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Pava LaPere Investigation

The crowd shouts “We love you, Pava” while holding up their phone flashlights during a vigil for Pava LaPere at the Washington Monument on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Criminal justice

Man accused of killing Pava LaPere, attacking and setting 2 people on fire in Baltimore, denied bail

Baltimore acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley, U.S. Marshals Chief Deputy Mathew Silverman, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, and Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan J. Bates host a press conference at police headquarters on the arrest of Jason Billingsley, the suspect in the killing of Pava LaPere, on Sept. 28, 2023. Billingsley was apprehended at a train station in Bowie late last night. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)

Criminal justice

Baltimore Police defend actions in hunt for suspect in Pava LaPere’s killing

Jonte Gilmore, 26, is being treated for burns at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Baltimore Police believe Jason Billingsley, the suspect in the killing of tech CEO Pava LaPere, also attacked Gilmore and his girlfriend earlier in September.

Criminal justice

Assaulted and set on fire: Days before LaPere’s killing, the horrific attack that started with a ‘maintenance’ visit

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Music

Bruce Springsteen postpones remaining 2023 tour dates to next year

Food and drink

The Colts and Bills came for Old Bay on NFL Sunday. They failed terribly.

Andre De Shields, dressed in a slim cut crimson suit, was in Baltimore Thursday as the 1800 block of Division Street in the Upton neighborhood where he grew up, was renamed in his honor.

Local news

Baltimore honors local treasure André De Shields with a street

John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). He wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was an international success and was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical.

Film and TV

As John Waters gets his star on Hollywood Boulevard, fans in Baltimore toast the ‘Pope of Trash’

Actor Kevin Spacey has been hiding out in Baltimore since 2017, "beguiled by its charm."

Real estate

Kevin Spacey’s $5.6M Baltimore mansion may be sold in foreclosure, judge orders

A woman peers through the door of Shalom Art Gallery.

Arts

Artscape bumped some of Baltimore City’s legacy events. What happens next year?

Cruise into a world of excitement during the fall boat shows

The boating community is gearing up for the annual Annapolis Powerboat Show (October 5-8) and Annapolis Sailboat Show (October 12-15) at City Dock in historic downtown Annapolis. With a legacy spanning over 50 years, these annual boat exhibitions are the highlight of the year for powerboaters, anglers, paddlers, sailors, industry professionals, adventure seekers, and water lovers.

Featured

Criminal justice

8 surgeries, 10 blood transfusions: Baltimore vet continues to recover 1 year after shooting

Arts

More than a dozen public art pieces have vanished. Not a single person can say why.

Columns

A CNN writer navigates segregation in Baltimore — and in his own family

North Baltimore neighborhoods

$25 million to improve climate conditions in Baltimore

Baltimore Ravens

Kyle Goon: 16 years into ALS battle, former Raven O.J. Brigance chooses life every day he gets

Housing

A Turkish pilot visited his investment property in Baltimore. He was shocked by what he found

Orioles postseason

Baltimore Orioles

Jon Meoli: Examining how the Orioles’ top hitting prospects finished the year at Norfolk

Baltimore Orioles

Fans prep for postseason as they watch Orioles beat Red Sox 5-2

Derek (left) and Shane Hargest enjoy their time on the field during batting practice ahead of Saturday’s Orioles game against the Boston Red Sox

Baltimore Orioles

After another fan’s hurtful remark, Orioles help make “a good thing out of a bad situation”

Baltimore Orioles

After clinching AL East, Orioles get needed rest in 3-0 loss to Red Sox

Baltimore Orioles

Tyler Wells’ Orioles celebration comes ‘full circle’ from bayside restaurant to champagne-soaked clubhouse

Baltimore Orioles

Jon Meoli: The Orioles chased down, then held off a really good Rays team to win the AL East. Their reward is befitting the task.

Diverse communities

Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk poses for a portrait in front of the lynching historical marker in Annapolis.

Social justice

Maryland lynchings still haunt communities like Salisbury

A Native American student walks forward, holding two books, with two large floating hands pointing out the way. In the background are check marks and X marks, a star sticker, a sticker that says great job, a medicine wheel, a feather, and a beaded headband. But then the hands disappear, followed by the indigenous and academic symbols, and the student drops her books.

K-12 schools

This program helped Native American students graduate. Its future is now uncertain.

Community voices

Commentary: GBC must recognize that disadvantaged Black neighborhoods matter

Odette Ramos speaks to Digital Harbor High School’s multilingual learners class in the auditorium.

Lifestyle

What’s in a name? Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Latine reveal community divides

A water tower on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Higher education

Stevenson, Johns Hopkins denied physical therapy programs deemed duplicates of one at HBCU

Arts

How ‘The Wiz’ changed Baltimore theater, Broadway history and showcased Black excellence

Sports

Columnist Kyle Goon

Criminal justice

Alumnae sue Key School in Annapolis over alleged child sexual abuse in 1970s

These prison attorneys made it big in the Deep South. Now they’re defending Baltimore jails.

Two Anne Arundel County men charged with running illegal dogfighting ring, feds say

According to the complaint filed on Sept. 21, Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr., 62, of Arnold, and Mario Damon Flythe, 49, of Glen Burnie, used encrypted messaging to discuss how to train the dogs, exchange videos about dogfighting, and arrange and coordinate fights.

Education

Bianca Collins, a member of the first cohort of a new fellowship for school-based mental health jointly offered by the University of Maryland and Coppin State University, outside the school of social work at UMB where she is in her last year of earning a Master's degree, on September 25, 2023.

Can local universities help get more social workers in Maryland schools?

Maryland lynchings still haunt communities like Salisbury

Alumnae sue Key School in Annapolis over alleged child sexual abuse in 1970s

Minutes after the Child Victims Act went into effect on Sunday, ending the statute of limitations for civil cases involving child sexual abuse, two women filed lawsuits against the Key School, a private institution in Annapolis.

Food & drink

Travel

The Carroll Creek Promenade in Frederick, Maryland.

Travel

Craft cocktails, cute shops and only an hour in the car: Discover Frederick in a day

The shrimp cocktail at Saginaw's Delicatessen, located inside Circa Resort & Casino on Fremont Street in Las Vegas.

Food and drink

The Dish: How to not get ripped off at Las Vegas restaurants

Dutch Wonderland, a small theme park in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, greets visitors with a castle facade.

Travel

Dutch Wonderland, old trains and the Amish: Discover Pennsylvania Dutch Country in a weekend

Baltimore Curated

Family and parenting

10 of the Baltimore area’s best playgrounds, according to my preschooler

Food and drink

When you want gluten-free food, or need it, here are some places in Baltimore to go

A place for taking a stroll along Keyser Quad at the Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus.

Lifestyle

Perfect Baltimore places for a walk after dinner

Arts & culture

Maryland will get two more IKEAs — but without the massive warehouse and Swedish meatballs

Atlas group will take over former Bar Vasquez space, move headquarters

Bob Dylan coming to Baltimore for 2 shows at the Meyerhoff on Thanksgiving weekend

Bob Dylan, the legendary singer-songwriter, will perform Nov. 24 and 25 at Baltimore’s Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The shows are part of the 82-year-old performer's “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour.

Opinion

Commentary: BGE rate increase unaffordable for many Maryland families

Commentary: Generations of Baltimoreans all look up to ‘Brooksie’

Photos: Brooklyn neighbors gather for healing

Community volunteers gathered to create flower beds and plant flowers and two memorial trees for the victims of the July 2 Brooklyn Homes mass shooting.