Battle-hardened redcoats had overwhelmed ... expressions of patriotic fervor in the young country’s history: Francis Scott Key’s composition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written ...

Judges lauded the staff’s strong and well-crafted “shoe-leather” reporting on the disaster that claimed the lives of six ...

A year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Maryland leaders are remembering the day that rocked the region.

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Federal officials identified 68 bridges across the U.S. that should undergo reviews to determine their vulnerability to collapse in a ship strike.

One year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being struck by the 984-foot container ship, killing six, Maryland is still picking up the pieces. New updates about the ...

In response to a critique from the NTSB, the Maryland Transportation Authority is revealing plans for safety measures to ...

B ALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommended vulnerability assessment that would have shown the Francis Scott Key Bridge was at significant risk of ...