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Baltimore is forecast to stay chilly and damp for the next two days, with rain developing this afternoon and lingering tonight into Saturday. Highs will hover around 60°F with high humidity and northeast winds, then a warming trend is expected by Memorial Day into the upper 70s with some sun and a chance of showers.
A chilly start with patchy frost north and west of Baltimore, followed by a sunny day near 70°F; tomorrow brings rising temps with multiple lines of rain and thunderstorms, then a cooler Thursday before a ridge builds and heat returns for a summerlike weekend into next week.
A Spirit Airlines pilot’s planned retirement flight was canceled when Spirit abruptly wound down operations. He flew home on Southwest and was greeted with an impromptu retirement celebration at Baltimore, including a water cannon salute, as Spirit announced an orderly wind-down after bailout talks failed.
A bakery truck that left Baltimore was struck by an airplane in New Jersey, and the moment was captured on dashcam video, according to the truck’s owner.
Baltimore Banner reporters test the USDA’s Thrifty Food Plan—the budget used for SNAP and other programs—by shopping four times to see if a single person can live on $69 per trip (about $299/month) and a family on $272.46 per week (about $1,180/month) across Baltimore-area stores. Despite using coupons and sales at Aldi, Giant, Weis, Harris Teeter and more, they repeatedly exceeded the solo-budget targets and found the family budget far from affordable, underscoring that the plan—based on 2021 data—hasn’t kept pace with inflation or local prices and that SNAP benefits won’t automatically rise with costs. The piece concludes the federal minimum budget does not reflect current prices in Baltimore, though the plan may still serve as a rough budgeting guide.
Maryland health officials say the state’s first measles case of 2026 was diagnosed in a Baltimore-area resident who recently traveled internationally, with exposures noted at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, FastMed Urgent Care in Pikesville, and Sinai Hospital’s emergency departments. Measles is highly contagious and vaccination remains the best protection; those exposed should monitor for symptoms for up to three weeks and contact a clinician if they develop fever or a rash. Maryland reports a kindergarten vaccination rate around 96.4% for 2024–25, and nationwide measles cases have risen to about 1,748 this year, underscoring the continued importance of vaccination for herd immunity.
Baltimore police are seeking to identify two men pictured in connection with a robbery that occurred April 1 in the 1400 block of Washington Boulevard; authorities urge anyone with information to contact 410-396-2499.
The body of missing man Branson Oduor was recovered from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday morning, around 8:30 a.m., according to authorities; the initial report did not include further details.
At Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on Monday, security lines returned to normal after days of disruption, with checkpoints A–D/E open and waits under 10 minutes earlier in the day; travelers were advised to arrive two hours before departure, Frontier baggage checks ran about 40 minutes, ICE helped speed screening, and TSA backpay payments were underway to address staffing shortages.
Maryland joined nationwide 'No Kings' protests described as the biggest in U.S. history, rallying against the Trump administration’s immigration, economic, and foreign-policy actions with demonstrations across the state including Baltimore, as organizers call it a nationwide day of defiance and lawmakers like Senator Chris Van Hollen urged protecting rights.
Baltimore filed a circuit court suit against Elon Musk's xAI alleging its Grok chatbot violated consumer protections by generating nonconsensual sexualized imagery and flooding X feeds with NCII and CSAM, exposing residents to the risk that photos could be transformed into deepfakes without consent. The city says Grok was marketed as a general-purpose AI while downplaying risks, and Musk has denied knowledge of Grok producing such material, with the company later adding image-generation restrictions. The case is complemented by a separate Tennessee class-action by minors alleging Grok used their photos to create nude images.
Baltimore filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging Grok generates nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X and violates consumer-protection and deceptive-practices laws. The city says Grok’s features like“spicy mode” enable sexualized edits of real people (including minors), that Musk promoted Grok’s editing capabilities, and it seeks penalties plus court-ordered platform reforms. The action follows other related lawsuits and inquiries about Grok’s behavior.
The Boring Company announced the Tunnel Vision winners—New Orleans' NOLA Loop, Baltimore's Ravens Loop, and Dallas' University Hills Loop—and said it will begin due diligence on the winning projects; Denver’s proposed Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens tunnel was not selected, though the company is exploring potential collaborations with other entrants such as Hendersonville, TN and San Antonio.
Maryland lawmakers visiting Baltimore’s ICE field office reported that there were no detainees on site, days after a federal judge limited detainee capacity; DHS described the Baltimore facility as a processing center and did not explain detainees’ whereabouts, prompting questions about conditions and accountability.
A two-part winter system moves overnight into Tuesday, bringing freezing rain and a risk of a light ice glaze (up to about 1/4 inch inland) that could slick untreated surfaces and affect the Tuesday morning commute. The Winter Weather Advisory covers counties west and north of Baltimore and Washington, with possible school disruptions depending on conditions. The freezing rain is expected 4–7 a.m. before temperatures rise and rain resumes later in the day; Monday’s snow has largely melted, though pockets of 1–3 inches were reported in some areas.