What to do this weekend, from AFRAM to a comedy boat tour
Whether you want to check out Mýa and Busta Rhymes at AFRAM, go on a comedy tour, watch a live art competition or attend a reggae festival, we’ve got you covered.
Busta Rhymes, seen here performing at Coachella in April, will be at AFRAM this weekend.
One family’s agonizing journey to uncover secrets and abuse at a Baltimore church
Accusations of child sex abuse extend to Greater Grace World Outreach's churches in Ghana. One family confronts church leaders, but discovers the primacy of the church's "brand."
Illustration of two women and one man sitting at a table with disposable coffee cups in front of them. We see the back of one woman's head and the other woman leans forward to hold her hand. A hazy image of a Jeep floats in the background.
Deal ensures city will be able to interview departing Dali crew for lawsuit
Baltimore is suing the ship’s owner and operator for negligence, seeking to recoup “significant” claims of economic loss.
A crane lifts a shipping container from the Dali and over wreckage of the Key Bridge on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
I’d avoided the dentist since the start of COVID. I’m not the only one.
Between a move and the onset of COVID, I hadn't been to the dentist since 2020. I only recently got the courage to go back — and discovered I wasn’t the only one who had dealt with this anxiety.
Leslie Gray Streeter after a 2016 tooth extraction during which she was ... heavily and happily medicated.
Commentary: Here are solutions for Baltimore’s overdose crisis
City leaders, health care providers and law enforcement can work together to provide treatment, prevention and other strategies to confront Baltimore’s drug overdose crisis, directors of health and public innovation efforts at Johns Hopkins University say.
Renovated, expanded Tuerk House in Baltimore aims to help assist people struggling with addiction and mental illness.
Marylanders aren’t getting screened for the deadliest cancer
Many patients don’t even know about the annual screening, which can save lives when it catches the disease early.
Venus White, left, is a lung cancer survivor who was scanned early enough to be treated. Dr. Taofeek Owonikoko, right, is the executive director of the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, where White was treated and is now cancer-free.
The Dish: La Chow in Baltimore’s Little Italy is a hub for new restaurants
The former Stratford University in Little Italy houses Oleum Vegan Kitchen, Waiting to Oxtail and other delicious Baltimore ghost kitchens.
Beye Beignets co-owners Amber Croom, left, and Yassmeen Haskins prepare the dough for their signature creations in a kitchen inside the former Stratford University.
Black owners breathe new life into Belair-Edison business district
A focus on the customer and the community is helping new Belair Road businesses overcome long-standing obstacles.
Belair-Edison business district (Robert Stewart/Capital News Service)
A suicide bomb injured an Army veteran. A jury will decide if he faked paralysis.
William Rich, 43, of Windsor Mill, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government property. The indictment alleges that he faked being paralyzed and lied to receive more than $767,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled.
William Rich, 43, of Windsor Mill, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government property.
‘Antiques Roadshow’ brings Baltimoreans (and our stuff) to the Maryland Zoo
There’s something truly humbling about getting to experience “Antiques Roadshow,” which set up Tuesday at the Maryland Zoo, appraise your priceless family heirlooms as actually worthless.
Appraiser Kaitlin Shinnick takes a close-up peek at Banner reporter Kaitlin Newman’s 18th-century diamond and gold brooch at “Antique Roadshows” at the Maryland Zoo.
Police say they didn’t spray a chemical agent at Pride. Why don’t those who attended believe it?
A Baltimore spokesperson said that Mace was released after two groups of people got into an altercation, but people who attended think something else happened.
A parade participant is photographed clutching on to a rainbow flag at Baltimore’s Pride Parade held on June 15, 2024.
Dali crew members cleared to leave the country, but lawyers seek to keep them in U.S. longer
In a motion and emails filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, claimants’ lawyer Andrew O’Connell says there’s no guaranteed way to make the crew members available for future questioning if they leave the country.
The cargo ship Dali, which toppled the Francis Scott Key bridge when it crashed into it in March, is seen in the Patapsco River on April 25, 2024.
Watch the first trailer for ‘Lady in the Lake,’ set and filmed in Baltimore
Just over a month away from its premiere, Apple TV+ released the first trailer for “Lady in the Lake,” the drama based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author — and Baltimore resident — Laura Lippman, staring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.
Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in "Lady in the Lake," premiering July 19, 2024 on Apple TV+.
‘Bitcoin Rodney,’ charged in a cryptocurrency scheme, seeks release pending trial
Burton was arrested at the Miami International Airport in January and charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
Bitcoin Rodney attends the Official Celebrity Boxing press conference at Luxe Media Studios on March 5, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California. Burton is contesting being held in jail while awaiting trial that he conspired to run a $1.89 billion cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)
South Baltimore church fire displaces homeless women and children
Early Friday, a fire in the basement of a Federal Hill church forced 17 shelter residents to evacuate. Baltimore Outreach Services relocated them to a hotel.
A shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness was flooded on Friday, June 14, 2024, when a fire broke out at Christ Lutheran Church in Federal Hill. (Courtesy of the Rev. Dr. Amsalu Geleta)
Five events — and one TV special — to help you ring in Juneteenth in Baltimore
From happy hours to cookouts, music festivals to art exhibits, there’s no wrong way to celebrate Juneteenth.
DJ Kendrick Tilghman spins his audio deck at a 2023 Juneteenth celebration.
Web of megachurch sex abuse leads to a trusted pastor and his sons
A group raised to revere their pastors reaches out to former classmates and friends. They discover dozens of abuse allegations, including several linked to one family.
Illustration shows six individuals on Zoom screens in various stages of research or on the phone. There is a large millstone behind them and padlocks sprinkled around the image.
This megachurch warned of hell. Then it concealed its own sins.
A campfire confession exposes decades of child sex abuse claims at Baltimore megachurch — and inspires a group to seek justice for alleged victims.
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Is ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ closer to streaming?
NBC is rumored to be closer to acquiring the music rights necessary for “Homicide: Life on the Street,” the critically acclaimed Baltimore-set ’90s police drama, to be available for streaming.
Andre Braugher (left) and Kyle Secor at an event for the TV classic “Homicide: Life on the Street” (1993). Securing rights to the music used on the show has delayed its release on streaming platforms, but there is speculation that NBC may be close to acquiring them.
Police identify woman who died after stray dog attack in West Baltimore
Authorities said Shelia Jones, 54, died following a stray dog attack in West Baltimore on Friday. Police said three people were attacked by two pit bull terriers.
Two stray pit bull terriers were roaming North Pulaski Street in West Baltimore around 9 p.m. on June 14, 2024 when they attacked three people. A 54-year-old woman died at the scene, according to police.
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