AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Apr 29 2024
News
‘Leave churches open, close the archdiocese’: Baltimore Catholics react to merger plans
How will the Church serve the poor from afar? The Baltimore Sun and the media generally have given the story of the closing of Catholic churches in Baltimore City extensive coverage (“Emotions run high at town hall on plan to realign Baltimore’s Catholic churches: ‘This is a watershed moment,’” April 26). Coverage has emphasized in particular the sense of grief and even abandonment that many
Baltimore SunApr 26 2024
News
Baltimore businesses sue Dali owners for negligence in Key Bridge collapse
A Baltimore publisher is suing the companies behind the massive cargo ship that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, saying they were negligent for allowing an allegedly unseaworthy ship to sail ahead of the catastrophic crash that killed six people. American Publishing LLC, based in Essex, filed the proposed class action lawsuit Thursday on behalf of other businesses in the
Baltimore SunApr 23 2024
News
Baltimore Says Owner of Ship that Hit Key Bridge Was Negligent
The City of Baltimore has said that the owner and manager of the cargo ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month are directly responsible for the accident and should not be allowed to avoid legal liability, according to court documents filed on Monday. The 985-foot-long ship hit the bridge in the early hours of March 26 after leaving the Port of Baltimore and losing power
New York Times (News)May 05 2024
News
Double shooting leaves one dead, another injured early Sunday in West Baltimore, police say
A 25-year-old man was killed and a 26-year-old was injured in a shooting just after midnight in West Baltimore, police said. Officers responded at about 12:24 a.m. Sunday to the 3300 block of Reisterstown Road, near the Liberty Square and Park Circle neighborhoods, and found the two men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, Baltimore Police said in a news release. They were taken to a
Baltimore SunApr 28 2024
News
A’s Come Back Against Kimbrel Once More to Win Series in Baltimore
BALTIMORE—The Oakland Athletics took advantage of Baltimore Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel blowing a second consecutive save opportunity to rally for a 7–6, series-deciding victory on Sunday. Kimbrel, a nine-time all-star, wound up departing the game with back tightness. “I don’t know how long, what the timetable is with Craig, or if any at all,” Orioles Manager Brandon Hyde said. “We’ll see. I
The Epoch TimesMay 01 2024
News
Thiru Vignarajah tries again to take another chip out of Baltimore mayoral race
Thiru Vignarajah takes a bite out of his loaded, cheese-drenched vegan sausage at Lexington Market and reflects on how this year is different, refreshing even. In his fourth campaign in six years — twice for state’s attorney and now twice for mayor — Vignarajah has jumped into the Baltimore harbor and ditched his wealthy donors to instead spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer
Baltimore SunApr 22 2024
News
Baltimore claims Dali was ‘unseaworthy,’ should pay for bridge collapse
The owner and operator of the container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should not be allowed to skirt liability for the deadly and costly collapse because the vessel was “unseaworthy” when it left port, attorneys for the city of Baltimore asserted in court filings Monday. The bridge’s collapse was caused by “negligence of the vessel’s crew and shoreside management
Washington PostApr 30 2024
News
Passions strong as Baltimore Catholics debate city realignment plan at final town hall
It has been two weeks since the Archdiocese of Baltimore released its proposal for realigning its operations in the city, but it was clear at the fourth and final public meeting on the subject that the passions of Baltimore’s Catholic faithful toward it have not cooled. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore was filled nearly to capacity for the meeting Tuesday night, with dozens
Baltimore SunMay 03 2024
News
Bridge projects across U.S. offer clues to what may replace Baltimore's fallen span
Bridge projects across U.S. offer clues to what may replace Baltimore's fallen span When the 1,200-foot-long Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in 1977, its enormous steel-truss design was the state of the art for river crossings. But in the decades since, a more modern design that has gained favor could replace the span that was destroyed in March when a cargo ship struck it. The National
NPR Fact Check