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The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project is a 70-mile transmission line cutting through three counties. Utility companies say it is necessary to meet increasing energy consumption, but community members and environmentalist are concerned.

Plans to put a Guinness brewery in Baltimore County will fall flat unless the Maryland General Assembly takes action. It’s all about how much beer…

It's DIVINE, the late leading lady of John Waters' films. Born Harris Glen Milstead, the 300-pound transvestite passed away in March of 1988, shortly after starring in John Waters' first big budget studio film, "Hairspray." He was 42. Divine was an integral part of Waters' ensemble cast, appearing in all his earlier films except "Desperate Living." Divine and Waters knew each other from childhood. It was Waters' movie "Pink Flamingoes" that made Divine famous, because he ate dog feces (yes, real feces) at the end of the film. Divine also made 2 films independent of Waters, playing a male gangster in "Trouble in Mind," and Tab Hunter's love interest in "Lust in the Dust." Divine spoke with Terry in February of 1988.int 3. : We feature a new interview with JOHN WATERS on the day his latest film, "Serial Mom," is released. After the low-budget "Polyester," Waters went to Hollywood to make the big-budget films "Hairspray" and "Cry Baby." Waters still lives in Baltimore, where he was born. "Serial Mom" stars Kathleen Turner and Sam Waterston. Waters is also the author of several books, including "Shock Value" and "Trash Trio."REV: Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews "Mellow Gold," by Beck.

Jerry Chung Shing Lee, 53, was arrested at New York's JFK airport on Monday, capping a six-year investigation that began when the FBI searched his hotel room in 2012, uncovering classified notes.

Actor John Lithgow grew up in a theater family but always wanted to be a painter. On Wild Card this week, he opens up what changed his mind.

Artist John Baldessari is an iconic figure in some modern art circles. His conceptual pieces — black-and-white photographs covered with colorful dots, a blue sky painted on a museum floor — can provoke smiles. But serious ideas lie beneath the surface.

It's becoming more clear who will be running for Baltimore County Executive. There are three declared candidates with two more expected to follow in the…

When asked in an interview whether he found the late civil rights icon impressive, Trump claims to have done more for Black Americans than anybody else.

The 68-year-old film director hitchhiked from Baltimore to San Francisco for his book Carsick. He says hitchhiking is "the worst beauty regimen ever."Originally broadcast June 10.

John Kerry, Biden's special envoy for climate, says climate change is an existential crisis. "And the question is, are we behaving as if it is? And the answer is no."

John Walker Lindh was a middle-class kid in Northern California who converted to Islam, traveled the world, and was captured by U.S. authorities in Afghanistan after Sept. 11, allegedly fighting alongside the Taliban. Now, he's suing the government over religious rights at a secret prison facility.

The bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Coldand Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spydied Saturday at age 89; his work was informed by his own years as a spy during the Cold War.

The actor who plays Finn, a disillusioned Stormtrooper in the new film, has said he's "a confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man." Nigerian filmgoers are over the moon.

Former head of the FBI's Serial Crime Unit, JOHN DOUGLAS. For 20 years he investigated serial murders for the FBI, and developed techniques to get criminals to talk, and to lure them into capture. He also pioneered criminal profiling. Many of his techniques have been adopted by police departments and prosecutors nationwide. DOUGLAS interviewed such notorious killers as Charles Manson and Richard Speck. He has a new memoir, Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Lisa Drew book, written with Mark Olshaker). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Guitarist Bill Orcutt discusses how music by Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland and Joseph Spence shaped his course.

Bassist William Parker discusses how Duke Ellington, Don Cherry and Cecil Taylor shaped his work.

Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa's latest record, a collaboration with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, is a love letter of sorts to a variety of favorite, but potentially lost-to-the-ages songs of the Middle East.

Los Angeles-based folk troubadour Jessica Pratt talks about how songs by The Slits, Laura Nyro and Sly and the Family Stone helped her forge her musical path.

The new stamps will also feature the Great Smoky Mountains as well as author and illustrator Tomie dePaola.

After playing a three-day match, he falls to an unranked player.