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CSX adds Baltimore-NY freight route to ease impact of Port of Baltimore closure
The freight rail giant is working to mitigate the impact of the Port of Baltimore’s closure on its international customers.
Piles of coal can be seen in train cars just outside of the CSX Facility in Curtis Bay on Aug. 4, 2023.
BPD to write more parking, traffic tickets in 25 spots starting Friday
Baltimore Police Department is re-prioritizing a citywide traffic enforcement initiative set to run through mid-August.
A rectangular grey box that houses an automated traffic camera stands on a city sidewalk as a blurred black SUV drives by.
Meet Marcel Muise, the investigator leading the NTSB’s probe of the Key Bridge collapse
Marcel Muise, a marine casualty investigator who served in the U.S. Coast Guard and captained the Deepwater Horizon oil rig before joining the NTSB, has a wealth of experience.
Marcel Muise, investigator in charge, shares updates from the NTSB’s investigation into the Dali cargo ship collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge at the DoubleTree Hotel-BWI Airport in Linthicum Heights, Maryland on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Where traffic is rerouted following the Key Bridge collapse
Know where to avoid and plan extra time to travel.
Police block Fort Armistead Road toward the Key Bridge on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
City seeks to cancel $500K Pride Center of Maryland grant over reporting issues
The Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs has recommended terminating a $500,000 grant to the state’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources to the LGBTQ community, Pride Center of Maryland. The grant would affect programming to address violence within the LGBTQ community.
Cleo Manago, director of the Pride Center of Maryland, sits for a portrait outside of the Pride Center’s new location.
How lawmakers plan to help workers, businesses affected by Baltimore port disruptions
The money for the programs would come from the state’s Rainy Day Fund, and there’s no estimated total price tag, but it's possible federal aid could pay for them.
The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
New 3D images show Key Bridge wreckage underwater
Sonar images help divers navigate the murky waters of the Patapsco River.
See a close-up photo of the support pier that brought down the Key Bridge
The image, taken by amateur photographer and plumber-by-day David Sites, contains clues of bridge vulnerabilities that experts say could have been addressed.
The support pier (background, right) that would end up bringing down the Key Bridge, as photographed on August 19, 2023 by amateur ship photographer and plumber-by-day, David Sites. A concrete “dolphin” is visible in the foreground.
Baltimore County Council extends emergency declaration in wake of Key Bridge collapse
Two resolutions adopted by the Baltimore County Council on Monday night continued assistance to responders, families, businesses
Mayor Brandon Scott, Johnny Olszewski, and community members react to the news and grief of loss during a vigil at Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Turner Station.
Heavy rains are expected across Baltimore region this afternoon
Showers and thunderstorms soaked the Baltimore region Tuesday, increasing the potential for flooding and hail in some portions of the state.
Rain on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
When the Key Bridge broke, so did many Baltimore sailors’ hearts
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge might be more iconic, the Golden Gate might be prettier, but there was something so Baltimore about the Key Bridge. It wasn’t flashy, could be genuinely stunning, and did its job without attracting much attention until the day it collapsed.
Stacy Spaulding's sailboat near the Key Bridge.
Baltimore is grieving the loss of the Key Bridge. We’re at the anger stage now.
Baltimore’s anger is not just out of the helplessness we feel over what happened to the Key Bridge, but at the absolute asinine response across the media — social, televised and otherwise.
Construction workers honored the Key Bridge victims during a press conference on March 28, 2024 at CASA's Baltimore worker center. They held white flowers and raised their hands in solidarity.
17-year-old killed in shooting near the Inner Harbor
Officers responded to the 200 block of East Pratt Street Monday night, where they found a teenage male suffering from a gunshot wound.
A Baltimore Police car.
First vessel passes through small passage cleared near Key Bridge
President Joe Biden will visit the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday.
The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
2 more men die in Baltimore jail system, 1 after surgery: ‘We have to do better’
The deaths of Edward Bentley and Stephon Martin are putting a spotlight on the state’s ongoing challenges with providing adequate medical and mental health services in the jail system in Baltimore.
Barbed wire is pictured along the exterior of the Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center.
The Dali isn’t the only ship stuck in Baltimore. Crews of 7 other vessels can’t leave the port.
As many as 150 crew members are stuck on enormous ships in the Port of Baltimore.
The closure of the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has left crews from seven ships stuck on board their vessels. Photo of remaining section of bridge taken on March 29, 2024.
Owner of the Dali seeks to limit liability in Key Bridge collapse
The Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 allows ship owners to try to limit their liability to the value of the vessel and its freight at the end of the voyage.
Crushed shipping containers are seen on the bow of the Dali after it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Grace Ocean Private, the owner of the Dali, and Synergy Marine Group, the manager of the ship, on Monday filed a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
Lawmakers want to toughen laws on youngest offenders committing fraction of crimes
Gov. Moore has committed to signing a juvenile justice bill that holds youth accountable
Photo collage of silhouette of young boy’s head and shoulders, with photo of court room with American flag and empty judge’s seat in background.
Dundalk was a steel town. When the Key Bridge fell, so did its legacy.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the constant. ‘Whenever I saw the bridge, I knew I was almost home.’
Sun sets in the backyards of homes in Dundalk, the closest community to the Key Bridge.
How racist, anti-immigrant disinformation added to the Key Bridge tragedy
Baltimore has become the latest target of a national far-right campaign spreading thinly veiled racism after a catastrophic event.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott attends a news conference in Dundalk after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday, collapsing the bridge into the Patapsco River.
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