The Latest Breaking News from Baltimore

With ‘bodies piling up,’ contractors clearing backlog at Maryland medical examiner’s office for $850 an autopsy

BALTIMORE — A yearslong staffing crisis in the state medical examiner’s office in Baltimore is leading to unprecedented delays in autopsies, an emergency request to federal officials for help and now a legislative push for more workers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

Baltimore police to expunge spy plane records in settlement

Records and data collected by a now-defunct aerial surveillance program in Baltimore will be expunged as part of a federal lawsuit settlement filed this week

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Las condiciones posteriores al COVID aún confunden a la comunidad médica dos años después de la pandemia

BALTIMORE— Kels Rosario dio positivo en la prueba de COVID-19 antes de que hubiera una vacuna y de nuevo después de vacunarse. Sospecha que una enfermedad al principio de la pandemia también fue causada por el coronavirus.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2022

Two Frederick police officers stable after being shot; 25-year-old man also injured in shooting

BALTIMORE — Two Frederick police officers were injured in a shooting after responding to a report of a “suspicious man,” who also was shot, Frederick officials said.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2022

Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox calls for impeachment of Maryland Gov. Hogan

BALTIMORE — A Republican Maryland lawmaker who is running for governor took a step Thursday in an attempt to impeach Gov. Larry Hogan, a fellow Republican.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Baltimore police commissioner responds to criticism about when search warrant was served on teen charged in homicide

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison on Thursday defended the department’s decision to wait five days to serve a search warrant on a robbery suspect who investigators said killed a man during that time.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Police failed to execute search warrant for Baltimore teen until day after he allegedly killed police lieutenant’s husband

BALTIMORE — Police from Baltimore County and the city failed to execute a search warrant at the home of a city teenager until a day after he allegedly killed someone, even though it had been issued four days before the homicide.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022

Fatal fires in St. Louis, Baltimore expose vacant home risks

Vacant homes that dot the urban and rural landscape across the U.S. pose an especially high risk for firefighters because many are unsound even before catching fire

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

Christopher Bedford resigns as director of the Baltimore Museum of Art

BALTIMORE — Christopher Bedford, the at-times controversial director of the Baltimore Museum of Art who brooked no opposition in his quest to use his institution to achieve social change, has resigned his post and is moving to California.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022

Programs aim to attract and keep the ‘starry-eyed’ among nurses amid bruising pandemic

BALTIMORE -- Sophia Rois Geffen was working in public health when she decided to train as a nurse so she could connect more closely with people.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022