Baltimore has seen a surge in ballot questions backed by big money and sometimes people who don't live in the city at all. Is the system broken? baltimoresun.com/2024/07/18/bal…

The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here's how its newspaper met the moment apnews.com/article/butler…

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP survey finds Harris now backed by more than half of delegates needed to win nomination vote.

If you’re trying to get up to speed on VP Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Dems’ possible nominee, you really need to know your memes. My latest w/ Curtis Yee on "brat summer," "coconut tree" & the meme-i-fication of the veep's new 2024 campaign: apnews.com/article/kamala…

This year has challenged me in ways I could not foresee. That makes me all the more grateful to Baltimore magazine for understanding and recognizing what I do and for lifting up the reporters and photographers of The Sun who remain dedicated to Baltimore.

DEA agents on a "world debauchery tour" joked in a WhatsApp chat about "forcible anal rape." Then one of them was jailed in Madrid on that very charge. Details surfaced in thousands of secret law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press w/Joshua Goodman apnews.com/article/drugs-…

"Over the course of his 39 years, Vance’s first, middle and last names have all been altered in one way or another." apnews.com/article/electi…

Shannon Hanchett was known as the “Cookie Queen.” She was known & loved in Norman, OK, but in late ’22, landed in jail amid a mental health crisis. That’s where things got worse: themarshallproject.org/2024/07/30/okl… My latest, w/ 🔥Brianna Bailey🔥 & sachi clendo via The Marshall Project The Frontier

In light of all the X chatter, re-posting my The Associated Press story from Sunday. #KamalaHarris constantly being told by others she is Black/not Black enough/Indian American/not Indian enough is something just about every multiracial person has to put up with. apnews.com/article/kamala…

BREAKING: Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid apnews.com/article/kansas…

Tressa Honie is caught between anger and grief in the lead-up to Utah’s first execution since 2010. That’s because father is the person set to die by lethal injection Thursday, and her maternal grandmother is the person he brutally murdered. New for The Associated Press. apnews.com/article/ddf42f…

How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism | New from me and Jessie Wardarski apnews.com/article/cathol…

When I interviewed David Ford in 2018, he was in prison & had no teeth - but TDCJ wouldn't give him dentures. Then my story came out & they did. I promised him that when he got out I'd take him to lunch so he could use them. Last week, that finally happened.

DNC live updates: Preparations underway for night 1 in Chicago apnews.com/live/updates-d…

At least 55 arrested after clashes with police outside Israeli Consulate in Chicago during DNC apnews.com/article/democr…

Despite smaller crowds, activists at Democrats' convention call Chicago anti-war protests a success (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/84740b…

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court? apnews.com/article/ai-wri…

BREAKING: Maryland’s highest court has ordered a redo of the 2022 hearing that freed Adnan Syed, whose case was the focus of the "Serial" podcast. apnews.com/article/adnan-…

Maryland's highest court orders redo of hearing that freed Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case (from The Associated Press ⁦Lea Skene⁩) apnews.com/article/8214ec…

Four years after hurricanes Laura and Delta hit Louisiana, some residents fear they fell through the cracks on the state's road to recovery. The Associated Press spoke with residents still living in FEMA trailers, dilapidated homes and who can't find affordable housing. apnews.com/article/hurric…