Baltimore

One day after the city of Baltimore sued the owners of the cargo ship that hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge and killed six people, the state’s top prosecutor, Attorney General Anthony Brown, toured the ship Dali. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains why who he brought with him and how long they stayed signals the state is preparing for...

The Port of Baltimore is preparing to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to get in and out for a few days. Thursday’s move will be a significant step toward reopening the major maritime shipping hub. It’s been closed to most traffic since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month. The new channel will be 35 feet deep,...

Baltimore officials are planning to open a new channel in the coming days, which will set the stage for the removal of the ship that crashed into the Key Bridge. News4’s Mauricio Casillas sailed with work crews to get a close look at salvage efforts.

A legal battle is brewing between Baltimore and the owner of the ship over who bears responsibility for the crash. 

Baltimore’s mayor and city council are calling for the owner and manager of the cargo ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge to be held fully liable for the deadly collapse. Attorneys for the city argued in court papers filed Monday that the companies should have realized the Dali was unfit for its voyage and manned the ship...

More than six years after an off-duty D.C. police officer was shot and killed as he sat in a car in Baltimore, a suspect has been charged. The suspect, an 18-year-old alleged drug dealer, saw people in a car and was “paranoid” that they would harm him, court documents say. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

More than six years after an off-duty D.C. police officer was shot and killed as he sat in a car in Baltimore, a suspect has been charged. Sgt. Tony Mason Jr. died after he was shot in west Baltimore in 2017. He was 40 and had served on the Metropolitan Police Department for 17 years. Baltimore officials announced Wednesday that…

Prosecutors are expected to announce an arrest in the 2017 West Baltimore killing of off-duty D.C. police Sgt. Tony Mason Jr., sources tell News4. Here’s brief info.

Dozens of people honored the lives of six people lost in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. 

Archbishop William E. Lori sat quietly Monday as six men and women stood in court and spoke of surviving violent and sometimes years-long sexual abuse at the hands of priests and staff employed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. One woman said her abuse began in first grade. Another said a priest routinely threatened her with a gun and once held…

Some men and women abused at the hands of priests told their stories of survival in court Monday as part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy proceedings. The church filed for bankruptcy last fall just days before a Maryland law took effect that allows survivors to sue regardless of when their abuse happened. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4...

Salvage crews have begun removing containers from the deck of the cargo ship that crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an important step toward the full reopening of one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. Officials said Sunday that the removal of the containers from the deck of the Dali would continue this week as...

For people who already feared driving on bridges, the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge may have intensified that fear. For others, that fear is new. For the past 11 years, Steven Eskew has run Kent Island Express, with a fleet of drivers who will take the wheel for a fee. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge poses 4.3 miles of...

Business owners and employees can find resources at Small Business Administration recovery centers.

For some, the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge is intensifying a fear of crossing over bridges. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke to a man whose company helps frightened drivers cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. 

The return to Baltimore, Maryland, for 2,000 cruise passengers was more challenging than they anticipated. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on how cruise lines are shifting operations following the bridge collapse.

Engingeers started cutting, removing and lifting the first pieces of the mangled steel as the first step in making a temporary channel. News4’s Joseph Olmo got a closer look at the scale of the damage.

Gov. Wes Moore said removing the wreckage is just the first step in a long road to recovery. News4’s Dominique Moody has more on the strategy being used to cut up the bridge. 

Critical details are starting to come into focus after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. As News4’s Jackie Bensen reports, there was also a “breach” of containers containing hazardous materials in the Patapsco River and on the ship after it rammed into the bridge. 

The brother says the victim is the father of a teenage boy and a 6-year-old girl and the son of a woman who lives in Honduras. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.