Community issues

A university spokesperson said both affiliated protestors and unaffiliated protestors are in violation of university “policies and/or are trespassing.”

A plan by the Baltimore Archdiocese that includes church closures was made necessary by financial considerations and demographic changes, a member of the archdiocese’s board of financial administration says.

At the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, crews plan to refloat and remove the grounded Dali container ship within roughly the next 10 days, allowing more maritime traffic to resume through Baltimore’s port.

The grabber will move debris from the seafloor after removal of the cargo ship Dali, which crashed into the Key Bridge a month ago, causing it to collapse.

Aberdeen Police say a suspect has been arrested after a triple homicide and suspected arson at the Highland Commons apartment complex earlier this month.

Scott’s challengers sought to drown out his optimistic message and lambasted his record, casting him as an ineffective leader whose portrait of improvement masks a more complicated and stagnant on-the-ground reality.

A West Baltimore neighborhood near Mondawmin Mall is trying to stop the opening of a clinic that administers methadone.

The deal is the state’s first enforcement action against the real estate company. Jay Walsh, who ran ABC, faces criminal charges in Maryland.

The Flower Mart at Mount Vernon Place kicks off on Friday, and there will be traffic modifications in place starting Thursday.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday set up an encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, the latest college to face demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war.

Christian Siriano, an Annapolis native, will serve as grand marshal and keynote speaker June 1 for the annual Annapolis Pride Parade & Festival, which is a major coup as the event enters its fourth year.

After the U.S. logged its first cases of malaria in decades, Johns Hopkins mosquito research takes on new urgency.

Ellicott City’s Main Street looks a little different, after the monthslong razing of four historic buildings for the Safe and Sound Plan meant to curb dangerous floods.

A plan discussed by Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to prosecute parents whose children are arrested would only make matters worse for marginalized families in the city, a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health says.

Baltimore County’s foreign-born population grew by 15,439 people from 2012 to 2022, an increase of 16.3%, census figures show. County officials want to make the immigrant experience less challenging for both parents and children.

Baltimore County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for all pets and also throwing in some discounted and free pet perks. The perks last through Sunday, May 5, which is fitting since May is National Pet Month.

The sweltering heat in the Baltimore region on Monday broke the previous record of 91 degrees, set in 1974.

Cogen’s endorsement means the city’s two elected law enforcement officials are backing Dixon, following Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ endorsement earlier this month.

In the days and weeks after the Key Bridge collapse, therapists and grief workers who service Baltimore’s Spanish-speaking immigrant community say they have seen a significant increase in referrals and clients — many of whom were already struggling with trauma.