Greetings from Prince George’s Community College, where the gym is filling up for the first joint appearance of President Biden and VP Harris since Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Harris.

Three takeaways from today’s ⁦Baltimore Police⁩ consent decree hearing -judge: reforming BPD has not made Baltimore more dangerous -vehicle shortages forcing officers to pair up, exacerbating staff shortages -misconduct investigations still flawed thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…

NEW: Poppleton residents are suing the developer and city over a long-stalled project to revitalize the majority Black neighborhood. "a once tight-knit community...is now an almost entirely abandoned and blighted ghost-town,” the federal lawsuit says. thebaltimorebanner.com/baltimore/popp…

NEW: “A little rock that puts a chip in the window”: ABC Capital’s Jay Walsh convicted of acting as contractor w/o license, ordered to pay victim back $20,500 within a month thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…

"Under a proposal being pushed by Mayor Brandon Scott, tens of millions in taxpayer dollars could go toward reinstating a few key benefits in the police and firefighters’ pension, which the city cut in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis." Adam Willis thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Cumberland’s comeback: How remote work is reviving this Western Maryland mountain town Story by Brenna T. Smith here --> tinyurl.com/w6csh2a3

Don't be a scab. Don't take a job at a place actively harming journalists.

I'm so grateful for the 300+ signatures on the petition calling on WSJ to reinstate me, org'd by IAPE TNG/CWA 1096 & supported by the NewsGuild-CWA. Thank you. I hope WSJ will respond. The press is stronger when their reporters can join unions. The right to unionize is a basic human right.

Council members just unanimously advanced Mayor Scott's plan to boost Baltimore's pension for police and firefighters. No discussion of Finance Department's warnings that the pension is already "unstable," its $1.2 billion funding gap or millions in annual costs

Super interesting - also troubling - Kyle Goon column about how random fans are harassing players on social media over sports bets. via Baltimore Banner Sports “Don’t let me down next time big dawg.” O’Hearn wrote back: “Don’t bet on me big dawg.” thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/orioles…

BREAKING: Ex-Gilman School teacher Chris Bendann has been found GUILTY on all counts in his sex abuse trial. More to come (The Baltimore Banner).

"The bikers sometimes put out cones to shut down the street and refused to let people walk through, neighbors said. They said the situation was headed toward a breaking point."

Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing bit.ly/4dIqlwg

In a footnote, the court says it "shall order no change to Mr. Syed’s conditions of release," allowing him to remain free as conviction is reinstated and proceedings start over

Major news developing around the Syed conviction. Follow Justin Fenton and Dylan Segelbaum, who are all over it.

Spending my Friday afternoon sending a bunch of cold-call emails that will almost certainly be ignored

By clara longo de freitas: She called the police on Jason Billingsley. It cost her a sibling. tinyurl.com/25pvynnt (via The Baltimore Banner)

These two disabled sisters trusted a friend to help them when they received an overdue tax bill. The man took their house from them. My colleague Royale has the heartbreaking story. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/hous…

I asked veterans what they thought about Gov. Wes Moore’s Bronze Star debacle. Here’s what they had to say. The Baltimore Banner tinyurl.com/rmwuvnhm

My hot take is that Mendoza should be a manager of the year candidate regardless of whether the Mets make the playoffs