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Planned route of the new Frederick Douglass Tunnel, which will link Amtrak’s Penn Station with MARC’s West Baltimore station and replace the antiquated B&P Tunnel.
Amtrak watchdog warns of delays, extra costs for Frederick Douglass Tunnel project
Amtrak and its partners must expedite planning around the Frederick Douglass Tunnel before construction begins — or risk scheduling delays and significantly increased costs, according to a watchdog report this week.
Union members with the International Longshoremen’s Association and Local 333 continue to strike in the rain after over eight hours of picketing against the automation of port work and low wages outside the Dundalk Marine Terminal on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Dockworkers strike at Port of Baltimore as contract expires
More than 100 people gathered along outside marine terminals at the Port of Baltimore after midnight, calling for higher wages and to stop automation at the ports.
The underground fire was extinguished Sunday, but the cause is still under investigation.
Why does the ground beneath North Charles Street keep catching fire?
Underground fires have broken out three times in a stretch of Baltimore’s North Charles Street, raising questions about safety and the cause of the subterranean blazes.
Rams Head Live concert venue entrance
Rams Head Live! is leaving its space in downtown Baltimore
Rams Head Live! is leaving its longtime home in the Inner Harbor, dealing a blow to downtown Baltimore’s live music scene.
Hurricane Helene made landfall over Florida on Thursday evening.
What Maryland needs to know about Hurricane Helene
Maryland can expect to see precipitation coming from Hurricane Helene by midday Friday.
The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office has dropped the cases against Baltimore County Police officers who were accused of failing to intervene when a handcuffed, shackled man was pepper-sprayed inside a patrol car.
Charges dropped against 3 Baltimore County Police officers accused of failing to intervene
In a statement, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said his office was “truly saddened that we could not secure justice in this case.”
6/16/22—Exterior of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Baltimore County Police corporal acquitted on assault, use of force charges
Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert issued his decision at the end of a seven-day bench trial for Cpl. Zachary Small, a 20-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.
Second Chance workers claim in a new federal lawsuit that they were incorrectly classified as independent contractors, depriving them of overtime and other pay that’s required by state and federal law.
Second Chance is underpaying salvage workers, lawsuit claims
Baltimore salvage store Second Chance faces a federal lawsuit that alleges the nonprofit committed wage theft against dozens of workers.
Second Chance says its new properties will give it more parking and a better ability to display some of its outdoor wares.
Second Chance is expanding in South Baltimore. Philadelphia could be next.
Architectural salvage store Second Chance is growing its footprint in South Baltimore and hoping to replicate its showroom and programs in Philadelphia.
Trial begins for Baltimore County cop accused of pepper spraying man in patrol car
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small appeared in Baltimore City court for a bench trial to determine whether he wrongfully pepper sprayed the face of an escaped prisoner who was inside a patrol car.
Hampden’s cheeky toilet bowl races are set to return after a yearslong hiatus, organizers said.
Hampden’s toilet bowl races resume after yearslong hiatus
Baltimore’s cheekiest competition, the infamous Hampden Toilet Bowl Races, is returning Sept. 14, ending a yearslong hiatus for the race.
Ruth Wang and Brendan Morrison play with one of their two house cats in their cat playroom. The moveable cat wheel Wang sits on was constructed by her father-in-law.
They want to build the region’s largest cat café. They’re just short $150K.
Two entrepreneurs are raising funds to build the Taiwanese-style Luna Cat Collective in Howard County by December.
Maryland’s education watchdog says former Maryland Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury and his administration used an encrypted messaging app to discuss state business.
A probe found Maryland’s top education officials swapped encrypted messages. Should they have?
Maryland’s education watchdog says former Maryland Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury and his administration used an encrypted messaging app to discuss state business.
Pawpaws ripen on a tree in a forest.
Pawpaws: Everything you need to know about Maryland’s ‘hillbilly mango’
September means it’s peak pawpaw season in Maryland. Here’s where you can find — and celebrate — the greenish-yellow fruit with a custard-like flesh.
A Howard County Police vehicle seen on Jan. 25, 2024.
A former high school coach is facing charges in Howard County for sexual abuse of a minor
Joshua Matthew Duerk, a business owner and former volunteer coach for Centennial High School, is facing charges in Howard County after police say he sexually assaulted a teen this month in his Ellicott City home.

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