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    Maryland lawmakers approve bill banning popular Glock handgun sales
    Maryland’s bill would not require current Glock owners to get rid of their guns or modify them.
    A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly out of the weapon
    I-695 lanes open after manure spill stunk up morning commute
    Traffic on the outer loop of the Baltimore Beltway was backed up Wednesday morning after several lanes were closed due to a manure spill.
    Traffic cameras along I-695 showed cars backed up for several miles following a manure spill on the Baltimore Beltway on Wednesday, April 8.
    From the editor-in-chief: Visit us at a pop-up newsroom for Local News Day
    You'll find Banner editors, reporters and photographers at coffee shops and other public gathering spots.
    The Baltimore Banner office in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
    Nationals blow another lead late, fall to Cardinals in the 10th: ‘It stinks’
    After Nathan Church’s two-out, two-run homer off Nationals reliever Gus Varland tied the game in the eighth, an announced crowd of 20,036 offered mostly groans.
    Washington Nationals right fielder Joey Wiemer reacts after striking out in the third inning.
    Southwest puts new limit on portable chargers as airline tries to reduce fire risks
    Travelers will soon face restrictions on how many portable chargers they can carry on a flight as airlines continue to try to reduce the risk of another lithium battery fire aboard their jets.
    Southwest Airlines pilots about 70% of flights in and out of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Wall Street surges after US-Iran ceasefire sends oil prices below $100 a barrel
    Wall Street surged in Wednesday premarket trading as oil prices plunged below $100 after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
    Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    The Dish: Hampden’s hidden mushroom operation
    Falls Road Mushroom Company serves Baltimore’s biggest chefs from a dimly lit Hampden office.
    Malachi Child, head of research and development, prepares a bag of mycelium to cultivate fungi inside Falls Road Mushroom Company in Baltimore.
    Brits are squirming because McCormick is buying their weird breakfast spread, Marmite
    There’s angst across the pond over recent news that the beloved British breakfast spread Marmite was falling into the hands of the Americans, namely, McCormick & Co. in Hunt Valley.
    McCormick & Co. announced last week that it is acquiring a portion of British food conglomerate Unilever, which will include the spread Marmite.
    Maryland Democrats can’t agree on how to save you $150 a year on energy bills
    Ratepayer advocates argue that recent changes undercut Democrats’ promises to cut energy bills in Maryland.
    Senate President Bill Ferguson talks with House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk before a We are CASA rally outside the Maryland Statehouse before the signing of Senate bill 245 and House bill 444, ending Maryland’s 287(g) program which deputized local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents.
    US, Israel and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump seizes diplomatic off-ramp
    Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted a two-week ceasefire and that it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listen.
    US still wants to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia, despite new agreement with Costa Rica
    U.S. government attorneys on Tuesday told a federal judge the Department of Homeland Security still intends to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, behind left, arrive at the federal courthouse Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    Artemis II astronauts make long-distance call to space station as they head home from the moon
    Still aglow from their triumphant lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts put in a call to their friends aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as they headed home from the moon.
    The Artemis II crew – Mission Specialist Christina Koch (top left), Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen (bottom left), Commander Reid Wiseman (bottom right), and Pilot Victor Glover (top right) – uses eclipse viewers, identical to what NASA produced for the 2023 annular eclipse and 2024 total solar eclipse, to protect their eyes at key moments during the solar eclipse they experienced during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. This was the first use of eclipse glasses at the Moon to safely view a solar eclipse.
    Freeze warning and wildfire threat: Roller-coaster weather continues in Maryland
    The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for much of Central Maryland, effective from midnight to 9 a.m. Wednesday.
    A person walks in Fells Point, Baltimore, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Below freezing conditions persisted in Maryland Wednesday morning, accompanied by wind gusts making it feel close to zero degrees in parts of the state. The extreme cold warning for western Maryland and the cold weather advisory for the rest of the state — including Baltimore City and Baltimore, Howard, Anne Arundel, Harford and Carroll counties — remain in effect until Thursday morning at 10 a.m.
    Marylanders will have a hard time seeing ‘Dune: Part Three’ on the biggest screens
    The conclusion to the epic space saga doesn’t premiere until December, but many 70mm film screenings are sold out just a day after tickets went on sale.
    LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Timothée Chalamet and  Zendaya attend the World Premiere of "Dune: Part Two" in Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures)
    James Wood’s home run robbery, 3-run shot push Nationals past Cardinals
    Wood's batting average entering Monday was .125. But he is blessed with rare gifts and the Nationals needed every one of them in the series opener.
    Washington Nationals' James Wood, right, celebrates after his three-run home run with Joey Wiemer, left, during the eighth inning.
    A 12-hour drive through Iran offers glimpses of destruction, defiance and daily life
    A black banner hangs over the border crossing and portraits of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stare down, promising vengeance against the United States and Israel. But on the 12-hour drive south to the capital, Tehran, daily life continues, with only occasional signs of the ongoing war, including a Shiite religious center that officials say was damaged by a recent airstrike. Associated Press reporters made the journey on Saturday after crossing into Iran from Turkey. They gained a glimpse of the country at the center of a regional war that has jolted the world economy and shows no sign of ending.
    A worker cleans an area within the Grand Hosseiniyeh complex, with the mosque visible in the background, that officials say was hit by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes Tuesday in Zanjan, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026.
    Baltimore’s most luxurious waterfront condos have never been cheaper
    The Four Seasons Private Residences in Harbor East is facing a lawsuit from investors who allege condo sale prices are being artificially inflated.
    The 62-unit Four Seasons Private Residences sits atop the Four Seasons hotel in Harbor East.
    Hutzell: Baltimore County Orphans’ Court judges give up unconstitutional pay raise
    COLUMN | Baltimore County violated the state constitution last year when it awarded $30,000 raises to its three orphans’ court judges. It should have known better. But when it comes to the orphans’ court, getting the law wrong is a common outcome.
    The Baltimore County Orphans Court conducts its hearings in a series of small courtrooms on the fifth floor of the county courthouse in Towson.
    Maryland’s backlogged board keeps new drug counselors from joining overdose fight
    Staff turnover and vacancies at the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists are creating major problems in Maryland’s drug addiction treatment field and hindering the state’s fight against overdoses.
    Melissa Grim has been waiting for six months for the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to process her application to become a licensed counselor.
    How the Rachel Carson museum is making its mark years before it opens
    Springsong, the Silver Spring-based museum dedicated to environmentalist Rachel Carson, isn’t scheduled to open until 2028. But the founder is wasting no time building a name in the community now.
    Rachel Carson, a longtime Silver Spring resident, is pictured sitting in the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia, near the future site of the Springsong Museum.
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