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Signs reflect a temporary price hike for many retailers of blue crabs, like Captain Treys, which has had to navigate a field of elevated crab prices as demand has outpaced supply. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)

Rethinking the crab cake: Baltimore-area restaurants grapple with sky-high crab prices, even from abroad

June 14, 2021 at 4:33 p.m.

Customers visit South Baltimore's Papi Cuisine from far and wide to feast on their crab cake egg roll, an indulgent, Instagram-ready concoction that packs in around half a pound of...

Whiskey and sea stories: How the bonds between military veterans launched this Baltimore distillery

November 11, 2019 at 12:52 p.m.

The aroma of aging whiskey knocks back a first-time visitor to the Highlandtown distillery: a heady mingling of vanilla and wood from thousands of white oak barrels stacked on shelves....

Tom Clancy’s fancy penthouse in Baltimore now half its original price

October 9, 2019 at 9:22 a.m.

Who doesn't love a good discount? Late author Tom Clancy's former penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Baltimore is now on the market for less than half its original asking...

David Schreder, of Lancaster, PA., wears an American Flag suit at the 144th Preakness Stakes on Armed Forces Day in honor of his son and daughter who are serving in the military.

Preakness 2019: Celeb assortment include Cal Ripken, Robin Thicke, Vanessa Williams

July 1, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

From Vanessa Williams to Gov. Larry Hogan and Cal Ripken Jr., the 144th Preakness Stakes drew a smattering of politicians, entertainers and athletes to Pimlico Race Course. Many arrived to...

Neighbors said a child and his mother were shot in a Cherry Hill playground Thursday afternoon while dozens of other kids played nearby. Police said the incident took place just before 6 p.m. near Round Road and Seagull Avenue. The boy, 11, suffered at least one gunshot wound. The woman, 34, was shot in the upper body. Both were taken to an area hospital for treatment.

Police: Baltimore woman struck up a conversation with 11-year-old boy on the playground, then she opened fire

August 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

A Baltimore woman walked onto a Cherry Hill playground late Thursday afternoon, struck up a conversation with a boy she didn’t know, then opened fire on the boy and his...

Adnan Syed's mother, Shamim Rahman, left, and her son Yusuf Syed, right, chat with family and friends near the courthouse in the early evening after the conclusion of the second day of the Adnan Syed hearing in 2016.

Who is Adnan Syed? Here’s what you need to know about the case chronicled by ‘Serial’ podcast

August 21, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

The podcast “Serial” exploded on iTunes in 2015 by re-examining a closed Baltimore murder case. The subject of that series, Adnan Syed, was granted a new trial by Maryland’s second-highest...

Student activists with the Baltimore Algebra Project disrupt a meeting of the Baltimore City school board Tuesday night.

Baltimore City school board votes ‘no’ to arming officers

August 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

The Baltimore City school board voted unanimously to oppose a measure that would have allowed school police officers to carry weapons during the day. The school board’s vote effectively kills...

Seven people injured after jet bridge collapses at BWI Airport, FAA says

August 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Seven people were injured in a jet bridge collapse Saturday night at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, according to a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. Staff on Southwest Flight...

Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ at Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

August 22, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

A man shouted a pro-Nazi and pro-Trump salute during a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre on Wednesday night in an outburst that some audience members...

A Baltimore City police officer stands at 814 W. Fayette Street near the scene of a shooting where a police officer was shot at the 800 block of Vine Street.

Baltimore police officer wounded, man killed in shootout in block that’s seen recent spate of violence

August 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

A Baltimore police officer was injured and a man was killed in a shootout Sunday evening in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood, interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said — in the...

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