Drought, frost takes a massive toll on coffee crops in Brazil

Black churches, powerful cultural forces, set their sights on food security

Researchers explore the fascinating biomechanics and neuroscience of bats

Childhood lead poisoning remains a widespread problem in America

A Baltimore student led a drive against an incinerator in her neighborhood. Now she’s won a major award.

A year after Freddie Gray’s death, kids turn Baltimore’s uprising into art

At one Baltimore school, students are easing racial tensions by learning from each other

How African Americans and immigrants in Baltimore find common ground in police reform

Baltimoreans cheer the unexpected indictment of six police offcers over Freddie Gray’s death

Not just Baltimore: Where police are whiter than those they serve

How housing and discrimination have long fueled Baltimore’s anger

As Baltimore burns, community leaders condemn violence but urge reform

Guess who’s coming to Cuba? A New York soccer team

Forget the floating Pacific garbage patch — new trash entering the oceans is much worse

Why would any parent send their kids on the deadly trip to cross the Mexico-US border? Here’s why.

How one man’s Olympic design influenced your next trip to the public restroom

The Quest for Magical, Nutty Tasting Cheese from Northern Spain

Baltimore set to sell ads on fire trucks

New research survey suggests urban trees are on the decline

Baltimore tourist attraction Cafe Hon gets celebrity, PR makeover

“The Wire” is still connecting

Why businesses hate English-only laws

Senate: Unemployment extension for all states

A new approach to a housing program

Hurricane makes trouble for Jamaican musician

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits East Coast

Primary spotlight on North Carolina, Indiana

‘The Takeaway’ on the election

‘The Takeaway’ gets lobbying tips

Generation Kill

‘The Takeaway’ on immigration

Navigating the New Normal: Young American Muslims Coming of Age Post 9/11

When In Rome, Hairdo as the Romans Do

New tape from Martin Luther King Jr. interview draws connection between US and African independence

Why the 9/11 Hearing in Guantanamo was Delayed by Train Derailment in Maryland

Barclays Faces Lawsuits in the US

Top of the Hour: Giants and Patriots Looks to Super Bowl, Morning Headlines

Some Deportations Halted, But Immigrants Remain in Limbo

American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh

Are You Ready for Some Thanksgiving Football?

Red Sox defeated by Baltimore

NFL Season Kicks Off

Marines in Afghanistan Escape in a Good Book

Your Take: Leaving Facebook?

Irish village

The royal vows have been taken

Black Confederate Soldiers: Myth or Reality?

A Wildlife Sanctuary from Silt

Baltimore Reclaiming Chesapeake Bay

On Thin Ice

Occidio Installation

Living Cities aims to stretch philanthropic dollars

‘English-only’ Rules in the Workplace

Making ‘Treme’: the new HBO series from David Simon

Budget cuts: Detroit and Baltimore brace for impact of severe deficits

Education reform on the ground: Baltimore and New York City

Middle class losing health coverage faster than poor

The debate about the health care debate

Deep cuts: Maryland may shutter rural mental hospital