By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said it is evaluating whether other bridges nationwide are at risk after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in March, killing six people and destroying the Patapsco River crossing. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier said at a U.S. […]
BALTIMORE — Competitive primary races for congressional seats in the Baltimore region and in Western Maryland are on the ballot Tuesday, with results expected to come in across the state after polls close at 8 p.m. ET. All eight of Maryland’s U.S. House districts have elections this year for new two-year terms. Five incumbents are […]
The ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and sent it plunging into the water nearly two months ago, suffered a pair of electrical blackouts the day before the crash, federal investigators said Tuesday. The Dali continued to have electrical issues in the minutes before the March 26 collision, including two […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report Tuesday the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore while undergoing maintenance. The power outage was caused by a crewmember mistakenly closing an exhaust damper, […]
Bang! And the bridge is gone. – Gif: WUSA9 via YouTube More than six weeks after it struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, the Dali container ship has finally been freed after engineers blew up remnants of the bridge. Explosives experts from the U.S. Army were called in to explode a […]
Demolition experts used explosives Monday to remove part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore and free a cargo ship that has been trapped since it rammed into the structure in March. The demolition will eventually allow workers to remove the nearly 1,000-foot (300-meter) Dali container vessel which has almost entirely blocked access to one of […]
Crews have conducted a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. It marked a major step in freeing the grounded Dali container ship, which has been stuck amid the wreckage since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns shortly […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews are expected to conduct a controlled demolition Monday evening to break down the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, a major step in the cleanup as officials seek to fully reopen the port’s busy shipping channel by the end of the month. Engineers have […]
BALTIMORE — Three teens pleaded guilty Monday to varying charges stemming from the mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes community last summer. Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a prohibited person in possession of a handgun, with prosecutors agreeing to a sentence of 25 years incarceration […]
Body camera footage caught the moment first responders were left shocked by the Baltimore bridge collapse. “This is [expletive] bad,” one officer is heard saying in the footage. “Like, there is no bridge.” In the video, which was originally published by The Baltimore Banner, an officer is heard stuttering while standing on a boat as […]
The controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been postponed because of weather conditions. Crews have been preparing for weeks to use explosives to break down the span, which is an estimated 500ft long and weighs up to 600 tons. It landed on the […]
Body camera footage caught the moment first responders were left shocked by the Baltimore bridge collapse. “This is [expletive] bad,” one officer is heard saying in the footage. “Like, there is no bridge.” In the video, which was originally published by The Baltimore Banner, an officer is heard stuttering while standing on a boat as […]