Maryland’s U.S. senators are continuing their push to have the federal government pay the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge, calling on their colleagues to pass legislation to authorize the spending.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that enables semiautomatic rifles to fire like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
According to a new report from the Center for American Progress, Baltimore’s drop in gun violence through the first half of May this year ranks second among the 50 largest U.S. cities when compared to the same period in 2023.
So stark is the continued decrease in homicides — Baltimore is down nearly 50% compared to the same period two years ago — that even the White House has taken notice.
An attorney for the Sinclair chairman and Baltimore Sun owner objected to 64 questions in a recent deposition as part of a lawsuit Smith is funding against city schools.
Police found dozens of 3D-printed handgun components, in a variety of colors, that could be readily assembled into a usable weapon. Some were hanging like ornaments on an artificial Christmas tree.
A class of students at UMD, would-be entrepreneurs, have been given an opportunity to compete for $2 million in private equity seed funding. All they have to do to win it? Come up with a way to help detect and prevent school shooters.
Nick Mosby’s last campaign looked a lot like that of his ex-wife, Marilyn Mosby. What happens next for the onetime Baltimore power couple is anyone’s guess.
Top federal safety and transportation officials probing the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse are testifying before Congress on Wednesday morning, giving lawmakers their second update on the ongoing investigations.
The ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused its collapse suffered power outages before it left port because of human error, but federal safety officials are still trying to figure out why it lost power in the moments before it hit the bridge.
Dixon brings up a stretch of North Avenue as part of her stump speech, she said, because she passes it on the way to her office or her gym and the conditions there are indicative of the state of the city.
In 2015, Vignarajah wanted then-mayoral candidate Elizabeth Embry to make him police commissioner if she won election. When a colleague objected, Vignarajah grew extremely annoyed.
Ghost guns have become more common on American city streets, especially so in Baltimore. From June 2021 to the end of 2023, ghost guns were the most commonly recovered make of firearm in Baltimore.
Since 2010, more than 100 ships have had engine or other mechanical troubles in the Chesapeake Bay and Patapsco River, including some perilously near the Key and Bay Bridges, a Banner investigation revealed.
Federal authorities opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, with FBI agents raiding the container ship Dali early Monday.
Representatives from Hyundai, the ship’s manufacturer, have flown in from Korea to help investigators download data from the ship’s engine room and examine its electrical circuitry.