How a ‘ghost highway’ destroyed a prosperous Black neighborhood

Of 40 businesses listed in a lawsuit, fewer than 10 are still operated by their original owners, according to a tally compiled by The Banner. Great reporting by @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social

Family of slain arabber protests after Baltimore Police cleared in shooting

NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up. She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12. She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions. She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

A fantastic set of @thebaltimorebanner.com must-reads about one aspect of the criminal justice system that has truly gone off the rails. ⚖️

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NEW | As Under Armour ascended last decade, Kevin Plank received public support for his Baltimore Peninsula vision. But his company faltered, he narrowed his empire, and now won't be further developing the area. UA, though, is still poised for a comeback, he says. www.thebanner.com/economy/unde...

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

James Ransone, who played Ziggy Sobotka on “The Wire,” has died. He was 46. “He committed not only to the work but to the camaraderie that turns every good film production into something familial and caring,” said David Simon, the show’s creator. www.thebanner.com/culture/film...

legitimately love this guy.

Winter solstice 2025 arrives at 10:03 a.m. Sunday, the moment when this wobbly old Earth shifts Annapolis and me to our farthest point from the sun. The night rolls on through a world too often filled with violence and hate. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

NEW via @halliemiller.bsky.social

Dan Snyder’s former Potomac mansion sells for $13 million at auction

Here's how Kevin Plank's dream of a mini-city in Baltimore progressed. Now he's out.

Baltimore’s big news last night:

This is a big deal in Baltimore. Breaking news via @halliemiller.bsky.social and Giacomo Bologna for @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

Tim Prudente wrote about why Jane Austen superfans flock to Baltimore to celebrate the beloved novelist, who was born 250 years ago today! www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...

It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday today and here's a fun fact: Goucher College in Towson holds the largest Austen collection in the world outside of England. Take a look at how Baltimore has been celebrating the queen of romance and wit all year long. buff.ly/xPBGKKf

By @juliemore19.bsky.social: A genetic disease is stealing their toddler. A blood test at birth could have saved her. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Recent Hampden fires called electrical accidents

holy cow, really, really sad news in Baltimore. Falkenhan's is an institution. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

New: Gov. Moore's admin invited a natural gas industry insider to sit in on interviews to determine the latest Public Service Commission appointees. Records show the official was the only non-government employee present for the interviews: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

By Antonio Planas: Maryland’s leading immigrant advocacy group gets a new leader who wants to transition from fear to action. (via @bannermoco.bsky.social)

New: A former CO who is being sued after a deaf man‘s murder in a Baltimore jail said she was “placed in an impossible position” by her supervisors, made to guard the dormitory where he died “alone, untrained for that post, and unaware of the risks involved.” www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

The Banner's Giacomo Bologna went to Las Vegas to keep following this important story about how private investors are triggering a foreclosure crisis here (and maybe elsewhere).

This one is so fun. Meow!

“the economy couldn’t maintain the president’s interest”

Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move

I love this toy store, and I especially love the story behind this toy store. Via @mayaklora.bsky.social for @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/shan...

NEW | The largest tax break in Baltimore County history — likely worth hundreds of millions over 50 years — awaits logistics hub Tradepoint Atlantic and MSC, the world’s largest shipping company. w/ Giacomo Bologna: www.thebanner.com/economy/trad...

As Md House of Delegates Speaker, as a lawmaker and as a county official, Adrienne A. Jones not only pushed progressive policies, she nurtured leaders and acted with moral clarity, according to those who’ve worked closely with her. A look at her career: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:

You can buy Dan Snyder's mansion today. "The company running the auction expects starting bids from $7.5 million to $11.5 million. The last listing price was $24.9 million." via @bannermoco.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

I’ve worked in breaking news for a dozen years. Human skepticism and nuance are the most important things in reporting. This sounds like they are automating the process of adding context to a new development—which is among the stupidest possible uses of LLMs I can imagine

Should we not delay and cancel school for a light rain? a Midwesterner asks sarcastically.

“I feel like most families are getting out of farming, and I’m one of the silly people getting into it.” 🎄🌲🎄 Sapna Bansil for @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/culture/life...

SCOOP from @emilyopilo.bsky.social & @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said he is “terminating” his coordination with the mayor’s public safety office, which oversees the city’s flagship anti-violence initiative www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

She cleaned houses to make ends meet. Now she leads the Montgomery County Council.

By the end of February, Brooklyn will no longer have a full-service bank in the community. www.thebanner.com/economy/broo...

15 years ago, it looked like the effort to save the Chesapeake Bay had turned a corner. "There was a collective sense," said one longtime federal scientist, “that we had broken through." Today, he and others worry that, four decades in, the movement is losing steam: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent. She didn't want to deploy to D.C. "She hated it. She cried about it." But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it. May she rest in peace. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

It's a bad day for the turkeys ... but a good day for the hounds! @halliemiller.bsky.social and @jphotoj.bsky.social with the cuteness in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/bl...

A sweet scene from Baltimore on this Thanksgiving. via @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social

A delightful slice of Baltimore life from @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social, via @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/big-...

Did people honestly not understand it was going to be dark?

Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is me

I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.

They seem big and scary, but Baltimore’s in love with these vintage stoves