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3 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

Pope Francis, who was known for his humble style and concern for the poor, died on Monday at age 88. After being hospitalized earlier this year with double pneumonia, the pope emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday — his last public appearance, a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.

4 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Rick Hutzell

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris knows a Maryland man when he sees one. To the Republican congressman from the Eastern Shore, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no Maryland man. “Calling him a Maryland man just because he happens to have illegally entered the country and ended up in Maryland does not make him a Maryland man,” he told The Washington Reporter, a conservative political newsletter. U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen knows a Maryland man when he sees one, too. The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. Become one.

5 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Julie Scharper |Ariel Zambelich

A Johns Hopkins University shuttle bus careened into a pair of buildings at the corner of 25th and N. Charles streets on Saturday, leaving one person injured, Baltimore City Police said. A vehicle collided with the bus at the intersection around 5:19 p.m., propelling it into a row of brick buildings on N. Charles Street, police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said in an email.

5 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Andy Kostka

Maverick Handley was behind the plate that day in 2022, when Brandon Young walked off the mound knowing something was wrong with his elbow. Before the discomfort started, Handley, then a catcher with Double-A Bowie, was impressed by the performance of this 6-foot-6 right-hander who was rapidly gaining a following in the Orioles organization as a pitcher to watch. Handley wouldn’t see Young again up close for almost two years.

5 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Andy Kostka

For all the momentum Thursday night built for the Orioles — and it felt sizable, considering Tomoyuki Sugano provided a harried rotation its best start of the season — momentum can hit a wall just as quickly. In this sense, the wall was in center field, and Elly De La Cruz’s homer didn’t hit it particularly quickly. The Reds shortstop blasted a towering shot that hit off the top of the wall.