Participants tossed beads, pins, stickers and pride flags at the spectators who lined North Charles Street from 33rd Street to 23rd Street. Baltimore Pride started as a small event in 1975 when activists came together for a peaceful demonstration for LGBTQ rights.

The families and loved ones of Mario Mireles Ruiz, his father Nicolas Mireles, and their friend Christian Segovia Jr., gathered to honor them on June 11, one year after they were killed in a mass shooting in Annapolis.

The seventh annual Floatilla attracted 350 participants from nine states. They made a five-mile round trip from Canton to the Inner Harbor to tout healthy and clean water recreation. Proceeds from the event will also go to support people impacted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Goucher Prison Education System, or GPEP, allows inmates to study and earn credits towards a degree while in prison. Students take about eight to 10 years to graduate because the majority are working full-time while serving their sentences.

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.