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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Baltimore Police deputy commissioner who has overseen the public integrity bureau since 2019 has been suspended www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Baltimore deputy police commissioner suspended
The Baltimore Police Department’s deputy commissioner overseeing internal affairs and officer discipline, Brian Nadeau, has been suspended.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Duct-taped on a flight diverted to BWI, man says he doesn’t remember any of it. (w/ @darreonna.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Duct-taped on a flight diverted to BWI, man says he doesn’t remember any of it
The Banner obtained audio of the initial appearance of Layne Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, Arizona, who’s charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Arizona man duct-taped to seat after alleged racist slurs as flight diverts to BWI. (w/ @darreonna.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Arizona man duct-taped to seat after alleged racist slurs as flight diverts to BWI
Layne Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, Arizona, is charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct.
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Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why is the University of Maryland threatening legal action against a small, Colorado-based cannabis product company? It's shaping up to be a "David v. Goliath" fight, the owner of Terps USA, which sells terpenes for marijuana, told me. Read more: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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UMD threatens legal action against cannabis product company over name
The University of Maryland, College Park, is threatening legal action against a cannabis product company over its “Terps” name.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
By @briaovers.bsky.social: Can this woman make ‘downtown’ Owings Mills a thing? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Can this woman make ‘downtown’ Owings Mills a thing?
A TikTok video got people thinking: Does Owings Mills have a downtown?
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
An ICE pursuit ends in Kent Island crash, leaving family seeking answers, from @darreonna.bsky.social & Shayla Colon. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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ICE pursuit ends in Kent Island crash, leaving family seeking answers
The crash is the latest example of ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics under the Trump administration, particularly during vehicle stops.
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
While at Agora, the city’s now-ethics director predicted Obama’s election “will be the worst day for democracy since January 30, 1933,” when Adolf Hitler became chancellor and called Al Gore’s climate change movie “science fiction” that should have won the “Leni Riefenstahl award”
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Will a $35 million park makeover liven up the ‘boring’ side of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor? @darreonna.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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How Rash Field Park’s $35M overhaul aims to transform Baltimore’s waterfront
Crews have been working through the summer to complete an overhaul of Rash Field Park. Officials hope it will boost the Inner Harbor area even as the Harborplace redevelopment inches along.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Baltimore Police fire officer captured in viral video driving directly at a man and striking him. (w/ @darreonna.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Baltimore Police fire officer captured in viral video striking man with cruiser
The Baltimore Police Department has fired a police officer who was captured in a viral video driving directly at a man and striking him following his convictions this week for assault and related crim...
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In the 3.5 years that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been in office, he has spent about 1 of every 5 days in other states, as his national profile grows. (This doesn’t count trips to DC or overseas.) The full story from me and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has spent 1 in 5 days of his term in other states
Gov. Wes Moore has spent at least a portion of one in every five days out of state since he took office in 2023 — and that pace of travel has accelerated as his national profile has grown, according t...
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Commodore John Rodgers leaders spent all year telling immigrant families that as ICE cracked down in Southeast Baltimore, they were still safe at school. It took federal agents mere minutes and 2 detainments to unravel that promise. Where does CJR go from here? www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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For this Baltimore school, an ICE arrest turned fear into reality
An arrest on the Commodore John Rodgers campus shattered the sense of safety school staff spent years building.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Man sentenced to 70 years in prison for deadly shooting on MTA bus in Baltimore. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Man sentenced to 70 years for fatal shooting on MTA bus in Baltimore
James Richburg, 63, of Saint Josephs, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of second-degree murder and related crimes in the killing of William Womack on Nov. 30, 2024.
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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NEW: Two parents have sued Anne Arundel County Public Schools, over the school's policies around kid's gender identities. The parents, backed by a nonprofit group co-founded by Stephen Miller, accuse the school of hiding their child's social transition from them. Read more @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Parents sue Anne Arundel schools, allege officials hid their child’s gender transition
Two parents, backed by a conservative nonprofit group, are suing Anne Arundel County Public Schools over the school system’s policies related to transgender children.
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Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
💰: Ron Daniels, the president of Johns Hopkins University, earned $5.8 million in 2024, according to newly released tax documents. That makes Daniels one of the highest paid college presidents in the country. Here’s a breakdown of his pay: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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Johns Hopkins president among America’s highest paid college leaders
Ron Daniels, the president of the Johns Hopkins University for 17 years, received a multiyear payout ahead of a drastic drop in federal research funding.
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Andrew Golden @andrewgolden.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In late April, a Baltimore City high school baseball team worried their season was crumbling. They asked for help from an unlikely source. But by month’s end, the team’s season was canceled anyway. On a team’s heroic efforts and the barriers they face:
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A lost season: Inside the struggle of a Baltimore City high school baseball team
Digital Harbor students worked to recruit an additional coach and save the season. Instead, it was canceled.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Baltimore County man guilty of murder in triple shooting that killed his 4-year-old son. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Man found guilty in triple shooting that killed 4-year-old son in Baltimore County
A Baltimore County man was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder and related crimes for fatally shooting his 4-year-old son and wounding both his 1-year-old daughter and the mother of his ch...
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
By @darreonna.bsky.social, @mercohn.bsky.social and Kasturi Pananjady. Cecil County’s only birth center is closing. Why did no one save it? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Cecil County’s only birth center is closing. Why did no one save it?
A rural hospital in Cecil County plans to stop delivering babies. The closure of its Family Birth Center poses a challenge to pregnant residents and shows the limits of the state’s hospital regulatory...
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Greg Morton @invisibae.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Maryland built a unique system to keep hospital services in rural communities. Cecil County births have held steady. The population is growing. Today, the county's only birthing center closes anyway, despite community opposition. www.thebanner.com/economy/scie...
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Cecil County’s only birth center is closing. Why did no one save it?
A rural hospital in Cecil County plans to stop delivering babies. The closure of its Family Birth Center poses a challenge to pregnant residents and shows the limits of the state’s hospital regulatory...
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
For teen moms like Rylee who fell behind in class while trying to raise a baby, one family center in Baltimore has a way to help them beat the odds and get a diploma: They send their babies to free preschool in the same building. Their success rate? 89% www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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On-site daycare helps close the graduation gap for Baltimore’s teen moms
Half of teen moms don’t graduate high school. Excel Academy is different.
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Baltimore’s Bobby LaPin reflected on small victories and possible missteps one day after his primary loss to Senate President Bill Ferguson. And he pondered what he might do next. Story: tinyurl.com/45cw736z
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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Dispatch from a harrowing sentencing hearing in Annapolis today. 19-year-old given life in prison for killing the owner of a koi pond store. Judge said she was looking for any reason to reduce the sentence, given his young age, but couldn't find anything. Read more in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
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Teen who killed koi pond store owner given life sentence
Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Cathleen Vitale called Jonah Poole’s conduct “violent” and “unthinkable.”
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The 7-way race for 2 Baltimore school board seats is TIGHT. With all precincts reporting Election Day results, we have 3 basic locks - both incumbents and a challenger. But less than 100 votes separate the candidates for the fourth spot on the November ballot www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Esposito leads Baltimore City school board race
Challengers Kevin W. Parson and Jamar Day ended Tuesday night neck-and-neck for the fourth spot on November’s ballot.
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Adam Willis @adampwillis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Last fall, an energy mogul begged Wes Moore to back his data center complex. It worked. Records offer a rare window into how a wealthy & politically connected businessman won the governor’s endorsement for his controversial foray into Maryland data centers: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
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A data center developer wanted a power plant. He needed Moore’s help.
Emails obtained by The Baltimore Banner offer a new window into Gov. Wes Moore’s approach to an emerging data center industry. His decision to back a controversial development in southern Maryland rai...
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Maryland, today's the last day to vote early at the polls. They're open until 8 p.m. You can also vote in person on Election Day, June 23, 7 a.m - 8 p.m. Still not sure who you're voting for? Check out The Banner's voter guide. www.thebanner.com/voter-guide/...
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Voter Guide 2026
Voters in Maryland will decide the state’s next governor and vote in congressional races as well as in local and state races, including contests for county executive, county councils, the General Asse...
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Three generations. One AFRAM. How 50 years of the festival has resonated with attendees! www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...
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3 generations reflect on AFRAM, 50 years later
These AFRAM attendees remember their experiences, both personal and professional, at the annual Baltimore festival.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Friends, fraternity brothers remember Curtis Knox’s humor, charisma after fatal shooting, @darreonna.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Friends, fraternity brothers remember Curtis Knox’s humor, charisma
Baltimore Police identified the 41-year-old fatally shot in the 1000 block of South Hanover Street on Saturday as Curtis Knox.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The former Baltimore teacher of the year charged last month with sexual solicitation of a minor said he was just trying to warn the (fake) teen against dangerous relationships with older men. He also insisted he thought "Aiden" was 16 - the age of consent in MD. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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Former Baltimore teacher of the year confronted by Chris Hansen in YouTube sting
Former Baltimore teacher of the year Dennis Jutras told Chris Hansen he was trying to warn a teen in a Harford County sting operation targeting adults seeking sex with minors.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A Havre de Grace tea room is the backdrop for an HBO reality show, @darreonna.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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A Havre de Grace tea room is the backdrop for an HBO reality show
An HBO reality show crew will film at Bella’s Tea Room in Havre de Grace on Sunday.
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Ginny Bixby @ginnybixbywrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Why was Montgomery County Council member Laurie-Anne Sayles in Hawaii during budget deliberations? I got the records: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Before a critical budget debate, one council member flew to Hawaii
At-large member Laurie-Anne Sayles said her conference attendance benefitted the county.
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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
BREAKING: Annapolis has reached a tentative settlement agreement in a years-long housing discrimination lawsuit. Read more in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
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Annapolis tentatively settles yearslong housing discrimination lawsuits for $15M
The city of Annapolis agreed to a $15 million settlement in two housing discrimination lawsuits.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The new head of Baltimore City Public Schools is a math whiz known for using data to turn around struggling schools. But as CEO, he'll need to do a lot more than just academics while answering for controversial decisions. Is this the job that finally sticks? www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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6 cities, 2 decades: Can Baltimore schools’ new CEO make lasting change?
Jermaine Dawson will finally fulfill his goal of leading a school district. Baltimore will be the ultimate test.
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
BREAKING: Feds level criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster, accusing company and 1 employee of improperly using flushing pumps — which can cause blackouts — and lying to investigators. W/ @hayesgardner.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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Federal prosecutors charge ship operator, employee in Key Bridge collapse
Federal prosecutors have leveled criminal charges in the Key Bridge collapse against the operator of the Dali, Synergy Marine Group, and one of its employees.
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Menopause. The once avoided conversation is now everywhere online and in the news. Women left in the dark on what’s happening to their bodies are thirsting for information. Maryland wants to ensure doctors know how to help them. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 02/05/2026
At the Kinetic Sculpture Race, you'll see things you've never seen before 👀
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Lemon sticks, crab cakes, white-gloved ladies and brawls? How scattered dramas almost plucked Flower Mart from Baltimore for good. Bylined with @rkobell.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/culture/thin...
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The Flower Mart fights that almost doomed one of Baltimore’s favorite festivals
Back-to-back fights in the 1970s almost ended Baltimore's beloved Flower Mart. But civic leaders brought it back, and it has become one of the city's favorite festivals.
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Hayes Gardner @hayesgardner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
BREAKING: The Key Bridge is getting a new builder. After disagreeing with contractor Kiewit on cost estimates, Maryland will be switching gears. “We were stunned by how significantly large their proposal was,” the state’s transportation secretary told me. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
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State dumps Kiewit as Key Bridge builder, potentially delaying project past 2030
Citing Kiewit’s high cost estimates, Maryland will seek a new builder on the open market.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
By @darreonna.bsky.social and Sapna Bansil: ‘Our church is gone?’ Major fire damages historic Black church in Catonsville. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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‘It hurts my heart to see’: Historic Black church in Catonsville damaged by fire
Baltimore County fire officials said Monday that they had brought under control a blaze that consumed the first and second floors of a historic Black church in Catonsville.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 22/04/2026
Frostburg State University to offer in-state tuition to out-of-state students
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Frostburg State to offer in-state tuition to out-of-state students
It’s the latest effort to reverse 10 years of declining enrollment Frostburg State University in Western Maryland.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 22/04/2026
Baltimore IG apologizes for online post called racist by Scott administration www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Baltimore IG apologizes for online post called racist by Scott administration
Baltimore’s inspector general apologized for posting an AI-generated image of Mayor Brandon Scott that prompted a complaint to the city’s ethics board earlier this week.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
Bus stop brawl involving Towson middle schoolers leads to arrests, parent fights inside school
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Police arrest 9 Dumbarton Middle School students over fight
A fight involving middle school students at a Towson bus stop on Monday spiraled into chaos and further confrontation, including amongst parents, that’s led to nine of them being arrested, Baltimore...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
A woman spent months in Maryland jails because of unchecked facial recognition technology
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A woman spent months in Maryland jails because of unchecked facial recognition technology
The ACLU filed complaints against several Maryland police departments asking for formal apologies and reforms over the use of facial recognition technology they say landed an innocent woman in jail for...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
Bryan Voltaggio cooks up Maryland-inspired win on season 7 of ‘Tournament of Champions’
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Marylander Bryan Voltaggio wins season 7 of ‘Tournament of Champions’
Maryland chef and restaurateur Bryan Voltaggio won season 7 of “Tournament of Champions.”
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
Columbia’s mega homeowners association can’t get residents to vote
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Columbia Association can’t get residents to vote
James Rouse founded Columbia with a vision of inclusivity. But as residents prepare to cast ballots for their village councils and Columbia Association board members, some worry varying rules are producing...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
Tea time: Sold out AFRO News event has become a must for Black Marylanders
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Tea time: Sold out AFRO News event has become a must for Black Marylanders
The AFRO Tea has grown to one of the most popular events of the season for African American women and one of the most difficult to acquire tickets in town.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department
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Senate passes budget plan for ICE, Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security
The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections...
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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com , I talk to @baltimoreravens.bsky.social fans who are daring to hope as they watch the #NFLDraft this week. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Streeter: Ravens fans are tempting fate and daring to hope this NFL draft
COLUMN | Baltimore Ravens fans are approaching the upcoming NFL Draft with something wonderful and fleeting: hope.
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A woman spent months in Maryland jails because of unchecked facial recognition technology, @conarck.bsky.social reports www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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A woman spent months in Maryland jails because of unchecked facial recognition technology
The ACLU filed complaints against several Maryland police departments asking for formal apologies and reforms over the use of facial recognition technology they say landed an innocent woman in jail fo...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 23/04/2026
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana in a historic shift
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Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana in a historic shift
President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana, shifting licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I to the less strictly regulated Schedule...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros shareholders approve $81 billion sale to Paramount in a mega merger that could vastly reshape Hollywood.
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