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A woman comforts a student after she is released from lockdown at Morgan State University following a shooting on Oct. 3, 2023 that rocked the historically Black campus. Five people were wounded, including four students.
A beautiful evening broken by gunfire; five wounded after Morgan State coronation
One or more shooters opened fire on the campus of Morgan State University Tuesday night, wounding five people and sending students running for cover during what is traditionally a celebratory homecoming week at the HBCU.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy: Judge halts lawsuits against parishes, schools, charities
Judge also grants archdiocese request to continue paying salaries and benefits to employees and conduct routine financial business.
Photo collage showing the Baltimore Basilica from overhead, with a huge and empty cash box drawer popping out of its side. A fly flies out of the empty cash drawer.
Archdiocese of Baltimore files for bankruptcy ahead of expected flood of sex abuse lawsuits
Archbishop William E. Lori said church leaders had weighed their options for months this summer before concluding that Chapter 11 bankruptcy was inevitable.
The apartment building located at 306 West Franklin St. is where Pava LaPere lived and was later found deceased on the rooftop. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
What we know about Jason Dean Billingsley, suspect in Mount Vernon tech CEO’s killing
Court records show Billingsley is a registered sex offender with three criminal convictions.
Mugshot of Jason Billingsley.
Suspect in LaPere killing was also accused of rape, setting pair on fire a week earlier
The circumstances of the killing resemble a “scenario single women worry about,” one woman said.
On Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison released the body-worn footage from this past Sunday’s fatal shooting of Tyree Moorehead. He and Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau walked through the footage with members of the press and answered a few questions Tuesday afternoon.
Prosecutors clear officer who shot and killed Baltimore activist Tyree ‘Colion’ Moorehead
Moorehead, 48, was known as a community activist for spray-painting “No Shoot Zone” hundreds of times across Baltimore.
Actor Kevin Spacey has been hiding out in Baltimore since 2017, "beguiled by its charm."
Kevin Spacey’s $5.6M Baltimore mansion may be sold in foreclosure, judge orders
The waterfront house had been listed as “Baltimore’s most extraordinary home.”
Dunbar football Lawrence Smith talks to his team after a win last season over Calvert.
Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith, a school police officer, arrested on alleged $215k overtime fraud
FBI agents visited the school headquarters a year ago, probing timecard irregularities and overtime fraud, sources said at the time.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Archdiocese of Baltimore warns sexual abuse lawsuits under new law could lead to bankruptcy
In a letter addressed Tuesday to “Friends in Christ,” Archbishop William E. Lori said he plans to consult in the coming days with various ordained and lay leaders about how the archdiocese should respond to the new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1.
“Betrayed: The True Story of Roy McGrath.”
Feds connect mystery author ‘Ryan Cooper’ to fugitive Roy McGrath in newly unsealed search warrants
Judge unseals federal search warrants, sheds light on the Roy McGrath books mystery.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
‘So much for resting in peace’: Feds seek to claw back $119K from the late Roy McGrath
Federal prosecutors want to seize more than $100,000 from a stock account belonging to the late Roy McGrath, alleging the money traces to a fraudulent severance payment.
Acting Commissioner Richard Worley speaks at a press conference Thursday to give an update on two new arrests made regarding the Brooklyn Homes fatal shooting in July.
Baltimore Police charge student and jailed teen in Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
Baltimore Police charged two more people, a 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old man, in the July 2 mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes housing project of South Baltimore.
Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, speaks to students inside of Edmondson-Westside High School on Feb. 24, 2023. Each student-athlete in attendance at the Q&A received a pair of Slip Speed Under Armour shoes.
A misplaced whiskey glass? How Kevin Plank explained recording an Under Armour employee
Maryland has one of the strictest laws in the country when it comes to recording private conversations. It’s a felony crime to record a conversation with someone without their knowledge and consent.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
Records present fuller account of FBI shooting of former Maryland official Roy McGrath
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has cleared the FBI agents of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of McGrath.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore judge lifts redactions of 43 names in report on sex abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor ordered the attorney general’s office may release a copy of the report with the redactions lifted next month.
The loved ones of Rachel Morin taped photos of her on trees and laid flowers on the grounds of the Ma and Pa Trail where she was found deceased.
Rachel Morin murder: DNA links suspected killer to Los Angeles home invasion
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office recovered DNA from Morin’s body that was matched through the national law enforcement database to evidence from a crime in Los Angeles.
James “Mac” Finney, a cameraman who's worked at WBAL-TV for 40 years.
Escaped inmate caught after walking past WBAL-TV news crew during manhunt
“I just happened to look up at the time and there he was, walking across a grassy area that a few hours before was crawling with police.“
A woman peers through the door of Shalom Art Gallery.
Artscape squashes Hampdenfest; organizers blame BOPA for scheduling snafu
The annual offbeat street festival, scheduled for next month, has been canceled.
SNAP honored 4 reporters at the Baltimore Banner for OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM.
Survivors of priest sex abuse honor The Baltimore Banner for naming accused clergy
A series of investigative news stories identified church figures whose names were redacted from the investigative report.
Baltimore Banner reporters and spouses Tim Prudente and Christina Tkacik pose for a portrait in-front of a Flohom in Baltimore on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
I tasted yacht life aboard Baltimore’s Flohom. Is the harbor rental worth it?
The floating hotel room promises a transformative overnight stay.
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