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May 02 2024
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Rebuilding Baltimore’s Key Bridge expected to cost up to $1.9 billion
Rebuilding the Baltimore bridge destroyed by a container ship in March will cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, according to Maryland estimates.
The replacement for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which originally opened in 1977, will be designed to meet modern safety standards and will not be vulnerable to collapse if a single component fails, Wiedefeld said. Its towers may also
Washington PostApr 28 2024
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Three men injured in separate shootings in West Baltimore on Sunday
Three shootings near West North Avenue in West Baltimore each injured a man Sunday. Officers responded around 8:35 p.m. to the 1700 block of West North Avenue near the Penn North and Sandtown-Winchester neighborhoods and found a 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound, Baltimore Police said. Medics took the victim to a hospital, police said. Officers responded Sunday around 9 a.m. to the 2400
Baltimore SunApr 20 2024
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Ivan Bates: Baltimore’s ‘Profiles in Courage’ prosecutor
Leaders who have courage, per John F. Kennedy’s famous book, “Profiles in Courage,” are those who act in service of honorable principles at personal risk against friends’ advice and political supporters’ counsel with risk being the critical, though insufficient, criterion. Leaders without courage care only about themselves and not the overriding good of their country or state or city. The
Baltimore SunMay 05 2024
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Michael E. Yockel, Baltimore City Paper editor and music critic, dies
Michael E. Yockel, former Baltimore City Paper editor and music critic who later became a freelance writer and editor for numerous publications, died of complications following cancer surgery Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 71. “Michael was a fiercely independent thinker and writer, with a warm kind heart and sharp wit,” wrote award-winning Baltimore filmmaker
Baltimore SunApr 24 2024
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New plan brings Baltimore closer to a revitalized downtown
Experts predict rise in cost of goods after Key Bridge collapse, and more top stories Experts predict rise in cost of goods after Key Bridge collapse, and more top stories Experts predict rise in cost of goods after Key Bridge collapse, and more top stories BALTIMORE -- Baltimore is another step closer to a revitalized downtown. It lays out the next chapter for the heart of the city. Downtown
CBS News (Online)May 13 2024
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Crews use explosives to bring down Baltimore bridge span in major step toward freeing cargo ship
BALTIMORE — Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the river below. The explosives flashed orange and let off plumes of black smoke upon detonation. The longest trusses toppled away from the
Anchorage Daily NewsMay 07 2024
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Essex house explosion ruled arson; man in custody, Baltimore County officials say
Investigators ruled that an April 20 house explosion in Essex was caused by arson and took a man into custody, Baltimore County authorities said in a news release. A fire department spokesperson said investigators believe a man who had suffered non-life-threatening burn injuries in connection with the two-alarm fire at 28 Crafton Road was the person who set the fire. Authorities said last
Baltimore SunMay 09 2024
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Videos of Baltimore County Police pursuit show moments before fatal I-695 crash
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office released police body-camera videos Thursday showing the Baltimore County Police pursuit that preceded a fatal car crash on Interstate 695 in April. Police said a vehicle traveling the wrong direction April 8 on the Baltimore Beltway’s outer loop hit 37-year-old Dimeka Thornton‘s Acura head-on. The Windsor Mill woman died at a hospital and the driver
Baltimore Sun