More than 1,000 midshipmen graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis under blue skies Friday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin praised the graduates for their resiliency at the ceremony, the first for Vice Admiral Yvette Davids, the military college's first female superintendent.

The Blue Angels arrived in Annapolis on Wednesday for Naval Academy commissioning week.

The $300,000 Grade 2 race is 1 1/8 miles on the dirt for 3-year-old fillies, and the undercard is filled with races for fillies and mares.

The plebes, or first-year Naval Academy students, have climbed the Herndon Monument every year since 1962 to signify end of the plebe life and the beginning of fourth-class midshipmen life.

Controlled explosions used to clear debris from Key Bridge, allowing cargo ship Dali to be freed and continue its journey.

Crews plan to make precision cuts using small charges to break up the steel structure into pieces more easily removed by equipment.

The race, put on by the American Visionary Arts Museum, isn’t supposed to be taken seriously, the fastest don’t get first prize and bribes are the norm. Heavy rain only added to the absurdity of the day featuring a giant pink poodle named FiFi, oversized pink flamingos and, of course, the Soda Quakers.

Baltimore Banner photojournalist Kaitlin Newman recounts her experience participating in the Kinetic Sculpture Race back in 2003.

The grabber will move debris from the seafloor after removal of the cargo ship Dali, which crashed into the Key Bridge a month ago, causing it to collapse.

Mourners gathered Friday night to celebrate the life of Owings Mills resident Maynor Suazo Sandoval, who died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

A memorial area, complete with a special mural, has taken over the side of the road in front of the blockade to Fort Armistead Park.

The Baltimore Banner boarded the debris removal vessel, the Reynolds, on Thursday with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Estee S. Pinchasin, to get an updated closer look.

This is what the Dali and Key Bridge wreckage looks like within 100 feet of the scene.

The odds of being born on Feb. 29, which comes every four years, is 1 in 1,461. These Maryland babies beat the odds.

It gets dark early, and the workweek is long. Let’s fight the monotony of the weeknight with good food, fun drinks and cozy spaces.

This year, 3,814 people took part in the Polar Bear Plunge into Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point Beach.

Staff and volunteer divers at the National Aquarium took to the Atlantic Coral Reef tanks in their Ravens gear and jerseys, swimming with the porcupine fish, black groupers, humphead wrasses, silver arowanas and more. The 335,000-gallon exhibit is home to over 1,000 animals and 70 species.

We look back at the visuals that represented our first year of publication.

Through fashion shows, sip-and-paints and slumber parties, the women remind themselves that hobbies are healing.

Instead of trying to fill the void, some bereaved moms search for other women who have one, too.