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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Baltimore Ravens preseason dates to circle
It's not just football talking season anymore, as Baltimore Ravens training camp has opened. Rookies reported to camp this past week, and that means the preseason is here It's not just football talking season anymore, as the Baltimore Ravens training camp has opened. Rookies reported to camp this past week, and that means the preseason is here. The first public viewing practice, at the Under Armour Performance Center, is just a few days away. And Under Armour is about as Maryland as crab soup, Old Bay, and Babe Ruth (he's forever a New York Yankee, but has pure Baltimorean roots). The company is based in Baltimore and was founded by Kevin Plank, a Kensington, Maryland native and University of Maryland graduate. If you're heading to the Under Armour facility in Owings Mills, MD, or following along online and in other media, here are the dates to note. Wednesday, July 23 The first open practice of training camp commences this Wednesday. If you want to catch the action, then you've got to get in and grab a good seat on the bleachers by 2:15 p.m. August 3 (Stadium Practice): 3:00 p.m. ET Every NFL team does a special day/evening practice at their home stadium, with these events having various branding names. "Stadium Practice" is a fantastic opportunity for people who can't really afford the sky-high price of game tickets to get in and see the venue. It's also a very family-friendly event. Tuesday, August 5 (Joint Practice with Colts): 1:00 p.m. ET It's the first opportunity to learn something about the overall quality of this team. And then we may learn a little more when these two teams square off two days later. August 7: Ravens vs. Colts – 7 p.m. ET (NFL Network) It's the Ravens' only nationally televised preseason game, and it's their only home preseason game this summer. Tuesday, August 12 The final open practice of 2025 kicks off at 1:30 p.m. ET. And wraps. August 16: Ravens at Cowboys – 7 p.m. ET It's a rematch (sort of, because obviously, the lineups will be entirely different) of the Ravens' first win in 2024, which came in week three. Baltimore's 28-25 victory came mainly on the strength of Derrick Henry, who rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. August 23: Ravens at Commanders – noon ET The famous third preseason game, which conventional wisdom tells us is the closest to a real game (traditionally) of the whole preseason slate, is only 34 days away now. When it arrives, it'll be another edition of the Beltway rivalry, which the Ravens won 30-23 on October 13.
UPI
3 days ago
- Health
- UPI
Five hospitalized in another mass drug overdose incident in Baltimore
Baltimore police and fire personnel respond to a mass casualty overdose incident in West Baltimore on July 10. Another overdose incident was reported Friday in the same area. Photo courtesy of Baltimore Police Department/X July 19 (UPI) -- Five people in Baltimore were hospitalized for a reported mass overdose incident, one week after 27 were sickened in the same area of the city because of a "bad batch" of drugs, police said. The victims Friday were in serious condition, Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace said at a news conference, including addition to two who refused treatment after first responders deployed Narcan. The 911 calls started coming just before 9 a.m. Friday and not from a concentrated area as last week, police said. Both incidents are in the historic Penn North neighborhood of West Baltimore. "People have already heard what is out here and yet they still gotta go get it because their body is calling for it," one man who goes by the nickname 'Slim Rob' told WJZ-TV. "It's heartbreaking, man. It's heartbreaking. You got people's mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles, grandparents out here -- and the kids need them and yet they need that when you can be gone like this." On July 10, people were hospitalized in the incident in West Baltimore, which law enforcement officers and community advocates called a "bad batch of drugs." BPD & @BaltimoreFire are on scene at the intersection of Pennsylvania & North Avenues in reference to multiple individuals experiencing overdose symptoms. More information to follow as it becomes available. Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) July 10, 2025 "We understand that the supply across the city is very volatile right now," Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said. "If you see someone who may be overdosing, help them. If you have Narcan, administer it. Call 911. Don't walk past anyone who may be experiencing an overdose. "You can literally save their life by stepping in. That person is a human, that person is a Baltimorean." Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the incidents are being investigated separately. "We also have numerous officers working the area having to locate who the buyers were, who the sellers were and mainly who is bringing the drugs into the area," Worley said. Five people were arrested three days later on July 13 in the area on a charge of drug possession with intent to distribute. It's unclear if the arrested were linked to the mass overdose, according to Baltimore police. "I understand the frustration," Scott said about Penn North residents, who felt their concerns have been ignored. "We're talking about a neighborhood ... that has been so disinvested in for so long. We're not going to change that overnight." Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology who examined substances from last week said they contained fentanyl, a powerful painkiller; methylclonazepam, which has sedative effects; Mannitol, a diuretic; quinine, an anti-malaria drug; and caffeine. Narcan, which is the brand name of naloxone, and fentanyl strips were distributed to the affected neighborhood last week. "Today's incident is a painful reminder that our work is far from over," Scott said. In Baltimore, opioid overdose deaths reached a high of 1,006 in 2021 and dropped to 895 in 2022 before going back up to 952 in 2023. Last year, there were 698 opioid overdose-related deaths in the city, according to state data. "People fade away -- they've got agendas, other things to do," Vincent Timmons, an outreach specialist at Tuerk House, told the Baltimore Banner. "People don't remember that area. They're used to that."
E&E News
13-05-2025
- Politics
- E&E News
Crockett, Mfume plow ahead with House Oversight bids
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is telling fellow House Democrats she plans to run for her party's Oversight Committee slot, plowing ahead with a bid after wavering last week, according to a text to lawmakers obtained by POLITICO. 'I believe in deference & frankly, the institution, but I recognize that the walls of this institution are collapsing around us and we are living in EXTRAORDINARY times, which call for an extraordinary response which is why I will seek the position of ranker for the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform,' the Texas Democrat wrote to lawmakers. 'I am asking for your consideration because I possess the merit to serve in THIS moment.' Crockett told POLITICO last week she was rethinking whether to seek the top job after Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) ramped up his own quiet outreach for the position. She cited seniority concerns and the potential that the Congressional Black Caucus could be divided. Advertisement Mfume is also reaching out to colleagues about his interest in the slot. In those messages, he invoked late Oversight Chair Elijah Cummings, a civil rights legend and fellow Baltimorean who led the committee during President Donald Trump's first term, according to a copy of the message obtained by POLITICO.
CBS News
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Beloved Sabatino's waitress "Peachy" retiring after nearly 50 years
Leonora "Peachy" Dixon, an authentic Baltimore jewel, is hanging up her uniform after serving customers at Little Italy's Sabatino's for nearly 50 years. The longtime waitress will work her final shift on Saturday before retiring and moving to Havre De Grace to be with her grandchildren. Peachy has greeted hungry patrons for about 70% of the 70 years the restaurant has been open. "I'm gonna cry because this is my life here, you know," Peachy said. "And I'm gonna miss it terribly, you know I am." Peachy's parents immigrated from Italy to Highlandtown, where she still lives, in the house where she was born. There's no menu needed when ordering from Peachy. She knows it all. The Dulaneys, who are regulars at Sabatino's, remember when the restaurant stayed open until 3 a.m. "People would flood from the bars, and they'd be lined up here out the door," Mr. Dulaney said. "A single guy would come in here and get spaghetti and meatballs," Peachy recalled. "Next thing I know, his head would be right in the meatballs, and this is in the summertime when they used to have outdoor seating." Peachy says one of the first guests she saw at Sabatino's was Frank Sinatra. "The first week I worked here," Peachy said. "No, I didn't wait on him. Oh my God, I'd just started waiting here." Peachy said Sinatra arrived in a limousine and was greeted by a crowd outside the restaurant. "When Frank Sinatra's limousine pulled up outside, all the old ladies were out with their aprons, you know, he hugged and kissed each one of them," Peachy said. "He was so nice." Peachy served other celebrities, including actress and singer Debbie Reynolds and actor Johnny Depp. "Johnny Depp sat there, Johnny Depp sat at that table right there," Peachy said. "And when I came to him, I went, 'Oh my God,' cause he had those eyes, and I didn't know it was him until I started taking his order." Peachy got her nickname from a priest at a church. "When I was little, he said, 'You got peachy cheeks, and my family heard it, and that was it, because of the priest," Peachy said. If you are a long-time Baltimorean, city councilman Mimi Dipietro was Peachy's uncle. In the 1970s, when Peachy was a single mom and needed a job, Mimi called Sabatino's. Hours and hours of walking the carpets of Sabatino's dining rooms and sidewalks of East Baltimore are all chronicled in Peachy's three autobiographies. Peachy's autobiographies and one novel, "The Baltimore Bookies," are still on sale at bookstores around Baltimore. "I have a peachy life," she said. "I've had a peachy life here."
CBS News
11-03-2025
- General
- CBS News
Red Cross explains how it is helping Baltimore residents displaced by massive rowhome fire
The American Red Cross is working with West Baltimore residents who lost their homes in a large fire on Friday, March 7. The four-alarm fire took out a block of rowhomes, businesses, and apartments on North Fulton Avenue, leaving at least nine residents displaced. Some of the buildings were vacant, according to fire officials. "You know, as a Baltimorean from East Baltimore, we should always be prepared because tragedy can happen anywhere, anyway," said Lenora Wright, the Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Central Maryland. The Baltimore City Fire Department believes the fire started inside a vacant home due to possible illegal occupant activity and spread on a windy early morning. Baltimore City has been plagued by vacant homes for decades. "We have a problem with addicts coming into these properties, calling themselves trying to keep warm, but endangering others and families," said Monique Awkward, who said she lost everything in the Fulton Avenue fire. How does the Red Cross help? The Central Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross is fulfilling its mission of assisting families impacted by the fire. "I've lost everything, I have nothing," a displaced resident said. Officials say nine people, among four rowhomes, are now without a place to live, IDs, food, and clothing. The Red Cross says they assist with more than 100 fires each month, so the Fulton Avenue blaze provided another opportunity to meet those in need. "If it's food or clothing, medication, eyewear, walkers, a Cpap machine, we write all of that down and we track that information and the Red Cross provides financial support," Wright said. Wright told WJZ that the Red Cross is helping these families get back on their feet. "We're providing financial services to them, we're making sure that they have the essentials that they need," Wright said. The Red Cross also provides these families with caseworkers who are with them for the long term. While they can't get them a new home, they make sure victims are connected to about a hundred different partners to help them figure out what's next. "The importance of partnership is we never want to have a family left without anything, so these relationships are key and very much essential," Wright said. Monique Awkward told WJZ her family of five is staying at a hotel, but they only have a week. She is unsure of their next move. "They have us staying at a hotel right now and we don't know what our next move is going to be," Awkward said. "We have seven days there."
