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December 16, 2018

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Instant analysis: Ravens turn to reliable formula to beat Buccaneers, 20-12, move closer to playoffs

Sunday, Dec 16

The win was the Ravens’ fourth in five games with Lamar Jackson starting, but the team got only modest early help from the rest of the conference’s wild-card contenders.

Suspect charged in hit-and-run that killed Towson University student

A Rosedale man has been charged in the hit-and-run that killed a Towson University student on North Charles Street last weekend, Baltimore County police said Sunday.

Baltimore nears 300 homicides for fourth straight year

A crime scene technician laid out evidence markers Friday morning where a 42-year-old man had been shot and killed in Northeast Baltimore the night before.

64-year-old man shot multiple times, becomes city's 298th homicide victim of 2018

Police found the victim on Garrison Boulevard in Northwest Baltimore.

White House digs in on border wall demand, risking shutdown

The White House on Sunday pushed the federal government closer to the brink of a partial shutdown later this week.

Just days before Christmas, federal employees in Maryland could be furloughed or have to work without pay

Yet another potential government shutdown could furlough some of the 300,000 Maryland residents who work for the federal government or force them to work without pay — among them, scientists at Goddard space center and FDA and IRS workers. Also, Fort McHenry could close.

Baltimore County Council set for vote on $78 million plan to help Tradepoint Atlantic redevelop Sparrows Point

Baltimore County Council members are poised to vote Monday on what’s believed to be the largest financial assistance plan to a private company in the county — a $78 million package to help Tradepoint Atlantic build out its roads, water lines and sewer pipes.

Llama drama: Howard County Fire Department rescues animal from flooded pasture near Patuxent River

A special operations crew rescued a llama from a flooded pasture near the Patuxent River in Howard County Saturday night, officials said.

Anne Arundel County elementary school star ratings hurt by lack of credit for 'well-rounded curriculum'

Anne Arundel County's elementary schools would have earned more stars on the new state rating system but for the fifth-grade health curriculum.

'The Importance of Being Earnest's' gay code explained

Like other oppressed groups, gay Victorians used coded phrases to share in-jokes and communicate privately with one another while flying under the radar of mainstream society. Oscar Wilde’s famous “The Importance of Being Earnest,” (at Everyman Theatre for a month-long run) is full of examples.