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Rocketman finds ways to buck convention, even in the familiar framework of the rock biopic. The operatic excesses are balanced by a powerful sense of melancholy in this marvelous biographical musical.

Thursday in Richmond, a judge issued an indefinite injunction preventing the removal of the Confederate general's memorial. The state attorney general says Lee's statue will eventually come down.

His fiery performance at Woodstock is legendary. The band would go on to have a hit with "I'd Love to Change the World."

Johns Hopkins amassed millions by trying almost anything that promised to make money--investing in liquor, real estate, coal-mining, fertilizer, and more.…

The handsome young actor who shot President Lincoln was a proud supremacist from Maryland. Matthew Weiner, famous for Mad Men, has written a play that finds some humor in John Wilkes Booth’s monstrous ego.

The opening chapter of Go Set A Watchman, Lee's first novel in 55 years, is out. Reactions ran from joy to shock — as readers coped with a plot twist and lingering doubts on the timing of its release.

Last Friday President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion relief bill to mitigate the effects of the COVID19 crisis on the American economy. The bill, named…

The Spider-Man and Hulk creator spoke to Fresh Air in 1991 about coming up with Spider-Man, inventing new sound effects for his comics and why superheroes have colorful costumes.

The previously unpublished eight short stories were written by Harper Lee in the decade before she wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Is Donald Trump's candidacy an aberration? Not if you look at recent political history. The Republican primary voters who helped Mr. Trump win the party's…

Wednesday means politics on Maryland Morning, and we begin today with Rep. John Sarbanes, live in Studio A. Congressman Sarbanes, who lives with his…

Popularized by his gripping thrillers, author John Grisham latest book is his second work of non-fiction. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions follows the stories of people falsely convicted of crimes, and the efforts to clear their name and return their freedom.

The iconoclastic Baltimore filmmaker, writer, actor and visual artist joins us to talk about his first novel, a classic John Waters concoction.

The film Rocketmanis based on John's life story. In 2013, he talked about his elaborate stage outfits, his fear of sex as a young man and how Liberace's example encouraged him to focus on the piano.

Sheilah talks with State Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein what's causing the surge in heroin-related deaths and what the state is doing about it.Then,…

Stan Lee is a comic book legend. He's the writer behind Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Host Renee Montagne sits down with the 92-year-old to talk comics and his own superheroic life.

For one black nerd growing up in Indiana, Stan Lee's world was an amazing step forward.

Judge Bradley B. Cavedo issued a temporary injunction prompted by a lawsuit that claims the state promised to protect the statue when the land it is located on was annexed in 1890.

I’m at Gertrude’s Restaurant on North Charles Street in Baltimore with its owner, famed Chesapeake Bay chef and author, John Shields. I’m here to talk…

So if it’s true that every person has a story, is it also true that every city has one too? What is Baltimore’s story? What narratives have emerged…