Katie Mettler

A small business in Baltimore became the first private entity to file a lawsuit against the owner and the manager of the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The owner and operator of the ship that took down the Key Bridge should not be allowed to skirt liability because the vessel was “unseaworthy,” Baltimore claimed.

Six construction workers died after the container ship Dali lost power and slammed into a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 in the Port of Baltimore.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said officials have set an “aggressive timeline” to get the Port of Baltimore fully functioning by the end of May.

Efforts are underway to remove the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Officials said reopening the Port of Baltimore is the top priority.

A federal jury in Maryland awarded a former Prince George’s County police officer nearly $400,000 in a lawsuit alleging that her former lieutenant raped her.

On Wednesday and announced their intent to sue the Prince George’s County Police Department for the death of 31-year-old Melvin Jay.

The CEO of Maryland’s psychiatric hospital agreed to stay away from the facility and two of his colleagues for 6 months after he was accused of bullying staff and making threats.

Two Department of Health employees filed a restraining order against Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center CEO Scott Moran, alleging he made violent threats.

Melvin Jay, 31, was killed Thursday evening when a Prince George’s County police officer fired one shot at the man inside an apartment in a Suitland complex.