Jonathan M. Pitts

Exterior of The Hamlet Lofts, a "boutique apartment community" at 3127 E. Baltimore Street in Highlandtown. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Church sales ‘booming’ in Baltimore, nationally, as religious affiliation fades

July 26, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

Thousands of churches have already been sold and converted to other uses in Baltimore and beyond. Buyers are turning former houses of worship into community centers, condominium complexes, restaurants, and...

In this file photo, Teresa Lancaster, attorney and survivor, speaks at a news conference organized by SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, outside the Attorney General’s office in downtown Baltimore. (Staff file)

Archdiocese of Baltimore insurers move to silence sex abuse survivors in court

July 23, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

Survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests have had two chances to tell their stories in open court as part of bankruptcy proceedings against the Archdiocese of...

In a photo provided by Alley and Tim Wade, students are being rescued by boat after flash flooding in Westernport, MD., Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Alley and Tim Wade via AP)

Trump denies FEMA funding for Western Maryland floods, wants states to ‘invest in their own resilience’

July 24, 2025 at 3:41 p.m.

President Donald Trump denied disaster assistance for Western Maryland Wednesday that Gov. Wes Moore requested following massive floods that hit the region in May.

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, Governor Wes Moore and House Speaker Adrienne Jones sign bills in the Governor’s Reception Room.

‘$700 won’t sustain them for a week’: Maryland loans to federal employees draw mixed reviews

July 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

About 60 former federal workers have applied for a one-time $700 loan Maryland Governor Wes Moore made available nearly three months ago — an offer intended to soften the blow...

The Baltimore Holocaust Memorial, located at Lombard and Gay Streets, is a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust and a reminder of the atrocities committed during that period. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Jewish population has never fully recovered from the Holocaust’s devastation

July 9, 2025 at 5:13 p.m.

By the time the Nazi Party's systematic murder of Jewish people in Europe ended in 1945, the global Jewish population had fallen to fewer than 11 million, a plunge of...

Baltimore native Joni Eareckson Tada in her painting studio in Calabasas, California. She is a globally recognized advocate for people with disabilities and a bestselling Christian author.

Baltimore quadriplegic turned tragedy into a fight for disability rights

July 8, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

The impetus of the ADA was that injustices were being carried out against people with disabilities. They shouldn’t be discriminated against just because they have a speech impediment or use...

Vaccinologist Dr. Stanley Plotkin, developer of the rubella vaccine. His work has helped prevent congenital rubella syndrome and saved countless lives worldwide. (Handout)

As RFK Jr. pushes to limit vaccines, MMR pioneer defends their lifesaving power

July 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

For decades, one of the world's most contagious diseases was considered eradicated in the U.S. But today, measles is roaring back with more than 1,267 cases reported this year in...

FILE – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer listens during a briefing, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Allegany latest Maryland county to partner with ICE on immigration enforcement

July 3, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

The Allegany County Sheriff's Office became the eighth Maryland agency to join what is known as the 287(g) program in June, agreeing to serve warrants on immigrants on behalf of...

Of a Baltimore film museum, filmmaker John Waters (of “Pink Flamingos,” “Hairspray” and “Cecil B. Demented” fame) said: "There is definitely room for it”

John Waters wants a Baltimore film museum: ‘It would be a good tourist attraction’

July 2, 2025 at 10:08 a.m.

Baltimore has been home to museums on everything from pinball machines to circus sideshows and incandescent lighting. And the city's museums on science, marine life, and its own industrial past...

Amy Harbison, of the Park Heights Animal Welfare Group, puts out can food at one of the feral-cat feeding sites the group takes care of every week. The volunteers feed some of the more than 80,000 feral cats in the city. (Kenneth K. Lam/Staff)

660 cats per neighborhood: Who cares for Baltimore’s feral felines?

July 2, 2025 at 10:08 a.m.

The volunteers climb out of their station wagon, cat food in hand, and the feline faces appear in the undergrowth around the boarded-up house — a black-and-white they call Tuxie,...

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