Daily Horoscope for October 25, 2024
General Daily Insight for October 25, 2024 Erratic energy makes way for peace. The emotional Moon squares nervous Mercury at 12:41 am EDT, making it easier for anxiety or distraction to throw us off...
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Who is the skeleton buried by a secret society under this Baltimore bar?
It didn’t take long to find the body. As he forged ahead on renovations for what would become the Bluebird Cocktail Room eight years ago, owner Paul Benkert found something unsettling beneath the...
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Spooky, skully spiderweb eggs are devilish delight for your holiday table
Halloween recipe content is getting to be a thing for me and my editor, Cassie Armstrong. We’ve been having fun with it for five years now, but the ante was upped in 2022 when I flunked hard at making...
View ArticleWhat to watch: 2024’s best animated movie hits theaters this weekend
While much of the attention this week has steered toward two theatrical releases that seem headed for awards consideration — one focused on a tense papal power struggle and the other a brilliant and...
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Column: August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ jumps from stage to screen, with a...
Playwright August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” comes down to this: A sister and brother, haunted by the violent disruption of their Mississippi childhoods, reunite in 1936 Pittsburgh. It’s a tense...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines is testing new tech to catch early flight boarders
By Dewayne Bevil, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) American Airlines is looking to revamp its boarding process with some new technology that will flag people who board with the wrong group. The Fort...
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McDonald’s E. coli outbreak is just latest food scare. How can diners stay safe?
The list of recalled foods and foodborne illness outbreaks has lately been a long one: Listeria in Boar’s Head deli meats, smoked salmon from Costco and frozen waffles from Aldi, Target and Walmart. E....
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for October 26, 2024
General Daily Insight for October 26, 2024 Incoming! As the sensitive Moon squares innovative Uranus, it may feel like the universe is throwing curveballs, and rolling with its punches is easier said...
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Jeff Holland: A perfect afternoon to see the covered bridges of Frederick County
This past week was ideal weather for taking in the view of colorful autumn leaves, so we packed a picnic basket and headed to Frederick County. That’s where we’d be sure to find breathtaking vistas of...
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Orange and black — and pink and purple. Some twists for creative Halloween...
By KIM COOK “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,” says the heroine in L.M. Montgomery’s book “Anne of Green Gables.” All we autumn aficionados feel the same, right? The season...
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After 20 years at the top of chess, Magnus Carlsen is making his next move
By MARK LEWIS STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen’s celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing...
View ArticleBOPA leadership to hold town hall after city moved to end contract
The CEO and executive committee of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts will hold a town hall online from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, almost two weeks after the city announced the termination of...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for October 27, 2024
General Daily Insight for October 27, 2024 Speak with caution. As communicative Mercury struggles to work with awkward Chiron, discomfort can arise from words that were either miscommunicated or...
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New bagel shop in Waugh Chapel fulfills dream of owner’s late son
A recently opened bagel shop in Waugh Chapel wants to feed hungry customers and raise awareness about mental health. Nico’s Bagels, located behind Dick’s Sporting Goods on Waugh Chapel Way, held its...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for October 28, 2024
General Daily Insight for October 28, 2024 Perspective isn’t easy to gain. The emotional Moon squares expansive Jupiter, blowing emotions out of proportion and making it hard to know how much is too...
View ArticleAsking Eric: Husband refuses to use bathroom inside
Dear Eric: This letter is probably best read after that first cup of morning coffee. My husband of 50-plus years has a habit of peeing outside, even though his office is equipped with its own bathroom....
View ArticleFor a Diwali treat with an American twist, a new cookbook serves up...
By ALBERT STUMM Every year for Diwali, Hetal Vasavada’s parents used to pull her out of her New Jersey elementary school to visit friends and family living nearby. The colorful South Asian holiday is...
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‘Anora’ review: This improbable fairy tale is a ‘Pretty Woman’ for our time
If half the folks who paid to see Demi Moore in “The Substance” take a chance on the bracing new seriocomedy “Anora,” they’ll be far better rewarded, this time by a sharp and finally moving story of...
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An ‘Impossible’ book that US readers can now read
This story begins in a land across the sea … When I first learned about Katherine Rundell’s “Impossible Creatures” (after critic Ron Charles praised it in the Washington Post), the U.K. fantasy novel...
View ArticleDisney is doubling its fleet of cruise ships. What that says about the...
By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times (TNS) When Cal State Fullerton professor Andi Stein set sail on her first Disney Cruise trip to the Bahamas for research more than a decade ago, she was on the...
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