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    Norman Fogle navigates the live camera operated by the Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay Ship Watchers group to see different views of the Patapsco River from his home in Beltsville.
    They watched the Key Bridge fall. Now they can’t take their eyes off the Dali.
    Mike Singer’s livestream riveted the world last year. He and thousands of others are dedicated ship watchers — specifically keeping tabs on the Dali.
    A silhouetted man walks along the harbor with nobody else in sight. Street lights divide the photo in half between the water and the walkway.
    Temperatures expected to hit 83 degrees this weekend before storms roll into Baltimore
    Temperatures could reach 83 degrees on Saturday, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington office.
    Jason Steer, Executive Director of Creative Alliance, sits in front of a piece titled “Land of the Free….” created by artist Ajee Hassan.
    Baltimore arts and culture communities chart new paths after Trump diversity bans
    The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.
    Katie Humphrey grins after completing her 24-mile journey at the Inner Harbor last year.
    Katie Pumphrey is planning a second Bay Bridge to Inner Harbor swim
    Katie Pumphrey, an artist and athlete who last year completed a historic swim from the Chesapeake Bay to the Inner Harbor, is planning to do it again.
    Brigitta Warren, top center, village manager of the Oakland Mills Village Center, and other advocates for the Columbia village centers stand during testimony at Thursday night’s meeting at the Columbia Association.
    Residents to Columbia Association board: Leave our village facilities alone
    Many Columbia residents and leaders are pushing back against proposals to turn over management of the village community association buildings and neighborhood centers to the Columbia Association.
    The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, which houses the Baltimore Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Interim Maryland ICE director steps in amid Trump immigration crackdown
    The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has new local leadership after the previous director was promoted, an ICE spokesperson said Friday.
    Baltimore City firefighters help evacuate residents from the 222 Saratoga apartment building in downtown on Thursday.
    Baltimore firefighters rescue trapped residents from burning apartment building
    Baltimore firefighters scaled towering ladders to rescue two residents trapped on a burning patio as flames engulfed the eighth floor of a high-rise apartment building in downtown Thursday evening, officials said.
    Baltimore residents, Emmanuel Stewart and Isaac Stewart, view the eclipse at its peak from Patterson Park in Baltimore, MD on 4.8.2024.
    Solar eclipse this weekend: How much is visible in Maryland?
    A partial solar eclipse will be visible March 29 from the East Coast.
    Kim Domanski.
    ‘Cool aunt’ Kim Domanski helped organize Artscape, boost Baltimore’s art community
    Kim Domanski, a staple of the Baltimore arts community who worked for the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts and later at The Peale museum, died March 7 of a heart attack. She was 52.
    Community members and loved ones lit candles and sat in silence for six minutes to honor the six men who died on the night of the Key Bridge collapse during a vigil at Sacred Heart of Jesus.
    6 minutes of silence for Key Bridge collapse victims: ‘They paid the highest price with their lives’
    People huddled in jackets and sweaters before an altar of six crosses for the six men killed in the Key Bridge collapse: Alejandro Hernández Fuentes, Carlos Daniel Hernández, Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, José Mynor López and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera.
    Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, left, and councilmember Mark Parker, right, speak with residents David and Deneen Colson in Baltimore's 13th District about rising Baltimore Gas and Electric rates on Thursday.
    Cohen, councilmembers take BGE rate fight to city streets
    The fight against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s planned rate increases escalated Thursday as a contingent of city leaders took to the streets to rally residents against the energy giant’s proposal.
    Ryan Coleman, President Randallstown NAACP gives his remarks at the Randallstown NAACP Rally at the Baltimore County School Board in 2022.
    Randallstown NAACP president abruptly resigns
    Ryan Coleman has resigned as president of the Randallstown NAACP amid differences with the state conference over his role.
    Anne Arundel sheriff’s deputy charged in child sex abuse case
    Cpl. Anthony Nickoles, 42, was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexual abuse of a minor, two counts of third- and fourth-degree sexual offenses, and two counts of second-degree assault.
    Cpl. Dona Carter of Baltimore County’s cold case and missing persons squad shows photos taken in 1996 along Falls Road when the body of a woman identified on Thursday as Leoria Smith was found.
    Who is Leoria Smith? Police identify ‘Falls Road Jane Doe’ nearly 30 years later
    Police identified the “Falls Road Jane Doe” as Leoria Smith, 20 — a woman who had been missing for about 12 years when her body was found.
    A heart-shaped note of encouragement was tucked into socks packed for Luigi Mangione to wear to court last month in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case, prosecutors said in a filing made public on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
    A heart-shaped note was found in socks bound for Luigi Mangione, prosecutors say
    Mangione donned the socks but later took them off “because he felt that ‘they did not look good,‘” according to prosecutor Joel Seidemann.
    SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 01: A sign is posted in front of the 23andMe headquarters on February 01, 2024 in Sunnyvale, California. Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, is facing the possibility of delisting from NASDAQ as the company navigates numerous class action lawsuits (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
    Maryland AG urges consumers to delete 23andMe accounts. Here’s how to do it.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown urged residents to consider deleting their 23andMe accounts.
    The Other Barn in Columbia is a community building managed by the Oakland Mills Community Association.
    Columbia Association board eyes takeover of village facilities. But at what cost?
    The Columbia Association is weighing proposals to take over the community buildings and centers that are now run by the planned community’s 10 villages. The recommendations are triggering a debate about Columbia’s future.
    The University of Maryland BioPark.
    Letter: University presidents say funding research important even in tough times
    Darryll J. Pines, president of the University of Maryland, College Park, and Bruce E. Jarrell, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, says collaborations have created over 1,000 jobs.
    Tidy tables and chairs arranged in school class room, ready for pupils to arrive, education, learning, organisation
    Letter: Reject private-school vouchers; support public schools
    Stephanie C. Chupein says Marylanders should reject school vouchers and support public schools that serve all children, not just the wealthiest.
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