The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a traditional jazz funeral.
Nearly 250 contestants from around the nation and the world traveled to Maryland for a chance to win up to $50,000.
President Trump and members of Congress want to revive U.S. shipbuilding with subsidies and penalties against Chinese-built ships. But there are obstacles.
The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.
The cheery muppet donned a tiny cap and gown to inspire students at the University of Maryland. “Life is like a movie. Write your own ending,” he said.
Kermit took the podium in a muppet-size formal cap and gown on Thursday to deliver a commencement speech at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson.
In Pittsburgh, Corey O’Connor’s victory in the Democratic primary represents a turn from progressive policies — and a chance for him to run the city his father once led.
In 1973, Col. Yosef Alon, an Israeli military attaché, was gunned down in front of his home in suburban Maryland. The gunman was never identified despite an extensive F.B.I. investigation.
A class-action lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania argues that Native tribes have never been compensated for the child abuse or for money taken from tribal trust funds to operate the schools.
Visitors to Annapolis can sail the Chesapeake Bay, tour the Naval Academy, enjoy top-notch restaurants and pop into bustling bars.
The Justice Department said that it would abandon efforts to overhaul local policing in Minneapolis and other cities with histories of civil rights violations.
The outcome is the latest in a string of losses in deep-blue cities that has raised questions about the power of progressive officeholders.
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About 4,000 birds were found dead in the truck, and 10,000 others were stranded there for three days, state officials said. The hatchery that shipped the chicks said it did not know why the shipment had never made it to its destinations.
The Democratic primary for mayor of Pittsburgh on Tuesday has become something of a proxy for the national struggle over the party’s future direction.
Wes Moore, the nation’s lone sitting Black governor, diverged from fellow Democratic governors in rejecting a measure that would have studied reparations.
Times analysis of air traffic recordings and flight data shows that outage-related problems persisted far longer than what the officials have acknowledged.
Their union objected to the unilateral policy change. Starbucks said the disruption has been minimal.
Justice Department lawyers are scheduled to appear in Federal District Court in Maryland to defend their latest effort to avoid disclosing details about several key aspects of the proceeding.
Doctors applied a personalized treatment to cure a baby’s genetic disorder, opening the door to similar therapies for others.
An audit of deaths in Maryland found that in cases of people who died after being restrained by the police, medical examiners often classified the deaths as natural or accidental.
Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.
A Victorian-era house in Manchester, a Spanish-style home in Tucson and a rowhouse in Philadelphia.
Rising waters seeped into the Westernport Post Office in Allegany County, Md., where the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning on Tuesday afternoon after heavy rainfall.
The company, which serves airports in liberal cities on the coasts, has agreed to operate chartered flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In a digital age, the front pages of print newspapers can still capture a historic moment as they did on Friday with word-playing headlines, splashy photos and a dose of solemnity.
The air traffic control mishap early Friday morning added to disruptions in recent days that have heightened concerns about safety at one of the busiest U.S. airports.
The private Catholic university in the suburbs of Philadelphia has a new most famous alumnus.
El caso, que afecta a un venezolano de 20 años, ejemplifica otra forma en que la Casa Blanca ha buscado nuevos métodos agresivos para expulsar a los inmigrantes de Estados Unidos.
The company, which has shaped how millions eat and exercise, is trying to reduce its debt as it expands its telehealth business.
Brandon Woody refined his songs in shows around his hometown Baltimore and channeled the city’s lessons on his debut album, “For the Love of It All.”
The case, involving a 20-year-old Venezuelan, exemplifies yet another way the White House has sought new and aggressive methods to expel immigrants from the United States.
The incident at a Philadelphia bar owned by the Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy comes amid a surge of antisemitic episodes in the United States.
The New Yorker won three Pulitzers, and ProPublica was given the public service award for its coverage of the deadly consequences of state abortion bans across the country.
Pigeon lovers protest at a pet store. The pet store owners say they are innocent. And still the flocks seem to be shrinking without explanation.
The former chief of staff to Senator John Fetterman last year wrote to a doctor who had treated him, pointing to “warning signs” that suggested the senator could be backsliding on his recovery from a mental health crisis.
The New York Times realizó casi dos decenas de entrevistas en Maryland y El Salvador, y revisó documentos y grabaciones judiciales en varias jurisdicciones, para construir un retrato más completo de Abrego Garcia.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived a turbulent life in Maryland after fleeing El Salvador as a teenager. Now he’s the face of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
The woman, 29, was struck by her own vehicle after the suspects began driving away, the police said.
The government provided $69.5 billion in relief funds to help keep transit on track during Covid-19. But many rail and bus systems are now facing layoffs and cutbacks.
The pandemic upset a delicate balance of part-time and full-time residents in a community in the Poconos, sparking a debate over short-term rentals.
The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I.
Strained by limited resources, prosecutors are deploying special teams and nurturing local relationships to catch up to a wave of fraud.
Many of the nation’s major cities face a daunting future.
Americans over 65 remain the demographic most likely to have received the original series of vaccinations. But fewer are getting the follow-up shots, surveys indicate.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
With cases rising again, the superintendent said that as the pandemic evolves, “so too will our response to it.”
Josh Shapiro said he had mild symptoms and would stay home during the state’s primary election on Tuesday.
The report sheds new light on executives’ worries about deficiencies in the company’s quality control systems at its troubled Baltimore plant; no contaminated doses were ever released to the public.