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Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president’s allies, Blanche says
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Trump administration was scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts.
FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge. Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob's attack on the U.S.
70-year-old woman identified as victim of Barclay rowhouse fire
A 70-year-old woman, Paula McDonald, has been identified as the victim of a three-alarm fire last week in Baltimore's Barclay neighborhood.
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026 - A Baltimore City fire truck at the site of the fatal house fire in the 2200 block of Guilford Avenue in Barclay. The three-alarm fire occurred on Thursday.
Man charged with threatening family of Cockeysville crash survivor with gun
A Timonium man is being held without bail after allegedly threatening and brandishing a semiautomatic gun at the family of Liam O’Donoghue, a 16-year-old Calvert Hall student who lost an arm in a car crash that killed two of his friends last month.
On Sunday, the makeshift memorial at the site of a car crash at the intersection of Poplar Hill Road and Merrymans Mill Road in Cockeysville; car shrapnel and heavy tire marks are still visible near the tree. The crash, which happened on Friday night, left three minors injured and one adult dead.
Garage explosion critically injures man near Annapolis
A man was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Tuesday after an explosion in a detached garage at a home near Annapolis, fire officials said.
Anne Arundel Fire Department
She rejected a plea deal. Now prosecutors will seek homicide charges in city employee’s death.
Kiannah Bonaparte, 49, of Original Northwood, appeared on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court for her trial on charges of first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
The 500 block of St. Paul St. is pictured on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, where a 49-year-old woman from Northeast Baltimore was arrested last month and charged with fatally beating a city traffic worker during an argument over a parking spot.
Howard County suspends data center development until fall 2027
The Howard County Council on Monday unanimously passed a temporary moratorium on the development of new data centers and created a task force to study their impacts.
Howard County Council member Christiana Rigby sponsored legislation temporarily suspending development of new data centers in the county while their impacts are studied.
‘A true hero’: Baltimore County Council honors Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman
The Baltimore County Council celebrated hometown astronaut Reid Wiseman Monday night, honoring the Cockeysville native two months after he led Artemis II’s historic trip around the moon.
Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier, center, Bill Wiseman, father of Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, and council members stand with a life-size cutout of the astronaut as he is honored Monday night. Wiseman attended virtually from Houston.
Myles Garrett is out of the AFC North | Banner Ravens Podcast
The Ravens will benefit from not having to face Garrett twice a season.
How we created The Banner’s 2026 voter guide
Here’s how The Banner gathered biographical information, experience and policy positions for candidates running for office in Maryland for our 2026 voter guide.
Evan Glass claims council president’s coveted endorsement
Council President Natali Fani-González had said she was reluctant to endorse in a race that features three council members.
Council member Evan Glass greets attendees at the annual JCRC Legislators and Lox breakfast last year.
Man charged with attempted murder in weekend Baltimore shooting
Baltimore Police arrested a man in connection with the weekend shooting of a 55-year-old man on Bateman Avenue.
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.
New law would prevent a retiring Baltimore County councilman from doubling his pension
The Baltimore County Council unanimously voted to close a pension loophole that could have allowed retired Councilman Wade Kach to collect significantly larger retirement payments tied to future salary increases.
Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach listens during a council meeting in Towson in 2025.
The unexpected centerpiece of the Orioles’ rotation turnaround? Brandon Young.
As Baltimore enters June, it’s Young who holds the best ERA of anyone in this rotation.
As Baltimore enters June, it’s Brandon Young who holds the best ERA of anyone in this rotation.
Pride Month 2026 has begun. Here’s what to expect for the LGBTQ+ celebrations.
Pride month has begun across the U.S., bringing parades and parties to big cities and small towns to celebrate LGBTQ+ people.
Tamea Cobb poses for a portrait at the 50th annual Baltimore Pride Parade in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore on June 14, 2025.
MV Realty preyed on Maryland homeowners, attorney general says
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General accuses Florida-based real estate firm MV Realty of misleading Maryland homeowners into predatory loan agreements with intentionally obscure terms.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General accuses MV Realty of misleading Maryland homeowners through “Homeowner Benefit Agreements,” in which the company advanced up to $5,000 in exchange for exclusive real estate listing rights to customers’ homes for 40 years.
At this Baltimore boutique, women talk menopause over manicures
Since federal health officials removed the “black box” warning on hormone replacement therapy, doctors and women’s advocates have been cautiously optimistic it will mean better access to the menopause treatment generally for more women, especially Black women.
Delayna Watkins inside her workstation at the Women’s Wellness Lounge in the Good Box Boutique in Baltimore.
Will Maryland opt in to a national school voucher program? It’s a risky calculation.
Gov. Wes Moore soon faces what could turn out to be one of the most influential education decisions he makes as governor.
Outdoor summer movie guide: Where to watch under the stars
Nothing says summer like watching a free movie outdoors. Here’s where to find the screenings in the Baltimore region.
Free outdoor movie screenings return to Baltimore Peninsula’s the Lawn this summer.
Hutzell: Who said it best? Maryland county exec candidates in their own words.
COLUMN | Can you guess which candidates for county executive in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties said these words? Probably not. They’re often interchangeable. So, who says them best?
Kyle Goon: Tarps Off isn’t disrupting baseball fandom. It’s a new spin on an old rite of passage.
COLUMN | College- and high school-aged boys and men are taking off their shirts and creating a ruckus at MLB stadiums across the country. To them, it’s something new and exciting. To older fans, it feels more familiar than maybe we’d like to admit.
Shirtless “Tarps Off” fans wave their shirts over their heads near center field during the eighth inning of a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards in May.
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