Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.

‘A bulletproof God’: Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked, Céilí Doyle reports. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)(via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Baltimore pastor delivers Easter sermon days after being shot, carjacked The cleric told his congregants and the public to forgive the young man who shot and robbed him.

“He is a bulletproof God"

Ceílí Doyle and @jessicagallagher.bsky.social were at service today as Pastor Rashad Singletary delivered an Easter sermon just days after being shot in a carjacking.

He spoke to us about forgiveness.

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Everyone has seen Baltimore’s missing boy. So why can’t authorities find him? Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.

By Jessica Calefati, @leeosanderlin.bsky.social and @jessicagallagher.bsky.social: Everyone has seen Baltimore’s missing boy. So why can’t authorities find him? (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Pinkshift might be Baltimore’s best-kept secret, but they already know the Metro Subway is, too. Check out their weekend shows at the Ottobar via the local link 21 and 94.

New House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk stresses good governance, civility Maryland’s new speaker of the House of Delegates faces a budget shortfall and thorny debates about immigration enforcement, affordability and redistricting. She says she’s ready for the challenge.

“Do I have all of the answers right now? No, I don’t. But am I willing to do the work? And are my members willing to do the work? Absolutely. Absolutely.”

Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk charts a new course in the Maryland House.

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A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam On Oct. 21, Jalen Absolum, 18, of Philadelphia, closed on a home on Riggs Avenue in Mosher in cash. A family was living in the house and claimed they had a lease.

A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Baltimore mayor, community mourn last year’s 133 homicide victims Hundreds gathered at War Memorial Plaza to mourn those who lost their lives to gun violence in Baltimore City in 2025.

By @darreonna.bsky.social: Community gathers to remember Baltimore’s 133 homicide victims in 2025. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

A genetic disease is stealing their toddler. A blood test could have saved her.. In October 2024, Kennedy Krieger Institute doctors diagnosed Carmen Akras with late infantile onset metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD. The a recessive genetic condition destroys the nervous system ...

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)

Maryland lawmakers seek to honor Black children buried in unmarked graves “[W]e need to be mindful of never, ever allowing something like this to happen again," said state Sen. Michael Jackson.

Just past the tree-line of a well manicured vet cemetery lies what researchers believe are the unmarked graves of Black children who died in state custody. Lawmakers said they want to restore dignity to those buried there.
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Gnome Hill: An NCR Trail landmark in northern Baltimore County The man behind the gnomes is Gene Stiffler, a bluegrass fan with a clever streak. He’s turned his White Hall property into a regional landmark for the countless cyclists, hikers and other trail enthus...

By Céilí Doyle: Gnome Hill: NCR Trail landmark brings joy to northern Baltimore County. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

‘Round 2’: Baltimore again sees multiple people hospitalized after overdoses in Penn North

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West Baltimore mass overdose survivor struggles to find help A “bad batch” of drugs that swept through West Baltimore sent at least 27 people to the hospital Thursday.

By Sapna Bansil: She nearly died on a playground. Now this mass overdose survivor struggles to find help. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social)

The Dish: This Prime Rib waiter has served legends — and became one himself

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Decades of friendships bound by sticky buns and Baltimore upbringing A group of 1965 Forest Park High School graduates is happy to dish on the secret to their remarkable, long-lasting connection.

For 60 years, they’ve made the memories and friendships last.

My latest for The Baltimore Banner.

📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social

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A turtle swims through waters affected by an oil spill at the inlet near S. Caroline Street and Lancaster Street on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The spill occurred nearby the day before, on Wednesday.

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At 11, she’s turned heartbreak into hope on the National Spelling Bee stage This week, Amelia “Bindi” Ray will take the national stage as the youngest Maryland competitor in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

At 11, she’s turned heartbreak into hope on the National Spelling Bee stage

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At Gunz of Steel, arm wrestlers flex muscles and mayhem A dozen costumed participants, many joined by a costumed manager, will lock arms across Stellmon’s custom-built arm wrestling table for four rounds of competition at Gunz of Steel.

Preakness, schmeakness. Tonight is also Gunz of Steel, an arm-wrestling competition for women and non-binary people featuring a deranged lunch lady, a gym-obsessed rat and a flying crocheted placenta. 📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/life...

Preakness Day!

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What you need to know about Maryland’s audit of police-custody deaths The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.

Groundbreaking audit of Md. police-custody deaths has major implications:
-It "validates concerns" of biased death investigations
-Dozens of deaths will be reexamined
-Nail in the coffin for "excited delirium"
-It all started with the George Floyd trial
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Over 200 firefighters battling 6-alarm West Baltimore warehouse blaze

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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.

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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.

It was a two-year effort spanning multiple newsrooms with brilliant co-reporters @jessicagallagher.bsky.social, Nick Thieme, @mercohn.bsky.social, @justinfenton.bsky.social and @adampwillis.bsky.social. What an incredible and surreal honor. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

The Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting The Banner’s multi-year investigative series on Baltimore’s opioid crisis wins the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.

The Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting

Only three years old, online publication Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Three reporters from the Baltimore Banner - a relatively new publication -- won a Pulitzer for their reporting on the overdose crisis in Baltimore done in conjunction with the New York Times.

I went on NPR's All Things Considered to talk about @thebaltimorebanner.com @alissazhu.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and Nick Thieme's Pulitzer Prize and the state of local news. Take a listen! www.npr.org/2025/05/06/n...

Hey @jessicagallagher.bsky.social Congratulations on this much deserved award! So happy for you and your colleagues. I would love to see the photos from the project.

Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.

What a day! Congrats to @alissazhu.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social @kyoshino.bsky.social, Nick and everyone else at The Banner! This is HUGE! www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.

There are many hard days in journalism. But most days at @thebaltimorebanner.com are very good days. And today is the best day - three of our colleagues won a #Pulitzer! Congratulations to @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and @alissazhu.bsky.social!

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Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.

One of my proudest days of my career.

I am so lucky to work in a newsroom with some of the best journalists in the world.

Congrats to @alissazhu.bsky.social, @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and the entire team for such incredible reporting.

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Hundreds of protesters hit Baltimore’s streets for May Day marches: ‘This is just amazing’

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Congratulations to @alissazhu.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and Nick Thieme! Very proud of this work, which judges called “an example of very powerful journalism.” They also praised the sharing of our “one-of-a-kind dataset” with nine other media outlets.