Mary Carole McCauley –

The Washington National Opera filed a lawsuit against the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, accusing its former partner of illegally withholding $17 million of the Opera's funds. (Cliff Owen/AP)

Washington National Opera sues Kennedy Center for $17 million

June 12, 2026 at 3:35 p.m.

The Washington National Opera claims $17 million in its funds are at risk because the Kennedy Center is using the money as collateral on its line of credit.

Jamie Hector first gained fame playing Marlo Stanfield on HBO's "The Wire." He has since starred in the Amazon series "Bosch" for seven seasons. More recently, he returned to Baltimore to take the role of Baltimore homicide detective Sean Suiter in the HBO miniseries "We Own This City."

20 years later, ‘The Wire’ still has fans buzzing about Baltimore

June 3, 2022 at 4:27 p.m.

In the summer of 2004, actor Jamie Hector was filming an episode from the third season of "The Wire" late at night on a rundown street in East Baltimore when...

Singers Jennifer Lopez, right, and Lady Gaga greet after performing at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Maryland university president offers inauguration poet Amanda Gorman a job

January 21, 2021 at 9:20 a.m.

Morgan State University President David Wilson on Wednesday made inaugural poet Amanda Gorman an offer that he hopes she can't refuse — a job at the prestigious historically Black educational...

The U.S. government is attempting to seize the Montgomery County estate of Gambia's exiled former president Yahya Jammeh (pictured in 2016).

6 beds, 9 baths, 1 exiled president: Lawsuit seeks forfeiture of Maryland mansion owned by Gambian dictator

August 5, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

The U.S. government is attempting to seize the Montgomery County estate of Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former president of The Gambia who has been accused of murders, rapes, tortures and...

First novel by slain Capital Gazette columnist Rob Hiaasen to be published

August 21, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

The late Rob Hiaasen, who was one of five employees slain on June 28 after a gunman entered the Capital Gazette newsroom, will publish his first novel posthumously. “Float Plan”...

Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters remembered as ‘an American hero’

July 1, 2019 at 5:33 a.m.

Wendi Winters lived for 65 years. Her life was filled with her four adult children and Girl Scout cookies. It was a life with room for her Teen of the...

With a number of participants humming "Amazing Grace," people move en masse from Church Circle to the Annapolis city dock during a candlelight vigil in remembrance of five Capital Gazette employees slain during a shooting spree in their newsroom.

‘We are not the enemy’: Mourners gather for victims of Capital Gazette shooting

August 21, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Some marched down Annapolis’ Main Street Friday, their faces resolute, hoisting editions of The Capital newspaper high in the air. Others gathered quietly in church, crying and holding each other...

Stokes, who serves on the City Council, has been a critic of tax breaks for Inner Harbor developers. He previously ran unsuccessfully for mayor. He announced his candidacy.

Candidates for Baltimore mayor in 2016

June 30, 2019 at 4:40 a.m.

The following have either announced their candidacy or filed to run in the 2016 election: Richard Black, Democrat. Black is a certified public accountant. According to his website, voteblackformayor.com, the...

Former Mayor Tommy D'Alesandro stands at the intersection of Broadway and East Fayette St. where forty years ago he stood as mayor after rioting had destroyed a number of buildings.

Life goes on for former Baltimore mayors

June 29, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

Life goes on after leaving the mayor's office — at least, that's one conclusion that can be drawn from examining the histories of Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's seven most recent predecessors. The...

Media stand in line Thursday morning as they wait to cover the Freddie Gray change of venue hearing.

Media horde grows at second day of Freddie Gray hearings

June 29, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

The crowd of journalists covering the Freddie Gray pretrial hearings grew for Day 2, with about 70 journalists snapping up all available press passes at the courtroom. Representatives for outlets...

All Stories