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Jackson Holliday called his first big league stint “a blur.” His shot at redemption begins Wednesday. Holliday was recalled to join the Orioles among the flurry of move in the waning hours of Tuesday’s trade deadline. The 2022 first-overall draft pick and No. 2 prospect in baseball is slated to play second base and bat…

The candidates for our election may have changed, but the goal of foreign actors to disrupt the Democratic process has not. A brand new report from the Director of National Intelligence warns of “a range of foreign actors conducting or planning influence operations targeting U.S. elections this November.” Top officials said they use more advanced technology, like…

By JOHN LEICESTER and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony took a legal turn Tuesday, with French prosecutors ordering police to investigate complaints from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon that she suffered a torrent of online threats and abuse in the ceremony’s wake. Barbara Butch’s lawyer told…

Investigators were still seeking a suspect Monday morning in connection with the fatal shooting at The Mall in Columbia that killed a 17-year-old over the weekend. Howard County Police are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads them to the suspect in the Saturday evening shooting that caused the mall’s evacuation…

The body of a 6-year-old boy was found in a Gaithersburg pond on Sunday, police said. At about 3 p.m. on Saturday, the child, Fawzan Hassan, went missing, and an extensive search was launched, Montgomery County Police said in a news release. On Sunday, Hassan’s body was found at 5:25 p.m. in a pond at…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He’s also pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity. The White House on Monday detailed…

The last time Zach Eflin started, he took the ball for a team hovering around .500. When he toes the rubber for the Orioles on Monday, it’ll be for a first-place squad. Baltimore activated Eflin on Sunday, optioning reliever Bryan Baker to Triple-A Norfolk to make room for the veteran starting pitcher it acquired in…

The opening of the 2024 Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair, Saturday. The fair runs July 27th – August 2nd at the Agricultural Center in Westminster. Leah Fritz, 14, combs her miniature lop rabbit “Bear” before housing it in the rabbit barn for the week at the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair. (Karen Jackson…

Temperature highs will be mostly in the low 90s in the Baltimore area this week, with the possibility of storms Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday will be sunny with a high near 91 degrees before dropping to 73 in the evening. Sunny weather will continue into Monday with a high…

Carroll County was recently honored with the installation of another roadside historic marker. Such markers are placed by the State Highway Administration to note sites of cultural significance along Maryland roadways. The state unveiled the latest marker on July 20 at Farm Content, the historic home of former state Sen. David Shriver Sr., an 18th…

On July 20, members of the U.S. Army’s 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Air Cavalry Troop, also known as the Black Horse Regiment, came together for a public memorial service at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park at Willis and Court streets in Westminster to remember fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War. More than 75 veterans…

By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Sip a cool caipirinha cocktail in Brazil. Sample a spicy samosa in India. Boogie down with a DJ in France ’til the early hours. Or, do all three in a day — and perhaps meet some athletes, too. If you’re in Paris but don’t have tickets for…

When Baltimore County’s governing charter was first written nearly 70 years ago, each county council member represented about 50,000 residents. Today, it’s closer to 125,000. And more worrisome is the current council’s rather lopsided demographic. All seven members are men. Just one, Councilman Julian E. Jones, Jr., is African American; the rest are white. Given…

The stalking case against Anne Arundel Orphans’ Court Judge Marc Knapp, the first legal action taken against him by the court’s chief justice, was dismissed Friday morning due to a lack of evidence. Chief Justice Vickie Gipson, who was first elected to the probate bench in 2018, accused Knapp of harassing and threatening her and…

Once upon a time, Maryland had Republican politicians who were proud environmentalists and stewards of the vast Chesapeake watershed. The late Mac Mathias, a senator for 18 years, was a founder of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort; Rogers C.B. Morton was a congressman from the Eastern Shore, a robust advocate for the bay who later…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday for the removal of homeless encampments in his state. Newsom’s order would direct state agencies on how to remove the thousands of tents and makeshift shelters across the state that line freeways, clutter shopping center parking lots and fill city parks. The…

A person was stabbed Tuesday night near Towson University, police said. At about 10:25 p.m., Baltimore County Police officers responded to the unit block of West Chesapeake Avenue for an assault report and found a victim with a laceration to the upper body, the department said. Police believe the victim and suspect were involved in…