WASHINGTON — Maryland Democrats on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Trump administration’s budget proposals, citing federal cuts to Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts, the Appalachian Regional Commission and the National Institutes of Health. “The Trump budget is great if you…
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Maryland’s Women’s History: Billie Holiday
March is Women’s History Month and many influential women have called Maryland home. Throughout the month, we’ll honor Maryland’s women’s history. Billie Holiday was a Baltimore native who debuted her jazz and blues at Fell’s Point.
You’re invited to turn your clocks forward!
We “spring forward” this weekend thanks to Daylight Saving Time. But not everyone in the U.S. participates. We dig deeper into this 99-year-old practice.
Maryland’s Women’s History: Elizabeth Ann Seton
March is Women’s History Month and many influential women have called Maryland home. Throughout the month, we’ll honor Maryland’s women’s history. Meet Elizabeth Ann Seton, a women of religion and education.
Twitter reacts to #ADayWithoutAWoman hashtag
On International Women’s Day, many women throughout the country are participating in the “A Day Without a Woman” strike. Local Twitter users react, with opposition and applause, using the #DayWithoutAWoman hashtag.
Chicken ‘Flockstars’ prove music is for the birds
GERMANTOWN, Maryland — Tucked away in coop in Germantown, Maryland, lives a group of nine pet chickens. On the surface they may seem like ordinary farm animals that flap their feathers, nibble their food and enjoy nature, but beneath the…
Justice Department nominee from Maryland won’t commit on special prosecutor
WASHINGTON – Maryland federal prosecutor Rod Rosenstein, President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy attorney general, would not commit on Tuesday to appointing a special prosecutor to probe possible links between Russia and the Trump campaign. Despite pressure from Democrats on…
Big Ten tournament seeds, based on teams’ Twitter popularity
A look at what the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament seeds would look like if they were based on Twitter followers.
Meet Maryland’s Superfoods: Cherries
Each week, CNS will introduce you to a new “superfood” that is grown, raised, produced and sold in Maryland. This week’s superfood: cherries.
MD Congressional Delegation discusses repealing Obamacare
The battle between President Trump and supporters of the Affordable Care is just heating up. The democratic members of Maryland’s Congressional delegation say repealing Obamacare could be devastating for more than half-a-million Marylanders.