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You asked: How do Baltimore neighborhoods get their names? The origin behind Pigtown, Sandtown and more.

May 28, 2019 9:00 am

Editor?s note: This is the latest in a series of occasional articles inspired by readers' curiosity. What do you wonder about the Baltimore area that you'd like us to investigate? Tell us at balt...

Livestream: New peregrine falcon joins nest atop Baltimore's TransAmerica skyscraper

May 27, 2019 7:35 pm

A new suitor has joined Barb the Peregrine Falcon in her nest atop Baltimore?s TransAmerica skyscraper. Boh, her previous beau, ?disappeared from the nest in late April for unknown reasons,? afte...

Baltimore police union draws online criticism calling youths 'criminals' after Inner Harbor incident

May 27, 2019 12:00 am

The union representing the Baltimore Police Department?s rank-and-file officers stirred controversy on social media by calling some youths ?criminals? after officers arrested several people while...

Restored tower resplendent at Baltimore's Clifton Mansion, Johns Hopkins' home

May 25, 2019 10:00 am

Glass restoration artisans fitted the final two panels within the staircase of the Victorian tower that stands atop a Northeast Baltimore hill. These window panes celebrate the Clifton Mansion?s ...

City's vision for a Northeast Baltimore neighborhood: $250,000 solar-powered homes in an 'eco-village'

May 24, 2019 10:45 pm

A City Council member recalled how a decade ago, a street was so swarmed with drug dealers that you could barely drive down it. On Friday, Democratic Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke returned to Tivo...

After Baltimore Teachers Union committee calls for new election, winning slate asks for an AFT investigation

May 24, 2019 10:30 pm

Maryland's new laws: banning foam food containers, raising tobacco-buying age, reforming UMMS board

May 24, 2019 8:40 pm

Maryland lawmakers passed hundreds of bills this year. Here?s a look at which ones became law and which ones Republican Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed. Members of the legislature, which is controlled by...

Only 16% of Baltimore police officers are women. Meet the female commanders helping to change that.

May 24, 2019 1:30 pm

The shiny black Ford Explorer with tinted windows rolls up on a narrow block in Ellwood Park, a place known for drug dealers, where shootings have hit hard lately. Residents frequently scatter at...

Group visiting Baltimore on business lost computers, bags when driver was carjacked

May 24, 2019 10:00 am

A group in Baltimore on business from Canada lost its van in a morning carjacking in Park Heights last Friday, along with computers and other property in the process, according to Baltimore Polic...

'We're opening the doors': You can now search the on-time rates for each MTA bus route online

May 24, 2019 9:00 am

The Maryland Transit Administration unveiled a searchable online database Thursday that offers bus passengers and the rest of the public the ability to view and track on-time rates of each of the...