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    What’s next for the Key Bridge: Rebuilding, lawsuits, investigations
    What we know six months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — and what will surface in the years to come.
    A structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains in the Patapsco River six months after the container ship Dali lost power and hit a pier causing a catastrophic collapse.
    Maryland sues Dali cargo ship owner, manager over Key Bridge crash
    The state alleges that the government itself and the people of Maryland have suffered massive losses from the bridge collapse, and that it was caused by negligence and shortcuts by the Dali’s crew, owner and manager.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown discuss the state’s lawsuit against the companies that own and manage the Dali cargo ship that smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
    For sailors, Key Bridge was a gritty gateway — and remains powerful even in wreckage
    Sailors have long thought of the Key Bridge as a beacon, a waypoint signaling the entry to or exit from Baltimore. It remains so, even as wreckage.
    Sailor Bobby LaPin on his boat near the Key Bridge.
    The MTA let me drive a city bus at its annual ‘Roadeo.’ It wasn’t pretty.
    On a recent Saturday, the Maryland Transit Administration hosted its annual “Bus Roadeo,” where local drivers and maintenance crews get to show off their stuff.
    Jim Webster guides and coaches Banner transportation reporter Danny Zawodny through the obstacle course at the Bus and Maintenance Roadeo on Sept. 14, 2024, in Baltimore.
    They teach Baltimore youths to fix bikes — and change perspectives in the process
    Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective, or BYKE for short, is a local nonprofit that teaches young people in the city to repair bikes, but they say they are much more than a repair shop.
    BYKE purchased a school bus in 2021 and refurbished it with brightly colored spray paint to take their repairs mobile.
    State Key Bridge lawsuit likely, with announcement planned Tuesday
    Neither the governor nor attorney general offered details on their announcement, but it comes just before a deadline to file legal claims against the ship's owner and operator.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown are planning "a major announcement" related to the crash of the Dali cargo ship into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
    The Key Bridge collapse: Six months later, six families are still grieving
    The Key Bridge collapse killed most of a Baltimore construction crew. Their relatives share stories about the men and the pain of losing them.
    Mariela's husband was the foreman of the construction crew filling potholes on the Key Bridge on March 26.
    FBI agents board boat managed by company overseeing the cargo ship that collapsed Key Bridge
    In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro.
    A boat passes by the Dali at the Port of Baltimore.
    As deadline nears, a Baltimore County company seeks damages from Key Bridge collapse
    The ship’s operators were “potentially grossly negligent and reckless,” the attorney representing Brawner Builders, Andrew Connolly, wrote in the claim filed in the U.S. District Court of Maryland.
    Legal claims are beginning to flow in as the deadline looms to respond to the Dali operators’ request to limit their liability in the March destruction of the Key Bridge.
    Families of Key Bridge victims to take legal action against Dali owner, say tragedy was preventable
    Almost six months after the cargo ship Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the families of three of the six construction workers who died in the collapse are pursuing legal action to hold the ship company accountable.
    Maria del Carmen Castellon, wife of Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, said real justice would mean her husband was still alive today.
    Amtrak train fatally strikes ATV riders on tracks in Baltimore County: What we know
    An Amtrak train carrying 519 passengers between New York and Roanoke, Virginia, struck and killed two people on an ATV who were on the tracks in Baltimore County, officials said.
    An Amtrak train carrying 519 passengers between New York and Roanoke, Virginia, struck and killed two people on an ATV who were on the tracks in Baltimore County, officials said.
    2 dead after Amtrak train crashes into ATV in Baltimore County
    Two people on an ATV 4-wheeler died after they were struck by an Amtrak train Sunday in Baltimore County, according to police.
    An Amtrak train arrives train going to Boston arrives at Penn Station on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Baltimore light rail resumes service after earlier suspension
    The Maryland Transit Administration announced that light rail service from North Avenue to Camden Yards was back to normal Sunday afternoon after earlier disruptions from a fire.
    The Camden Station light rail was one of the platforms affected.
    Small, single-engine aircraft crashes off runway at BWI Airport
    The crash has not impacted airline operations, and the FAA was notified, according to an official.
    Residents want Baltimore City Council to slow down Amtrak’s tunnel project. But can they?
    The railroad company is asking Baltimore’s City Council to sign off on the rights to build under public land. But residents want them to wait.
    People hold a series of signs, including one that reads, 'TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION = NEIGHBORHOOD DESTRUCTION' in front of a brown school building.
    Finally, some answers: What caused Howard County’s school bus crisis last year
    After thousands of Howard County students were stranded without bus service last August, people wanted answers. Now, a year later, there are some.
    Howard County is the only large school district in Maryland that doesn’t have its own bus fleet, the audit noted.
    Loose electrical cable found on ship that caused Key Bridge collapse
    When disconnected, the problematic cable triggered an electrical blackout on the ship similar to what happened as it approached the bridge on March 26, according to new documents released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
    The Dali cargo ship and the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen from a Department of Natural Resources boat on the Patapsco River in Baltimore, on April 10, 2024.
    Maryland transit budget would cut millions from Baltimore, leave D.C. Metro whole
    An equitable distribution of funds between Washington D.C. and Baltimore's transit systems was top of mind as commissioners asked for answers on more than $600 million worth of cuts.
    Maryland's draft transportation budget, released last week, proposes deferring more than $670 million in projects for the Maryland Transit Administration.
    At some downtown Baltimore intersections, looking both ways isn’t always enough
    Navigating Baltimore’s roads can get hairy, and even the rules at some downtown intersections can put pedestrians in harm’s way.
    A yellow and white road sign telling drivers to yield to pedestrians.
    Letters: West Baltimore residents are right. Parts of proposed bike trail are dangerous.
    The proposed bike trail from Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park to Druid Hill Park would be dangerous, a reader says, but an alternate route would make sense.
    A close up photo of a bicycle symbol in a red-painted lane of a two lane roadway. Cars are parked along the road in the distance.
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