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One hundred years ago, Bohemian-born William Oktavec, a butcher by trade and a would-be artist, arrived in Baltimore from New York with his wife and young son.

The "Diner" guys, Tracy Turnblad and the moody teens of Hamilton will be basking in the New York spotlight this month, thanks to a Museum of Modern Art exhibition focusing on the works of Baltimore filmmakers Barry Levinson, John Waters and Matt Porterfield .

An 85-year-old retired American soldier held by North Korea for more than a month arrived in San Francisco on Saturday to be reunited with his family.

Two men were shot in Northwest Baltimore early Saturday morning and one remains in critical condition at a hospital, police said.

The art of the edit can be seen throughout the trailer for Black Nativity , writer-director Kasi Lemmons' radical reworking of Langston Hughes' celebrated 1961 play.

Ron Matz reports the bands, floats and the people are ready for an annual parade that will bring thousands of spectators to the streets and sidewalks of this popular Baltimore neighborhood.

Dec. 6-7: Handel's 'Messiah' with the BSO and Concert Artists of Baltimore at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Edward Polochick conducts the BSO's annual performance of Handel's "Messiah" with vocal soloists and the Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale.

Police found him surrounded by foam containers, liquor bottles and trash bags thrown into trees, yards from an uncovered storm drain that could break a car axle.

December 7, 2013 marks 72 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan.

The former mayor of Baltimore said Thursday evening that he was in the presence of Mandela on two occasions - in one, Mandela galvanized world leaders amid his inauguration as South Africa's president, while in another, the respected figure of peace and hope sat quietly and approachable in a car on a downtown Washington, D.C. , street.

City Union officials are raising concerns about Baltimore's decision to close fire companies and the recent rise in fatal fires.

A Salisbury man was arrested at his job and a teenager at his Baltimore residence Thursday and charged in the fatal shooting of a Greenwood neighborhood man.

At the corner of Eastern and Central Avenues it is hard to say whether By Degrees Cafe is Little Italy or Harbor East here in Baltimore .

A woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a stabbing on a Greyhound bus in the Carroll Camden Industrial Area Thursday night, police said.

There should always be room for an old-fashioned burst of holiday entertainment, free of complicated thoughts or challenging philosophy, well stocked with song and dance.

Former Ravens safety Ralph Staten was arrested Wednesday in George County, Miss., and charged with driving under the influence following a high-speed chase, according to a sheriff's department press release.

I'm in love with Washington, with its provincial sightlines and burgeoning restaurant scene.

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A woman died in a fire in a Northeast Baltimore apartment complex early Thursday morning, just 10 days after another fatal fire in that area of the city and continuing a spike this year in fire deaths.

The best film of 2013 is "Spring Breakers," which featured "Disney tween starlets" Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens "undulating, snorting cocaine and going to jail in bikinis."