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April 4, 2019

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Schmuck: So what if the Orioles are playing over their heads? They're fun to watch entering home opener.

The Orioles just won back-to-back series against division rivals on their season-opening road trip. Now they're back for Opening Day at Camden Yards and hoping to convince fans to join them as they during the first year of a long-term rebuilding project.

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Orioles on deck: How to watch Thursday's home opener against Yankees

Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' home opener Thursday against the New York Yankees.

Orioles' Chris Davis returns for home opener after discouraging hitless road trip to start season

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis returns to Camden Yards on Thursday after a hitless opening road trip, sapping some of the hope that he'd be able to turn things around in 2019.

Orioles home opener: When gates open and everything you need to know about pregame ceremonies

The Orioles have announced their plans for pregame ceremonies ahead of Thursday’s 3:05 p.m. home opener against the New York Yankees.

Businessman JP Grant says he paid $100,000 to Baltimore Mayor Pugh's Healthy Holly LLC in 2016

Columbia businessman JP Grant said his company cut a check to then-Baltimore Mayoral nominee Catherine Pugh's book company for $100,000 in October 2016.

Pugh's Pigtown boutique was offering Groupons. But can customers get in the door?

Chanel boxes were stacked in the corner of 2 Chic Boutique, an upscale secondhand store owned by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. But the door of the boutique was locked.

As a fleet of World War I 'ghost ships' slowly fades in a Maryland bay, a proposal to protect them is stalled

A 5-year-old proposal to establish a national marine sanctuary among the skeletal ghost ships in Charles County's Mallows Bay has been stalled in Gov. Larry Hogan's office for more than a year, troubling sanctuary proponents and watermen who fear the designation will lead to more regulations.

We went looking for Baltimore Mayor Pugh's 'Healthy Holly' books. Here's what we found.

From 2011 through 2018, the University of Maryland Medical System had a deal to spend $500,000 for 100,000 copies of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s self-published “Healthy Holly” book series.

House of Delegates passes reform legislation for University of Maryland Medical System after self-dealing scandal

The vote in the House was 147-0; Senate approval remains.

Maryland General Assembly passes ban on foam food containers and cups

The bill would make Maryland the first state in the country to ban polystyrene foam food containers and cups.

President of Baltimore military weapons company indicted on charges that he helped burn property, filed fraudulent claims

Demetrios "Jimmy" Stavrakis, president of the Baltimore-based ADCOR, which develops components for military weapons and aerospace technology, has been indicted on charges he helped burn down one of his commercial properties to collect million in fraudulent insurance claims.