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The FBI is seeking information about 22-year-old Amin Timovich Stigal, a Russian national charged in Maryland with plotting to hack computers and infrastructure in Ukraine and allied countries.
A piece of the war in Ukraine is playing out in Maryland after a Russian is charged with hacking
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for 22-year-old Amin Timovich Stigal, who is charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and damage.
Katie Humphrey holds up a hand heart to her supporters after completing her 24-mile swim at the Inner Harbor.
Baltimore woman completes historic swim to Inner Harbor
Katie Pumphrey completed a more than 24-mile swim from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to the Harborplace Amphitheater in the Inner Harbor.
The safety marker in the Inner Harbor near Port Covington. Baltimore Fire Department officials say one person drowned June 22, 2024, after swimming past the marker.
Baltimore Police identify person who drowned near Baltimore Peninsula
Marquis Whitfield, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene after the city’s dive team pulled him to the shore, according to Baltimore Police.
Baltimore Fire Department firefighters and dive team members pack up after rescuing three people from the water near Port Covington, June 22, 2024. A fourth person drowned.
1 dead, 3 others rescued from the water near Port Covington
Baltimore Police and firefighters were called to the 2600 block of Port Covington Drive at around 5:50 p.m. Saturday to a report of multiple people in the water, said Lindsey Eldridge, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department.
Katie Pumphery practices at Meadowbrook on June 11, 2024.  Pumphery is an ultra-marathon swimmer who will tackle a 24-mile swim from the Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor next week.
Woman’s 24-mile swim to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor tests a clean-water dream
If the weather cooperates, on Tuesday she will enter the bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and swim more than 24 miles to the Harborplace Amphitheater in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, one of her longest swims ever — a never-before-done swim and the longest anyone has attempted in the harbor in decades.
A crane lifts a shipping container from the Dali and over wreckage of the Key Bridge on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Deal ensures city will be able to interview departing Dali crew for lawsuit
Baltimore is suing the ship’s owner and operator for negligence, seeking to recoup “significant” claims of economic loss.
“Harbor Wetland,” a National Aquarium floating exhibit that re-creates a salt marsh habitat, will be open to the public Aug. 9, near the date of the aquarium’s 43rd anniversary.
Salt marsh habitat on the Inner Harbor to open to the public in early August
The exhibit, including the walkable floating dock, spans to 10,000 feet. Admission will be free, and it will operate the same hours as the aquarium, which is open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday and until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Resident physicians and fellows at the University of Maryland Medical Center have formed a union.
Doctors at UMMC vote for forming a union by an overwhelming margin
The tallied vote came in Thursday night as 628 voting for and 19 against. To win union certification, they needed just a simple majority of those who chose to vote.
A Maryland-based pickleball equipment maker is suing USA Pickleball, seeking to force the governing body to approve its paddles for use in competition in the fast-growing sport.
Maryland pickleball equipment serves legal volley at sport’s governing body over paddle ban
Sport Squad, Inc., which does business as JOOLA, is seeking $100 million in damages. JOOLA, based in Rockville, is also seeking an injunction requiring the USA Pickleball Association to approve the nine pickleball paddles it rejected and make them eligible for use in competition.
Holy Rosary church hosts the Polish festival every fall.
Baltimore’s once-thriving Polish community takes another hit in Catholic Church reorganization
Baltimore's Holy Rosary Catholic Church was long a beacon for Polish families. Its parish will soon merge with a Latino one.
Pickleball has grown popular in the past few years, and is one of the fastest growing sports in the US.
Maryland-based pickleball paddle maker facing proposed class-action lawsuit
The case was filed June 6 in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gregory Matus, a Fort Lauderdale resident, said Sport Squad, Inc., which does business as JOOLA, marketed and sold pickleball paddles as if USA Pickleball had approved them.
Harley Peet won the James Beard award in the best chef: mid-Atlantic category.
Baltimore’s Clavel misses out, but Easton chef Harley Peet wins James Beard Award
James Beard Award finalists Clavel Mezcaleria, Tony Conte of Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana in Darnestown and Harley Peet of Bas Rouge in Easton vied against eateries from across the coast and country.
Salvage crews successfully removed the final large steel truss segment of the fallen Key Bridge on June 3-4.
Main channel to the Port of Baltimore now open following Key Bridge collapse
Reopening the federal channel will restore normal shipping traffic, boost Baltimore’s economy and help thousands of jobs impacted by the disaster.
Pat Sajak and Vanna White attend the 25th anniversary celebration of “Wheel of Fortune” at Radio City Music Hall in 2007.
Pat Sajak, who called Maryland home, retires as host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after 41 seasons
Pat Sajak announced his retirement in June 2023, making the 41st season of “Wheel of Fortune” his last.
Roosevelt Park Pool and most of the other city pools are opening, some with extended hours, after a lifeguard shortage caused closures over the last few years since the pandemic. Pool goers don't need to worry about that this year!
Summer heat has arrived. Here are the hours and rules for Baltimore’s pools.
There are rules and procedures, including setting up an account with Recreation and Parks, you need to keep in mind before heading out.
Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Pair convicted of impersonating police, torturing carjacking victims in Baltimore
The kidnappings, where the men wore vests with “police” written on them, took place in May of 2021.
The exterior of River Hill High School in Howard County on Feb. 7, 2024.
ACLU says a Howard County school is trying to silence students over Israel-Hamas war
The letter, which focuses on River Hill High School, said Principal Robert Motley and Assistant Principal Allison Volinsky are violating district policy and the First Amendment rights of the students.
Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Baltimore woman faces 135 charges for running sex-trafficking ring
Kenika D. Leach is accused of coercing at least 11 women into sex work over two years in an operation she called “The Pussy Kat Klub.”
Linda Flores is a community health worker through Latino Health Initiative.
Community health workers were essential during COVID. Now, they’re asking for help.
There is a move afoot to help expand and pay for a what been a largely hidden workforce in Maryland of community health workers, who help marginalized people get health care and other services though they often go without.
A fight between vendors working for a Spirit Airlines and a fifth person at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport was caught on video. The four contractors working for the vendor have been suspended.
4 suspended, 1 injured after brawl at BWI; fight caught on video
Four employees of a Spirit Airlines vendor have been suspended after they fought with a fifth person at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
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