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Baltimore longshoremen held a celebratory picnic at a park in Essex on Sunday to mark progress in reopening the Port of Baltimore. The refloating and move of the Dali, the container ship that crashed into the Key Bridge on March 26, will allow the port to get back to full strength.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is set to finalize its plan to close churches next month. That includes some where Hispanic congregations worship.

No matter where you noticed the spotted lanternfly nymphs, they’re a sign of what’s to come. Experts said they expect a swarm of the bugs — which take on a dramatic red coloring when they’re grown — just like last year in Maryland.

Six weeks after the ship hit and collapsed Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, officials aim to refloat it during high tide.

Waves of rain moved through Baltimore early Saturday, and forecasters predicted clouds will continue throughout Preakness Day.

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A Baltimore Department of Public Works employee was injured in a shooting Friday morning in West Baltimore.

Anne Arundel County held a workshop Thursday to hear from the public on repurposing the Crownsville Hospital Center site. Former employees and county residents stressed the importance of acknowledging and preserving its dark history, including the mistreatment of Black patients.

The judge said he was “extremely disturbed” by what he read in court documents outlining the allegations.

A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of a Baltimore T-Mobile store employee during a string of armed robberies last year.

Dominique Dawes, a Silver Spring native and three-time Olympian, plans to expand her gymnastics academy franchise to Columbia. She currently has two locations in Montgomery County.

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Under Armour is preparing to layoff an unspecified number of employees following a drop in sales for North America, the Baltimore-based company’s largest market.

An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France after a three-year search.

The need for more fields in the county has become increasingly pressing since the 1980s.

Baltimore City Council races for the 8th, 11th and 12th districts were still too close to call as of Wednesday morning and will likely be decided by mail-in and provisional ballots that have yet to be counted.

The landmark Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue by Druid Hill Park will get a new lease on life as a kind of community center rooted in Jewish traditions.

With the closure of Edmondson Village’s Giant Food on June 13, the West Baltimore neighborhood will qualify as a food desert.

Markis Russell, 22, pleaded guilty in Baltimore City Circuit Court to second-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, according to the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office.