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The blunt-spoken Zell made a fortune in real estate but his 2007 acquisition of the Tribune Co., including some of the nation’s best-known newspapers, resulted in the media giant filing for bankruptcy.

As of Tuesday afternoon, there is a 50% chance of rain showers during the day Saturday.

As of May 13, 58 young people ages 13-18 have been shot since the start of the year.

Old Bay partnered with the Baltimore Tattoo Museum ahead of Preakness to offer free tattoos in honor of everyone’s favorite spice.

The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the famed Triple Crown, attracts tens of thousands of people to Pimlico Race Course in Northwest Baltimore. But the racial optics of the big day have reflected a noticeable divide between the city’s white and Black populations. Initiatives such as AfroPreak Lounge and other efforts to help draw more diverse crowds are starting to pay off, according to organizers.

The Naval Academy Class of 2026 on Wednesday morning joined a long list of plebes who, for over 60 years, have scrambled up an obelisk to swap a midshipman’s cover for a Dixie cup.

In preparation for a very busy Preakness weekend, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation announced road closures and special traffic patterns will be implemented in the Pimlico area.

The woman Taylor Swift defended during a show in Philadelphia this weekend is from Maryland, and she talked to WJZ about the viral moment.

Community residents say they are fed up with lack of transparency and communication.

Family members and friends gathered on the tarmac to greet the casket of the 20-year-old Baltimore native and City College graduate.

Crews were working to install a gas line when a water main was struck and broke, leading to a steam pipe explosion Sunday evening in downtown Baltimore.

Multiple Columbia, Maryland, residents reported that their koi fish ponds, which had dozens of fish, were wiped clean of any aquatic life – something they all said has never happened their more than 20 years of owning koi fish. Residents think the fish were stolen, koi fish experts think predators ate the fish, and others aren’t so sure.

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“We’re hitting peak die out of our ash trees,” Dan Coy, chief of forestry for the city’s Department of Recreation and Parks, said. “Meaning like our large mature ash trees that are untreated, are going to be dying pretty rapidly.”

Firefighters responded to the 800 block of Union Avenue around 2:44 a.m.

The plaintiffs are seeking $75,000 each in compensatory damages for “diminution of property value, loss of property appreciation, and lead paint chip and lead dust abatement.”

New images offer the first look at a complex ring system of inner belts that surround a young, nearby star.

A 9-year-old girl remains in critical condition after she and her 22-year-old brother were hit by a car Monday morning in Northwest Baltimore, WJZ has learned.

A ceremony Friday capped 40 years of struggle to open a waterfront park in Anne Arundel County, involving historic forces that continue to limit public access to the Chesapeake Bay, difficult negotiations with neighbors and disagreement over the right way to balance 340 acres of impossible beauty as both an environmental treasure and recreational jewel.

On the first weekend that finally feels like spring, Baltimoreans went to Mount Vernon Place to enjoy the sun, listen to music and get their hands on a lemon stick.