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The Baltimore Police Department and the FBI are investigating a substitute teacher at a Johns Hopkins daycare center convicted of distributing child sexual abuse material last year, the university said Sunday. Court records show Simone Avery, 23, is serving a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in September to two child sexual abuse material charges in Baltimore City … [Read more...] about Woman convicted of child sexual abuse material distribution worked at Hopkins daycare

Maryland played its worst first half of the season, scoring only 20 points and committing 14 turnovers, yet somehow furiously erased a 19-point halftime deficit before eventually falling to Rutgers, 69-65. … [Read more...] about Maryland erases 19-point halftime deficit, but runs out of gas late in 69-65 loss to Rutgers

Olivia Olson scored 21 of her game-high 28 points in the first half, and No. 8 Michigan snapped No. 14 Maryland's six-game winning streak with an 87-69 victory in the teams' regular-season finale on Saturday. … [Read more...] about Olson’s 28 points help power Michigan to a win over Maryland

Regarding the op-ed “Baltimore region needs a seat at the table on transit” (Feb. 26), authors Brandon Scott, Kathy Klausmeier and Steuart Pittman propose solving mass transit woes by creating another board within the Maryland Department of Transportation. Another board holding endless meetings will not solve the Light Rail’s issues. To start, I suggest Scott, Pittman and … [Read more...] about What Baltimore mass transit really needs | READER COMMENTARY