 While she received hundreds of thousands of dollars though a no-bid book deal with the University of Maryland Medical System, then state senator Catherine Pugh sponsored dozens of bills affecting hospitals in Maryland — including several that would have benefited UMMS. MORE: Read today's eNewspaper | Listen to the news now |  | |
 When Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh temporarily steps down at midnight Monday, City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young will take over as ex officio mayor. The 64-year-old married father of two has served on the council for 21 years, leading the body as president since 2010. |  | |
 Mayor Catherine Pugh's “Healthy Holly” book deals have done far more damage to Baltimore’s image than any media outlet or TV program that she has blamed for the city’s perception problems in recent years. |  | |
 With a week left in Maryland’s General Assembly session, several key issues are still unsettled. But many others have been decided, and winners and losers have emerged. Here’s who came out on top — and who didn’t — in Annapolis this year. |  | |
 Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh will take a leave of absence, engulfed by a scandal over hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books. |  | |
 Orioles right-hander David Hess had no-hit stuff Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, even if he didn't get to see that through. Here's a look inside the numbers at what worked for him. |  | |
 Orioles manager Brandon Hyde pulled David Hess while he was in the seventh inning of a no-hit performance, which is never going to be a popular decision, but it's early in the season and Hess wasn't going nine innings regardless. |  | |
 Maryland Senate's vote gave final approval Monday night to a bill that will allow the Johns Hopkins University to form its own police force in Baltimore. |  | |
 Maryland just won’t be the same in 60 years, and a new study predicts its climate will come to resemble someplace nearly 1,000 miles away, somewhere hotter and wetter and thick with mosquitoes. Welcome to Mississippi, sugah. |  | |
 Tivonte Gatling-Mouzon, who accepted a plea agreement, is testifying against his mother, Tonya Hayes, and her boyfriend, Marquese Winston, in the killing if Alex Wroblewski. |  | |
 Ever since the Ravens moved to Baltimore from Cleveland in 1996, Eric DeCosta has been in the shadows of either head coaches or general managers. Now, it’s his time to step into the spotlight and under the microscope. |  | |
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