2+ day, 9+ hour ago (75+ words) Happy Friday! Bitterly cold this morning with temperatures in the 30s, but feels-like in the 20s. Here are your top news headlines! Top news headlines for Friday, November 28 BALTIMORE " Happy Friday! Bitterly cold this morning with temperatures in the 30s, but feels-like in the 20s. Winds are breezy and from the West gusting anywhere from 20 to 30 mph. Here are your top news headlines: Stay connected to community, wherever you are...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (68+ words) Happy Friday! Cloudy skies and chilly temperatures to start the day with scattered showers arriving this evening. Here are your top news headlines. Top news headlines for Friday, November 21 BALTIMORE " Happy Friday! Cloudy skies and chilly temperatures to start the day with scattered showers arriving this evening. Showers linger overnight into Saturday morning before the weather pattern dries out by midday. Here are your top news headlines:...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago (410+ words) BALTIMORE COUNTY " After an AI weapon detection system at a BCPS school mistook a Black student's bag of chips for a gun, many people, including the boy's family, claimed it was racially biased. WATCH: State officials say AI system didn't discriminate based on color when mistaking students' chip bag for gun But a report from the state Inspector General for Education says that wasn't the case. An AI weapon detection system that Baltimore County Public Schools uses, called Omnilert, mistook 16-year-old Kenwood High School student Taki Allen's crumpled-up chip bag for a gun. At the time, Allen didn't know what to do. "Police showed up, like eight cop cars, and then they all came out with guns pointed at me talking about getting on the ground. I was putting my hands up like, 'What's going on?' He told me to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (62+ words) Happy Monday, November 10, 2025. We've got cooler temps today potentially reaching the 20s overnight. Here's your top headlines to start out the week. Top Headlines for Monday, November 10, 2025 Happy Monday, November 10, 2025. We've got cooler temps today potentially reaching the 20s overnight. Here's your top headlines to start out the week. Stay connected to community, wherever you are...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (578+ words) March 22, 2024 marks one year since the wreck on I-695 that took the lives of six roadway workers. Four families were left devastated. Two of the workers were father and son. Two were brothers. The deaths of Mahlon Simmons II, Mahlon Simmons III, Jose Escobar, Carlos Escobar, Sybil DiMaggio, and Rolando Ruiz's in a work zone sparked investigations, prosecutions, and a work group to help improve roadway safety. As part of our In Focus commitment, we're digging deeper into the crash, to explain what happened that awful March afternoon, and what has come out of it. Watch the full special report here: RELATED: "Wow, it's really mind blowing:" Six people killed on I-695 after car entered construction zone While the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) investigation into the crash is ongoing, their preliminary report, as well as the indictment and news releases from…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago (425+ words) BALTIMORE " In a significant uptick in gun violence the city has seen in comparison to the last several weeks, Baltimore police reported three dead and seven injured in 72 hours. In the latest shooting on Sunday afternoon, a man was pronounced dead at the hospital after police found him unresponsive in the 3200 block of Chelsea Terrace at 1:57 p.m. Watch as Baltimore residents react to string of shootings around the city The weekend's violence was highlighted by a triple shooting Saturday afternoon that left one man dead and sent two others to the hospital. The evening prior, a man was killed and a woman injured after a shooting on the 400 block of West Saratoga Street. Although city leaders continue to tout record-low gun violence statistics, those on the ground feel those changes are hard to see. "It's not a surprise to me. This…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (262+ words) The Washington National Cathedral is hosting a memorial service for conservationist Jane Goodall Wednesday morning, after she died at age 91 last month. She died of natural causes ahead of a planned speaking engagement in Los Angeles. Friends and family of Goodall are expected to pay tribute. They are anticipated to encourage the public to celebrate Goodall's life by encouraging volunteerism and mentoring. They have also encouraged people to plant a native tree or cultivate a garden to give life to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. You can watch the service here: Goodall's studies of wild chimpanzees began in 1960 when she visited the shores of Tanzania with her mother, Vanne. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT |Ohio zoo celebrates birth of critically endangered western lowland gorilla Following her initial studies in Tanzania, she became just the eighth person to ever be admitted…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (500+ words) BALTIMORE " Moving is stressful enough " but imagine watching your belongings disappear or being told you'll have to pay more to get them back. Maryland's new moving company registration program aims to stop those nightmare scenarios before they happen. The Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA) began pushing for tighter oversight in 2018. The Household Goods Movers Registration law passed the next year, but budget constraints delayed implementation"until now, six years later. RELATED: State law cracking down on rogue movers stalled "We were concerned about would this program ever get off the ground, but we're thrilled to see it finally take shape," said Louis Campion, president and CEO of the MMTA. Campion said the new rules protect consumers while rewarding reputable movers. "We fully support it. It brings some professionalism to the industry," said Sam Von Paris, chief operating officer of Von…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (381+ words) ANNAPOLIS, Md. " Maryland's Department of Education is out with its annual School Report Card. The report card breaks down each public school in every state jurisdiction by star rankings. Schools can earn anywhere from one to five stars based on a combination of factors, including academic achievement and progress, English Language Arts proficiency, and graduation rates. For example, Baltimore City Public Elementary Schools showed overall improvement in all but one category, but failed to meet any of their annual targets. The same can be said for Baltimore City Middle and High Schools. On the bright side, Baltimore City celebrated that 15 of its schools now have four or five stars, marking their highest number since 2018. From last year, seven more City Schools achieved three, four, or five-star status. City schools are also encouraged by a three-point improvement in chronic absenteeism and a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (459+ words) BALTIMORE " Friday afternoon a large warehouse fire in Remington sent flames and smoke billowing high in the sky. Alexander Harrington told WMAR-2 News that he first noticed black smoke when he got off of work and immediately jumped into action. "I drove over and saw wood stacked up in the back of the building in flames. Smoke going all over the place so I parked back at the office, ran over, called 911," Harrington said. Four-alarm fire in North Baltimore leaves 23 people displaced Baltimore Fire says the call came in at 1:18 p.m on the 400 block of W 23rd Street. "As I'm on the phone with 911, I see a gentleman run at the building with a fire extinguisher trying to put it out and I told him it's too late for that you've gotta get out of here." He attributed his quick thinking…...