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Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax presides over the Senate at the Virginia State Capitol on Feb. 7, 2019, in Richmond. Virginia state politics are in a state of upheaval, with Gov. Ralph Northam and state Attorney General Mark Herring, Democrats, both admitting to past uses of blackface and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax accused of sexual misconduct. The Republican leader of the state Senate also served as editor of a VMI yearbook full of blackface photos and racial slurs.

Second woman accuses Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault

August 22, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

A Maryland woman said Friday that she was sexually assaulted by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, D, in a "premeditated and aggressive" attack in 2000, while both were undergraduate students...

New rules could all but suspend starches from public schools

August 22, 2019 at 5:53 p.m.

When spuds were all greasers, they deserved to get kicked out of school. Deep-fat french fries and oily tater tots got the heave-ho from most cafeterias, as schools in Maryland...

Neighborhood dogs and ‘The Wire’: the adventure continues

June 1, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

"The Wire" certainly made Charm City look like it was going to the dogs. With good reason. Turns out the acclaimed HBO series had close ties to canine Baltimore. I...

Jay Shiba, left, and Nick Thomas, right, hold some of their crabs at the annual crab cooking challenge called "War By The Shore" at the home of Jay Shiba. Guests choose which is better: Maryland steamed crabs or Gulf Coast-style boiled crabs. Jay's crabs were steamed; Nick's were boiled.

Steaming and boiling face off in annual crab cook-off

May 31, 2019 at 1:10 p.m.

Along most of America's coastline, crustaceans get boiled. Sometimes in plain old Yankee water. Sometimes in spicy Cajun stock. Whatever the liquid, there's a whole pot of it bubbling away....

Robert McClintock’s shrink-wrapped Mini hits Artscape roadblock

January 16, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

It's hard to miss the Mini Cooper plastered with Robert McClintock's colorful images of Baltimore. Unless you're at Artscape's art car exhibit.The car might sound like a natural for this...

hCG diet leaves some hungry for less

August 19, 2019 at 1:25 a.m.

When Lynn Patterson resolved to lose weight early this year, she took a hormone normally associated with pregnancy, not dieting. The 53-year-old Catonsville nurse went on the hCG diet, named...

Casting call for HBO’s ‘Game Change’ draws aspiring extras

January 16, 2019 at 10:49 a.m.

The last time Victoria Dinatale had an acting gig was in 1978, when she played a tree in a North Carroll High School production of a play whose name she...

Courses for the muck racers

August 19, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

The hottest thing in running is not a new shoe or energy drink. It's mud. And fire. And other things that get in the way of running but manage, for...

Inflammatory bowel disease on the rise in kids

August 23, 2019 at 7:43 a.m.

For 10-year-old Jacob Krause, getting ready for the new school year wasn't a simple matter of back-to-school shopping. It also involved working out logistics for getting to the bathroom as...

Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and his wife, Catherine, today walk outside City Hall, where the couple denounced rumors of infidelity spread by an aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

O’Malley gets apology from rumor-spreader

March 30, 2019 at 2:00 a.m.

The state employee who was forced to resign this week for spreading rumors about Martin O'Malley's personal life has sent an e-mail apologizing to the mayor and his family for...

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