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Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference near Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023.
South Baltimore shooting response is a political challenge for Mayor Scott
Political experts say voters will remember what could be the largest shooting in city history — and Mayor Scott’s leadership in the aftermath.
Police tape marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after the shooting that resulted in two deaths and dozens of injuries.
Police arrest teen who allegedly flashed gun before Brooklyn mass shooting
The teen’s attorney says police are alleging his client pulled a gun out of a bag several hours before the shooting.
Bishop John Watts of Kingdom Life Church Apostolic greets a Safe Streets worker on July 2, following a shooting at Brooklyn Homes.
Safe Streets crew worked South Baltimore block party, but shifts ended before mass shooting
Four Safe Streets workers from Baltimore’s leading violence intervention program monitored the block party Saturday at Brooklyn Homes, but clocked out and left about an hour before gunfire erupted.
A photo of both former Governor Larry Hogan and Roy McGrath
Why you’ll probably never hear Roy McGrath’s secret recordings of Larry Hogan
Maryland’s strict wiretapping law forbids not only the act of secretly recording someone’s voice, but any attempt to share an illicit recording — by anyone.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General released the Catholic Church investigation papers. David Lorenz displays a redacted copy of the release.
Will a Baltimore judge lift redactions from the Catholic Church abuse report?
Closed-door hearings in Baltimore Circuit Court will decide whether the final details will be revealed in the report on child sex abuse within the archdiocese.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Former Archbishop Curley teacher, 41 others added to archdiocese list of accused clergy
Some 39 of the names were first revealed in the attorney general’s report on the history of sex abuse within the church.
Flannery Gallagher sits in front of a childhood photo of her deceased father, Frank X. Gallagher Jr., during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against St. Mary’s Seminary and the Archdiocese of Baltimore on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Flannery and Liam Gallagher, the children of Frank X. Gallagher Jr., say that after the abuse their father “experienced extreme emotional distress” and began experimenting with drugs and engaging in compulsive and risky sexual encounters.
Gallagher family members sue Archdiocese of Baltimore, St. Mary’s Seminary over father’s abuse and death
Flannery and Liam Gallagher, the children of Frank X. Gallagher Jr., say that after the abuse their father “experienced extreme emotional distress” and began experimenting with drugs and engaging in compulsive and risky sexual encounters.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison to step down
Former Police Commissioner Harrison still on city payroll. For how long? Apparently it’s secret
Harrison announced his resignation on June 8, with Mayor Brandon Scott saying he would nominate Richard Worley, currently the deputy commissioner for operations, as interim commissioner.
Simboli Ruffin, holding her passport, stands for a portrait in her home on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Ruffin, the Baltimore woman known as 'the longest living Jane Doe,' finally discovered her true identity in 2022 following a decades-long search and a Baltimore Banner investigation.
A year later, big changes — maybe a movie deal — for Baltimore’s longest-living Jane Doe
It’s been one year since the Baltimore woman who was missing child No. 1201298 found her identity — one year of changes big and small.
Photo collage of red torn image of Virgin Mary and child statue, with dark background that includes number 149 and redaction boxes.
Final name stripped from Maryland report on Catholic sex abuse is nun from Philadelphia
With the identification of the late Philadelphia nun, all the names have been unmasked in the attorney general report.
Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson attends a news conference on the mass shooting in Annapolis that left three dead and three wounded. Standing rear to him is.Gov. Wes Moore.
Parking dispute led to Annapolis mass shooting, charging documents say
Six people were shot — three of them fatally — on Sunday at a house on Paddington Place near Edgewood Road.
Richard Worley, Deputy Commissioner at Baltimore Police Department with Mayor Brandon Scott at the the Press conference
Mayor turns to homegrown patrol cop with pick of Richard Worley to lead Baltimore Police
Within the department, Richard Worley maintains a reputation as a respected and seasoned patrol officer and commander, someone who knows the streets of Baltimore.
Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
In newly obtained affidavit, former Gov. Hogan recounts learning of Roy McGrath’s alleged fraud
Documents obtained from state prosecutors shed new light on the early days of the Roy McGrath scandal — including what then-Gov. Larry Hogan knew, and when he knew it.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates listens as Mayor Brandon Scott gives the annual State of the City address on Monday, April 17. The event was held at the Middle Branch Fitness and Wellness Center in South Baltimore.
Baltimore to resume enforcement of nonviolent offenses
Bates campaigned on reversing a policy of his predecessor, Marilyn Mosby, not to prosecute low-level, nonviolent offenses such as drug possession, trespassing and prostitution.
LOUISVILLE, KY - AUGUST 25: Matthew Vanderpool, environmental health specialist and entomologist for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, displays a mosquito collected earlier in the day on August 25, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Vanderpool specializes in mosquito control, a public health process that involves placing traps to collect specimen, identifying various mosquito species, and testing the samples for mosquito-borne diseases. Lab technologists test for Saint Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus, La Crosse encephalitis, and Eastern equine encephalitis.
Rancid butter and smelly cheese. Hopkins study identifies the body odors that attract mosquitoes
A new study by an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University finds a key factor attracts mosquitos to some people over others: body odor.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
The 10 Catholic Church figures unmasked in report on sex abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore
The Banner has identified seven church figures whose names were redacted from the recent report on child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Photo collage showing statue of man cradling infant in arms next to image of priest and boy sitting in pews reading Bibles, overlayed with variety of short and long white redaction boxes.
Unmasked: Catholic high school teacher returned to classroom after abuse claim
A former teacher at the old Cardinal Gibbons High School has been identified as one of the redacted names in the attorney general's report on sex abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Baltimore homicide detectives investigating baby’s fall from third-story balcony
Officers found the boy with life-threatening injuries and he was hospitalized in critical condition.
Photo collage of page from Baltimore archdiocese directory of parishes next to page from 1973 newspaper including photo of St. Ann’s in Baltimore, with red border and red redaction marks sprinkled over the image.
Two more alleged Catholic Church abusers revealed: ‘It still haunts me’
Two alleged abusers whose names were redacted in the Maryland Attorney General's report on child sexual abuse have been identified as Michael V. Scriber and the Rev. Joseph G. Fiorentino.
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