NEW: The city of Baltimore has filed a federal lawsuit against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai, joining a number of cities who say the companies created a public nuisance by making cars that can be easily stolen.
Good news! We're launching a weekly sports podcast: "The Adam Jones Podcast." Former Baltimore Oriole
@SimplyAJ10
and
@sportswcoleman
will host.
The show will debut next week. Look for it on the Banner's website or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Here's video of the collapse of the Francis Key Scott Bridge from this morning. The bridge was struck by a cargo ship just before 1:30 a.m. A search is underway for at least seven people.
BREAKING NEWS: Roy McGrath found in Tennessee after three-week manhunt, source says.
The fugitive ex-chief of staff for former Gov. Hogan was wounded in the encounter.
Gov. Wes Moore signed bills into law Tuesday that restrict who can apply for concealed carry handgun permits and where handguns can be carried. Opponents have vowed to challenge the new laws in court.
UPDATE: Planned Parenthood of Maryland denied vendor booth at HonFest — the move triggered talk of protests and boycotts on social media and led one Baltimore brewery to pull its sponsorship.
Only about 5% of visitors at national parks are Black, according to National Park Service surveys for the past 30 years.
This Baltimore pair hopes to change that.
In January, an audio recording of a high school principal saying racist and offensive stuff upended his life. He denied making those remarks.
Two months later, experts agree: The audio is an AI fake.
A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect earlier this year was arrested Thursday on charges that he had assaulted police during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A 14-year-old boy wanted to know why politicians were offering to help make Brooklyn a "nice place" now, after a mass shooting: “Why haven’t you been doing that?” via
@pwoodreporter
BREAKING NEWS: Annapolis State House placed on lockdown.
A Baltimore Banner reporter inside the building said they were told there were “people with guns” within the State House.
In his latest campaign ads, Larry Hogan is branding himself as “The Un-Trump Republican” who “never caved” to the former president.
Former Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is calling foul.
Trey Mancini on the Orioles:
“Everybody on the Astros was saying Baltimore probably gave us the biggest fit in the regular season this year." via
@SimplyAJ10
&
@Adamjonespod
Watch live video from the courthouse after a hearing to vacate Adnan Syed’s murder conviction.
Hae Min Lee’s murder and Syed’s conviction were the subject of the “Serial” podcast.
BREAKING NEWS: Leaked documents show Maryland State Police using a quota-like system to reward arrests and issue new vehicles, despite a 2006 ban on quotas.
Maryland's General Assembly will consider at least five pieces of gun safety legislation this year, including a bill that would restrict gun owners from wearing and carrying firearms in certain public and private properties
Filming of 'Lady in the Lake' was halted Friday a couple blocks from Lexington Market after drug dealers attempted to extort $50k from the crew to stand down and threatened to shoot someone, police said.
Maryland is one of 13 states with strong laws that protect the right to an abortion.
2 of the 4 clinics in the U.S. that provide third-trimester abortions are in Maryland.
The Baltimore Abortion Fund provides an average of $4,500 to each pregnant person they assist.
BREAKING: Orioles owner Peter Angelos’ sons are feuding over control of the team, according to an explosive lawsuit that one son filed against his brother and mother
A group of eighth grade girls from Baltimore have a new idea to bring fresh food to your door: a bus that parks in your neighborhood, chock full of locally farmed dinosaur kale, berries, cabbages and squash.
Maryland is one of nine states in the country with more than 1,000 prisoners who were sentenced as children — of those prisoners, 90% are people of color.
People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American city.
In the past six years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost.
We will observe a moment of silence at 2:33 p.m. in memory of Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman, Wendi Winters, John McNamara and Rebecca Smith.
It's been six years since they were murdered in a shooting at the Capital Gazette. Our thoughts go out to everyone who was affected by it.
For Rob, Gerald, Wendi, John and Rebecca. For all those who stayed, for those who left and those who came after. For their families. Thank you for being in my life.
Baltimore did this. The
#NASAWebb
telescope's science and mission operations are directed by Baltimore-based
@SpaceTelescope
. Yesterday President Biden unveiled a teaser infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. It's the deepest and ...
Gov. Wes Moore and several dozen lawmakers announced Thursday a package of bills focused on strengthening abortion access, and protecting those who receive abortions around the state.
Tomorrow, Katie Pumphrey will swim 24 miles in a Bay to Baltimore swim, one of her longest swims ever — a never-before-done swim and the longest anyone has attempted in the harbor in decades. Story:
Jesus Campos, a construction worker who knows the crew, said the men were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They are in their 30s and 40s and have spouses and children.
“They are hard-working, humble men,” he said.
More updates to come for
@BaltimoreBanner
.
Since Twitter is killing headlines, we're going to auto-tweet story links with straight headlines as the messages.
We could always add headlines to images, but we're not set up to do that.
If you have any ideas or suggestions about a better way to move forward, please holler!
BREAKING: The Office of the Maryland Attorney General has identified 158 priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years, according to court records
When a community organizer realized kids in his neighborhood were skateboarding miles to use a distant skatepark, he sought funding to build one closer to home.
A state senator just struck the skatepark from improvement plans citing community concerns.
Listen up! We’re forming a partnership with
@WYPR881FM
&
@WTMD
that will help both of us deliver important and interesting news to communities throughout Baltimore and Maryland.
⚰️Empty coffin for “Mathilda Lorenz” appears in park.
🪛Empty coffin’s screws raise questions about 1882 date on nameplate.
🛻Truck takes empty coffin.
🪕Reporter returns to scene and finds a bluegrass band.
Baltimore, you’re outdoing yourself.
BREAKING: 2 bodies have been recovered from the Key Bridge collapse site, according to 2 sources.
The men were found inside a vehicle and brought to shore.