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    Maryland’s airwaves lost a federal lifeline, but public media won’t go silent
    Congress passed the Recissions Act of 2025, guaranteeing the end of federal funding of public media and putting local stations in a financial predicament.
    MONDAY July 21, 2025 — The Baltimore Public Media (WYPR) headquarters, a public radio station serving the Baltimore metropolitan area as well as Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore.
    This secret garden at Camden Yards attracts orioles — the bird kind
    Installed almost 10 years ago at the Eutaw Street entrance, the garden, roughly the size of two basketball courts, seeks to attract the Baltimore oriole and other pollinators to allow native plants to flourish.
    Volunteer Sebastian Flister helps weed the garden at Oriole Park.
    Esperanza Center open to serve after car crash damaged their entrance
    The Esperanza Center opened uninterrupted Monday, even after a man who was allegedly driving while intoxicated crashed a vehicle into the center’s entrance on Sunday.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Council chair Liz Walsh joins the race for Howard County executive
    Howard County Council chair Liz Walsh is running for County Executive in 2026, joining two other Democrats in a contested race for Calvin Ball's seat.
    Howard County Council chair Liz Walsh is running for County Executive in 2026, joining two other Democrats in a contested race for Calvin Ball's seat.
    Sightings of quirky tropical spoonbills in Maryland leave birders tickled pink
    The birders’ excitement is tempered by questions with less-happy answers.
    A pair of Roseate spoonbills search for small prey in the mud at low tide at Allens Fresh in Charles County.
    Letter: Baltimore Peninsula investments should be championed
    Mark Anthony Thomas, president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, says the investments by Kevin Plank and BGE in Baltimore Peninsula’s infrastructure will help transform the city.
    Baltimore Peninsula development in South Baltimore on April 21, 2025.
    Service restored following water main break in Cockeysville
    Crews worked through the night and into Saturday after a massive water main break tore through York Road in Cockeysville, flooding streets, damaging pavement and cutting off water to homes and businesses.
    Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation workers remove a section of the broken main on York Road in Cockeysville on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
    47-year-old man dead after motorcycle accident near Inner Harbor, police say
    A 47-year-old Baltimore County man died from injuries he sustained when a motorcycle he was riding crashed Friday.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Suspect in Baltimore County double homicide extradited to Maryland
    Baltimore County Police have extradited a 31-year-old man from Pennsylvania facing charges in connection with the March deaths of two people from Owings Mills.
    Kevin Ahn is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bond on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault in the deaths of Sun Lim, 83, and Im Kim, 69.
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    ‘The road is splitting open’: Cockeysville water main break shuts down portion of York Road
    A massive water main break in Cockeysville on Friday morning flooded York Road and nearby streets, leaving residents and businesses without water as crews scrambled to contain the damage and begin emergency repairs.
    A water main break on York Rd., in between Ashland and Shawan roads in Cockeysville on Friday, July 18, 2025.
    Teen faces attempted murder charge after brawl, shooting at Walmart in Baltimore County
    A 16-year-old was charged as an adult for an altercation at a Baltimore County Walmart that erupted into gunfire, police said.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Weekend traffic: Latin Fest, Baltimore Farmers’ Market and more events bring road closures
    With Latin Fest, music in the Wyman Park Dell and The Baltimore Farmer’s Market, there will be plenty to do in Baltimore this weekend. But, all that fun will bring some not-so-fun detours.
    Vendors display their wares at the Baltimore Farmer’s Market in downtown Baltimore.
    Baltimore again sees multiple people hospitalized after overdoses in Penn North
    Just over a week after a “bad batch” of drugs sent dozens of people in West Baltimore to the hospital, authorities were in the Penn North neighborhood again Friday responding to multiple overdose calls.
    Emergency services and opioid outreach teams respond to the Penn North neighborhood Friday as multiple people were hospitalized for overdoses.
    Billy Hunter, last surviving member of inaugural Orioles team, always had the best stories
    At 97, Billy Hunter was the last surviving member of the St. Louis Browns and the inaugural Baltimore Orioles team. He died July 3.
    Billy Hunter.
    Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke to hold Baltimore town hall
    O’Rourke is holding events in Philadelphia and Richmond before his Baltimore visit and then heading to Austin and Milwaukee.
    Beto O’Rourke on the campaign trail in 2022. O’Rourke is hosting a town hall in Baltimore Sunday, part of a wave of resistance-themed roadshows.
    Jordan McNair’s dad urges Congress to pass athlete safety law after son’s heatstroke death
    The Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act requires colleges and high schools to adopt emergency heat illness protocols.
    Jordan McNair was a freshman offensive lineman for the University of Maryland.
    Letter: Trump tax, spending legislation not a win for thousands of Marylanders
    President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts will result in thousands of Marylanders losing access to health insurance and nutrition benefits, writes Jan Kleinman of Baltimore.
    President Donald Trump holds up his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 4, 2025.
    One year later, residents still oppose ‘70-mile extension cord.’ Some things to know.
    Del. Nino Mangione this week hosted his third town hall on a proposed 70-mile power line project. One year after residents started to learn about the plan, many remain vehemently opposed to the project that would cut through rural Maryland.
    An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.
    10 Baltimore officers involved in police-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr. identified
    Investigators identified the 10 Baltimore Police Department officers involved in the in-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr., 31.
    A co-worker of Dontae Melton Jr. brings a box of donations from his colleagues to Melton’s funeral at DreamLife Worship Center in Randallstown on Saturday.
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