Box office bounces back in historic Sinners, Star Wars weekend

April’s box office rebounded this weekend thanks to the historic performances of Ryan Coogler’s horror smash-hit and the 20th anniversary re-release of the Star Wars prequel.

State may block Trump administration from Maryland databases

Some Maryland lawmakers are seeking to protect residents’ data from law enforcement intrusions amid heightened immigration enforcement by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Movie theaters are slowly climbing back to pre-pandemic success

Movie theater closures came in waves in the years after 2020. Now, theaters sales are crawling back towards pre-pandemic levels.

Maryland’s top 5 takeaways from the 2024 general election

Maryland remains a strong Democratic state as most of the rest of the country skewed Republican in the 2024 election.

After pandemic decreases, share of Black people in Maryland prisons peaks

The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland’s prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and prisons filled up again, the share of Black incarcerated people reached a five-year-high late last year, a Capital News Service data…

Aggregated data masks Asian disparities in Maryland and US

Aggregated race data – which lumps Asians into one category despite their different countries of origin – is masking health and educational disparities in Asian American communities, people across Maryland and the country told Capital News Service.

Maryland does not display Native American COVID-19 data

Without public-facing numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, it is a mystery how many Native people in Maryland are impacted — and how many resources should be allocated to help.

Opening the curtains: The data behind 90 days in Annapolis

Capital News Service gathered data from the 2019 legislative session and conducted an analysis to report on some of the most striking takeaways from the General Assembly.

Jealous’ Facebook audience smaller, more active than Hogan’s

Capital News Service analyzed data from Larry Hogan and Ben Jealous’ Facebook campaign pages from June 26 through Sept. 24.

The hidden Twitter relationships of NBA teams

At Capital News Service, we analyzed every conversation between NBA teams on Twitter since 2012 — about 1,900 in total — to uncover the hidden relationships between teams.