The Latest Breaking News from Baltimore

BALTIMORE — Michelle Paris has turned the central tragedy of her life into a darkly comic romantic novel.

Starbucks baristas staged one-day strikes Monday at one of the chain’s Baltimore coffee shops and at other Maryland and Virginia stores to protest what the newly unionized workers say have been delays in negotiating labor contracts.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown challenged the veracity of a statement the Archdiocese of Baltimore posted on its website about a report by Brown’s office detailing decades of child sex abuse and torture by Catholic clergy in Maryland and the church’s coverup.

BALTIMORE — Last year, Jim Palmer sent Ben McDonald to his barber. Over a minute and a half, the Orioles pitchers-turned-broadcasters went back and forth about Dawn, her ownership of Shearz Inc. of Little Italy, her tattoos and the fact it had been more than a decade since she had…

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Police Department is “turning the corner” in reforming unconstitutional policing practices, according to the federal judge overseeing the city’s consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice.

BALTIMORE — The two vehicles that collided last month on the Baltimore Beltway, ultimately killing six highway workers, were speeding before they crashed, causing one vehicle to enter an access point and work zone, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

BALTIMORE — The win wasn’t pretty, but the last swing sure was.

BALTIMORE — Odell Beckham Jr. said he didn’t get any assurances that Lamar Jackson would be the Ravens’ quarterback this season, but the wide receiver acknowledged the “possibility” of teaming up factored into his decision to sign with Baltimore.

Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. arrived on a jet with his son Zydn