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Pratt Library’s unconventional new CEO is out to change lives
After a national search, the Pratt Libraries boards selected Chad Helton as president and CEO of the 142-year-old Baltimore library system.
Woman sentenced to 18 years in neo-Nazi power grid attack plot
Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested in February 2023 after corresponding for months with a government source to plot the attack.
David Rubenstein long ago moved on from Baltimore. Now he’s king of Birdland.
David Rubenstein grew up in Baltimore and now owns the Orioles. But for most of his life, nobody — not even Rubenstein himself — thought he was a Baltimore guy.
Dali ‘jury-rigged’ and unseaworthy when it slammed into Key Bridge, feds say
The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.
Gang hit man gets 45 years in killings of 3 innocent victims, 10 other shootings
The Black Guerrilla Family hit man had been involved in the killings of not one, not two, but three people.
Baltimore has a speed camera snatcher. There’s been an arrest.
A 67-year-old has been charged with stealing four speed cameras in three locations around the city, and Baltimore Police are investigating whether he is responsible for many more.
City prosecutors clear officer who held gun to man’s head
Jaemaun Joyner’s attorneys shared body camera footage of the incident, calling it an “act of terrorism,” but Police Commissioner Richard Worley backed the officer.
Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing
Syed was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial” and served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He has always maintained his innocence.
ABC Capital’s Walsh convicted in case related to jilted home buyer
ABC Capital’s Jay Walsh was convicted Thursday of acting as a contractor without a license and acquitted of the most serious charge he faced, one count of felony theft.
Theft trial begins for ABC Capital’s Walsh, accused in Ponzi-style scheme
The only criminal case against a real estate investor Jay Walsh accused of running a Ponzi-style international investment scheme that affected thousands of homes in Baltimore and Philadelphia is underway this week in Baltimore District Court.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott gets married in surprise ceremony
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott married fiancee Hana Pugh in a ceremony Sunday at Walther Gardens.
Bel Air home leveled after apparent blast; 2 killed, including BGE contractor
A contractor for Baltimore Gas and Electric who had been called out for a report of a gas leak was killed along with a 73-year-old resident.
State officials withhold name of teen killed by police, citing privacy law
As independent investigators in the Maryland Attorney General’s Office probe the fatal police shooting of a boy on Monday, they say they are required by state law to withhold his identity — and potentially much more related to the investigation.
Maryland Congressman Raskin calls on Biden to carefully consider his future
He’s the highest-ranking Maryland Democrat to suggest that stepping down could be a consideration for Biden, whose campaign has struggled in recent weeks.
Baltimore Police commissioner backs officer who put a gun to restrained man’s head
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley on Thursday backed an officer held a gun to the temple of a man who was being restrained by other officers.
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