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Harford County 7-year-old reunited with father following Amber Alert, authorities say
A Harford County boy was found safe Monday hours after authorities issued an Amber Alert stating he was believed to have been abducted near an elementary school.
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office had asked for the public’s help in locating 7-year-old Khalil Rodney Ringgold, who was later found safe.
A $100 Groupon got this mom and son a bird’s-eye view of the northern lights
As she stared at the screen of her camera, then at the sky, she began to cry. She was almost in a dream state.
Amornrat Hedden and her son, Ayden, saw the northern lights from a Cessna 172.
There’s a ‘slight’ chance to see the northern lights tonight if you missed it
We will still be under a severe geomagnetic storm watch tonight, issued by the Space Weather Prediction Center after scientists detected a coronal mass ejection — a large blast of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s surface — earlier this week.
Several dozen people lined the Prettyboy Reservoir Dam as the aurora borealis lit up the sky Thursday night.
Maryland saw the northern lights — and they were glorious
A surge of particles from the sun caused the northern lights to be visible in Maryland on Thursday night.
Thanks to combination of a severe solar storm and clear skies, the northern lights were visible from parts of Maryland Thursday, Oct. 10. The aurora illuminated the sky in Hagerstown, Md.
Three officers on leave after fatal police shooting in West Baltimore
Baltimore police officers shot and killed a man following a pursuit in the Upton neighborhood Wednesday night, the department said.
7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
It’s a bird! Migratory masses to fly over the area tonight headed south for the winter
As many as 29,000 birds are expected to fly over the Baltimore area, according to data from Washington College. Almost 10,000 will fly over Columbia.
Thousands of migrating birds will be in the Baltimore area, Oct. 10, 2024.
Church sues Maryland, says it can’t be investigated for discrimination
Lawyers for the Seventh-day Adventist Church are arguing that the First Amendment allows it to ask employees to “uphold their religious beliefs.”
Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, MD as seen on 5.20.24
With October’s arrival, new laws take effect in Maryland
One law, which alters regulatory requirements for the marketing and sale of electricity and gas, has already been challenged in court.
October is here, which means there are hundreds of new laws taking effect across Maryland.
Cecelia Williams Bryant, of Bethel AME, was ‘committed to prayer’
Rev. Cecelia Williams Bryant was a mentor and leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She died on Sept. 26 at age 77.
Cecelia Williams Bryant helped establish the AME Church in India and the Ivory Coast, and raised her children to be “global citizens,” her family said.
Chappell Roan says she’s skipping All Things Go festival to prioritize health
Pop star Chappell Roan, who was set to perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion on the second day of All Things Go this weekend, said Friday she is dropping out of the music festival.
Chappell Roan will not perform this weekend at the All Things Go music festival in Columbia, Maryland and New York City.
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.
Gavin Knupp’s mother reaches agreement with prosecutors on foundation embezzlement charges
Tiffany Knupp will serve a year of unsupervised probation, pay $6,500 restitution and resign from the foundation.
Gavin Knupp's mother, Tiffany Knupp, fixes and adds things to his memorial on the side of the service road where the hit-and-run took place last summer.
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.
Baltimore County Police corporal acquitted on assault, use of force charges
Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert issued his decision at the end of a seven-day bench trial for Cpl. Zachary Small, a 20-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.
6/16/22—Exterior of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Mr. Boh will blink at Baltimore’s skyline with new National Bohemian sign
“It’s got a lot of character, a lot of charm,” she said of the sign. “Mr. Boh himself is extremely charming as well.”
View of the Natty Boh Tower in Baltimore.
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.
Orioles owner David Rubenstein leads list of speakers participating in The Banner’s iMPACT Maryland
As many as 1,000 people are expected to attend this event, including many of the region’s leading business, civic, health, education and nonprofit leaders. The event, hosted in partnership with Defender One and presented by Whiting-Turner, will be held on Oct. 1 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein will join Gov. Wes Moore and others at The Baltimore Banner’s iMPACT Maryland leadership conference Oct. 1.
Mr. Greedy, a prolific penguin father, dies, leaving behind 230 descendants
The penguin, Mr. Greedy, is survived by his longtime companion, Mrs. Greedy, and 230 descendants.
Penguin #821, aka Mr. Greedy, is at the left in this photo (with the most spots on his belly). Mr. Greedy was euthanized at the Maryland Zoo following an age-related decline in his health.
16-year-old fatally shot fellow student after fight at Harford County high school, authorities say
The school’s principal and resource officer heard a commotion in the first-floor men’s bathroom, but did not hear the shot.
A guardian and student leave a reunification center near Joppetowne High School in Harford County, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, after the sheriff's office and emergency personnel flocked to campus after a fight resulted in one student being injured.
Why are there so many dead fish in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor?
It’s not unusual to see some dead fish around the Inner Harbor as summer ends, but a mass fish kill left several thousand floating in the water Wednesday.
Dead fish are seen between Pier Five and Pier Six Wednesday Sept. 4, 2024.
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