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'Take your charge like a man': Baltimore police video shows takedown of bystander that led to officer's arrest
When Baltimore police Sgt. Ethan Newberg told fellow officers to arrest a bystander who criticized their tactics as they detained another man, the 24-year veteran of the department said the pedestrian had been “interfering.” Body camera footage from the May 30 incident released Friday by the Baltimore...
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Target cash registers fail nationwide, including in Baltimore — where some shoppers shrug
Cash registers weren’t functioning at Target stores across the country on Saturday — including at the store in the Canton Crossing shopping center in Southeast Baltimore. Store manager William Byrd said most of the store’s cash registers shut down about 1:20 p.m., briefly began working again and...
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Baltimore Pride schedule, road closures and everything else you need to know
Baltimore Pride is this weekend, and there are things you will want to know. Last year some 30,000 people came out for the annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community — which is one of the oldest pride events in the nation, organizers say — so you might want to have a game plan. “We just have so...
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Cash registers fail at Target stores across the country on Saturday
Cash registers at Target stores across the country shut down on Saturday, frustrating shoppers with full carts and sending them to social media to vent frustrations, but stores in several Chicago neighborhoods appeared to be working as of midafternoon. It is not clear how many Target stores were...
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Roseanne Barr says former co-star Sara Gilbert destroyed her life
Roseanne Barr apparently does not like Sara Gilbert anymore. Not one bit. Not since Gilbert, her former co-star, tweeted that the “Roseanne” star’s Ambien-fueled comments about Valerie Jarrett were “abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show.”...
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Baltimore's Harbor Point becomes a Cinderella story for an industrial site people once avoided
The pages of an old Arrow street directory state the precise location of a new harbor hotel and office building. The directory locates Wills Street “From Dock [Street] south and east of Eden.” The $117 million development there rose from its formidable foundation in the last few months, and the...
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Trial of teen accused of murdering a young Canton bartender goes to the jury
For two weeks, Lisa Richard sat on the hard wooden benches of a Baltimore County courtroom and watched the trial for the teenager accused of killing her son unfold. The friends and family of Sebastian Dvorak — a beloved Canton bartender who was robbed and shot while walking home on Boston Street...
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'Last first Olympian' was Baltimore scion
Robert Garrett was last survivor of 1896 Games
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Two dead after rollover at Route 295 in Hanover
Two people died Friday night when the vehicle they were in flipped off of Route 295 onto the westbound lanes of Route 100 in Hanover. Maryland State Police said a Honda CR-V and a Honda Civic collided around 10: 30 p.m. Friday, as both were headed south on Route 295. The CR-V went off the road....
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Maryland cannabis regulators warn of lead contamination risk as they expand tests for heavy metals
Medical cannabis regulators in Maryland expanded testing for heavy metals in marijuana products as they warned the public about the risk for possible lead contamination in popular vaping devices. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission issued an advisory late Friday “to notify patients and other...
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The BSO's financial situation was much worse than most people realized, documents and interviews reveal
Until the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra canceled its summer season, few people outside the nonprofit’s administrative offices realized just how precarious its financial situation was. But when President and CEO Peter Kjome referred to a promised $3.2 million in state funds as “a lifeline,” he wasn’t...
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Orioles' Dylan Bundy reflects on changes to his pitch mix: 'You have to see it to believe it'
It's a minor distinction that doesn't exactly change what has happened for Orioles starter Dylan Bundy over the past month-plus. But since the beginning of May, he's rediscovered his form and pitched as well as at any point in the past year. Seeing his fastball velocity dip and the effectiveness...
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R. Clayton Mitchell, former Maryland House speaker, dies at 83
Roy Clayton Mitchell Jr., onetime gentleman farmer and former Democratic legislator who became speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, died Thursday from complications from cancer at his Kennedyville home. He was 83. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our 104th Speaker of the...
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Baltimore native Josh Charles shows off his sexiest 'Bawlmer' accent on Jimmy Fallon
Actor and Baltimore native Josh Charles dusted off his “Bawlmer” pronunciation skills and shared his love for Charm City on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday. The two celebrities joked about the city’s recent ranking as No. 18 on a list of the country’s sexiest accents. Charles,...
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Goucher College names Kent Devereaux its new president as school deals with changing landscape for higher ed
Goucher College announced Thursday that Kent Devereaux, currently the president of a small New Hampshire arts college, will take over as its new president in July. Having led the New Hampshire Institute of Art during a time when the college overhauled its curriculum, doubled the number of applications...
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BSO board members: Responsible decisions will save the symphony
As members of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, we are very committed to the organization, which is why we give our dedication, our time and financial support. The BSO stands at a crossroads. After over a century of producing the finest classical music, financial...
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Five Things We Learned from the Ravens’ OTAs and minicamp
From Lamar Jackson's clear but uneven progress to the secondary's collective swagger, here are five things we learned from the Ravens' organized team activities and minicamp. Lamar Jackson has progressed, but the overall conversation about him won’t change anytime soon. The immediate future of...
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Howard County announces 60 promotions, transfers for next school year
Howard schools Superintendent Michael Martirano has announced 60 employee transfers and promotions for the 2019-20 academic year. The county Board of Education approved all transfers and promotions at their general meeting Thursday. The school system also released a feasibility study projecting...
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Orioles prospect Hunter Harvey making first career relief appearance to control innings, try out new role
Orioles pitching prospect Hunter Harvey, who hasn't stayed healthy this deep into a season since 2014, pitched out of the bullpen for the first time in his career Friday night at Double-A Bowie. The change was made to keep his innings under control and possibly give him another path to the majors,...
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NBA player Carmelo Anthony mourns Gerald Brown, basketball player and comic killed in Baltimore
NBA player Carmelo Anthony took to Instagram Thursday to mourn the loss of fellow Baltimore basketball star Gerald Brown. The NBA player had four posts on his story, writing that he “still can’t believe it.” Brown, 34, was shot and killed last Friday in Northwest Baltimore in the 3700 block of...