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As case heads to Maryland Supreme Court, Adnan Syed’s attorneys reiterate argument that appeal is moot
Oral argument in the case of the “Serial” podcast subject, whose murder conviction was thrown out in 2022 and later reinstated, is scheduled for Oct. 5.
Adnan Syed, who served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School, speaks to reporters on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. He’s been free since 2022 when a Baltimore judge granted a motion to throw out his conviction. But a Maryland appeals court later ruled 2-1 to reinstate the conviction. The case is now before the Maryland Supreme Court.
Rattling windows and uneven floors: Uplands homeowners feel trapped in subsidized housing
In Uplands, residents allege being shortchanged by developers and government officials who promised them safe and affordable housing.
Uplands resident Shirlene Littlejohn points out problems with her window installation. The windows shake with heavy winds and the problems keep her home from being properly insulated. During hot summer months, she puts sheets over the windows to keep the home cool.
What’s in a name? Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Latine reveal community divides
When it comes to how Latinos in this country self-identify, it ultimately depends on the person as well as various factors at play, including age, location, class, race and an evolving view of sexual identity.
Odette Ramos speaks to Digital Harbor High School’s multilingual learners class in the auditorium.
Commentary: GBC must recognize that disadvantaged Black neighborhoods matter
As the Greater Baltimore Committee focuses on boosting this region’s economic competitiveness, it must also support programs to end the economic apartheid that now plagues the city’s disadvantaged Black neighborhoods, says Lawrence Brown, an author and research scientist in the Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State University.
The Greater Baltimore Committee needs to better support efforts to turn around economically disadvantaged neighborhoods within the area known as the Black Butterfly, says Lawrence Brown, an author and research scientist in the Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State University.
Former Morgan basketball player Blake Bozeman killed in D.C. nightclub shooting
The victim was son of former Bears coach Todd Bozeman and played guard at Morgan State from 2012 until 2015.
Morgan State University, in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
Photo Gallery: Artscape returns to Baltimore
Despite a rainy and windy weekend, people came out to Artscape after a four-year hiatus.
Einaton Amare cheers while the Greater Baltimore Church puts on a musicial performance and dance in the rain at Artscape on September 24, 2023.
Minor flooding in Baltimore region as Tropical Storm Ophelia moves north
A tree also fell on tracks at a light rail station in Baltimore. The flooding was minimal and one official even said the storm was "uneventful."
Flooding in downtown Annapolis Sunday morning as a result of the remains of the storm that was once known as Tropical Storm Ophelia. An Annapolis Police vehicle rides through floodwaters on Compromise Street.
Commentary: When you’re still not ready to let summertime go
Fall is here, but we don’t have to let go of what we love about summer quite yet, filmmaker and writer Charles Cohen says.
Charles Cohen with wife Amy Lynwander and daughters Ellie and Lilah.
Tropical Depression Ophelia brings heavy rain and wind to mid-Atlantic as it moves north
Baltimore and neighboring counties are under flood watch through Sunday morning
Annapolis prepares for Tropical Storm Ophelia moving through Maryland on Saturday. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice
The cathedral had removed the old windows after Confederate symbols featured prominently in recent racist violence.
The new windows, titled “Now and Forever," are based on a design by artist Kerry James Marshall. Stained-glass artisan Andrew Goldkuhle crafted the windows.
Tropical Storm Ophelia hits Ocean City with heavy rain and flood waters
The storm is expected to bring high winds of up to 50 mph and heavy bands of rain to Maryland.
Credit: WJZ-TV
East Coast hit by flooding as Ophelia weakens to tropical depression and moves north
In the Baltimore region, the threat of the storm led organizers to cancel a number of events, including Saturday’s schedule at Artscape, horse racing at Pimlico Race Course, the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival in Annapolis and the Trifecta Food Truck & Music Festival in Timonium.
This satellite image from 8:16 a.m. Saturday, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Tropical Storm Ophelia making landfall in North Carolina.
$25 million to improve climate conditions in Baltimore
Weather stations will be used to track wind, radiation, humidity, precipitation, surface pressure, temperature and other data that can be used to develop climate solutions.
Kelly Cross and his husband Mateusz Rozanski pose for a portrait in their neighborhood, in Baltimore on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
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Prosecutors clear officer who shot and killed Baltimore activist Tyree ‘Colion’ Moorehead
Moorehead, 48, was known as a community activist for spray-painting “No Shoot Zone” hundreds of times across Baltimore.
On Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison released the body-worn footage from this past Sunday’s fatal shooting of Tyree Moorehead. He and Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau walked through the footage with members of the press and answered a few questions Tuesday afternoon.
University of Maryland surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
While the next few weeks will be critical, doctors were thrilled at Lawrence Faucette’s early response to the pig organ.
University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty-scientists perform a genetically modified pig heart transplant on a terminally ill patient at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Stevenson, Johns Hopkins denied physical therapy programs deemed duplicates of one at HBCU
When it came to Johns Hopkins, Maryland HBCU Advocates said that despite the university being about 100 miles away from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a duplicate of a doctoral program could do detrimental harm to the HBCU.
A water tower on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Baltimore subway to get first new railcars in 40 years
The 78 new railcars will replace Metro’s original fleet of 100 railcars that are reaching the end of their lifespans.
Interior of Charles Center Station as a subway train arrives and a rider waits to board on 8/11/22.
Carroll County man who attacked AP photographer and police on Jan. 6 is sentenced to 5 years in prison
Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole, prosecutors said.
FILE - The statement of facts to support the arrest warrant for Rodney Milstreed of Finksburg is photographed Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Tropical Storm Ophelia bringing rain, wind to Baltimore area
The National Weather Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Worcester, Somerset, Wicomico, Dorchester, Calvert and St. Mary’s counties from Friday morning until further notice.
This Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a potential tropical cyclone forming off the southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)
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