The Baltimore Sun

A 65-year-old woman was using a walker to cross the street in East Baltimore Wednesday afternoon when she was struck by a car, killing her, police say. The driver fled the scene. At 2:52 p.m., police officers responded to the 2000 block of North Broadway and found the woman unresponsive. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Witnesses said ...

Manager Brandon Hyde didn’t want to think about that one foul ball. Right-hander Jorge López, who watched as the ball off Brad Miller’s bat flew just right of the pole, was still angry about his middle-in location as he stood in the clubhouse half an hour later. If Miller’s swing had been a tick behind, the Texas Rangers would’ve turned Wednesday night’s 2-1 Orioles victory on it head, and ...

With an all-time national record highlighting her senior year resume, Mount de Sales star runner Juliette Whittaker is receiving monumental recognition. On Wednesday, more came her way as she was named the 2021-22 Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Player of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off ...

Brittany McGuire never knows exactly how her brother, Ryan, might react to exciting news. Sometimes she builds it up, hoping to portray the excitement of a situation. But there’s no guarantee Ryan, who has autism, might replicate those emotions. So when Brittany deliberated how to tell Ryan he would have the chance to throw out the first pitch Thursday night at Camden Yards ahead of the ...

Maryland’s in the house — or rather, the motel? Ameerah Jones, a Westminster native, is one of the 16 new houseguests moving into the Palm Springs “BB Motel,” during the season premiere of the summertime hit reality series “Big Brother,” which airs tonight on CBS. Jones, 31, has a background in writing and content designing for apps like Etsy, Capital One and Walmart, according to her website ...

A decade ago, Katie Dorian went to work as an unpaid intern for Thiru Vignarajah at the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office because she believed he would help guide her career while showing her the intricacies of sophisticated prosecution. Then a second-year law student, Dorian remembers a law school adviser telling her Vignarajah was a rising star. “If you want to be in prosecution, this is ...

Trial attorney Ben Crump, who has represented families in the high-profile Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and Flint, Michigan, civil rights cases, is adding Baltimore City parents Jovani and Shawnda Patterson to his list of clients as he joins their fight against Baltimore City and its public school system. The Pattersons sued in January, claiming both parties have defrauded taxpayers by failing ...

Howard County police are investigating after a man died in a fiery car crash Wednesday morning in Ellicott City. Officers responded at about 4:40 a.m. to Route 29 at Interstate 70 for a single-vehicle collision. A car struck a pole and caught fire, police said. The driver of a 2022 Nissan Rouge was northbound on Route 29 at the ramp to I-70 east when his car left the roadway for unknown ...

On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 6-3 vote in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, found that Americans have a right to carry firearms in the street for self-defense, striking down a New York gun law that required applicants to justify why they needed to carry a concealed handgun. We believe it was a bad call, a narrow view of the Second Amendment that ignored both ...

Sephora is opening its newest store-within-a-store at Kohl’s on Wednesday at the Severna Park location on Ritchie Highway. Another Sephora at Kohl’s will open this summer at Kohl’s in Bel Air. After Sephora unveiled the new concept last year, Kohl’s announced plans earlier this year to add 400 Sephora stores at Kohl’s locations across 36 states. Several boutiques already have opened at Kohl’s ...