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Time is running out to see Baltimore’s woolly mammoth
Woolly mammoth bones on display at the Natural History Society of Maryland’s museum are leaving soon.
Bronwyn Mitchell-Strong, education director at the Natural History Society of Maryland, describes the process of assembling a woolly mammoth skeleton.
Baltimore Democrats nominate Del. Dalya Attar to the state Senate
Baltimore Democrats voted Tuesday to nominate Del. Dalya Attar as their choice to represent the city in the Maryland Senate.
Del. Dalya Attar, a Baltimore City Democrat, listens to floor debate at the Maryland State House on Monday, March 20, also known as Crossover Day in Annapolis. General Assembly session rules require bills to pass one chamber — either the House of Delegates or the state Senate — by the end of the day on Monday, to ensure the other chamber will consider it.
Ex-Gilman School teacher Chris Bendann ‘overtly unrepentant’ at sentencing in sex abuse case
Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, was found guilty in 2024 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking.
Chris Bendann, a former teacher at the Gilman School, leaves the Baltimore County Courts Building in 2023. He was later indicted and found guilty in 2024 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking.
Marginalized communities disappointed by Trump’s inauguration speech, executive orders
Marginalized groups, including immigrants, non-white people and members of the LGBTQIA+ population expressed displeasure with Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and subsequent issuing of a slew of executive orders.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
Baltimore’s City Hall is getting a 150th birthday gift: a facelift
The $11.8 million investment, on top of the $12.5 million spent recently on stonework renovations, will complete an exterior rehabilitation of City Hall that will carry the building years into the future.
Baltimore City Hall, including the historic cast iron dome, on January 14, 2025 ahead of pending renovations. Built in the 1860s, the dome has not been restored since the 1970s.
Inside the Dugout: It has been a busy offseason in the AL East
The Orioles’ moves stack up well against their American League East rivals.
Orioles owner David Rubenstein takes in the game from a seat near the team’s dugout.
Before Trump, a red wave washed through Dundalk
“The anger was enormous — the sense of betrayal,” said Bill Barry, who was the director of labor studies at the Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk.
Sen. Johnny Ray Salling, a Baltimore County Republican, attends session in the Senate Chambers in Annapolis, MD on January 16, 2025.
Temperatures plummet in Baltimore area as schools delay start
Baltimore City is under a code blue alert through Thursday because of freezing temperatures.
Snow falls in Charles Village on Sunday. Up to 3 inches of snow by day’s end in Baltimore and 4 or 5 inches north of the city, according to the National Weather Service, along with bitterly cold temperatures.
Marylanders vigorously protested Trump’s first inauguration. This time, quiet.
Demonstrations after Donald Trump’s first inauguration were the largest in U.S. history. This time, the resistance has been subdued.
Molly Power, 26, holding protest signs, waits with family at Penn Station before hopping on the MARC train to attend the People's March in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2025.
An MLK Day music, TV and movie playlist to celebrate civil and human rights
I’m using the arts of civil and human rights in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and Stevie Wonder to block out the anxiety of today.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.
Bundle up: More snow predicted, with sub-freezing temperatures all week
Baltimore Police have advised people to drive carefully due to icy and snowy roads Sunday night. Temperatures are expected to drop and usher in 1 to 3 inches of snow Sunday and maybe more on Tuesday.
Snow falls in Charles Village on Sunday. Up to 3 inches of snow by day’s end in Baltimore and 4 or 5 inches north of the city, according to the National Weather Service, along with bitterly cold temperatures.
Inside the Baltimore communities that backed Trump’s return to the White House
A pattern that played out nationally also held in Maryland. Trump performed better in almost all of its 23 counties and Baltimore than he did four years earlier.
A man crosses the street on S. Highland Ave. in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
Documented but scared: Why some adopted from overseas worry about Trump
The Trump presidency creates uncertainty, angst among international adoptees.
Jennifer Evans, a 47-year-old Towson resident, was adopted from South Korea in 1977 and arrived in the United States at the age of 3 months where she was raised in South Jersey.
Charles Village’s new Chinese restaurant is growing Baltimore’s Szechuan scene
Lao Sze Chuan, a large, modern Chinese restaurant, is open in the former Busboys and Poets space in Charles Village.
The sweet and savory Tibetan lamb at Lao Sze Chuan in Charles Village is a must-try. Photographed on Friday, January 10, 2025.
Polar vortex forces Baltimore to cancel MLK Day parade: ‘Necessary decision’
Officials canceled the parade because of the freezing temperatures expected to blast the Baltimore area.
Marchers hold a sign showing their solidarity against hate at Baltimore's MLK Day parade on Jan. 16, 2023.
What do Baltimore teens think about national politics? We asked them.
Concerned. Disappointed. Terrified. Those are a few of the words high school students used to describe their reactions.
Favour J. speaks about national politics with Baltimore Banner reporter Jessica Calefati at Academy for College and Career Exploration, in Baltimore, Monday January 13, 2025.
A fatal plunge, an icy DC river and a rescue boat stuck in Baltimore
As emergency crews responded to a submerged vehicle, they didn’t have access to a boat with ice-breaking capabilities because it has reportedly been in Baltimore for repairs.
For decades, the John Glenn has broken ice up and down the Potomac River. For at least two years, it's been at the General Ship Repair Corp. in Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins won’t cut financial ties to Israel
The board of trustees will not consider cutting financial ties to Israel after a committee rejected calls from some student groups to divest.
As some students turned their backs on speaker Mitt Romney, pro-Palestine demonstrators in the audience called for Johns Hopkins to divest from Israel at the university’s commencement ceremony last spring.
Judge OKs early release for dying ex-Baltimore gun task force detective Hersl
Federal prosecutors are now supporting early prison release for former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force Detective Daniel Hersl, citing his terminal cancer diagnosis.
A Baltimore Police detective’s uniform patch is seen on his shoulder while he observes the crowd in between innings during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics held at Camden Yards on Wednesday, April 12. The Orioles beat the Athletics, 8-7, to win the series.
Maryland weather: Snow possible this weekend ahead of polar vortex temperatures
There’s a chance of snow this weekend before temperatures are expected to drop to the single digits next week due to a blast of arctic air.
The Baltimore region could be in for another round of snow followed by bitterly cold temperatures.
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