Pedro Marcos Raymundo knows what it’s like to work in hazardous conditions. Since moving to South Florida in 2014, the Guatemalan man has worked in electricity, plumbing, any construction work he can find. During roofing jobs, he often won’t be able to get down to get a drink of water or rest in the shade. Under the heat of the sun, headaches and stomach pains set in. The metal roof sheets and building supplies get hot, burning his skin. Raymundo works without helmets, rope or harnesses. “As undocumented workers, we...

He was a good friend to have in his pocket. A Pennsylvania man who once blasted his pool rival in a bitter Facebook post handed his competitor the ultimate apology by giving him the “Cadillac of kidneys” a decade later. Russ Redhead discovered James Harris Jr. desperately needed a kidney while competing at a pool tournament and eventually donated the organ to his former foe on Feb. 8 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. “James needed me to hold his hand,” Redhead, 42, said with a laugh...

A fabricated image of characters from the animated television series The Simpsons viewing a collapsed bridge and a large ship has been widely shared on social media with the false suggestion that the show predicted the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. The image shows signs of having been made with AI and an executive producer for the series told Reuters that the image is fake as the show never had an episode where a container ship hits a bridge. The Francis Key Scott bridge, which stood...

By Catherine Pugh Special to the AFRO The 2024 Delta Authors on Tour, an initiative of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s National Arts and Letters Commission, will be making its Eastern Region stop in Baltimore on April 6. The event will be hosted by three local alumnae chapters of the sorority, including the Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Baltimore Metropolitan alumnae chapters. The event titled, “Elevating Your Mind Between The Lines,” will showcase nine Delta Sigma Theta authors at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 East Pratt St., on April 6...

Crews removed the first piece of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Patapsco River on Saturday in an effort to reopen the Port of Baltimore.

The northern part of the bridge’s steel frame was sawn off to allow it to be carried off in a barge. From there, the section will be transported to the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Mill, which will soon be a distribution center for companies such Amazon. Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) gave an update during a press conference without offering a specific timeline.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge along I-695 in Maryland collapsed into the Baltimore harbor early Tuesday morning following a "ship strike," Maryland transportation officials said.

A livestream of the bridge appeared to show a cargo ship colliding with a support beam, causing the bridge to break and fall into the Patapsco River. Multiple vehicles were on the bridge at the time.