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Math in Maryland is about to change
Board President Josh Michael, a former math teacher, said he expects the standards to foster deeper learning and greater equity across the state’s classrooms.
Students in an eighth grade math class at KIPP Harmony Academy last year.
American Eagle wanted to push buttons with Sydney Sweeney ‘good jeans’ ads
Titled “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” the campaign sparked a debate about race, Western beauty standards, and the backlash to “woke” American politics.
Sydney Sweeney attends the Lionsgate presentation during 2025 CinemaCon at Caesars Palace.
Raskin lawsuit challenges congressional restrictions at ICE facilities
The lawsuit comes days after members of Maryland’s federal delegation were denied a tour of Baltimore’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.
From left, Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Rep. Sarah Elfreth, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Glenn Ivey await entrance to the ICE field offices at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday, July 28, 2025. The group aimed to test whether they would be allowed to see conditions in which detainees are being kept.
Baltimore recorded fewest youth homicides in a decade in first half of 2025
Baltimore City officials and community groups have invested in prevention programs meant to divert kids away from gun violence.
Anti-violence programs, such as the Group Violence Reduction Strategy, have also brought down the number of youth homicides in Baltimore.
NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane near Reagan Airport was above altitude limit
The January incident was the first in a string of crashes and near misses this year.
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - FEBRUARY 05: Pieces of American Airlines flight 5342 recovered from the Potomac River are brought to shore during recovery efforts on February 05, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025 outside of Washington, D.C.
Baltimore County councilman endangered police and his family, police and court records say
Todd Crandell’s struggles with alcoholism are well known, but what has not been public is that while under the influence of alcohol, he has allegedly threatened local law enforcement and his family.
District 7 Councilman Todd Crandell at a Baltimore County Council work session on Tuesday.
Howard County Council cracks down on paid house parties. But which ones?
The Howard County Council raised penalties on for-profit house parties but acknowledged the emergency legislation had revealed weaknesses when it comes to short-term rentals.
Lynn Lascola testifies to the Howard County Council during an emergency vote on Wednesday about raising the penalties for paid house parties.
Kamala Harris won’t run for California gov, leaving open possible White House run in 2028
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor next year, leaving open the possibility that she could mount a third run for the White House in 2028.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to not run for California governor extends a guessing game about her political future that started after she lost last year’s presidential election to Donald Trump.
Bit by bit, what’s left of the Key Bridge is coming down
Sixteen months after the bridge’s main span was knocked down by a massive container ship, killing six construction workers, demolition of the remaining structures has begun.
An excavator lifts a slab of roadway as work continued on demolishing the southwest ramp to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.
Staff failed to prevent sexual activity at youth detention center, watchdog finds
The report also criticized the agency for mismanaging an evacuation during a flood risk and rising assaults on staff.
A state watchdog has found significant safety failures at a Western Maryland youth facility.
Martha’s Vineyard is a summer stronghold for Maryland’s Black elite
When summertime hits Maryland, Black Marylanders don't go to Ocean City, they head to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Some say it's a "Black Utopia."
From left, Lillian Robinson, her son Connor, and her husband Corey Robinson, during a vacation at Martha's Vineyard.
NTSB hearings will focus on fatal Army helicopter-passenger jet crash. Here’s what to know.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings on January’s midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter over the nation’s capital that killed 67 people.
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 31: Recovery teams search the wreckage after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport on January 31, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people on both aircraft.
Baltimore families ripped apart by ICE detentions, deportations
Baltimore immigrant families now are coping with the sudden separation from loved ones and navigating both the consequences at home and the uncertainty of what happens next.
Maryland members of Congress denied tour of Baltimore ICE detention site
A half-dozen Maryland members of Congress were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation.
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation walk up the steps of the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday morning.
US and EU deal sets 15% tariff on most goods, averts the threat of a trade war
The sweeping announcement came after President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen met briefly at Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland.
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak as they meet at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland.
Upset at budget airline’s role in ICE deportations, 100 protesters rally near BWI
The protesters said they wanted to pressure the airline and discourage people from flying with Avelo.
People gathered Sunday on an Interstate 195 overpass near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to protest Avelo Airlines’ deal with ICE to operate deportation flights.
Gov. Moore takes leadership role at national bipartisan governors group
Moore will take over the chairmanship next year from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025.
It’s not just childless adults: Kids could get hurt by Medicaid, SNAP cuts
Spending cuts may be aimed at adults on paper, but kids could still end up without sufficient food and health care under the One Big Beautiful Bill.
From left, Summer Cummings and Jade Waldron play a matching game together on a playground in Baltimore City.
Inspectors general save taxpayers millions. Maryland needs more of them.
OIG is an acronym that should cheer advocates of good government. But only a handful of the biggest Maryland counties and cities have them -- inspectors general.
Isabel Cummings poses for a portrait with her arms crossed in her office. Clockwise, the original courtroom sketch of the Jacqueline McLean case she worked on, a Baltimore Sun clipping reading "Wrath of Isabel," a blue and orange "Baltimore" skateboard and a black and white "Charm City" skateboard hang behind her.
Continuous glucose monitors are in vogue. But do you really need to track your blood sugar?
Continuous glucose monitors, small patches that provide 24-hour insight into concentrations of sugar in the blood, could be a tool for Americans to “take control over their own health.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 02: Taylor Jane Stimmler, whose had type 1 diabetes since she was a teenager, displays her continuous glucose monitor she wears on her arm on March 02, 2023 in New York City. Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced yesterday that it will cap the out-of-pocket cost of its insulin at $35 a month. Medical experts believe that the unexpected move may compel other insulin makers in the U.S. to follow suit and cap their prices of insulin. For those without health insurance or a health plan, the cost of insulin can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars a month for a diabetic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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