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    Night of wrong turns: Orioles fans bound for home caught on ‘shuttle bus from hell’
    A bus meant to carry dejected Orioles fans south to Cromwell Station went the wrong way. A “mutiny” ensued.
    The inside of a 40ft MTA bus ready to begin its first run at Bus and Maintenance Roadeo on September 14th 2024 in Baltimore City.
    Baltimore Metro subway to close this weekend for upgrades ahead of new railcars
    All 14 Metro SubwayLink stations between Owings Mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital will close at 8 p.m. Friday and reopen 4 a.m. Monday.
    All 14 Metro SubwayLink stations between Owings Mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital will close at 8 p.m. Friday and reopen 4 a.m. Monday.
    3 people were killed at a Route 1 crossing. It’s finally getting a stoplight.
    After three pedestrian deaths at a Route 1 crossing since 2019, the state is moving ahead with safety improvements, including a new traffic signal.
    A car crosses across Doctor Patel Drive in Elkridge, Maryland, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
    Inspections of hazardous material trucks nearly doubled in recent months
    The increase follows a Baltimore Banner investigation published July 8 that found hazmat truckers have illegally been using the city’s tunnels after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    Hazmat inspections from the I-895 and I-95 highway corridors have increased.
    Amtrak watchdog warns of delays, extra costs for Frederick Douglass Tunnel project
    Amtrak and its partners must expedite planning around the Frederick Douglass Tunnel before construction begins — or risk scheduling delays and significantly increased costs, according to a watchdog report this week.
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Dockworkers strike at Port of Baltimore as contract expires
    More than 100 people gathered along outside marine terminals at the Port of Baltimore after midnight, calling for higher wages and to stop automation at the ports.
    Union members with the International Longshoremen’s Association and Local 333 continue to strike in the rain after over eight hours of picketing against the automation of port work and low wages outside the Dundalk Marine Terminal on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Underground fire chars Baltimore bookstore, disrupts internet and power
    An underground fire shut down streets in downtown Baltimore and caused power and internet outages Sunday.
    The interior of Viva Books in downtown Baltimore was badly damaged in a fire that officials say started underground.
    Baltimore’s new pilot program could help you buy an e-bike. Here’s how.
    The application window for the pilot program opened on Tuesday and runs through Oct. 10, according to the Department of Transportation.
    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.
    Light rail collides with vehicle Friday night; incident under investigation
    The northbound train packed with Orioles fans celebrating a 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers crashed into a motorist at Woodberry and Coldspring, wedging the vehicle between the train and a fence.
    light rail wreck with a truck
    Down in that metal nightmare: Untold stories of the Key Bridge disaster
    This is the story of the Key Bridge disaster as told by people who lived it. The Banner spoke to 25 rescue workers, eyewitnesses, victims' relatives and more to compile a chronology of events on March 26.
    An illustration of the Key Bridge falling, piece by piece.
    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, which is now docked at the Port of Baltimore, on May 24, 2024.
    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.
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