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    Cause of Baltimore County bridge collapse still under investigation
    Baltimore County officials said an earlier statement blaming the collapse on a septic truck was incorrect.
    Baltimore County Fire crews respond to a call about a septic truck involved in the collapse of a bridge in Phoenix, Md., on Monday, October 20, 2025.
    Historic bridge collapses in Baltimore County as septic truck crosses
    Baltimore County officials say a metal truss bridge built in 1879 collapsed under the weight of a septic truck.
    Baltimore County Fire crews respond to a call about a septic truck involved in the collapse of a bridge in Phoenix, Md., on Monday, October 20, 2025.
    Ocean City Boardwalk tram to cease operations a year after fatal crash
    Ocean City announced it will no longer operate its boardwalk tram more than a year after a young child was struck and killed.
    Ocean City spokesperson Jessica Waters said Ocean City is seeking ways to reimagine the boardwalk without trams.
    Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta airport arrested after tip, police say
    Police arrested a man at Atlanta’s bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, the city’s police chief said.
    This image made from an Oct. 20, 2025, police body camera footage shows Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Ga., right, talks to police officers before he was arrested inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta.
    Anne Arundel puts $10.6M behind long-awaited I-97 widening
    Anne Arundel County will contribute $10.6 million toward project planning and construction to widen I-97 between Route 32 in Millersville and U.S. 50 in Annapolis.
    Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman speaks at a press conference highlighting the county's contribution to a highway widening project on I-97 in Crownsville on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.
    Heavy traffic expected this weekend amid ‘No Kings 2.0,’ Baltimore Running Festival
    Parking restrictions and some lane closures will begin early in preparation for the Baltimore Running Festival.
    Marathon and 10K runners take off at the start of their events during the Baltimore Running Festival on October 19th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Eric Thompson for The Baltimore Banner.
    BWI not showing Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown
    BWI is not displaying a new video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
    ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 8: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 8, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. For the first time in nearly two decades, the TSA is easing its shoe removal rule introduced five years after a 2001 shoe-bombing attempt by allowing some travelers to keep their shoes on at security checkpoints.
    Howard schools say some union bus drivers used students to spread pay message
    The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.
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    Train derails in Baltimore, sending 18 cars off the track, fire officials say
    A train derailment sent 18 cars off the track Sunday night in East Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. No one was injured.
    Freight cars at the CSX Baltimore Yard in Curtis Bay.
    Can a video game help solve public transit in Baltimore?
    ‘Subway Builder’ lets transit nerds build their dream subway system. Can it fix Baltimore's public transit issues?
    A simulation of potential subway lines in Baltimore, as imagined by Banner reporter Daniel Zawodny, using Colin Miller's Subway Builder.
    Delay with Amtrak’s community investments for West Baltimore tunnel causes worries about funding
    Canceled workshops for community partners; a rebranded logo that de-emphasizes the name Frederick Douglass; recent changes to Amtrak's tunnel project in West Baltimore have residents wondering what's going on.
    A tour of the B&P Tunnel on January 28, 2025.
    5 years before her son died there, a mother tried to make an intersection safer
    In September 2020, Caty Anderson typed out a short email to her state representative, lamenting that a woman was hit by a car near her family’s Kensington home.
    A makeshift memorial of flowers, a teddy bear, a cross and a baseball glove hang on a utility line Friday at University Boulevard West and St. Paul Street. The intersection is where James Evert Anderson, 16, was killed on Sept. 21 in a pedestrian crash.
    The ‘Highway to Nowhere’ features in new documentary on racial legacy of U.S. highways
    The “Highway to Nowhere” and the legacy of racism that put freeways in predominantly Black neighborhoods in U.S. cities showcases in the new documentary film “Interstate.”
    The 1.39-mile section of US 40 in West Baltimore is known as the "Highway to Nowhere" because it was never connected to any other major highway as originally planned.
    Howard Street Tunnel reopens to freight trains, but double-stacked cargo starts next year
    Freight trains will start rolling under Baltimore once again, but double-stacked cargo won’t begin until additional bridge work finishes early next year, officials said.
    CSX passenger train passes through the renovated Howard Street Tunnel during the Howard Street Tunnel celebration in Baltimore on Friday.
    From Belgium to Baltimore: Why neighborhoods are using these devices to gather traffic data
    Telraam devices are all over Europe. Now they’re helping Baltimore neighborhoods track traffic.
    These small plastic devices from the Belgian company Telraam count and sort vehicles that move past them, and can even measure their speed.
    A good Chesapeake Bay Bridge yarn can’t be stopped by facts. They might even help.
    The picture was alarming. A Dundalk woman posted a photo of a Bay Bridge deck support looking off-center, askew atop the pilings. And so, another Bay Bridge myth is born — it’s slipping!
    The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
    Family of DC plane crash victim sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines
    The family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued the government and the airlines involved.
    FILE - Crews pull up a part of a plane from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
    Speed camera fines in Maryland to increase Oct. 1
    The cost of a speeding ticket in parts of Maryland will increase Oct. 1.
    Weekend commuters zip past on of Baltimore City's speed camera on the Jones Falls Expressway on Sunday, October 1
    Baltimore light rail back to full service just in time for fare-free day
    Rides on Maryland Transit Administration vehicles are free Monday in honor of World Car-Free Day.
    MTA Light Rail trains traverse the Howard Street corridor in downtown Baltimore.
    Between boon and boondoggle, the Purple Line winds toward completion
    Years of delays and cost overruns have ballooned the cost of the Purple Line to an estimated $9.5 billion. Now, the massive transit project is winding toward completion.
    Crews run dynamic testing of the Purple Line light rail vehicles at the New Carrollton station. The expanded testing schedule started in August.
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