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BALTIMORE — The author of the decades-old handwritten note Baltimore prosecutors cited as central to their argument to overturn Adnan Syed’s murder conviction in September now says his note was misinterpreted.

Author Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th-century master of American macabre fiction, may have died of dirty politics. According to legend, a gang of party “poll hustlers” kidnapped and drugged him. They forced him to vote, then abandoned him near death. Details are murky, but we do know Poe died in…

BALTIMORE — The Ravens have traded for Chicago Bears inside linebacker Roquan Smith, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed Monday, adding the NFL’s leading tackler a day before the league deadline.

The Chicago Bears are trading linebacker Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens for multiple draft picks

BALTIMORE — Most Marylanders plan to vote in favor of a ballot measure that would legalize cannabis in the state for those 21 and older, a poll for Baltimore Sun Media and the University of Baltimore shows.

BALTIMORE — Baltimore County Police detectives arrived at a home in the shadow of Woodlawn High School in May 2020 hoping to take a photograph of the man who lived there.

BALTIMORE -- Lou Ann Blake was shocked when she learned she was blind.

BALTIMORE — It’s possible Jalen Smith’s first sigh of relief since he was selected 10th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2020 NBA draft occurred two years later, in a different city, playing for a different franchise.

BALTIMORE — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore, who’s built a commanding lead over Republican Dan Cox heading into Election Day, raised $5.8 million in the last two months to bring his fundraising haul to $7.5 million since winning the nomination in July — most of which he has kept in…

Brian Leibowitz eyes the newcomers on the courthouse steps with skepticism.

BALTIMORE — A jury’s finding that Adnan Syed was guilty of murdering Hae Min Lee was supported by the evidence, the retired judge who presided over Syed’s trial in 2000 states in an affidavit filed late Thursday night.