Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...

Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...

A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors ...

A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors ...

A community foundation raised money for the Maryland Tough, Baltimore Strong fund under the explicit premise that Key Bridge victims’ families would see some of it.

Unreliable public transportation turns school choice into a false promise.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge was 30 times more susceptible to ship strike than it should have been, a federal official said Thursday.

Baltimore City gained population for the first time since 2014, census data released Thursday shows.

Baltimore City Council members pressed officials in the school district and the Maryland Transit Administration to find solutions to improve mass transit students.

A Thursday hearing will be the first time public officials discuss transit’s impact on students since a Banner investigation found it’s nearly impossible for them to get to school on time every day.

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Unreliable public transportation turns school choice into a false promise.

Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, the apparent leader of the Zizians, a cult-like group tied to at least six deaths, was arrested Sunday evening in western Maryland.

Baltimore Banner reporters Alissa Zhu, Jessica Gallagher and Nick Thieme have won the organization’s first George Polk Award for their local investigative work.

The overdose crisis for Black men in American cities began decades ago--along with economic dislocation and abundance of heroin and cocaine. The group of men who were affected, born between 1951 an...

Baltimore Banner reporters Alissa Zhu, Jessica Gallagher and Nick Thieme have won the organization’s first George Polk Award for their local investigative work.

In Indy, survivors are fighting to help the next generation.

Older Black men account for a growing share of Milwaukee drug deaths as fentanyl creeps into cocaine supplies, catching a generation unaware.

A new analysis shows that Black men 55 and older are now hardest hit by the opioid epidemic.

Women say Justin Tucker repeatedly exposed his genitals and, in three instances, apparently left ejaculate on tables after massages.

In dozens of cities, the recent rise of fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy.

Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population.

In Philadelphia, a new analysis shows that older Black men from their 50s to their 70s are dying at the highest rates of all.

Consistent with a national trend, Black men born between 1951 and 1970 are dying at rate that outpaces other groups

San Francisco is losing a generation of elder Black men to the deadly fentanyl overdose crisis. It's worse here than anywhere.

Large U.S. counties' morality data, including Allegheny County, Pa., shows Black men born from 1951-1970 are most likely to die by overdose.

Black men born from 1951 through 1970 have the greatest risk of dying of overdoses and always have, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. That’s true in Chicago, in Baltimore, Washington and some other big ...

State officials say they don’t have a statewide map of Maryland precincts. The Banner compiled as many maps from counties as we could and approximated the others.

State officials say they don’t have a statewide map of Maryland precincts. The Banner compiled as many maps from counties as we could and approximated the others.