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But these Orioles want to be evaluated by more than that. The Orioles haven’ t hung a pennant since. En route to winning the American League East, Baltimore posted a winning record against all of the other four teams in what’ s regarded as baseball’ s most challenging division.

Thursday night’ s electric announcement on the scoreboard that there was a deal to keep the Orioles playing at the state-owned Camden Yards for at least“ THE NEXT 30 YEARS” was widely interpreted as saying a new lease had been signed. The resulting cheers were quickly followed by everyone, from Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott to the Ravens congratulating the O’ s on...

The race for four city council seats and the title of mayor of Des Moines has brought 19 people out to run.

​There are multiple elected positions on the ballot, but some races are garnering more attention than others, like mayor and Ward 1 councilperson.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The race for Ward I’s representative on the Des Moines City Council has a growing candidate list, in an area where voters don’t feel represented. “There was no responses, there was no interaction with people getting back to us or anything,” said Janelle Davis, a senior living care staff worker in […]

The number of candidates running for the Des Moines Ward 1 City Council seat continues to grow.

Deaths of pregnant and new moms underscore a stark disparity: Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women. Henry Ford Health in Detroit is trying a simple approach to narrow that gap.

English saxophonist keeps melody to the fore in a bop-inspired set composed almost entirely of originals, including some creative contrafacts

Richard Rodney Bennett champion Claire Martin sings the late composer's work with jazz quartet and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Box sets of symphonies, exciting contemporary music and a lovable French composer gets his due Reviews by Graham Rickson