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October 9, 2018

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Joseph D. Tydings, former progressive U.S. senator from Maryland, is dead at 90

Tuesday, Oct 9

Joseph D. Tydings, a Maryland lawyer and “Kennedy man” who followed his adoptive father’s footsteps into the U.S. Senate, died Monday of cancer in Washington surrounded by family. He was 90.

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Stuck with crumbling old homes near gleaming new school, Baltimore housing tries something new: DIY

Baltimore housing officials took a DIY approach toward trying to rehabilitate and resell rowhouses across the street from the restored Park Heights Elementary-Middle School. Their experience underscores just how hard it is to turn around a block in a struggling city neighborhood.

Preston: If the Ravens narrowly miss the playoffs again, they'll rue Sunday's loss to the Browns

Losing games they should have won cost the Ravens the past couple of seasons. If they miss the playoffs again in 2018, they'll look back at Sunday's loss in Cleveland as an unforgivable missed opportunity.

Dispute over equine focus roils supporters of Baltimore County agriculture center

A dispute over the future of Baltimore County's agricultural center has roiled north county residents and supporters of the park.

Zurawik: Trump's latest production, 'The Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh,' ends on high, nasty note on prime-time TV

The staged TV production was a victory lap, a touchdown dance in the end zone, a Team Trump political rally and an in-your-face-suckers taunt from the man in the White House to all his critics.

UMBC police chief seeks dismissal of claims against him in class-action sexual assault lawsuit

UMBC police chief Paul Dillon files a motion to dismiss in a class-action rape case.

Ravens claim Gilman grad Cyrus Jones, waive returner-receiver Tim White

The Patriots released Jones, 24, for the second time this season Saturday.

Company building wind farm off Ocean City shore in Maryland bought by Danish wind giant

The Rhode Island company that plans to build an offshore wind farm northeast of Ocean City has been bought by a Denmark-based firm in a deal that will create a U.S. wind energy giant with the largest pipeline of projects.

Baltimore area's best fall Instagram spots

Autumn is upon us, and now is the time when Instagram feeds become filled with changing leaves, pumpkin spice lattes, sunflowers and pumpkin patches — but that doesn’t mean your feed has to be...

Mattress Firm will close 11 stores in Maryland

Mattress Firm will close 11 stores in Maryland as part of its bankruptcy filing.

One person dead after shooting in Glen Burnie

Firefighters responded to reports of a possible shooting and found one person dead in a Glen Burnie neighborhood Monday.