BALTIMORE -- New video shows crushed gravel from the pavement of what was the Key Bridge being removed from the Patapsco River, a painstaking process. Over the past week, teams have removed a little more than 20 percent of the 178 containers they must take off the Dali to refloat the massive cargo ship. More new video from the Unified Command shows steel from the bridge on a barge. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers animation explains the plan, which is still on track, to open a third, deeper channel...

Goucher College unveiled plans Friday to honor the enslaved peoples and displaced tribes who once inhabited the land where the college now resides. In 2018, the college started examining its history in East Towson, an effort that became the Hallowed Ground Project. Goucher students and faculty, archivists, and descendants of enslaved families and members of indigenous tribes who lived on the land met Friday at Goucher’s Descendant Engagement Symposium to share research updates. “It was very exciting to bring folks together who are doing similar work in other places to...

The Baltimore Orioles face the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, April 12, 2024 (4/12/24) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. How to watch: Fans can watch the game via AppleTV+. Here’s what you need to know: BOSTON (AP) — After his rapid rise to the majors, Jackson Holliday was given a particularly meaningful number with the Baltimore Orioles. Baseball’s top-ranked prospect made his big league debut Wednesday night at Fenway Park, starting at second base and batting ninth against the Boston Red Sox. He went down swinging his...

Donald W. “Don” Kalkman Jr., a former Baltimore County budget analyst and avid rail fan, died of cancer March 28 at Stella Maris, a hospice facility in Timonium, Baltimore County. The longtime Towson resident was 83. “Don was a great guy and we’ve been very close all of our lives,” said his brother, William “Bill” Kalkman, who lives in Timonium. “He was a very meticulous and detail-oriented person.” Donald Wilmer Kalkman Jr., son of William W. Kalkman Sr., who worked for Martin Marietta Corp.’s Gemini Space Program, and Marie Bittrick...

As college debt mounts, more young Americans are saddled with bills they can't pay back on degrees that are oftentimes unnecessary for their careers. In response, governments across the country are looking at ways to expand the hiring pool by removing educational requirements for many jobs to instead focus on the skills and experiences they possess. Degree requirements can be an unnecessary barrier to public employment, according to researchers at the Cicero Institute, who are pushing for policy changes that will make public jobs available to the most qualified candidates....

A “nonbinary” Antifa agitator was arrested in Alabama Wednesday for allegedly detonating an explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office back in February. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, was charged with “malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device,” the Department of Justice announced in a press release. Calvert allegedly constructed an IED with screws and nails and detonated it outside the Republican AG’s Office on February 24. “No injuries or major damage to nearby buildings were reported.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted its survey of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore using sonar images, and has concluded that it can have the debris removed and the shipping channel re-opened by May. The images, released earlier this week, show much of the bridge’s structure still intact under the surface of the water. There is still plenty of work to be done on the floor of the Patapsco River to remove the structure and dredge to create a deeper channel for ships to pass. Build...

American companies are taking a paws to reflect — as a push for pet bereavement policies spike. More animal lovers consider their pets a part of their family than ever before with a 2023 Pew Research study revealing that 62 percent of Americans own pets and a staggering 97 percent consider furry friends kin. And with pet ownership booming during the pandemic experts say its only natural the U.S. workforce adapt to the evolving culture. “It’s a great way to signal to the new generation of workforce to show that...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland has a new website with information about federal, state and local resources and programs related to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday. The website includes details for affected workers and businesses. It also includes major traffic updates for commuters and guidance on in-person resources available through Maryland Business Recovery Centers. "My administration wants to make it as simple as possible for Marylanders to navigate the resources available to them to mitigate impacts of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key...

Kenneth Davis told jurors Thursday that he did not kill Tracey Carrington, a 25-year-old Morgan State University graduate preparing to testify as state’s witness in a 2018 murder trial when she was fatally shot. Davis, 33, faces charges of first-degree murder, witness tampering and firearms offenses in the Sept. 6, 2018, shooting of Carrington, the former captain of the Morgan State basketball team. His trial began Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court. With no fingerprints, no DNA and no murder weapon, the state’s case against Davis depends largely on witness...