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 In the early stages of her re-election bid, Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has come under fire for revelations that while she sat on the board of the University of Maryland Medical System, the organization paid her $500,000 for children’s books she authored. |   | |
 Going into Saturday's Round of 32 NCAA tournament game against sixth-seeded Maryland, third-seeded LSU has been motivated all season by the murder in late September of teammate Wayde Sims. | | | |
 A talk earlier in the season with Maryland coach Mark Turgeon returned sophomore guard Darryl Morsell to the starting lineup. But one more recently was the impetus for the former Mount Saint Joseph standout to be a key figure in the Terps beating Belmont to reach the NCAA tournament Round of 32. | | | |
 The first returning tenants are back in business at Fell Point’s reopened Broadway Market. | | | |
 Expectations are much lower for the Orioles than previous years, and even if they end up meeting them, there's a sense among the players that they still will have wins to show for a better brand of baseball. | | | |
 Howard County Police will step up their presence at a fundraising dinner on Saturday for the Maryum Islamic Center in Columbia, which received an online threat that "maybe you’ll be next" — a possible reference to the mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand one week ago. | | | |
 A small group of people seeking the expulsion of Del. Mary Ann Lisanti gathered at the intersection of Revolution and Stokes streets in Havre de Grace — Lisanti’s hometown and current place of residence — Friday evening for a protest. | | | |
 Two pedestrians, a woman and a girl, were seriously injured Friday night in a hit-and-run crash at Rolling Road and Johnnycake Road in Catonsville in Baltimore County. | | | |
 On UConn's home floor, the Towson women's basketball team saw its first NCAA tournament appearance end in the first round. | | | |
 Many of the Terps who will take the floor Saturday in the NCAA tournament knew they’d end up in College Park years before they enrolled. | | | |
 The natural, plant-based skin care line Shankara plans to move its corporate, manufacturing and research and development operations to space near Baltimore-Washington International Airport from San Antonio, Texas. | | | |
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