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What DNA Could Have Told Us About President Lincoln After His Death

April marks 160 years since Lincoln’s assassination. In the early-90's, a Hopkins professor determined that, even if the shooting hadn’t happened, he likely didn’t have much time left.

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Angel Reese Won’t Apologize for Wanting to Become an Icon On and Off the Court

Being one of the most recognizable names in sports comes with a price—scrutiny, negativity, criticism—but the Randallstown-born WNBA star has the mental toughness to tune out the noise.

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Baltimore Farmers Market Guide

Our roundup of the region’s best city and county farmers markets.

Find the Best in Baltimore

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History & Politics

Decades Before the Civil War, Maryland Funded a Colony in Liberia to “Resettle” Free African Americans

The bonds between the country we know as Liberia, uniquely allied with the U.S. since its inception, and Maryland are profound, if generally little known.