Preparing to speak at the funeral of Roger Fortson, who was shot and killed by police at his Florida home, the Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, a former Baltimore pastor, revisits his Freddie Gray eulogy and his outrage fueled by the deaths of young Black men during interactions with police.
Maryland’s leaders are also placing a bet — and it’s a big one. Thanks to legislation enacted this year, the state will invest up to $400 million revamping the Pimlico Race Course and building a new training center.
Nick Mosby’s last campaign looked a lot like that of his ex-wife, Marilyn Mosby. What happens next for the onetime Baltimore power couple is anyone’s guess.
“In respect to all who voted, I’ll be waiting for the final outcome of the mail-in ballots before I make any further statements on the outcome of the mayoral primary,” Dixon said in a Wednesday statement.
Under Armour is preparing to layoff an unspecified number of employees following a drop in sales for North America, the Baltimore-based company’s largest market.
An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France after a three-year search.
MaryClaire Dale and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, The Associated Press
The Stronach Group’s investment in high-wattage entertainment to attract younger fans and bigger purses to lure the best thoroughbreds hasn’t paid off, with Preakness losing millions of dollars each of the past two years.
Scott becomes the center of political gravity in Baltimore, now that he’s slated to become the first mayor to serve at least two full terms since 1999.
Care for a Preakness Cream Ale? A fresh take on a black-eyed Susan? Bars, restaurants and breweries in the Baltimore area are using the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes as an opportunity to carry on old traditions and create new ones.
Not only did Mayor Brandon Scott, who has enjoyed higher approval ratings among white voters, have massive margins in the White L, he also ran close to former Mayor Sheila Dixon in the city’s majority-Black precincts, a Banner analysis of preliminary election data found.
Leon Hill, 55, of Windsor Mill, said he wanted to take responsibility for his actions and understood that he needed to be held accountable for fatally shooting Elaine Jackson at a Maryland Transit Administration lot in Southwest Baltimore on Oct. 18, 2022. She was 40.
Voters have become more familiar with mailed-in ballots over the last four years, experts said, which makes accounting for turnout a more arduous process.