Goucher poll: Overwhelming majority of vaccinated Marylanders likely to get a booster shot

Poll finds that 83 percent of respondents say they will get the booster as soon as it is available to them.

Inside America’s Broken Supply Chain

The global supply chain that brings toys, clothing, electronics and furniture from Asia to the United States each year is clogged, an enduring impact of the pandemic that is unlikely to ease soon.

George Butler, documentary filmmaker whose subjects included Schwarzenegger and Shackleton, dies at 78

His first film, ‘Pumping Iron,’ introduced bodybuilding to a wide audience. Later movies examined the activist career of John F. Kerry and a NASA rover mission to Mars.

Vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could be available as soon as the first week of November

The FDA advisory committee voted to back the vaccine for younger children.

Investigation finds Blackhawks failed to act after alleged sexual assault; GM steps down

A law firm's report painted a picture of an organization more focused on winning the Stanley Cup in 2010 than following its own sexual harassment protocols.

Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election

The committee has already requested documents and communications related to John Eastman’s legal advice and analysis on how President Donald Trump could seek to overturn the election results and remain in office.

Democrats race to reach deal on economic initiatives as Biden prepares to depart on foreign tour

Lawmakers remain stuck on health care and paid leave but are making some progress on corporation taxation.

Loudoun County students walk out to protest school district’s handling of alleged sexual assaults

Hundreds of students at different Loudoun County Public Schools held walkouts sparked by sexual assault cases.

Senate confirms former senators, lawmakers’ widows to ambassadorial roles

Former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) was among a quartet of former senators and widows of senators confirmed to ambassadorial posts Tuesday.

Men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse can be called ‘rioters’ and ‘looters’ but not ‘victims,’ judge rules

Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder said "victims" was a "loaded" term and could not be used in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial to describe Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber and Gaige Grosskreutz, who were shot by the teen in August 2020.

Teacher suspended after allegedly telling Muslim student, ‘We don’t negotiate with terrorists’

The Ridgefield School District in New Jersey announced Monday that it had disciplined an assistant teacher while it investigates the allegations made by Muslim student Mohammed Zubi.

Mort Sahl, whose political comedy set the bar for future humorists, dies at 94

Dubbed “Will Rogers with fangs,” the comedian had a fearless style that was revolutionary in the 1950s. During the height of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist witch hunts, Mr. Sahl took the position that “McCarthy doesn’t question what you say as much as your right to say it.”

Opinion | Manchin warns that Biden’s agenda would create an ‘entitlement society.’ But his state leads the way.

By some measures, West Virginia is more reliant on the federal government than any other state.

Miami private school scraps policy to send home vaccinated students after funding threatened

The school rolled back its plan to require any student who received the coronavirus vaccine to isolate at home for 30 days after each dose.

France sets minimum book delivery fee in effort to protect independent stores from Amazon

During the pandemic, France sought to save independent bookstores by reimbursing delivery fees and classifying them as essential businesses.

Opinion | Pity the billionaire, so sensitive and oppressed

To hear Republicans tell it, even the tiniest increase in their taxes will cause these tender souls to shut their businesses and flee the country.

FDA advisers back Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for ages 5 to 11, saying benefits outweigh risks

The Food and Drug Administration is all but certain to authorize the vaccine in coming days, meaning it could become available in early November.

Analysis | Joe Manchin doesn’t know what party he belongs in. We’re here to help.

The result? An exploration of what partisanship means.

The hotel where Trump allies plotted to overturn the election has a sordid and violent history

President Donald Trump's legal team may have plotted to keep him in power at the Willard hotel, but that's only the latest distinction in the hotel's wild political history.

Opinion | Too many journalists are dying on the job. The People’s Tribunal is about to name and shame the killers.

An international event aims to strike a blow against the culture of official impunity.