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Students are told to stay in their dorms as the school takes strict measures to stop the spread. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on the new restrictions and the order for students to “sequester in place.”

The history of enslaved people is so hard to trace, that it’s left some African Americans without the details of who they are and where they come from. A newly released database is compiling the fragmented experiences and stories of enslaved people in hopes of repairing that broken history

Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports on a new website that compiles the history of enslaved people.

With vaccines in short supply, research from the University of Maryland shows new ways to ration them. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports on the potential options available.

Enslaved.org is a project that explores and reconstructs the lives of people who were enslaved, owners of enslaved people or took part in the slave trade. News4’s Pat Lawson Muse spoke with University of Maryland associate professor of history Daryle Williams, Ph.D.

After a two-year-long process, a family will be awarded a $3.5 million settlement from Maryland after their son, Jordan McNair, died during a university football practice

A white man will soon be sentenced for stabbing a black college student to death at a bus stop at the University of Maryland in what prosecutors say was a racially motivated crime

News4’s Leon Harris speaks to UMD President Darryll Pines, Ph.D, UMD’s Athletic Director Damon Evans and UMD’s Head Football Coach Mike Locksley in a special broadcast of “Inequality in America” on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020.

The University of Maryland is breaking with tradition in order to honor its diversity. The school announced it will name two of its new dorms after people of color who broke barriers at the university. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins spoke with one of those history makers.

Maryland-MSU canceled, Locksley tests positive for COVID-19 originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington The University of Maryland’s football game against Michigan State University scheduled for Saturday has been canceled as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the Terrapins’ locker room, the university announced Thursday. Terps head coach Mike Locksley and 15 players have tested positive for COVID-19 over…

Some University of Maryland students have signed a petition demanding better access to free COVID-19 testing on campus. While the University offers free testing twice a week, some students say registration deadlines for those tests have students going elsewhere. News4’s Tracee Wilkins explains.

The University of Maryland football program is suspending all team-related activities after eight players tested positive for COVID-19 in the past seven days. Saturday’s game against Ohio State has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. “We realize that this news is disappointing to all of the Maryland fans out there who were looking forward to the Terps taking...

The University of Maryland Terps are just over a week removed from their thrilling 45-44 win in overtime against Minnesota led by the sophomore Taulia Tagovailoa’s near-perfect performance. The Alabama transfer dismantled the Golden Gopher’s defense with his mobility, highlighted by his 39-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. At that point, he was just getting started. Tagovailoa finished...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan warns the state is entering the “red zone” for coronavirus case numbers. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports the surge in infections could affect your family’s holiday plans.

The University of Maryland’s College Park campus will transition to mostly online courses after the school’s Thanksgiving break due to concerns about rising COVID-19 cases

Seven people were shot and wounded at a Halloween night party in a hotel room near the University of Maryland, College Park, police say.  Five people had been released from the hospital by midday Sunday. The other two victims remained hospitalized with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.  All of the victims are adults and none were...

A new law in Maryland that makes it easier to prosecute some hate crimes is named for Army First Lt. Richard Collins III, the Black Bowie State University student who was killed by a white student on the University of Maryland’s campus in 2017. The universities came together to announce a racial justice alliance. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee...

Tiny particles that people expel when they sneeze, cough or talk are getting a close look for their ability to spread the new coronavirus

The Big Ten’s conference-only season was unveiled on Saturday.