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Baltimore youth fund supporters pack hearing as council weighs restrictions
The Baltimore organization’s taxpayer funding has attracted scrutiny and accusations that it lacks transparency in its spending.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025 - Supporters of the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, many wearing red, pack Baltimore City Council chambers Thursday to testify against legislation that would place new restrictions on the fund.
More than 100 children’s criminal cases stalled as Baltimore struggles to find defense lawyers
Many children in Baltimore have waited in youth detention, pretrial monitoring or in the community this year as the Maryland Office of the Public Defender struggled to find them private attorneys.
Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center at 300 N. Gay St. opened it’s doors in October 2003
Break out your scarves: High winds move into Baltimore Friday
Temperatures are fluctuating a lot, but they’ll generally be warmer this weekend than they were in the cold first half of December.
While it’s been frigid lately, this weekend will see a return to average temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.
Johns Hopkins AI center work approved despite neighbors’ objections
Members of the Baltimore spending board voted unanimously in favor of two items allowing Johns Hopkins University to proceed with more work on its planned Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute.
The corner of Remington Avenue and Wyman Park Drive on August 5, 2025. Residents have been actively protesting the tree removal that comes with JHU construction at this intersection.
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, including ‘Wicked’ and Jonas Brothers live
Whether you want to see “Wicked” on stage, sing along to the Jonas Brothers at CFG Bank Arena or shop local at a holiday market in Hampden, we’ve got you covered.
Jessie Davidson (left, as Elphaba) and Zoe Jensen (Glinda) star in the national tour of “Wicked,” which runs at the Hippodrome Theatre through Jan. 11.
Streeter: The pressure — and honor — of being the macaroni and cheese maker in a Black family
COLUMN | I had rejected my inheritance of macaroni and cheese. This holiday season, I’m proud to have reclaimed it.
Leslie Gray Streeter forks a scoop of her freshly baked mac and cheese in Baltimore.
As Powerball tops $1.25B, Marylanders try their luck — some with help from ChatGPT
Marylanders try their luck for a piece of the $1.25 billion Powerball jackpot.
A self-automated lottery machine at a Royal Farms on Light Street in Baltimore displays the $1.25 billion jackpot for the drawing Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
Kevin Plank exiting future development at Baltimore Peninsula
Kevin Plank will no longer develop Baltimore Peninsula, after only about one-tenth of the projected square footage has been built.
Under Armour headquarters is seen in the Baltimore Peninsula development in South Baltimore.
82-year-old man dies after plunge in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
An 82-year-old man died after rescuers attempted to save him from the Inner Harbor waters on Wednesday morning, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - More than a dozen Baltimore fire trucks and police cars lined the area near the Pier 5 Hotel on Tuesday as divers and rescue boats searched for a vehicle that plunged into the water.
Baltimore signs new Martin State heliport lease, with BPD’s Canton plans uncertain
The new lease is significantly easier for the city to break than the previous agreement as Baltimore considers relocating its helicopter fleet.
Baltimore Police helicopter Foxtrot flies low over the Penn North neighborhood looking for overdose victims following a mass overdose incident on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
LifeBridge Health names longtime Johns Hopkins executive as new CEO
Jennifer Nickoles, the president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and decades-long health care executive, will become the next president and chief executive at LifeBridge Health.
LifeBridge Health today announced that Jennifer Nickoles will become the health system’s next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Neil Meltzer who will retire after serving 13 years in the position.
Hyundai and Kia owners can get hardware fixes, plus up to $4,500 for thefts
Hyundai and Kia owners who had cars stolen, even after installing a software fix, could be eligible for up to $4,500 in compensation.
Kia Dealership, Owings Mills, MD., March 28, 2023.
What Baltimore’s housing and zoning overhaul would — and wouldn’t — do
For those who haven’t been following the legislation closely (and even some who have), here’s what you need to know about the housing package.
People gathered outside City Hall in November to speak against the Scott administration's package of zoning policy bills.
Police chase linked to narcotics call ends with driver shot, passenger in custody
A 37-year-old man is hospitalized, and another is in custody following a police chase that led to one of them being shot by officers in Upton Tuesday evening.
A Baltimore officer-involved shooting unfolded around 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Division Street.
A genetic disease is stealing their toddler. A blood test at birth could have saved her.
In October 2024, Kennedy Krieger Institute doctors diagnosed Carmen Akras with late infantile onset metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD. The recessive genetic condition destroys the nervous system and affects one of every 40,000 babies in this country. There is a test, and a new therapy, that could help other children.
Annie Akras holds her daughter, Carmen, inside their home in Baltimore last month.
Journalist Charles Robinson remembered for ‘legendary’ coverage of politics, minority communities
Charles Robinson, an award-winning journalist who covered stories across mediums for decades, died on Monday afternoon at the age of 69, according to an executive at Maryland Public Television, his most recent workplace.
The MPTState Circle team in 2019. Left to right standing: reporters Charles Robinson, Nancy Yamada, Sue Kopen Katcef. Sitting: host Jeff Salkin.
Greg Turnipseed, city employee killed over parking dispute, was a hard worker with a gentle soul
Family, friends and public officials gathered Tuesday to remember Gregory Turnipseed, the city employee who died in November from injuries he sustained in a brutal attack a month earlier.
Baltimore transportation worker Gregory Turnipseed fatally beaten over parking dispute.
Metachromatic leukodystrophy and Duchenne’s added to federal newborn screening recommendations
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed a mandate Tuesday adding metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel.
At the Federal Health and Human Services press conference in Washington, DC, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signs the mandate surrounded by children with MLD/ DMD and their families and advocates.
1 killed, 4 injured in Northeast Baltimore shooting
Police said a shooting in Northeast Baltimore left one woman dead and four people injured on Monday evening.
A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
Dalya Attar’s attorney: Feds don’t have sex tape at center of blackmail case
Dalya Attar’s attorney is seeking to have extortion charges dismissed.
Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar leaves the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse after pleading not guilty in federal court last month.
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