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It was election night 2000, the first presidential election I really paid a lot of attention to. The stakes were high....

Despite a growing need for substance use treatment as the country's opioid epidemic collides with the coronavirus pandemic, long-term residential rehab facilities are treating fewer patients — and facing steep financial shortfalls because of it....

The appetite for filling treatment centers by arresting people with addiction problems is waning, leaving some providers scrambling for relief....

Maryland rallies to upend Minnesota, 45-44, in home opener...

Playing his fourth event since revealing he has bladder cancer, John Daly shot an 8-under 64 on Friday for a share of the lead with Jim Furyk in the PGA Tour Champions' TimberTech Champions....

Environmentalists say the bill, which reauthorizes a host of environmental programs, including the Chesapeake Bay Program, is groundbreaking....

Calvert Hall opens its Catholic League soccer season with a 4-0 victory over Archbishop Spalding....

A midshipman's status at the Naval Academy is currently in limbo following a hearing on his lawsuit against the Naval Academy superintendent and Navy secretary....

Infections were on the rise in 47 states days before a presidential election that has spotlighted Trump's scattershot response to the pandemic....

See scores and stats from high school varsity action around Anne Arundel County on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020....

A former school bus driver for Anne Arundel County Public Schools has been charged with sexually abusing a minor....

Senior Lilly Hyre logged two goals to give Annapolis Area Christian School girls soccer a win over Mt. Carmel at Troy Park in Elkridge on Friday, Oct. 30....

The Queen Anne's County board of education has appointed an acting schools superintendent, answering some questions, for now, about who is running the Eastern Shore school district....

A Glen Burnie man pleaded guilty to a host of crimes Friday as part of an apparent agreement with prosecutors that won't be concrete until he testifies at a murder trial....

With four days until the election and more than 83 million votes already cast, time is running out for Trump and Biden to change the contours of a race framed largely around the incumbent's handling of the pandemic....

The Carroll County Health Department confirmed 15 new community cases Friday to bring the weekly total to 90 with one day remaining. Carroll had previously reached that high a number only for the weeks beginning July 19 (97) and July 26 (110). Carroll had...

A Harford County jury will continue deliberations Monday to determine whether Radee Labeeb Prince can be held criminally responsible for his actions when he shot five of his co-workers — three fatally — at Advanced Granite Solutions in October...

From Sept. 26 to Oct. 4 Annapolis Green, in partnership with presenting sponsors Rommel Harley-Davidson Annapolis and Porsche Annapolis, offered a look into the reality of driving an electric vehicle (EV)....

Bill Wagner, longtime Navy football beat writer for the Capital Gazette, participated in a question-and-answer exchange with Billy Embody of the Pony Express website covering SMU football....

Sheldon Zeller, who owns 18 Market Space, said the coffee shop owners, Grover and Karen Gedney, have been gone "about two months," he said. Zeller cited "financial reasons" for the coffee shop's closure but declined to elaborate for fe...

The party store isn't the hottest place to prep for Halloween this season. It's the hardware store....

In a few months, we will have a new president of the United States. The stupidest president ever will be followed by the most incompetent president ever....

The acting director for Baltimore's Office of Homeless Services said its plan to move roughly 400 people out of hotel rooms by year's-end could still change if the coronavirus surge becomes worse in Maryland in the coming months....

A sewer main break in Catonsville on Wednesday caused 1.39 million gallons of sewer and stormwater to run off into Maiden Choice Run, Gwynns Falls and the Patapsco River....

Follow along with coverage, analysis and results from Baltimore Sun reporters and photographers on Nov. 3....

Herb Adderley, the Hall of Fame cornerback who joined the NFL as a running back and became part of a record six championship teams with the Packers and Cowboys, has died. He was 81....

Friday is the third day this week that new cases have topped 800, something that — before this week — hadn't happened in October....

The Detroit Tigers hired AJ Hinch to be their new manager Friday, giving him a chance to return to a major league dugout after he was fired by Houston in the wake of the Astros' sign-stealing scandal....

Stanley's deal is worth $112.9 million in total value through the 2025 season, according to ESPN, with $70.9 million in guaranteed money....

Circuit Judge Angela M. Evans ruled that more harm would be done to the public at large than to the two men who sued if they were allowed to vote without covering their faces during the COVID-19 pandemic....

So far the Main Street Lending Program has made just 400 loans for a total of $3.7 billion — far below the $600 billion in total funding that the Fed has said it is willing to lend....

Ed Singer, health officer for Carroll, told county commissioners on Thursday that Maryland's guidelines on how to address close contacts of people with coronavirus symptoms within the school system are more restrictive than CDC guidelines....

The standoff over pandemic relief measures in the U.S. is winning new support for an old idea: that fiscal stimulus should be tied to the state of the economy....

All Saints' Day is a religious holiday that dates back more than 1,600 years, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. It started being observed on Nov. 1 around 731 AD when Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel in Rome in honor of all saints....

Anne Arundel residents who could be facing utility shut-offs as early as Nov. 15 could receive relief through a new program funded by local CARES Act money, County Executive Steuart Pittman announced Friday....

More than 76,200 Anne Arundel County voters visited early voting sites this week, surpassing the previous record in less than five full days of voting. Now, with three days left, the Board of Elections is calling on voters to visit the polls, hoping to su...

The Pikesville man charged with arson for setting a fire that destroyed Jilly's Bar & Grill has been denied bail pending a mental competency evaluation, a U.S. District Court judge ordered Friday afternoon....

Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016....

Here's what to expect from the fall sports teams at Annapolis Area Christian School in 2020....

The hotel is located close to the Baltimore Convention Center and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, key landmarks that haven't hosted large groups of convention-goers or baseball fans since the pandemic began....

Ravens running back Mark Ingram II was not seen at the open portion of practice Friday, according to a pool report, making it unlikely the veteran back suits up for Sunday's home divisional game against the Pittsburgh Steelers....

Tucked amid the rocky bluffs and rolling farmland overlooking the Mississippi River, Western Wisconsin is filled with voters who backed Democrat Barack Obama in 2012 only to flip in large numbers to Republican Donald Trump in 2016. Which direction this gr...

Baltimore is closing several streets to vehicle traffic, in particular in Fells Point and Federal Hill, the police department has hundreds of extra officers at the ready and some establishments plan to close early....

Maryland residents have started early voting, dropped off their ballots and sent in absentee. In Anne Arundel County, here is a summary of what you need to know for local races, including for the Board of Education, congressional candidates and Circuit Co...

This fully restored 4,000-square-foot house on Bay Street NE in St. Petersburg, Florida, snagged the title in the Homes With History category of HGTV's nationwide Ultimate House Hunt 2020....

A pedestrian died Thursday evening after he was crushed by a pickup truck while crossing the street in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County police said....

In a complaint, county school parents are asking the state education department to stop the hybrid reopening plan....

A Halethorpe man died Thursday morning after a car crash in Glen Burnie, which seriously injured the other driver involved, Anne Arundel County police said....

Dave Schwartz spent the last four years as an assistant to Caroline Cochran, who in September left the program after six seasons. Schwartz also coached the South River girls indoor lacrosse team in a winter league for three years before that....

An 18-year-old man was taken to the hospital after being shot early Friday morning outside a home in Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel County police said....