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 Tuesday, May 15 Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's administration is improving how it checks the backgrounds of top appointees such as police commissioners after Darryl De Sousa was suspended last week. More: Read today's eNewspaper | Listen to the news now |
| The annual Symphony Designers’ Show House, where interior designers use an elaborate home as their canvas, returns this Sunday in its 41st year, and this time, the house — with its Flemish bond red brick, detailed arched windows and ties to a Baltimore literary legend — is an attraction itself. |
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| Maryland congressman Anthony G. Brown had a minor stroke within a few hours of leaving the funeral of Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Friday. |
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| Meghan Markle's wedding has a Baltimore connection. |
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| The Baltimore area avoided the worst of Monday night’s storms, with areas south receiving the brunt, according to the National Weather Service. |
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| Orioles slugger Mark Trumbo is back to stinging the ball up the middle and hitting the line drives that drove his 47-home run season in 2016. |
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| The Little Italy Film Festival, a beloved Baltimore summer tradition for nearly two decades, is on hiatus this summer after the longtime location fell through. But organizers hope it will return for the summer of 2019. |
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| Prosecutors are asking Maryland’s highest court to reverse a ruling that grants a new trial to “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed in the killing of Woodlawn High School classmate Hae Min Lee. |
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| Thousands of protesters gathered in a bloody showdown that threatened to cast a shadow over Israel's inauguration of new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. |
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| It shouldn't be assumed at all that rookie third-round pick Orlando Brown Jr. will beat out veteran James Hurst for the starting right tackle job. |
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| Any of the teams in the 2018 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse quarterfinals can win the championship. |
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