An Afghan refugee began training at West Baltimore's Upton Boxing Center after arriving in the Baltimore area, hoping to resume a boxing career that began in his home country. He fought his first professional bout in the United States on Saturday.
The National Weather Service says the area could see scattered showers and thunderstorms Sunday evening, with more severe storms passing through Monday.
Charlie Vascellaro, a lifelong fan of Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, recalls that he wasn't about to let a historic blizzard keep him from making the trip from Baltimore to see "The Pee-wee Herman Show" on Broadway.
Curtis Bay may be Baltimore’s most polluted community, surrounded by industrial facilities strangling the rowhouse neighborhood. The city wants to close a local recreation center to make way for even more industry, continuing what activists say have been decades of environmental racism.
Baltimore police officers responding to the 1300 block of North Montford Avenue late Friday found a 19-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy suffering from injuries. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s pick for the county’s police accountability board is a Nelson Mullins partner who touts defending police officers and “other individuals under criminal investigation or charged with felony or misdemeanor offenses” on the law firm’s website.
Bates said the charges against the three women would have been dropped after they completed five hours of community service through Baltimore’s citation docket program. They spent "approximately 19 hours" in Central Booking, he said.
Christopher Morton, known by his producer name “WhiteBoy,” worked frequently with some of Baltimore’s top rappers, including YG Teck, OTR Chaz, Roddy Rackzz and 448 RIQ.
Reached by The Baltimore Banner, Dixon said she had not heard of the super PAC and that she has yet to make a decision about entering the race. Should Dixon enter the race, it would set up a rematch of the 2020 primary between her and Mayor Brandon Scott.
“Whose brilliant idea was it to give it a name no one will ever use? It’s going to be ‘the Pepsi sign’ until the end of time,” one Twitter user suggested.
The program aimed to pull young people off squeegee corners and give them an opportunity to grow personally and professionally, and to help them achieve their version of success.
Despite a writer and actor strike, Wayne Johnson — a screenwriter, film producer, president of his own company and the chief content officer of a soon-to-be-launched digital network — still has aspirations to build Baltimore.
The actions of Baltimore leaders show disregard for tenants living in substandard conditions, says Sheila McMoore, a member of Communities United who cites unhealthy, unsafe conditions where she lives.
The Maryland Transit Administration recently held a series of meetings in Baltimore to discuss the proposed Red Line, which could be light rail or bus rapid-transit. Residents were not shy about sharing their views with transportation planners.
“He’s confident he’s going to be rescued,” Tony Lawson said. “I think he would want the world to know, I’m a survivor. I’m confident I’m going to be rescued. I think Donald wants the world to know he’s going to get this done.”