watch the Midshipmen of Navy take on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
    David Clark puts a cape over a customer before a haircut at Warren’s Barbershop in Columbia. Warren's, the first Black-owned barbershop in Howard County, recently celebrated 100 years in business.
    Columbia barbershop marks 100 years of haircuts — and mentoring Black barbers
    Warren’s Barbershop in Columbia is celebrating 100 years in business. Longtime owner Julius Warren Jr., 86, retired about a decade ago, but the shop remains family-owned and its legacy continues with the younger Black barbers he mentored.
    The Ouija board gravestone of Elijah Jefferson Bond, who patented the device, is now the most-visited landmark in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery, according to Talking Board Historical Society chairman of the board and founder Robert Murch.
    Ouija boards, John Waters and the lost grave of Elijah Bond
    The strange and improbable story of how a storied filmmaker happened upon a historic discovery.
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