Design show cures Baltimore family’s backyard blues
Before "The Nate Berkus Show" arranged for a dramatic makeover, M'Salla and Felicia Wilks and their two daughters were prisoners of their own backyard. "The grape arbor was the most...
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Why we’re still intrigued by the duchess from Baltimore
At a time when much of the English-speaking world is fixated on the royal wedding, it's worth pointing out that if it weren't for the original Baltimore bad girl, Wallis...
Zoe, one of the Maryland Zoo’s three giraffes, dies
Zoe, a 16-year-old giraffe at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, died Thursday after receiving anesthesia during a medical procedure. The reticulated giraffe was a favorite of visitors who occasionally were...
Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden explains the biology of pleasure
Not all addictions live up to their advance press. In the past decade, it's become common to casually and humorously describe a favorite activity in the parlance of chemical dependency....
One dead, six injured in separate shootings in city
Police were investigating the stabbing of a man Sunday morning in West Baltimore as the department has beefed up patrols throughout the city because of an outbreak of violence over...
Power issues cancel Amtrak trains throughout Mid-Atlantic
Widespread electrical problems along railroad lines Saturday morning sent Amtrak riders in the Mid-Atlantic region scrambling to reschedule their weekend plans. The outage occurred at about 9:30 a.m., according to...
Design by the book
You have to study the piece called "Inversion" for a minute to fully appreciate the joke. Jim Rosenau, an artist based in Berkeley, Calif., has crafted a fully functional and...
Tips: How to use books in your decor
Homes by the book Sometimes, you really can judge a book by its cover. Gerald Smith, the Washington-based designer behind GL Smith Associates, offers the following tips for incorporating your...
St. Patrick’s parade brings out Baltimore’s Irish spirit
A gust of wind, mischievous as a leprechaun, blew 3-year-old Faith Rose's shiny green bowler hat into the middle of Charles Street on Sunday during the start of the 56...
Baltimore’s Sudanese immigrants return to homeland to build a new nation
Baltimore's Sudanese community is shrinking week by week, as scores of people have begun making plans to return to their African homeland. Their hurry is understandable — they have fewer...