Two Men Shot in Parking Lot on Newtowne Drive; Annapolis Police Investigating
Annapolis Police are investigating a shooting that injured two men in the 700 block of Newtowne Drive on August 9, 2025, around 9:20 p.m. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found both victims in a parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims were flown by helicopter to an area...
Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum Receives $700,000 in Grants for 17,000 Sq. Ft....
Poe Baltimore, the non-profit organization that stewards the historic Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, proudly announces the award of several major grants totaling nearly $700,000. These funds will support both a significant expansion of the museum and enhanced public programming, strengthening efforts to preserve and...
NASA Wallops rocket launch to be visible in skies over Mid-Atlantic states
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA—A NASA sounding rocket will carry student experiments to suborbital space for the RockSatX mission on Tuesday morning. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, August 12 at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility with the window opening at 6 a.m. through 9 a.m. EDT. Livestream coverage will begin on the...
Holiday Heist: ATM Ripped Open In Virginia, Suspects Nabbed Months Later: Police
A pair of Maryland residents were among the trio who were linked to the brazen holiday burglary in Culpeper that came to a head on Monday when each was arrested and charged, according to the Culpeper Police Department. The burglary happened around 3:19 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at Atlantic...
Victor Martinez-Hernandez gets life without parole for murder of Rachel Morin
Victor Martinez-Hernandez, the convicted killer of Maryland mother Rachel Morin, was sentenced to life in prison in Harford County Circuit Court.
Maryland MSO cannabis dispensary fined for advertising violations targeting minors
CannaMd, LLC, operating as Releaf Shop, a licensed cannabis dispensary in Baltimore, has been fined $2,500 by the Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) for violating advertising regulations by indirectly targeting individuals under the age of 21. This marks a second advertising violation for the company within a...
$1.4 million judgment ruled against Maryland doctor for Medicare fraud
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Maryland doctor has had a $1.4 million judgment ruled against him for fraudulent billing practices involving Medicare. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced the judgment of $1,407,493.23 against Dr. Richard Akoto and his practice, Richard O. Akoto, M.D. PC. The...
Judge offers Baltimore $100 million in opioid abatement funds
Baltimore may receive much less than it was hoping from its trial against opioid distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen after a ruling from Maryland Circuit Court Judge Lawerence Fletcher-Hill last Friday. Fletcher-Hill ruled that Baltimore is due $100 million in abatement funds from the companies to rectify...
Progress in Baltimore strengthens CIAA relationship
The community is growing stronger as the streets grow safer in Baltimore. The post Progress in Baltimore strengthens CIAA relationship appeared first on HBCU Gameday .
Still swimming: A love story rooted in faith, legacy and the AFRO
In the summer of 1954, two young AFRO News carriers from Baltimore met for the first time during a beach trip for newspaper boys and girls. That moment, shared at Carr’s Beach, a popular resort for African Americans along the Chesapeake Bay, was the beginning of a lifelong love story.