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2-year-old shot, wounded in Severn over the weekend, police say
Anne Arundel County Police said the 2-year-old girl was treated and released from a hospital after suffering a wound in the upper body.
An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
Baltimore teacher in ‘inappropriate relationship’ helped teen shoot ex-boyfriend, police allege
Matthew Biegel, 38, of Northeast Baltimore, previously worked as an agriculture educator at the Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture.
Matthew Biegel, a former agriculture educator at Reginald F. Lewis High School, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder and related offenses.
Maryland escapes the worst weather, but severe storms possible this week
Severe, isolated storms are possible Thursday, according to forecasters.
Maryland is in an “unsettled” weather pattern that's more typical of midsummer.
The Climb: Mount St. Joseph’s seniors embark on century-old rite of passage
Mount St. Joe’s seniors take part in a rite of passage stretching back to the early 1900s as they prepare to embark on life after graduation.
David Wilder signs his name on the same brick his dad, Dave Wilder, signed in 1997 as part of Mount Saint Joseph High School’s graduation rite on May 1, 2024.
Sheila Dixon, a ‘filthy’ street and residents who want politicians to put up or shut up
Dixon brings up a stretch of North Avenue as part of her stump speech, she said, because she passes it on the way to her office or her gym and the conditions there are indicative of the state of the city.
Crystal Parker, president of the North Avenue and Hilton Street Business & Community Task Force, speaks about issues her community is facing while walking up West North Avenue.
Stevie Wonder, Misty Copeland to speak at Peabody graduations
Stevie Wonder and Misty Copeland will deliver addresses as part of the Peabody Conservatory’s graduation ceremonies May 22.
Stevie Wonder and Misty Copeland will deliver addresses as part of the Peabody Conservatory’s graduation ceremonies May 22.
Souls to the Polls: Black churches say election stakes have never been higher
Maryland clergy leaders, who reach thousands on a weekly basis, are using the pulpit to emphasize the need to vote.
Black churches like Empowerment Temple AME Church continue to hold sway in Maryland politics.
4 rules of the Merriweather pool: no diving, no glass, no running. And no fans.
Merriweather Post Pavilion have attracted big names in music to the newly renovated facilities thanks in part to a backstage pool.
The venue industry’s most exclusive pool sits behind the main stage at Merriweather Post Pavillon.
Hopkins encampment protestors formally call on university to divest, demilitarize
The proposal requests that Hopkins divest “from all companies with ties to the state of Israel,” demilitarize “by severing its financial relationships with the U.S. Department of Defense,” and disclose “all financial relationships with the state of Israel.”
The proposal from the Hopkins Justice Collective Palestine Solidarity Encampment calls on Hopkins to divest from specific companies, including Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics.
Amid rain fit only for ducks, absurdities roll in the Kinetic Sculpture Race
The race, put on by the American Visionary Arts Museum, isn’t supposed to be taken seriously, the fastest don’t get first prize and bribes are the norm. Heavy rain only added to the absurdity of the day featuring a giant pink poodle named FiFi, oversized pink flamingos and, of course, the Soda Quakers.
Fifi the poodle proceeds down Key Highway with the Baltimore skyline in the background as rain falls during the Kinetic Sculpture Race on May 4, 2024.
Former Stevenson, pro lacrosse player Callum Robinson found dead in Mexico
Robinson, a native of Australia, his brother Jake and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad went missing last weekend on a camping and surfing trip on Mexico’s Baja California coast.
Callum Robinson, an alum of Stevenson University in Baltimore County, was one of three people found killed near the township of Santo Tomás in Mexico on Friday.
In a science center not far, far away, kids spend Star Wars Day taking Jedi training
The sounds of discovery were supplemented by the tinkering of droid building and whooshing of the Millennium Falcon as parents and their Padawans gathered for a Jedi Academy event, part of the Maryland Science Center’s May the Fourth activities.
A hologram optical illusion shows a floating Stormtrooper helmet as a child visitor discovers the illusion at the Jedi Mind Tricks exhibit during the Jedi Academy event at the Maryland Science Center held on May 4, 2024, in Baltimore/
Annapolis City Council proposes ban on new drive-through facilities
Annapolis is considering prohibiting new drive-through window facilities within the city limits.
A two-lane ordering system at Canton’s new drive-thru Shake Shack.
Letters: Oyster reef thrives below abandoned harbor fort
Millions of oysters have been planted in recent years on a reef below the surface at the abandoned Fort Carroll in Baltimore Harbor, the Maryland oyster restoration coordinator at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says.
Ft. Carroll as seen during a CBF Tour of the EPA Superfund Site on 3/25/24 in Baltimore, MD.
Ocean City making opioid overdose medication publicly available
The boxes will have instructions on how to administer the medication and a QR code that can be scanned to learn more about opioid overdoses and nalaxone.
People walk along the Ocean City Boardwalk.
Volunteers don’t take the Kinetic Sculpture Race seriously. They’re not supposed to.
An annual festival dating to 1999, the spring Baltimore event invites racers — or, as they are called, pilots — to show off their human-powered sculptures in a 15-mile course.
Scenes from the Kinetic Sculpture race on May 6, 2023.
The Baltimore Banner wins News Organization of the Year, other top honors
The Banner was named the MDDC’s News Organization of the Year for 2023 and swept the press association’s top awards.
6/8/22—Exterior of The Baltimore Banner office sign with the hanging banners.
At times weeping, defiant, attorney Snyder appears in court for extortion case
Once-mighty malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder appeared in court Friday in a federal extortion case, at times weeping and describing himself as a broken, but also flashing his trademark feistiness and charm.
2 people have fallen from I-395 into the water below. Should the road barriers be taller?
Checking with state officials on whether they plan to improve safety on the I-395 connector, the scene of two motorists falling to their deaths in the water below in recent months.
Interstate 395 carries vehicles in and out of downtown Baltimore, connecting with Interstate 95 (above). Two drivers have fallen to their deaths in the Patapsco River after crashes on I-395 in the past eight months.
Missing in Baltimore City: Facebook group helps families search for lost loved ones
With scant police resources to locate missing people, the Missing in Baltimore City Facebook group has increasingly become a resource for families to crowdsource and find support as they search for their loved ones.
Photo illustration of cream-colored silhouette of man’s head and shoulders against red textured background with map of Baltimore City and surrounding areas. At bottom of image it says “Missing Person.”
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