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Body camera footage shows deadly encounter between police officer and Samuel ‘Big Sam’ Brown The Maryland Attorney General’s Office released police body camera footage showing Samuel “Big Sam” Brown Jr.’s swatting away a Baltimore County Police officer’s arm twice before he punches...

Body camera footage shows deadly encounter between police officer and Samuel ‘Big Sam’ Brown

Why this 19-year-old Hopkins student helps record the dying’s last words A Johns Hopkins sophomore helped launch a project that deploys volunteers to hospices around the country to collect the final words of the dying.

From @mercohn.bsky.social: Why this 19-year-old Hopkins student helps record the dying’s last words. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Baltimore pays respects to Samuel ‘Big Sam’ Brown Jr. after deadly police encounter The juxtaposition between how Samuel Brown lived his life and how his life ended is devastating to parts of Baltimore’s Black community, hundreds of whom showed up to Brown’s funeral Tuesday.

Baltimore pays respects to ‘Big Sam’ after deadly police encounter

Ex-Harford County sheriff’s deputy sentenced for sexually exploiting 2 children Ryan Hall, 51, of Woodbine, who was on the force for 27 years, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to two counts of sexual exploitation of children.

Ex-Harford County sheriff’s deputy sentenced to 36 years for sexually exploiting 2 children. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

A Baltimore family’s haven for six decades lost over an $888 tax bill The Harris family thought they had protected a family home from tax sale in Baltimore City, but an $888 unpaid tax bill sent the property to foreclosure.

By @halliemiller.bsky.social: A Baltimore family’s home for six decades lost over an $888 tax bill. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Reisterstown man dies after fight with Baltimore County Police officer The attorney general’s office has not yet released the body camera video from the incident between Baltimore County Police and Samuel Brown.

Reisterstown man dies after fight with Baltimore County Police officer causes brain damage, Céilí Doyle reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

First Eddie’s, now The Brewer’s Art. Why Mount Vernon isn’t panicking — yet. Mount Vernon, once a Baltimore nightlife destination, has struggled in recent years, with losses seeming to accelerate in the past year: Eddie’s grocery store isn’t coming back anytime soon, and The…

Mount Vernon, once a Baltimore nightlife destination, has struggled in recent years, with losses seeming to accelerate in the past year. We asked residents and business owners about the neighborhood's future.

The push to change a Maryland eviction law everyone ignores — except Anne Arundel An Anne Arundel County delegate, inspired by Sheriff Everett Sesker, is trying to get the Maryland legislature to change an eviction law that only judges in Anne Arundel follow.

The push to change a Maryland eviction law everyone ignores — except Anne Arundel, Alex Mann reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Judge again throws out lawsuit in fire that killed 3 Baltimore firefighters In a 30-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox wrote that while the allegations are “tragic and alarming,” they were not enough to support the claims by families of the victims in the Sou...

Judge again throws out lawsuit over 2022 fire that killed 3 Baltimore firefighters. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Bouncer pleads guilty to putting man in chokehold in Federal Hill Kevin Weaver, 42, of Halethrope, spent five months in the Metropolitan Transition Center since turning himself in to Baltimore Police to answer to the charges.

Bouncer pleads guilty to putting man in chokehold in Federal Hill. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

After surprise occupants and delays, man settles into West Baltimore rowhouse Jalen Absolum and his sister, Janiene Smith, have moved into their rowhouse on Riggs Avenue in the Mosher neighborhood in West Baltimore.

After surprise occupants and delays, man settles into West Baltimore rowhouse. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)

Oh, Spiritual Cramp, not Caesars. But yes, they are great live.

Maryland Zoo helped save Panama’s golden frogs. The journey home brings hope — and risk. For more than two decades, the Maryland Zoo has functioned as a sort of Noah’s Ark for Panamanian golden frogs, which were wiped out in the wild by a fungus that raced across the globe in the early...

Maryland Zoo helped save Panama’s golden frogs. The journey home brings hope — and risk.

Wow. What year was that show?

YouTube video by Bad Boy Edd Caesars - Jerk It Out [Official Music Video]

Spiritual Cramp covered this song last night and what do you mean it came out 23 years ago?

Live updates: Israel confirms attack on Iran with US help as explosions are heard in Tehran Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

BREAKING: President Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, calls it "greatest chance" for Iranians to take back the country.

The fruit man gets an app: Arabbers are rolling out cashless payments Baltimore arabbers are carving out a new space in the modern world for the sake of their existence. The app Row and Wagon will enable them to collect cashless payments.

By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social: The fruit man gets an app: Arabbers are rolling out cashless payments. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

The roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ lie in Maryland’s Eastern Shore Charles Albert Tindley, who wrote the lyrics to more than 50 gospel hymns, including what became the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” was molded on the country roads of Worcester County in the...

Did you know the roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ lie in Maryland’s Eastern Shore? @rkobell.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

‘Teeny-tiny’ Brunch Supply sweetens an Upper Fells Point neighborhood Brunch Supply is a mom-and-pop run micro-bakery that serves sweet and savory pastries a few days a week and has found a fan base in an Upper Fells Point neighborhood.

Love, love, love. ‘Teeny-tiny’ Brunch Supply sweetens an Upper Fells Point neighborhood. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Peter Thomas of Bar One Baltimore and ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ out of prison Between 2017 and 2023, Thomas failed to pay more than $2.5 million in employment taxes at several businesses, including Bar One Baltimore on Lancaster Street in Harbor East.

Peter Thomas of Bar One Baltimore and ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ is out of federal prison. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

He came to Baltimore for a better life. Police say he was killed by a wanted man. Brian Burrows is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of Khaled Saleh Mohamed Alshariki on Feb. 13 at the Broadway Mart in East Baltimore.

He came to Baltimore for a better life. Police say he was shot and killed by a wanted man. (w/ @darreonna.bsky.social and @justinfenton.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

‘The Wire’ actor Bobby J. Brown dies in barn fire in Southern Maryland Actor Bobby J. Brown, who appeared as Baltimore Police officers on “The Wire” and “We Own This City,” died in a barn fire in St. Mary’s County on Tuesday night, state officials said. He was...

‘The Wire’ actor Bobby J. Brown dies in barn fire in Southern Maryland

Man found not guilty in Edmondson Village Shopping Center mass shooting Daaon Spears, 19, of Shipley Hill, stood trial again in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including first-degree murder.

Man found not guilty in Edmondson Village Shopping Center mass shooting. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

BREAKING: Daaon Spears, 19, of Edmondson Village, has been found NOT GUILTY of all charges in the mass shooting that killed Deanta Dorsey, 16, and wounded four other students in the Edmondson Village Shopping Center on Jan. 4, 2023. ( @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Parents of girl who starved to death in Baltimore plead guilty to child abuse The parents of an emaciated 5-year-old girl who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.

Parents of 5-year-old girl who starved to death in Baltimore plead guilty to child abuse

Here’s where all 47 Maryland senators stand on redistricting Enough senators oppose redistricting that supporters can not get the 29 votes they need to approve new congressional maps, according to a Banner survey of all 47 senators.

There’s a lot that’s been said and assumptions made about where Maryland state senators stand on congressional redistricting.

But there’s been no public accounting of each senator’s position — until now.

See how your senator answered (or dodged) questions:

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Unless there's a surprise last minute candidate, Ivan Bates will not have an opponent in the Democratic primary election for Baltimore State's Attorney. That's the first time the Democratic candidate has been unopposed since 1998 when no one ran against Patricia Jessamy

How do you define downtown Baltimore? Draw it and show us. Depending on how you draw its boundaries, downtown Baltimore is either a depressing and increasingly empty collection of tall buildings, or it’s a dynamic and diverse community poised for success.

No one seems to agree on what "downtown Baltimore" actually is.

Is it a narrow strip of land near the harbor? Does it include Mount Vernon? The @thebaltimorebanner.com office?

Help us figure this out!

Use our new tool to draw what you think of as downtown:

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Horses hanging out in the snow on Assateague Island

Maryland sues to block planned Washington County ICE detention center The suit asks a federal judge to void the Department of Homeland Security’s purchase of a warehouse and block any further development of the property.

Maryland is suing the Department of Homeland Security to block a planned ICE detention center in Washington County, saying the federal government failed to do a required environmental impact study and public health concerns.

w/ @maddioneill.bsky.social

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