In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

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The Dish: This Prime Rib waiter has served legends — and became one himself Story by Christina Tkacik on the @thebaltimorebanner.com

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Mayor Brandon Scott laughs before speaking at a press conference announcing the Housing Options and Opportunity Act at City Hall, in Baltimore, Monday, May 12, 2025. Read @halliemiller.bsky.social and @emilyopilo.bsky.social story here —> www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ho...

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Camden Franks walks around during the What’s New at Oriole Park media event at Camden Yards.

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The Baltimore area is waking up to around 4 inches of snow on Wednesday with higher accumulation totals in southern Maryland. Snow is expected to transition to a mixture of snow and sleet this morning, then rain later in the day. Updates here —> tinyurl.com/48hnhzvy

Amid a snowstorm, 8-year-old Jason Hagan swings at Federal Hill Park in Baltimore on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. Find all snow updates on the @thebaltimorebanner.com

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Balloons, teddy bears and candles decorated the Middle River home where 11-year-old London Olsen was allegedly killed by her mother last week. Read the story here —> www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

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2024 in photos: @thebaltimorebanner.com favorite images of the year Incredible work by incredible people. I hope you spend some time looking through this year's photos. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo... Shout-out to @azambelich.bsky.social for putting this all together!

We spoke to dozens of patients and employees at PHA Healthcare. We tracked at least 13 deaths to the program since 2022, including that of a mother and her baby. The woman died of cardiovascular disease, but then no one from the program checked on their unit. Her child starved.

A drug treatment program in Baltimore that makes millions of Medicaid each year puts patients in apartments it runs, where many have relapsed, overdosed and, sometimes, died.

Two weeks later, a roommate found Vlakos dead in her bedroom. The plywood-boarded building they were staying in was in such disarray that a police officer said it looked abandoned.

Amanda Vlakos wrote, “I am spinning out of control.” She said that her thoughts were racing and that she needed counseling. “I prayed so hard for God to help me and I woke up to a text from you,” she said.

Over one 10-day period, Schauber said, she overdosed six times. Her boyfriend and other patients administered Narcan and called 911. She told the house manager about the overdoses, but no one gave her extra help, she said. She later left the program.

Fernando Rivera-Estrada, called his mother in January 2023 after less than a month in the program. “If I don’t get out of Baltimore,” he said, “I’m going to die.” He fatally overdosed on fentanyl the next day.

Becoming Hagerstown’s first Black mayor made her a role model — and a target: tinyurl.com/2xd5v8fk Story on the @thebaltimorebanner.com by the very talented Sapna Bansil