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    Hampden’s Castle fire destroyed a haven for new parents. What’s next for The Womb Room?
    The popular spot for prenatal yoga, birth doulas and infant care classes is in limbo, operating out of a temporary space 3 miles away in Govans.
    Mom Aja Wilkes takes a yoga class at The Womb Room with daughter Solana, who is 4 months old.
    Baltimore City schools could announce a new leader any day now
    After a yearlong search, a new schools chief will soon replace Sonja Santelises.
    Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises has run the school system since 2016.
    How this day care rebuilt trust after a shooting and abuse scandal
    The new owner of Shanteari Young’s former child care center lets parents watch classroom livestreams.
    Teachers Tanasia Johnson, right, and Aniyah Tittle lead arts and crafts time with the children at Legacy Child Development Center in Owings Mills.
    The Cayman Islands helped Maryland hospitals avoid taxes — until a whistleblower got involved
    The Maryland Hospital Association asked lawmakers to exclude hospitals from paying a tax on their affiliated for-profit insurance companies. A revised bill moving forward would pause the tax collection for two years.
    With a gesture to the heavens, Rico Garcia honors his grandpa each time he pitches
    After Diosdado Buton Nuñeza’s death in October 2024, Garcia grappled with a future in baseball that didn’t include his grandfather. But a way to honor Nuñeza came to him before the 2025 season.
    Orioles pitcher Rico Garcia’s glove is embroidered with his grandfather's first name, Diosdado.
    Capitals get blown out 8-1 by the Rangers in a game crucial to their playoff hopes
    Mika Zibanejad of the Rangers leaves the Capitals’ Hendrix Lapierre in his wake during the second period of New York’s 8-1 win Sunday night.
    Dodgers bash Nationals’ bullpen to complete sweep with 8-6 win
    For seven innings Sunday, the Nationals were both lucky and good. But in the eighth inning of a loss to the Dodgers, Washington ran out of both.
    Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers hits a third-inning home run Sunday at Nationals Park.
    Bethesda’s Kiki Rice, UCLA Bruins win NCAA women’s basketball title
    It’s mission accomplished for Bethesda native Kiki Rice and UCLA.
    UCLA guard Kiki Rice celebrates after making a 3-point shot against South Carolina during the first half of the women's National Championship
    Nolan Traore scores 23 points, Jalen Wilson adds 19 and Nets beat Wizards 121-115
    The Wizards (17-61) have a two-game lead on the Nets (19-59) for the best lottery odds, with Indiana also in the mix.
    The Wizards’ Julian Reese defends against Chaney Johnson of the Nets during the second quarter.
    ‘A bulletproof God’: Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked
    The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.
    Over the past five years, Rashad Singletary has grown Mt. Olive from a 14-person congregation to over 300 regular attendees — revolutionizing the historic Turner Station church.
    Orioles stumble to series sweep vs. Pirates as Chris Bassitt is roughed up
    The Orioles are 3-6, and while left-hander Trevor Rogers has been a bright spot, there have been few other flares thus far.
    Chris Bassitt has allowed 10 runs in his first 6 1/3 innings with the Orioles.
    Orioles manager Craig Albernaz is ejected for first time in career
    Baltimore’s first-time skipper was ejected for the first time in his major league career in the third inning Sunday as bad went to worse for the Orioles.
    Orioles manager Craig Albernaz talks with umpire James Jean after being ejected from Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh.
    Orioles recall Cade Povich, place Yaramil Hiraldo on IL
    Cade Povich can be recalled Sunday because right-hander Yaramil Hiraldo was placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation.
    Cade Povich had a 5.21 ERA and 4.18 FIP in 112 1/3 innings for the Orioles in 2025.
    2 shot, one killed in separate Baltimore shootings
    Two people were shot overnight in separate incidents near Baltimore nightlife hubs.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    US rescues aviator whose fighter jet was shot down in Iran
    The airman’s extraction followed a U.S. search-and-rescue operation after the Friday crash of the F-15E Strike Eagle.
    This image, taken by Sepahnews, Iranian state media, shows black smoke rising from the spot Iran claims that two United States aviators crashed during an operation over Isfahan province, Iran.
    How Baltimore students are being trained to join the city’s vacant housing fight
    Requity wants to scale so that vocational students complete one vacant house a year.
    Requity, a work-based training program, holds a ribbon-cutting of the first home largely rehabbed by high school students.
    Baltimore desserts that are almost too pretty to eat. But you should anyway.
    These restaurants create pastries, mousses and other desserts that are as much works of art as they are fine cuisine.
    Patisserie Poupon at 820 E. Baltimore Street.
    Protas scores in return from injury as Capitals keep playoff hopes alive with 6-2 win over Sabres
    The Capitals have won four of their last five and moved within one point of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
    Connor McMichael of the Capitals celebrates after scoring during the first period of Saturday night’s 6-2 win over the Sabres.
    2 pitcher misplays lead to runs and ultimately an Orioles loss to Pirates
    In the fourth and eighth innings, Shane Baz and Anthony Nunez didn’t make the plays they should have made.
    Orioles outfielder Leody Taveras hits an RBI single in the fourth inning Saturday in Pittsburgh.
    Lawyer again claims to be denied access to immigrant client injured during ICE crash
    The lawyer for a 32-year-old man who he said was injured this week when his van was struck by a federal immigration agent’s vehicle was again denied access to him, the attorney said.
    An ICE vehicle rammed into the back of the van Ever Alvarenga Rios was driving on his way to work Thursday morning, his lawyer claims. Alvarenga Rios shows injuries he sustained from the accident.
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