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President Trump scraps EPA clean water rule opposed by state of Ohio, U.S. Rep....

WASHINGTON - On the campaign trail in Canton last summer, presidential candidate Donald Trump told U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs...

Journalism under attack

Even among Americans who take their news with a heaping spoonful of skepticism or perhaps believe "liberal bias" within the news media is rampant,...

Keeping faith with Baltimore schools

Parents and teachers in Baltimore City schools are getting fed up with the effort to resolve the system's projected $130 million budget deficit next...

Mike Wright, Cody Sedlock burned by long balls in Orioles' 7-5 loss to Phillies

Orioles right-hander Mike Wright ran into trouble in the second inning of his first Grapefruit League start of 2017 in Tuesday afternoon's 7-5 loss to...

Maryland House OKs extension of energy-efficiency program

Over the objections of Republicans, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill Tuesday that would extend the state's energy efficiency program.The vote was...

Maryland Senate President Miller seeks hospital care

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, 74, was taken to an Annapolis-area hospital Tuesday afternoon after he complained to the State House nurse about...

Patients' own bone marrow used to treat heart failure

Johns Hopkins Medicine doctors have treated the first person in a key phase of a clinical trial where a high dose of the patient's...

Victim identified in fatal North Versailles crash

Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 39 minutes ago Authorities on Tuesday identified a woman killed a day earlier in a crash...

Two arrested in Austria, accused of forcing women into sex trade through voodoo |...

VIENNA—Austrian police say they have arrested two Nigerian nationals on suspicion of forcing young women into prostitution, in part through voodoo rites.Police spokesman Johann...

Australian senator apologizes for comparing refugees to ‘fleas’ | Toronto Star

An Australian politician has apologized for comparing refugees and asylum seekers to fleas during a parliamentary hearing.Liberal Senator David Fawcett made the remark while...

Egypt arrests 9 Muslim Brotherhood leaders accused of plotting to overthrow government | Toronto...

CAIRO—Egyptian authorities arrested nine leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group on charges that they belong to a terrorist organization and were plotting to...

Man charged with murder after DNA links him to 1999 cold case

A Bronx man was charged with the 1999 rape and murder of a 56-year-old woman who lived in his building — after new DNA evidence...

Climate change unfreezes 200,000-year-old ‘doorway to hell’

Siberia’s enormous “hellmouth” crater in the melting permafrost is growing fast — and it’s opening a portal to a 200,000-year-old world.The Batgaika crater, known...

Scientists created ‘super pigs’ resistant to deadly infection

Super pigs are coming to save themselves.Scientists at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have genetically engineered pigs to protect them from Porcine Reproductive...

Photos of vets being neglected at VA spark outrage

DURHAM, N.C. — A former Marine and his wife say the scene inside a Veterans Administration hospital in Durham, North Carolina, was so shocking...

Buck Showalter: 'It’s time' to get Orioles draft pick Cody Sedlock into a spring...

When manager Buck Showalter wanted to catch a glimpse of last year’s first-round draft pick Cody Sedlock, he made sure he did so at...

$50,000 grant to help postpartum women through B'more Fit

The Family League of Baltimore has received a $50,000 grant from Aetna Foundation to expand a community-based fitness and nutrition program for postpartum women...

Pie Five Pizza Co. opening two locations at BWI

Pie Five Pizza Co. is opening two locations at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, with the first scheduled to open this week.The first BWI...

Maryland House OKs bill limiting school testing

The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill Tuesday that would limit the amount of time school districts can spend on testing.The Less Testing,...

U.S. billionaire Wilbur Ross sworn in as Trump’s commerce secretary | Toronto Star

U.S. President Donald Trump now has a commerce secretary.Vice-President Mike Pence has administered the oath of office to Wilbur Ross on Tuesday, a day...