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Sunny Nagpaul

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Sunny Nagpaul has been a freelance reporter since 2017, and covers arts and culture & homelessness and housing. She enjoys creating video newscasts, and has in the past worked in child care, as a line cook, and is interested in learning investigative tips for deeper stories.

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The dome of Baltimore City Hall on August 17, 2022.
Payouts for Baltimore Police misaction are more common, more expensive this year
This year 10 lawsuits have been settled at a median amount of $280,000, according to data from the Board of Estimates settlement tracker. At this time last year only 8 settlements involved police misaction, with a median settlement amount of $109,500.
Carolina Reyes, Director of Arco Iris Bilingual Children’s Center in Laurel, poses for a portrait near an outdoor play area outside the center, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
Day cares serving low-income families have struggled to stay open. That’s starting to change.
A series of improvements to Maryland’s child care scholarship system are easing the administrative burden that once plagued day care providers. But challenges remain.
Water fountains at Rash Field Park weren’t working earlier this summer but were fixed after an inquiry from The Banner.
Why is it so hard to find a working water fountain in Baltimore?
Public drinking fountains in Baltimore are few and far between, with no plans to add more.
Photo collage showing tired nurse covering her face with her hands on left, separated by a vertical row of pills from a line of elderly women with walkers and wheelchairs.
Antipsychotic drugs can help with Alzheimer’s. But are they worth the risks?
When properly managed, antipsychotic drugs can help calm some people with memory disorders who suffer from agitation, delusions or aggressive behavior. But these drugs can be dangerous for the elderly, and some believe they are overused.
The Baltimore Tree Trust plants trees in underserviced neighborhoods. Here, trees line the streets along North Milton Avenue in the Broadway East neighborhood.
Tree canopies can bring relief to Baltimore neighborhoods heating up with climate change
Nationally and in Baltimore, low-income areas have disproportionately less leafy tree canopy than wealthier ones.
Paddlers make the 5-mile round trip journey from Canton Waterfront Park to the Inner Harbor during the annual Floatilla on June 10, 2023.
Calling all paddlers: Baltimore is getting a water trail system
Baltimore will soon have an official network of water trails to take in the city’s sights by canoe, kayak or stand-up paddleboard.
Nora Aldabbagh has been living in her tent outside My Sister’s Place Women’s Center for over a year, and worries about where she can spend the day during extreme temperatures.
Baltimore temps could hit 100 degrees Friday. Here’s how residents beat the heat.
The heat index — how hot it feels — could climb to 110 degrees.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, left, speaks with realtor Jason Filippou at the Estiatorio Plaka opening in Greektown on July 20.
The hottest spot for Maryland politicians this week? A Greek restaurant opening.
The grand opening of Estiatorio Plaka, Greektown’s newest authentic restaurant and bakery, included several of the city and state’s top officials.
May Brittingham has a large collection of Barbie dolls that she buys and sells at Slim’s Pickings, her Glen Burnie thrift shop.
It’s a Barbie world, and these Maryland collectors are just living in it
Decades have passed, but Barbie has proved she’s worth her sales by dressing to the nines and changing with the times. (And of course having a highly anticipated movie doesn’t hurt.)
Sporty Dog Creation’s “Delight Dog,” which comes on a chicken, beef or vegan dog, is topped with strawberries, arugula and feta cheese.
For customers, Black Restaurant Week means food. For owners, it means visibility.
Sure, there’s grilled chicken hot dogs and rich banana pudding. But the main goal of the promotional campaign, which runs through July 30, is getting eyes on Black-owned businesses.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at Memorial Baptist Church, where local leaders announced a collaboration of City Hall, the Greater Baltimore Committee and BUILD Baltimore.
Mayor, business and faith leaders say they’re uniting to attack Baltimore’s vacant housing crisis
The coalition said it has formed a steering committee to help implement a plan for dealing with the city's vacant housing stock. It has previously said the problem would cost $7.5 billion to fix.
Henry, the cat that was allegedly thrown out of a car window in the Fort McHenry Tunnel, has found a new home with owner Stephanie Shetz.
Remember the cat that shut down Fort McHenry Tunnel? There’s a happy ending.
A cat that a witness saw thrown from a moving vehicle window in the Fort McHenry Tunnel at the end of June has now found a lifelong home and a friend in Stephanie Shetz.
From left, Aniya Ponton, Ryeona Watson and Samahj Chestnut won $13,000 to create a bus that brings fresh, locally sourced produce to food deserts in Baltimore. They are eighth graders at New Song Academy.
Meet the middle school girls who will bus fresh produce to Baltimore food deserts
A group of eighth grade girls from Baltimore have a new idea to bring fresh food to your door: a bus that parks in your neighborhood, chock full of locally farmed dinosaur kale, berries, cabbages and squash.
Carolyn Barth poses for a portrait in her yard with her children behind her in Ellicott City on Wednesday June 28, 2023.
How to talk to your teen about cannabis legalization in Maryland
It’s still illegal — and risky — for anyone under 21 to use marijuana.
Roosevelt Park Pool and most of the other city pools are opening, some with extended hours, after a lifeguard shortage caused closures over the last few years since the pandemic. Pool goers don't need to worry about that this year!
Baltimoreans can expect open pools and longer swim hours this summer
After three summers of closures, capacity restrictions and reduced hours, Baltimore-area pools are back to normal.

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