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Bodycam footage shows police chase, fatal shooting of arabber in West Baltimore

Police Commissioner Richard Worley described the fatal shooting as tragic, but praised responding officers for following their training.

Orioles players, fans and staffers find ways to beat the heat

Baltimore Orioles fan Solomon Baker, 8, uses a misting station to cool off at his first-ever game.

Despite outcry, Maryland approves Columbia plastics plant for company with toxic past

The W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters in Columbia.

Judge allows company to survey route for contentious Maryland power line

A sign protesting the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project power line stands in a yard in Parkton, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.

Trevor Rogers’ career day lifts Orioles to a win over Rangers

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Trevor Rogers delivers a pitch during Monday's game against the Texas Rangers.

Delays likely on I-83 in Baltimore County as weather forces tighter construction window

Traffic travels on southbound Interstate 83 at Seminary Road as rain falls on the region. Repaving work farther north on the highway is causing significant delays.

African American remains were uprooted by development. This woman wants to find them a final resting spot.

John-John Williams IV

Janice Curtis Greene is part of an effort aimed at identifying and interring the remains of close to 100 people currently stored at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

Letter: Art or not, Baltimore needs less light pollution, not more

Artist Tony Shore, with assistance from street artist Gaia, works on his installation, “Aurora,” outside of the old Gatsby's nightclub in the Station North neighborhood of Baltimore. The installation is part of “Inviting the Light,” a public arts project that uses features illuminated visual art.

If you ran for office in Howard County, you knew Grace Kubofcik

Updated Jun 22, 2025

Grace Kubofcik.

Letter: Detention of elected officials by ICE should alarm everyone

Jun 22, 2025

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.

Racist covenants still exist in this Towson neighborhood. Here’s what some residents are doing about it.

Jon Morgan

Jun 22, 2025

The historic Stoneleigh neighborhood was founded in 1922 along York Road in Towson.

Baltimore’s arabbers mourn a fellow fruit man — and their dying way of life

Giacomo Bologna

Jun 21, 2025

Levar Mullen calls out, “Fruit man, fruit man!” as he leads the funeral procession down Pennsylvania Avenue for Bilal “BJ” Abdullah.

Traffic on I-695 outer loop in Baltimore County moving again after truck fire causes closure

Allan James Vestal

Updated Jun 21, 2025

Traffic was stopped as a truck fire caused the closure of a stretch of the Baltimore Beltway on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Trucker charged in Baltimore County shooting possibly tied to I-83 attacks in Pennsylvania

Allan James Vestal

Updated Jun 21, 2025

Christian Ramos is believed to have been driving this Tag Trans Inc. tractor-trailer at the time of the shooting in Baltimore County, according to Maryland State Police. He was arrested on June 18, 2025 at a truck stop in Elkins, MD.

Racism in life and death: Activists push to stop redevelopment of Black cemetery in Bethesda

Jun 21, 2025

On Thursday, community members lift a sign over a main road in remembrance of a historic Black cemetery buried below the construction of a storage center in Bethesda.