The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation into an apparently bias-motivated incident targeting a small business in Baltimore. Earlier this month, two packages containing fake pagers and a sweatshirt emblazoned with the logo of the Israeli military were mai...
Port workers have gone on strike in Baltimore, Maryland. This is following a dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance. They failed to reach an agreement on better wages and automation. Workers walked off the job in the first strike organized by the union since 1977. It will af...
A white supremacist woman in Maryland has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader to attack Baltimore’s power grid. Sarah Beth Clendaniel pleaded guilty in May to plotting sniper attacks on electrical substations. Federal prosecutors say these aimed to disrupt power in the majority-Black city and create wide...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Maryland chapter has lodged a civil rights complaint on behalf of a 12-year-old Muslim student. The student faced harassment, assaults, and forcible removal of her hijab at Mace’s Lane Middle School in Cambridge. The child’s mother Latoya Gibbs says her daughter was harassed by peers on the bus ride...
An Imam in Maryland says he regrets unknowingly participating in an interfaith iftar event sponsored by the Israeli embassy. Imam Faizul Khan, representing the Islamic Society of the Washington Area, reiterated his stance against activities that might endorse Israeli actions in Gaza. He highlighted the importance of genuine interfaith dialogue...
Baltimore, United States – AFP A major bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday after being struck by a container ship, sending multiple vehicles and people plunging into the frigid harbor below. Dramatic footage showed a 300-meter vessel hitting the Francis Scott Key Bridge, bringing the steel-built structure crashing ...
