Author: Juliet Linderman
-
Teen’s bar mitzvah gives Houston chance to commiserate, heal
BELLAIRE, Texas — It wasn’t a typical bar mitzvah, but then nothing has been typical in the Houston area since Harvey came ashore as a powerful hurricane and left whole sections of the city underwater, including its predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss opened Saturday’s ceremony ushering 13-year-old Doran Evan Yustein into manhood by pointing…
-
U.S. buildings, NFL stadium check panels amid fears of fire
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the “stunning visual effect” its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that “soars 33 stories into the air.” Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used…
-
Contact with opioids causing accidental overdoses among first responders
BEL AIR, Md. — As Cpl. Kevin Phillips pulled up to investigate a suspected opioid overdose, paramedics were already at the Maryland home giving a man a life-saving dose of the overdose reversal drug Narcan. Drugs were easy to find: a package of heroin on the railing leading to a basement; another batch on a…
-
Historic Maryland town faces long recovery after flooding
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — The picturesque main street of Ellicott City — quaint with brightly colored storefronts — was in shambles Monday, two days after a catastrophic storm ripped through town, shattering glass windows, swallowing cars, demolishing structures and devouring their foundations. Severely damaged were antique shops, restaurants, a toy store and a beloved bar…
-
Prosecutors abandon case against police in Gray’s death
BALTIMORE — More than a year after a black man suffered a broken neck in a police van, the effort to hold six officers criminally responsible for his death collapsed Wednesday when the city dropped all charges in the case that tore Baltimore apart and exposed deep fissures between the police, prosecutors and the people.…
-
Police driver acquitted of all charges in Freddie Gray death
BALTIMORE — A judge acquitted a police van driver of all charges including “depraved-heart” murder on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore’s worst riots in decades. Six officers were charged in Gray’s death, but only Officer Caesar Goodson was accused…
-
Police: Phelps’ eyes, speech affected at DUI stop
BALTIMORE — Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps registered .14 percent on a blood-alcohol test after he was stopped on a speeding violation, according to charging documents released Wednesday. The legal limit for intoxication in Maryland is .08. Phelps, 29, was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence, excessive speed and crossing double lane lines in the…
-
US Ed Dept. adds 12 schools, one in Colorado, to Title IX list
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Education has added 12 colleges and universities to its growing list of educational institutions being investigated for their handling of sexual abuse allegations. In May, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights made public the names of schools under investigation for possible violations of Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination…
-
Pa. Methodist pastor appeals his defrocking
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — A United Methodist pastor on Friday asked a church appeals panel to overturn a decision to defrock him for refusing to promise to uphold the church’s law, which bans ministers from performing same-sex marriages. Frank Schaefer of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, had his ministerial credentials stripped last year after a trial jury found…