Community issues

A 7-year-old was shot at Mondawmin Mall on Saturday, and Baltimore Police searched for the shooter.

Scott Miller of Anne Arundel is facing sentencing Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington for his role in the insurrection. He pleaded guilty in January to assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon.

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Hispanic business and community leaders and workers have a crucial role to play as the Baltimore region works to recover from the economic impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a member of the Metro Baltimore Hispanic Contractors Association says.

The Pride of Baltimore II is back in the harbor and ready to welcome visitors.

Kirk McKoy covered the O.J. Simpson murder trial as a young news photographer and remembers how it affected his view of the world — and whether his football idol was innocent or not. He also shares photos he took at the time.

Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott earned high marks from city voters for their response to the Key Bridge collapse, according to a new poll by Goucher College in partnership with The Baltimore Banner.

New details from the NTSB’s investigation of the March 2023 crash reveal that a safety truck was “parked and unattended.” The attorney for one victim said that had it been properly positioned, it might have prevented that crash that killed six workers in the median work zone.

The top four mayoral candidates for next month’s Democratic primary sparred on transportation questions at a policy forum hosted by The Real News Network in conjunction with multiple advocacy organizations.

Tradepoint Atlantic is the Port of Baltimore’s only deep-water terminal unaffected by the Key Bridge collapse.

The Department of Agriculture has issued an order putting restrictions on bringing dairy cows into Maryland.

While the immediate economic impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has been severe for the Port of Baltimore, the port and the Baltimore region has the opportunity to largely avert long-term economic harm, says Adam Scavette, a regional economist at the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

State lawmakers recently approved legislation creating the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, sending it to the desk of Gov. Wes Moore. The idea is to collect and use data to design strategies — the same technique used to fight disease — to reduce the number of people killed and injured by guns every year in Maryland.

The decade-old Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs was created more than 10 years ago as a division of the mayor’s office that could be cut at any time. Under a bill being considered by the City Council, it would be added to the city code as a permanent office.

The agreement will allow incarcerated people the opportunity to pursue bachelor’s degrees from any of the 12 universities within the University System of Maryland.

Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, said he thinks it’s acceptable for the federal government to front the money for the bridge while pursuing payment from liable parties.

Maxine has been missing for 10 days since two girls were seen on video holding the cat.

Rain chances increase Thursday morning as a frontal system nears the region, with the bulk of the rain likely arriving this afternoon.

“One Dollar,” a student film shot in a single continuous take in 1987, documents a journey across the Francis Scott Key Bridge that is now lost in time

Baltimore Police said Dejuan Cole, 19, of Pikesville has been charged with murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Devron Tyner on April 1.