College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)

Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities

2013-04-02 00:00:00

On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...

About this report

2006-08-06 00:00:00

Nick Turse is a freelance journalist living in New Jersey. Deborah Nelson is a staff writer in The Times' Washington bureau. This report is based in part on records of the Vietnam War Crimes Working Group filed at the National Archives in College Park,...

A Tortured Past

2006-08-20 00:00:00

In early 1973, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Creighton Abrams received some bad news from the service's chief of criminal investigations. An internal inquiry had confirmed an officer's widely publicized charge that members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade had...

The Gospel and hate crimes

2007-08-23 00:00:00

On May 3, the House voted to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. The Senate will take up a companion bill, known as the Matthew Shepard Act, when it returns from its summer recess. If enacted, this law would authorize the...

Dorothy Sterling, author of African American children's literature, dies at 95

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Dorothy Sterling, a significant figure in 20th-century children's literature for her lucid, well- researched portrayals of historical African Americans written decades before multiculturalism became mainstream, died Dec. 1 at her home in Wellfleet, Mass....

On the trail of Watergate sites

2005-06-19 00:00:00

Political junkies and history hounds can take a deeper look at the Watergate affair through tours and exhibits in Yorba Linda and Washington, D.C. You can even "taste" the scandal at a couple of hotels. The occasion for this nostalgia, of course, is...

John V. Mullendore, 83

2013-05-21 18:20:00

John Vernon Alexander Mullendore, 83, of Clear Spring, Md., passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at his home. Born Aug. 31, 1929, in Boonsboro, Md., he was the son of the late Albertus Daniel Mullendore and Frances Young Alexander Mullendore. John was a...

Adam May leaving WJZ for Al Jazeera America

2013-05-20 11:39:00

WJZ reporter-anchor Adam May is leaving the Baltimore station at the end of the month to join Al Jazeera America as a national correspondent. May, who has been at the CBS-owned station for 10 years, will go to work for Al Jazeera in June. But he will...

Michelle Obama wants Bowie State graduates to promote education

2013-05-17 16:12:00

Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday to live up to the legacy of their university's founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. "Just think...

Maryland's poet laureate brings inspiration and enlightenment to audience

2013-05-18 04:00:00

Some closed their eyes, as though depicting on a canvas in their own minds the words that escaped a deep, gentle voice. Others bowed their heads, as if to let the words wash over them, saturating their skin. Such was the scene at the Washington County...

Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer

2013-05-19 13:09:00

Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...

Homon twins win regional title

2013-05-19 01:44:02

Tuscarora's Tyler and Nathan Homon made history for their boys tennis team Saturday while Frederick's Tina Negoescu handed teammate Bridgett Blowe her first loss of the year in the regional finals. The Homon twins won the school's first regional...

Cal Ripken Jr. speaks at spring commencement ceremonies for the University of Maryland, College Park.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Steve Moirano shows off mare Amazin', and her two-week-old foal, Tessie, to a crowd of onlookers at the University of Maryland, College Park campus farm.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Kid quotient:Exhibits and activities will interest all ages. Fun factors: Historic and reproduction aircraft, hands-on activities, exhibits highlighting the history of the world's oldest continually operating airport.

2013-04-08 00:00:00