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Nina Giraldo

Nina

Nina Giraldo is a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied international affairs and anthropology. Originally from Sarasota, Florida, she served as editor-in-chief of the university’s student newspaper and reported for a variety of local St. Louis papers, covering everything from social justice movements to the city’s music scene. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, dancing salsa, and cooking with friends and family. She will work as a general assignment reporter on The Banner’s news desk.

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Claudia Phillips, the owner of Cherapy, carries a bag of cherry pits at her home in Columbia.
The cure for your body aches is... cherry pits?
Claudia Phillips makes therapeutic pillows filled with cherry pits, running her small business Cherapy from her Columbia apartment.
A pair of Navy ships docked near residential homes at North Locust Point on June 5.
Noise from massive military ships at Locust Point could last another 6 months, feds say
The Maritime Administration told Locust Point residents it is working to alleviate the roar caused by the generators of two massive military ships berthed there.
A pair of huge Navy ships, the USNS Charlton, left, and the USNS Pomeroy, docked near residential homes at North Locust Point on June 5.
Locust Point’s noisy military ships should have been quiet by now, Ferguson says
The noisy, hulking grey-hulled cargo ships, which are the size of aircraft carriers, are being transferred to MARAD by the Military Sealift Command to be placed into a reduced readiness status.
A pair of huge Navy ships, the USNS Charleton, left, and the USNS Pomeroy, docked near residential homes at North Locust Point on June 5.
‘It’s so distressing:’ Neighbors plead for quiet from noisy military ships berthed at Locust Point
Residents of Baltimore's Locust Point neighborhood are accustomed to the sound of ship horns and train whistles, even the Domino Sugar plant. But some say the noise and lights from two massive Navy ships that recently docked near their homes has been unbearable. They want to know what officials are going to do about it?
Monsignor Nicholas Amato, temporary pastoral administrator for St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, closes the church doors before delivering Mass this month.
Two historic Catholic churches in Baltimore are merging. Parishioners are holding their breath.
Two of Baltimore’s oldest Catholic churches, St. Vincent de Paul and St. Leo, are set to merge Tuesday. A lot of questions remain for parishioners.
Tamea Cobb poses for a portrait at the 50th annual Baltimore Pride Parade in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore on June 14, 2025.
Thousands celebrate resilience in a shifting America as Baltimore Pride turns 50
Thousands packed the streets of Charles Village for the 50th annual Baltimore Pride Parade on Saturday afternoon as signs of protest of President Donald Trump and his administration were on display.
A black bear that was sighted numerous times in Maryland last month is shown in Herndon, Va., this week.
Maryland bear turns up in Virginia and gets tranquillized again
A young black bear that wandered through three Maryland counties before being sedated and transported to Western Maryland turned up this week in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington, D.C.
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