Thiru Vignarajah as Baltimore’s top cop? He’s asked for the job at least twice.
In 2015, Vignarajah wanted then-mayoral candidate Elizabeth Embry to make him police commissioner if she won election. When a colleague objected, Vignarajah grew extremely annoyed.
Mayoral candidates Thiru Vignarajah and Sheila Dixon hug Wednesday as Vignarajah ended his campaign and endorsed Dixon.
Baltimore Peninsula crane operator dies after medical emergency over 100 feet in air
A crane operator found unconscious and unresponsive hundreds of feet in the air at a construction site at the Baltimore Peninsula has died.
A Baltimore City Fire Department’s Special Rescue Operations team rescued a crane operator on the Baltimore Peninsula on May 1, 2024, after he went into cardiac arrest while roughly 180 feet above the ground. Officials said the man died later that day.
Families of firefighters killed in Stricker Street blaze sue city, allege negligence
The families of three firefighters who died in a blaze at a vacant home on Stricker Street in two years ago are suing the city, saying officials were negligent in cataloging dangerous buildings.
The site of a vacant home that burned and collapsed in the 200 block of S. Stricker St., killing three Baltimore firefighters.
Baltimore state’s attorney extends plea offers to 5 charged in Brooklyn Day mass shooting
“We are actively negotiating some of those pleas,” said Michael Dunty, chief of the homicide division in the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office, to Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland. “We are asking the court to allow us about one more month to hammer out the details.”
A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
Reservoir Hill residents file civil rights complaint against Amtrak over new tunnel
“Amtrak’s demonstrated need for the project does not justify the discriminatory effects on Black residents,” Baltimore residents told the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
Gov. Wes Moore apologizes to man who spent decades in prison in 1986 killing
Gary Washington, now 63, of Baltimore, spent more than 31 years incarcerated on charges of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, which happened on Barclay Street between East 23rd and East 24th streets in Barclay, on Dec. 27, 1986.
Gov. Wes Moore listens during a meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Johns Hopkins: Students, others protesting overnight are ‘trespassing’
A university spokesperson said both affiliated protestors and unaffiliated protestors are in violation of university “policies and/or are trespassing.”
As of midnight Wednesday, the encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, which began Monday afternoon, remained standing as rain began to fall.
In Baltimore’s 1st District, a heated race to replace Zeke Cohen on City Council
The outgoing councilman has endorsed a successor, but two others say they have what it takes to represent Southeast Baltimore.
Mark Parker, Joseph Koehler and Liam Davis are running for Baltimore City Council in District 1.
Commentary: Needed church closures won’t mean parishioners are forgotten
A plan by the Baltimore Archdiocese that includes church closures was made necessary by financial considerations and demographic changes, a member of the archdiocese’s board of financial administration says.
The entrance to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
Catholic Center located in Baltimore, Md., on December 2, 2022.
Angela Alsobrooks spent decades building a resume — and a network — for a Senate run
A Democrat in her second term leading Maryland’s second-largest county, Alsobrooks — the first woman and Black woman elected to the position — said her life’s work has culminated in this: a bid for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat.
Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks at an April campaign stop in Columbia.
The Dish: No gluten, no dairy, no soy? At Harmony Bakery, no problem.
Does soy make you gassy? Milk turn your tummy? Eggs make you break out in hives? Go to Harmony Bakery in Hampden, a safe space for people who don’t know what to eat.
Harmony Bakery in Hampden offers sweet treats and savory foods that are gluten-free and vegan.
Orioles use hustle, ‘gutsy’ bullpen effort to beat Yankees 4-2
There were no home runs — a rarity for a team that leads the league in that category by a wide margin — but rather hustle plays and small ball.
Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 and scored a run as the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 4-2 Tuesday night.
Ship that brought down a Baltimore bridge to be removed from collapse site in the coming weeks
At the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, crews plan to refloat and remove the grounded Dali container ship within roughly the next 10 days, allowing more maritime traffic to resume through Baltimore’s port.
The Dali cargo ship and the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen from a Department of Natural Resources boat on the Patapsco River in Baltimore on April 10, 2024.
Meet Gus, the hydraulic grabber that will clean up Key Bridge wreckage from the seafloor
The grabber will move debris from the seafloor after removal of the cargo ship Dali, which crashed into the Key Bridge a month ago, causing it to collapse.
A port worker is pictured next to the 1000-metric-ton wreck grab that is attached to the Chesapeake 1000, a large crane.
Watch: Baltimore mayoral candidates participate in debate before early voting begins
This could be the last televised debate before early primary voting begins on May 2.
(From left to right) Mayor Brandon Scott, former Mayor Sheila Dixon, attorney Thiru Vignarajah and businessman Bob Wallace participated in the Banner/WJZ/WYPR mayoral debate at the University of Baltimore’s H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons.
Mayor debate: Scott asks to ‘finish the job’ while opponents trash state of city
Scott’s challengers sought to drown out his optimistic message and lambasted his record, casting him as an ineffective leader whose portrait of improvement masks a more complicated and stagnant on-the-ground reality.
Mayor Brandon Scott, former Mayor Sheila Dixon, attorney Thiru Vignarajah, and businessman Bob Wallace attended a mayoral debate at the University of Baltimore.
A methadone clinic is opening in West Baltimore. Neighbors want to know: Why here?
A West Baltimore neighborhood near Mondawmin Mall is trying to stop the opening of a clinic that administers methadone.
Residents say they learned last year that a former auto parts warehouse in West Baltimore would become Charm City Medical Center, which will offer methadone treatment.
Pennsylvania AG makes deal with ABC Capital over fallout from alleged real estate scam
The deal is the state’s first enforcement action against the real estate company. Jay Walsh, who ran ABC, faces criminal charges in Maryland.
The interior of a West Baltimore home, located in the Rosemont neighborhood, bought by an ABC Capital investor. The locks were being changed by a man who said the home is going to tax auction.
Flower Mart returns this week. Here are the road closures and parking restrictions.
The Flower Mart at Mount Vernon Place kicks off on Friday, and there will be traffic modifications in place starting Thursday.
Dating to 1911, the annual celebration of spring is the city’s oldest free public festival.
Johns Hopkins says pro-Palestinian protests can continue, but not overnight
Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday set up an encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, the latest college to face demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war.
A demonstrator at the Johns Hopkins University waves the Palestinian flag.
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