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The federal government has prohibited drone activity above and around Northwest Stadium in Landover for the annual Army-Navy Game Saturday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced a temporary flight restriction for the game that will kick off around 3 p.m. The area is considered a “No Drone Zone” for a two-nautical-mile…

The temperature hovered around the freezing mark on Dec. 5, as law enforcement officials, firefighters, the Carroll County State’s Attorney Office, Carroll County Commissioner Ken Kiler, Rhonda Kiler, friends, and families gathered together at the Ascension Episcopal Church on Court Street in Westminster for the 18th annual “I Will Remember You” “Catherine’s Cause” remembrance ceremony.…

Morgan State University is experiencing an unprecedented transformation. Our enrollment has surged to record levels, research funding and patents are at all-time highs, more of our students than ever are advancing to elite graduate programs, and our annual economic impact on Maryland has reached more than $1.5 billion. This growth is not by chance but by…

NEW YORK (AP) — A bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane’s two engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, forcing the flight to turn around and land at John F. Kennedy International Airport, authorities said Friday. No one was injured in the incident involving Flight 1722, which…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Penny, a military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week, has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to join Donald Trump’s suite at the Army-Navy football game on Saturday. The Marine veteran was…

If the United States was truly interested in challenging climate change, nuclear power is the answer (“Vision and resolve will power Maryland’s energy future,” Dec. 9). Wind and solar power are nice, but a very small part of the answer. Besides being efficient, nuclear power plants take up a whole lot less space than wind…

The Baltimore Sun Editorial Board recently opined that they must acknowledge Mayor Brandon Scott’s successes “including a significant drop in homicides that — fingers crossed — will total fewer than 200 this year if trends hold. That was unimaginable a decade ago” (“What if Baltimore had more Brandon Scotts?” Dec. 7). Baltimore with fewer than…

This year, Santa Claus is embracing the spirit of giving in a new way — he’s gone vegan! After centuries of milk and cookies, he’s apparently decided it’s time to swap dairy for creamy oat or almond milk and enjoy plant-based cookies. His decision is about more than snacks. I understand he’s also retiring his…

The American public’s trust in the media isn’t especially high right now — a recent Gallup poll shows it hovering in the low 30% range which is similar to their dim view of Congress — but that doesn’t mean they don’t believe in the First Amendment’s vital role protecting a free press. There’s a reason…

Fit for the King. Two nights and one Sunday brunch filled with non-stop musical celebration of the King, Elvis Presley. The event returned to Lord Baltimore Hotel with 15 Elvis entertainers and 15 bands — with no song duplicated. Guests could check out the King Creole Oyster Bar, hosted by The Local Oyster, where a…

By MARTHA BELLISLE, Associated Press Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others who held positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team have been dismissed, ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals than holding offenders accountable, according to a half-dozen former Olympians and other biathletes. And while…

Somehow the crisp wind every December creates a sound magical and pleasing to the ears with its dry rustle of evergreen leaves, an evensong of a holiday so much anticipated, too brief to be celebrated in one day that it is extended in a season. The joys of Christmas with its festivities, the gift-giving, the…

Bravo for the recent column by Armstrong Williams on the subject of immigration (“Armstrong Williams: Immigration — it’s complicated,” Dec. 8). It was his best and most sensible yet. The only possible criticism of the column was his failure to credit H.L. Mencken with having first stated the truism in his opening sentence about there…

After reading Deli Okafor’s letter to the editor about how state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier should be appointed county executive in Baltimore County (“Klausmeier is the leader Baltimore County needs,” Dec. 6), it seems to me she is looking for a job in Klausmeier’s administration if she is chosen by the county council. Now, I don’t…

CBS Sports has been broadcasting the Army-Navy Game for nearly three straight decades. That partnership between the network and the two service academies will continue for another decade. CBS Sports said Monday morning that it will remain the home of one of the greatest rivalries in sports, the Army-Navy Game, through 2038. David Berson, president…

Rain and clouds are forecast to start off the workweek in the Baltimore area, with sunny weather anticipated to set in Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday is expected to be mostly sunny with a high near 57. Winds ranging from 8 to 14 mph with gusts up to 25 mph are forecast…

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., has condemned video game giant Steam for allowing sales of a game that lets players control a Palestinian as they slay Jewish Israelis. The 2022 game, “Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” says it lets players address “the Israel x Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective.” The game currently…

Nearly three centuries ago in 1741, George Frideric Handel feverishly penned his glorious oratorio, “Messiah,” amid a tide of social unrest surging in Enlightenment-era society. Ninety years ago, the Handel Choir of Baltimore was born in a decade of geopolitical and economic devastation, from the Great Depression to events in Europe that led eventually to…

Carroll County has nurtured my love of history since my family and I arrived here from Oregon over half a century ago. I am grateful to all the institutions and individuals who shared bits of history, which this paper published as “Carroll Yesteryears.” My serious involvement in Carroll’s history lay dormant while raising two children…

Few murders have instantly captured the American public’s attention quite like the chilling ambush of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, who was gunned down early Wednesday morning outside a New York City hotel, the execution-style slaying by an unidentified masked man caught on surveillance video. This was clearly no random act of violence. And attention…