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After two months of people protesting around the clock, the Tennessee legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would make it a felony to camp out on the grounds of the state Capitol.

Oklahoma City school leaders announced they wanted the community to decide whether to change the names of four schools, only to find that some important details about the schools may be lost to time.

Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital say 11 surgeons were involved in the 14-hour surgery in March. The patient, who requested anonymity, is expected to be released from the hospital this week

It's the first day of early voting in Maryland and judging by the lines outside of some polling places around the state, it's clear that many voters still…

More than 23,000 families in Baltimore County are on a waiting list for housing vouchers once known as Section 8. And while they're waiting, the long…

Robert Siegel speaks with Martin Lee about China's takeover of Hong Kong in July of next year. Mr. Lee is an elected legislative counselor and chair of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong. Mr. Lee says China is backing away from promises it made in an agreement with Britain in 1984, to allow Hong Kong's autonomy and to permit democratic rule. He is in the United States to appeal for support for a democratic, independent Hong Kong.

Critic Bob Mondello has a review of the new Spike Lee film, Get on the Bus. It's a film about the journey of twenty African-American men to the Million Man March held in Washington last year. Although Lee didn't write the screenplay, the film still reminded Mondello of his earlier work...and he says it's the sharpest Spike Lee film in years.

The U.S. is sending a team of experts to help find the nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls. But the three-week delay means that the girls are likely scattered, making the search that much tougher.

The nominees for the 74th Emmy Awards were announced Tuesday morning. The winners will be chosen in September.

The council will examine the spending plan before passing it next month.

The action, which falls under a strict new Beijing-imposed national security law imposed on Hong Kong, comes in response to an unauthorized, independent primary held in July.

Senate Republicans regrouped on Tuesday, as they tried to forge a path forward on health care legislation. The White House and GOP leaders pressed forward with the goal of voting next week.

Attorney General Eric Holder went to Capitol Hill today to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on everything from guns to Wall Street prosecutions, among other topics. One prominent issue transcended partisan divides: senators' demand for more information about the U.S. use of drones in a targeted killing program for terrorists.

After six seasons of streaming, Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby brings his Romani family of Birmingham gangsters to the big screen.

The leaders of Baltimore Safe Haven, and the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health, discuss their work protecting the rights and well-being of the city's TLGBQ community.

This episode begins on the historic spot where two dirt roads intersected and consequently gave rise to the city of Atlanta. Today, that crossroads is a…

A new procedure designed to eliminate some hereditary diseases results in children with DNA from a mother, father and a third donor -- the so-called…

"The Baltimore Atrocities” is the title of the latest book by author John Dermot Woods. It’s a novel, but it’s not like any other novel you've ever read.…

Fewer Americans are having strokes and those who do are now less likely to die from them, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers and reported…

A busy hour of news: First, we speak with Daniel Webster, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, about the recent mass killing…