Embarking on a transatlantic kayak trip from New York to Lisbon
Polish kayaker Aleksander Doba begins his transatlantic kayak adventure from New York to Lisbon.
Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
24 hours with...
A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
World’s longest train tunnel opening in Switzerland
Almost 70 years after it was conceived, and 17 years after construction started, the world’s largest train tunnel is to open tomorrow in Switzerland. Dug under the Alps, the 35-mile Gotthard Base Tunnel is expected to streamline and increase rail traffic between northern and southern Europe.
At the Tomb of the Unknowns on Memorial Day
President Barack Obama appears at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.
WWII-era plane crashes into Hudson River
A World War II vintage P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft crashed into the Hudson River Friday, May 27, 2016, killing its pilot.
Israel holds country’s first transgender beauty pageant
Talleen Abu Hanna, a 21-year-old Israeli from a Catholic Arab family, won Israel’s first transgender pageant.
Searching for Harriet Tubman in Dorchester County
After the announcement last month that Harriett Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill “Who is Harriet Tubman?” was a top searched question on Google.
Chemical factory explosion outside Mumbai, India
Indian rescue personnel worked at the site of an explosion at a chemical factory in Dombivli, in the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 26, 2016. The powerful explosion shattered windows in buildings near the factory. According to the Associated Press, at least two people were killed and 120 injured in the explosion.
From the vault: Baltimore swimming pools through the years
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer with the most important event of the year for sun and water worshippers: the opening of local pools. From Druid Hill to Patterson Park, Baltimore is home to a number of pools, many of which have been around since the time your great grandmother did her first cannonball. As a side observation – some of these pools used to be way bigger, and way cooler-looking in the olden times. On that note, we thought it would be a perfect time to revisit some old photos of Baltimoreans enjoying the pool through the decades, as we slather on the sunscreen and prepare to dive in.
Corpus bullfighting festival under way in Granada
Images from the Corpus bullfight festival at the bullring of Granada, Spain on May 25, 2016.
Italian navy rescues capsized migrant ship
At least seven people drowned when an overloaded cargo ship carrying migrants from Libya capsized near the coast of Sicily on May 25, 2016. The Italian Navy successfully rescued over 500 other passengers. The navy’s Bettica patrol boat spotted “a boat in precarious conditions off the coast of Libya with numerous migrants aboard,” it said in a statement.