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Good morning, Chicago. Across Illinois, police are ticketing thousands of students a year for in-school adolescent behavior once handled only by the principal’s office — for littering, for making loud noises, for using offensive words. Unpaid fines are sometimes sent to collections or deducted from parents’ tax refunds. And, unlike records from juvenile court, these…
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With the 2022 NFL draft beginning Thursday night in Las Vegas, there are a handful of players with Maryland ties who are hoping to turn their dreams of playing professionally into reality. From Kentucky edge rusher Josh Paschal to Maryland safety Nick Cross, here are the local prospects to watch: Boston College guard Zion Johnson…
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For much of Ryan Mountcastle’s baseball career, the Orioles first baseman’s mind is preoccupied when he gets to first base or beyond. He takes off his batting gloves and hands them to the bat boy. He checks his surroundings and prepares to lead off. But this season, there comes a chorus from the dugout —…
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A rapidly spreading variant and close, indoor quarters are likely factors that have led to cruise ship passengers testing positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks, according to the CDC. A spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said most cases have not been severe. “The vast majority of cases did not have severe…
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It’s a good week for guys named Joe in New Jersey. Jets GM Joe Douglas and Giants GM Joe Schoen hold four of the top 10 picks combined in the first round of Thursday night’s NFL Draft: the Jets at Nos. 4 and 10, the Giants at Nos. 5 and 7. This is the first…
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The Ravens have picked in the top 15 just once since 2006, so they’ll start Thursday night in an unfamiliar position, sitting in the No. 14 slot of a potentially chaotic draft. They will nonetheless be subject to the whims of owners and general managers elsewhere as the top half of the first round takes…
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Q: Ira, assuming Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry come back for Game 1 of the second round, and with the emergence of Victor Oladipo, has Duncan Robinson played himself out of the rotation? — Joel, Fort Lauderdale. A: This is where it gets interesting. So often we hear the Heat described as a meritocracy. We…
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As Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias detailed what the next 12 to 18 months look like for left-hander John Means, another part of him looks toward the rest of the rotation, too. By the time Means returns from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery — Elias hopes Means will be ready in…
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As the second and final reunion show of “The Real Housewives of Orange County”  brought Season 16 to a merciful close, we learned some things. We learned that Gina Kirschenheiter has naughty thoughts not only about Heather Dubrow‘s condo-sized closet but talk show host Jimmy Fallon, too. We learned that Shannon Storms Beador’s plastic surgeon…
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