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Mother’s Day just got more expensive: Maryland florists face tough choices as tariffs hit
Local sellers and growers are grappling with rising costs and uncertainty.
Farm manager Amelia Hazel harvests flowers at Two Boots Farm in Hampstead.
The Orioles were at the forefront of the torpedo bat craze. Here’s how they work.
The Baltimore Orioles were “ahead of the curve” on the unique design, two sources with direct knowledge told The Baltimore Banner.
New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe bats during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Archbishop Lori urges Maryland Catholics to remember Pope Francis by serving the less fortunate
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori encouraged area parishioners to learn from Pope Francis’ legacy by embodying light and hope through service to those in the margins.
Leonor and Jose Rivera hold each other as they pay respects and mourn at a portrait of Pope Francis after a Mass at The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore on Monday evening.
Taxes, test scores, the arts: 3 promises in Mayor Scott’s State of the City address
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott delivered his State of the City speech in a more casual, TED Talk-style format.
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his State of the City address on Monday.
Amazon driver gets 45 days in jail after running over woman in crosswalk, driving away
A judge rejected a plea agreement for Amazon driver Jerome Young Jr. that called for him to serve no jail time in the hit-and-run, which happened near the intersection of East Pratt and South Chester streets in Butchers Hill.
Chelsey Douglas with her attorney, David Ellin, outside the district courthouse in south Baltimore on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
The state knew about toxic chemicals in Perdue’s wastewater. Residents had no idea.
Perdue and Maryland state officials found "forever chemicals" in the wastewater at the Wicomico County facility more than a year before telling the plant's neighbors, emails show.
Residential properties abut the Perdue Agribusiness factory in Salisbury.
MTA offers free rides on trains, buses on Tuesday to mark Earth Day
For the second Earth Day in a row, rides on any Mass Transit Administration bus, commuter bus, Mobility paratransit, light rail, Metro SubwayLink or MARC train will be free.
Free rides on any MTA bus, commuter bus, Mobility paratransit, light rail, Metro SubwayLink or MARC train for Earth Day.
Baltimore Police are recruiting a wave of new officers, but there’s one major problem
The Baltimore Police Department is now facing delays in getting trainees out on the streets due to its reliance on a state-owned firing range.
The police department's recruitment efforts have been hampered recently by its reliance on a state-owned firearms training range in Baltimore County.
For Maryland Catholics, Pope Francis opened doors: ‘People found this pope different’
Maryland Catholics, whether they had disagreements with the Catholic Church or not, remember Pope Francis as a humble priest who lifted up the needs and suffering of common people above all else.
EDMONTON, AB - JULY 26: Pope Francis arrives at Commonwealth Stadium to give an open-air mass on July 26, 2022 in Edmonton, Canada. The pope is meeting with Indigenous communities and community leaders in Canada in an effort to reconcile the history of physical and sexual abuse of Indigenous children in the country's Catholic-run residential schools, as detailed in a 2015 Canadian-government-funded commission report.
As a prosecutor in Baltimore, Garret Mooney tries misdemeanor cases. He also happens to be blind.
Mooney, 31, of Madison Park, is an assistant state’s attorney in the Misdemeanor Jury Trial Unit.
Garret Mooney, an assistant state’s attorney in the Baltimore State’s Attorney's Office’s Misdemeanor Jury Trial Unit, walks to the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse for a hearing.
These charts show how Baltimore has changed since Freddie Gray’s death
Baltimore is markedly different than it was then years ago — and, in some ways, exactly the same.
A Freddie Gray mural visible through a memorial wreath on the corner of N. Mount and Presbury Streets in Sandtown-Winchester.
Archdiocese of Baltimore invokes ‘charitable immunity.’ Survivors say it’s justice delayed.
Attorneys for sexual abuse survivors ask a judge to rule on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s claim that its insurers should cover the cost of payments to any of the sex abuse claims filed in its bankruptcy case.
Archbishop William E. Lori in 2023. The archdiocese has spent $13.2 million on survivors since the 1980s, Lori has said.
A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.
Before his death, Mendel Steiner was fighting off a receivership petition at two Baltimore apartment complexes.
The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.
Baltimore mayor proposing property tax cut by 2028
Mayor Brandon Scott will announce the plan in his State of the City address Monday evening.
Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposal would drop the property tax rate for homeowners below $2 per $100 of assessed value.
Gertrude Hodges, first Black graduate of Johns Hopkins nursing school, was a trusted leader
Gertrude “Trudy” Hodges, the first Black graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, died March 28 of stroke complications. She was 88.
Gertrude Hodges.
Your ultimate guide to Baltimore’s best traditional chicken boxes
Here are the spots where you can find the best chicken boxes, cooked to crispy perfection, according to the EatMoreBeMore Instagram community.
Choi's Chicken & Trout.
Who is Paula Xinis? Judge at the center of Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
Xinis, an Obama administration appointee, is in the national spotlight after her ruling turned into a standoff with President Donald Trump.
A screenshot from a talk given by Judge Paula Xinis in 2021 to U.S. Courts. Xinis spoke in late March during a virtual observance of Women’s History Month hosted by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Fredricka Gray honors her brother on anniversary of his death: ‘It’s still justice for Freddie’
As Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of Freddie Gray’s death, a pivotal moment that ignited national outrage and calls for police reform, dozens of people gathered in Baltimore to honor his life.
Mayor Brandon Scott, attorney William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr. and Fredricka Gray carry a memorial wreath to place at a mural of Freddie Gray in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood on Saturday.
Johns Hopkins University bus crashes into Charles Village buildings, injuring several people
A Johns Hopkins University shuttle bus crashed into a vehicle before careening into buildings at the corner of North Charles and 25th streets.
A Johns Hopkins University bus crashed into a building on N. Charles Street at E. 25th Street in Baltimore after a multi-vehicle accident on Saturday, April 19, 2025.
Moore’s maglev support angers Marylanders in path of high-speed train: ‘Can’t stop fighting’
About 100 people packed a stuffy library meeting room in Greenbelt to vent frustration about the Democratic governor's enthusiasm for a maglev train between Washington and Baltimore.
Susan McCutchen of Bladensburg, who has been fighting maglev for eight years, speaks at a community meeting at the Greenbelt library on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Next to her, from left, are Dels. Anne Healey and Ashanti Martinez and Prince George's County Councilman Eric Olson.
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