When I got to the part about Wells Fargo in “Broken Bargain,” Kathleen Day’s excellent book on American financial institutions and the disasters they have wrought, I had to ask: “How is this company still in business?” The country’s fourth-largest bank and its various entities engaged in a series...
A Baltimore woman faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl with a drug trafficking organization by the name of “Lex Luthor.” April Wilkes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, particularly fentanyl, on June 7 in U.S. District...
Flash flooding is possible as severe storms and rain showers move across the Baltimore region Monday afternoon and evening, marking the start of a period of wet weather forecast this week. A flash flood watch was in effect through 10 p.m. and a severe storm watch was in place through 11 p.m. across...
A 9-year-old boy was severely injured after he was struck by a vehicle in Bowley’s Quarters Monday morning. Baltimore County police wrote in a news release officers were called to the scene of a pedestrian struck in the area of Issacs Road at 8:34 a.m. Police wrote the boy “ran across Carroll Island...
Like other girls who grew up playing baseball on teams composed almost entirely of boys, Isabella Siren became accustomed to the ever-present gaze of spectators and opposing players. It was a tradeoff. The Bryn Mawr School graduate got to play the sport she adores, but had to do it as an anomaly...
Demolition seems to be Larry Hogan’s top priority when it comes to Baltimore; he gets a real kick out of it, too. The Maryland governor put on a hard hat the other day and got behind the controls of a CASE excavator to knock down an abandoned rowhouse. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....
In the interest of setting straight the record of Nancy Pelosi’s time in Baltimore, allow me to provide a brief follow-up to Sunday’s column about her family portrait and that white dress she wore for it. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives grew up in a Baltimore political family....
So, last Thursday morning I’m driving back into Baltimore on O’Donnell Street, having just attended the annual business showcase of the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce at the Best Western Plus. I’m westbound on O’Donnell. I pass Ponca Street, then Newkirk. I look to the left and suddenly I have a Shocking...
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Jerome Powell has tantalized the financial world with the prospect that the Federal Reserve he leads may soon cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade. Probably not quite yet, though. When the Fed issues a policy statement Wednesday and Powell holds a news conference, the message...
Della Rose’s Avenue Tavern in White Marsh will close its doors on June 24, the second location to close this year. In a Facebook post, the sports bar and restaurant wrote that it will close its location at 8153 Honeygo Blvd after more than two decades. A spokesperson for the restaurant could not...
The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a "mistake" in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes of the top-selling plane killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the U.S. aircraft maker tries to get the grounded model back in flight.
Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said he's confident the grounded 737 Max aircraft will reestablish its position as a single-aisle workhorse for decades to come, as the company works through an in-depth review of the airframe design and its internal processes in the wake of two...
Maryland is full of picturesque locales that are worth a visit. Here are some places you can have a weekend adventure.
Marshall Weston describes the Maryland Foodie Fest as a food lover’s dream. Restaurants, food trucks, breweries and distilleries will pack Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen on June 22, offering samples of their best dishes and drinks, said Weston, president and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Maryland,...
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians protested outside the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Monday morning, carrying signs and chanting “Save the BSO!” after being locked out of the performing center as management continues to negotiate salaries. Management abruptly canceled the orchestra’s summer...
Mirage Cruz windmilled his arms Sunday in a gold Rico Cavalli costume as he danced his way through a crowd of rainbow-clad families in Druid Hill Park to the driving bassline of Todrick Hall’s “Glitter.” Baltimore’s King of Pride 2005 wears a new outfit to the festival each year, and he decided...
Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the "poor little rich girl" of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and '80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95. Vanderbilt...
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Laura Embrey enjoyed something of a family reunion in Philadelphia last week, involving her brother and her son, the spirit of her father and a 990-foot steamship that was once the pride of the Atlantic but has been out of service for half-a-century. The 54-year-old Baltimore native, now living...
When Mimi Demissew joined the then-named GLCCB in 2017 and saw a fractured organization with lagging attendance at its marquee Baltimore Pride Festival and a lack of ethnic and gender diversity, she knew that increasing representation was key. Two years later, the organization has a surplus, more...
It’s been a month since Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott established a special committee focused on cybersecurity and emergency preparedness as City Hall recovers from a ransomware attack that still cripples several city payment functions. One of the committee’s co-chairmen, Councilman...
Four top executives at the University of Maryland Medical System have resigned amid investigations into accusations of self-dealing among the hospital network’s board members, the system announced Thursday. Those resigning are Megan Arthur, the system’s primary lawyer; Jerry Wollman, the chief...
The University of Maryland Medical System, under fire for lucrative no-bid contracts with some of its board members, is earning above-average profits even as it seeks state approval to charge some patients more, according to an analysis by The Baltimore Sun. The system’s profitability raises questions...