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One person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting that may have been "targeted" in a warehouse in a Columbus, Ohio suburb late Tuesday night, authorities said. … [Read more...] about 1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting in Ohio warehouse, police say

After knocking on the door for the better part of the last month, Maryland has finally earned its first Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball ranking of the season and first in nearly two years. … [Read more...] about Maryland cracks Top 25 men’s basketball poll at No. 18

A Baltimore economic development agency official will lead a nonprofit that promotes the city’s waterfront after longtime leader Laurie Schwartz steps down. Dan Taylor, an urban planning specialist, will become president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore after Schwartz retires at the end of June, the group said Tuesday. Taylor has spent 12 years at the Baltimore … [Read more...] about New head of Waterfront Partnership hired to succeed longtime president

Annapolis wants to name a park after Vincent Leggett, a historian and conservationist of Black culture along the Chesapeake Bay. Leggett, who died last year, founded Blacks of the Chesapeake in 1984, and the nonprofit’s mission eventually expanded to include using bay lore to attract more African Americans to preservation efforts. The city is proposing naming the Prince George … [Read more...] about Annapolis eyes naming City Dock park after conservationist Vincent Leggett