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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.
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.
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.“
James “Mac” Finney, a cameraman who's worked at WBAL-TV for 40 years.
Artscape squashes Hampdenfest; organizers blame BOPA for scheduling snafu
The annual offbeat street festival, scheduled for next month, has been canceled.
A woman peers through the door of Shalom Art Gallery.
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.
SNAP honored 4 reporters at the Baltimore Banner for OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM.
I tasted yacht life aboard Baltimore’s Flohom. Is the harbor rental worth it?
The floating hotel room promises a transformative overnight stay.
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.
In new pleading, public defenders ask Maryland Supreme Court to keep Adnan Syed free
The defense team for Adnan Syed submitted legal arguments to Maryland’s highest court Wednesday, asking the justices to reverse an appellate decision that reinstated his murder conviction in the killing of Hae Min Lee.
Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
Fugitive Maryland official Roy McGrath shot simultaneously by self, FBI, prosecutor finds
McGrath, the former top aide to Gov. Larry Hogan, skipped his federal fraud trial in Baltimore and evaded authorities for weeks before FBI agents tracked his car to a Costco Wholesale store outside Knoxville, Tennessee.
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.
Capsized sailboat confirmed as racing yacht of missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson
The U.S. Coast Guard has rerouted its Cutter ACTIVE to join rescue operations off Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
Courtesy: Dark Seas Project
As Mexican Navy spots a capsized boat, wife of missing Baltimore sailor holds out hope
A Mexican search plane spotted a racing yacht believed to belong to the missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson 275 nautical miles off the coast of Acapulco.
Donald Lawson. Courtesy: Dark Seas Project
Mexican Navy searches for pioneering Black sailor from Baltimore missing at sea
The U.S. sailing community is holding out hope that Donald Lawson turns up safely.
Victoria Lawson, right, stands with her brother Donald Lawson’s wife, Jacqueline Lawson, during a press conference in Eastport on July 24, 2023 regarding Donald’s disappearance during a recent sailing trip. Donald’s family hasn’t been able to reach him for more than a week as of Monday during the presser.
FBI concludes investigation into shooting death of Roy McGrath and refers case to prosecutors
A spokesman for the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office confirmed Thursday that agents concluded the investigation and referred the findings to local and federal prosecutors for review.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
Hearing will examine city failures around mass shooting in South Baltimore
City Council members will have a chance for answers during a public hearing today to examine the failures of communication and action around the mass shooting in South Baltimore.
A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
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.
Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference near Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023.
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.
Police tape marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after the shooting that resulted in two deaths and dozens of injuries.
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.
Bishop John Watts of Kingdom Life Church Apostolic greets a Safe Streets worker on July 2, following a shooting at Brooklyn Homes.
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.
A photo of both former Governor Larry Hogan and Roy McGrath
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.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General released the Catholic Church investigation papers. David Lorenz displays a redacted copy of the release.
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.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
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.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
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.
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.
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