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A West Baltimore man said he feared for his life when he tried to help a 67-year-old woman being attacked by pit bulls and the dogs turned on him. Police say one woman was killed and two people were injured when stray pit bulls attacked people last weekend.

The Dali was scheduled to head from Seagirt to Norfolk Friday, but that has been bumped to next week. The latest tentative estimate for when the ship will be moved is at noon Monday.

Cooling centers are being opened across the region this weekend, offering air-conditioned spaces and water. You can check this map to find one in your area.

The National Weather Service for Baltimore-Washington has issued an excessive heat warning for Saturday. The weather service said dangerous heat is possible with heat index values between 105-110 degrees.

Darrell David Rice, a computer programmer from Columbia who was arrested in 2001, was charged with capital murder, and authorities alleged that he selected the victims because of his hatred of women and gay people.

“I was just so very grateful that they didn’t give up,” Patty Morin said. “That she wasn’t the folder on the desk that I was afraid might happen.”

Nicholas Francis Xavier Giroux, 36, has been charged with first-and-second-degree murder in the death of Isaiah Oludayo Olugbemi.

A Baltimore spokesperson said that Mace was released after two groups of people got into an altercation, but people who attended think something else happened.

In a motion and emails filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, claimants’ lawyer Andrew O’Connell says there’s no guaranteed way to make the crew members available for future questioning if they leave the country.

Just over a month away from its premiere, Apple TV+ released the first trailer for “Lady in the Lake,” the drama based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author — and Baltimore resident — Laura Lippman, staring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.

Burton was arrested at the Miami International Airport in January and charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.

A campfire confession exposes decades of child sex abuse claims at Baltimore megachurch — and inspires a group to seek justice for alleged victims.

Authorities said Shelia Jones, 54, died following a stray dog attack in West Baltimore on Friday. Police said three people were attacked by two pit bull terriers.

Residents in a West Baltimore neighborhood still have questions and concerns after a woman was attacked and killed by two stray pit bulls Friday evening.

The mapped database can include all sorts of details about every single tree — its approximate age, its condition, whether it has lightning protection installed and when it was last maintained.

A possible chemical agent was released in front of the main stage at the Baltimore Pride Parade and Block Party — causing a stampede.

Beginning Sunday, a NASA research team will fly a small aircraft over Baltimore for about two weeks to gather data on emissions and air quality.

Participants tossed beads, pins, stickers and pride flags at the spectators who lined North Charles Street from 33rd Street to 23rd Street. Baltimore Pride started as a small event in 1975 when activists came together for a peaceful demonstration for LGBTQ rights.

Victor Martinez Hernandez has been arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the August murder of Rachel Morin, a Harford County mother of five. Morin was killed after going for a run on Ma & Pa Heritage Trail on a summer evening.