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    Once used during WWII, the S.S. John Brown takes on new life as a ghost ship
    The ghost ship has become another way the crew can sustain itself in the face of high maintenance costs.
    The exterior of the SS John W. Brown in Baltimore on Friday, October 18, 2024.
    ‘I finished.’ The pain and joy of the Baltimore Marathon
    Willy Fink and Sara Kenefick were the winners in the Baltimore Running Festival event.
    A Half Marathon runner sports a crab hat during the Baltimore Running Festival on October 19th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Eric Thompson for The Baltimore Banner.
    Turner Station, a historically Black community, struggles with the loss of the Key Bridge
    In the aftermath of the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, residents of a historically Black community northeast of the city are facing an uncertain future.
    Loreasa Minor, a Turner Station resident, has had her commute doubled since the Key Bridge collapse.
    Runaway garbage truck rolls downhill, kills its driver
    A 41-year-old garbage worker was outside of the garbage truck he was operating when it began to roll.
    Baltimore Police, Fire and the City Office of Emergency Management on the scene of a collision near the intersection of Cathedral and Centre Streets in Baltimore on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
    Baltimore Running Festival returns: Here’s what you need to know
    From race times to road closures, here’s what you need to know to plan around Baltimore’s popular foot race.
    The 21st Baltimore Marathon took place on October 15, 2022 with over 11,000 participants from all 50 states and at least 11 different countries.
    How many of Baltimore’s most popular books have you read?
    The Enoch Pratt Free Library saw more than 8,000 materials checked out on an average day and 1.192 million visits, according to the system’s latest annual report.
    Many of the most popular nonfiction books in the city last year had direct ties to Baltimore.
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    Power restored at Johns Hopkins Hospital following outage
    Power was restored at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a portion of the institution’s east Baltimore campus switched to generators Friday night.
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore
    Eric Maul, a flutist who wanted a space for queer classical music, dies at 33
    Eric Maul of Millersville was an exceptional flutist, a cherished son and brother, and a light in every room he walked into, family said. He died unexpectedly on Sept. 12 at his home in Provincetown, Mass. He was 33.
    Eric Maul in 2020. During the pandemic, he posted videos of himself playing for a series called Flutin’ ‘n’ Tootin’.
    The Morgan choir performed with Stevie Wonder. They had just days to get ready.
    A group of Morgan choir singers performed with Stevie Wonder at CFG Bank Arena earlier this week. The whole plan came together in just days.
    A group of singers with the Morgan State University Choir performed three songs Stevie Wonder during his stop at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.
    A Howard County produce wholesaler is closing, taking away over 400 jobs
    Lancaster Foods notified the Maryland Department of Labor that it will close its Jessup plant by Dec. 14 and lay off as many as 424 employees.
    Produce inside of The Market at Hollins Market, in Baltimore, Tuesday September 17, 2024.
    Baltimore horror club embraces the scary and weird. Around here, it fits right in.
    A Baltimore horror movie club, with its screenings, trivia nights and potlucks, creates community and builds on the sense of safety the genre can provide.
    A Bmore Horror Club screening of “WNUF Halloween Special” in September 2024.
    Rachel Yaffe, a social media influencer who shared her life with cancer, dies at 27
    Lutherville native Rachel Yaffe used TikTok to inspire others to live a positive, healthy lifestyle and chronicled living with a fatal disease. She died on Oct. 11 from a rare liver cancer at age 27.
    Rachel Yaffe in a photo posted to her Instagram page in September 2022.
    Howard schools had ‘no record’ of shooting suspect’s history; second teen arrested
    Howard County School Superintendent Bill Barnes said the school district did not know until a bail hearing what the extent of the teenager’s offenses were.
    howard county police chief gregory der school superintendent bill barnes teen charged homicide
    Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders moved away last year. Here’s where they went.
    Maryland saw nearly 200,000 people move to other states in 2023, with just around 160,000 moving into the state from elsewhere in the United States.
    These are the places where Maryland gained and lost population from domestic migration.
    Man rescued from 30-foot fall into well in Catonsville
    Fire crews responded to the 2100 block of Old Frederick Road where they successfully pulled a man out of the confined space.
    **DO NOT USE** Baltimore County Fire Department truck
    Couple killed in 5-alarm fire were part of Hampden’s ‘heart and soul’
    Kathy and Matthew Schmale, both 63, died early Tuesday in a five-alarm fire that affected at least eight homes on Keswick Road in Hampden, family said.
    Matthew and Kathy Schmale on their wedding day, June 12, 1983.
    Fundraisers spring up after Hampden fire that destroyed homes, killed 2
    Hampden’s American Legion post is accepting donations and is offering space for memorials and gatherings. The post has also reached out to funeral homes for assistance with the costs, said Tom Longest, the post commander.
    A five-alarm fire on the 3400 block of Keswick Road happened Tuesday morning, killing two and displacing several others. The remnants are seen on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.
    Howard County school leaders reassure community after student’s arrest in fatal shooting
    Howard County Schools’ superintendent reassured the school community that safety and finding answers are his first priorities after the arrest of a Howard High School student in the shooting death of a Baltimore man.
    Howard County Schools’ superintendent reassured the community that safety and finding answers are his first priorities after the arrest of a Howard High School student in the shooting death of a Baltimore man.
    A Howard County man talked about joining ISIS. Those chats landed him in jail on a terrorism charge.
    The affidavit lays out a series of chats with Teekaye discussing joining various branches of the Islamic State in Africa and, at one point, plotting to attack Jews and supporters of Israel living in Maryland.
    In a series of instagram posts, including one that was blurred on original posting, the FBI identifies Michael Sam Teekaye  Jr. posting from a gun range in Severn. The black bars were added in the affidavit.
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