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    ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30:  Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. According to reports there were no survivors amongst the 67 people on board both aircraft.
    Helicopter route permanently closed on route near Washington airport where 67 died in midair crash
    Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.‘s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people.
    Harborview pier in Baltimore on Friday, March 14, 2025.
    Harborview Marina closing abruptly over ‘safety concerns’
    The Harborview Marina is closing at the end of March, according to an email sent to members.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said in a letter to the Board of Education that the board’s budget request is “unattainable and unaffordable.” (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
    Howard County executive expresses concerns about school board’s $1.26 billion budget request
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said Friday that the school board’s $1.26 billion funding request is “unattainable and unaffordable.”
    DeAndre Hopkins wanted to join the Ravens to play with Lamar Jackson, but he also knows running back Derrick Henry well from their time together with the Titans.
    The Ravens were at the top of DeAndre Hopkins’ list. Lamar Jackson is a big reason.
    DeAndre Hopkins first understood what Lamar Jackson was capable of nine years ago.
    Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast "Serial," arrives at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore for a hearing on his motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
    Adnan Syed will remain free: Subject of podcast ‘Serial’ resentenced to no additional prison time
    “I hope Mr. Syed, and I trust, that this will be the last time we see each other,” Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer said during the brief hearing over Zoom.
    George Stegmaier dresses up as St. Patrick in the annual St. Patty’s Day Parade in Downtown, Baltimore, MD., on March 12, 2023.
    Potential rain on the St. Patrick Parade, followed by sunny week
    The luck of the Irish may prevail come next week, with warm weather.
    People celebrating the 67th Baltimore St. Patrick Parade will march through Mt. Vernon and near the Inner Harbor this weekend.
    St. Patrick’s Day weekend comes with road closures, traffic restrictions and more
    See which roads will be closed and where parking will be restricted this weekend.
    A development project that Chasen Cos. named The Anne on Aliceanna, on the border of Fells Point and Harbor East.
    Chasen Cos. entity files for bankruptcy ahead of auction for Fells Point building
    The entity, CC 1400 Aliceanna Street LLC, filed for bankruptcy Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland.
    Robert Plummer.
    Robert Plummer, revered Woodlawn High School baseball coach, helped boys become men
    Plummer, the longtime coach of Woodlawn High School's baseball team, died March 4 of heart failure. He was 73.
    Orioles starter Dean Kremer finds it difficult to eat on the days he is scheduled to pitch.
    The breakfast club: How a daily ritual has shaped these Orioles pitchers’ careers
    If they like a place on a road trip, they’ll go back every day they are in that city. If they don’t, they’ll go back to the drawing board and find a new spot the next day.
    The George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore where the ICE field office is located.
    ‘It’s scary right now’: ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
    Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.
    Rasheed Mustapha, a first-year engineering student at Loyola University Maryland, was able to attend the school by offsetting tuition with a Sellinger fund scholarship.
    ‘Devastating’ cuts could be coming to Maryland college scholarships
    State legislators are now weighing whether to cut scholarship funds for students at private colleges by 50% for the second year in a row.
    Julian Reese and Ja’Kobi Gillespie are members of Maryland’s “Crab Five” starting lineup.
    Maryland basketball heads to Big Ten tournament with a new March mindset: ‘We’re going far’
    If this March already feels different in College Park, it’s because the Terps’ results certainly are.
    Police officers gather after a shooting at the Wilkens Police Precinct in Catonsville on Thursday.
    Gunman injures 1 officer after opening fire in parking lot of Baltimore County Police precinct
    A lone male gunman exchanged fire Thursday afternoon with Baltimore County Police officers in the parking lot of their Wilkens precinct in what officials say was a premeditated act.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said in a social media post that he and U.S. President Donald Trump will shut down the foreign assistance agency.
    Maryland judge reinstates thousands of fired federal workers in temporary order
    The ruling means the federal government must take back the employees, at least for the immediate future.
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
    Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risking a government shutdown.
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore
    Maryland hospital budgets appear to dodge federal cost cutting — for now
    Maryland’s hospitals have, for now, dodged federal cost cutters, who axed a half dozen special programs around the country for not saving enough money.
    Amitav Ghosh is a globally renowned novelist and essayist who writes about colonialism and climate change. He is the keynote speaker for an event on March 13, 2025, at Loyola that focuses on climate refugees and climate migration.
    Novelist Amitav Ghosh, speaking in Baltimore, on climate change and ‘accelerating towards the abyss’
    Novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change ahead of his address at Loyola University Maryland 2025 Humanities Symposium.
    New Toronto Blue Jay Anthony Santander hit 44 home runs and drove in 102 runs for the Orioles in 2024.
    Anthony Santander says there was ‘zero chance’ he was taking Orioles’ offer
    The outfielder signed a five-year, $92.5 million contract with the Blue Jays that includes a sixth-year option that could raise the total value to $110 million.
    The Jhpiego headquarters in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore. The organization began cutting jobs Thursday.
    Johns Hopkins aid groups to lay off more than 2,000 amid Trump cuts
    Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.
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