The Baltimore Banner used a database created by the investigative news site ProPublica that tracks roughly 600 federally-funded institutions — which includes museums and universities — around the country that still hold ancestral remains. One of the institutions is in Baltimore.
As the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 21,000 people, Baltimore area nonprofits, charities and businesses are looking for ways to support victims.
Leading community advocates are pushing the city to hire more bilingual employees rather than rely on an interpretation service or staff who don’t speak other languages.
Upper Fells Point-based artist and muralist Jaz Erenberg went viral on social media after she posted a video of the artwork she painted on her rowhome.
”We have given Baltimore City Public Schools a chance to do right by this family, and they have not,” said Gadeir Abbas, a senior litigation attorney at CAIR.
Police charged Joseph Bartenfelder for hunting wetland or upland game birds “with the aid of bait or on or over any baited area,” which carries a minimum $500 fine and a maximum of $1500 for a first offense.
The 49th annual Mayor’s Christmas Parade is scheduled for the same time as the Ravens-Broncos game at M&T Bank Stadium, and city officials are concerned about having enough police officers to cover both events. But organizers say they've received assurances a solution will be found.
The Lunar Cultural Festival will be held at West Shore Park in Baltimore at the Inner Harbor Jan. 21 and 22 in conjunction with Waterfront Partnership.