Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates held a news conference this month in which he seemed to celebrate the arrest of a group of children allegedly connected to a carjacking ring operated out of a “clubhouse.” Putting aside whether that is something our community should celebrate, Bates had a message for parents: “If you remember one thing from this press conference,” he said, “just remember two words: parental accountability.”

Following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, temporary economic losses from closure of the Port of Baltimore could prove to be severe. The Baltimore region has been left reeling after a container ship struck the bridge, causing it to collapse and leading to the deaths of six construction workers. The bridge disaster severed water access to most terminals within the Port of Baltimore indefinitely. (Photo: Unified Command Photo via The Baltimore Banner)

Help is available Tuesday for those with insurance-related questions regarding the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the Maryland Insurance Administration said Monday. Virtual “disaster center” sessions will be held Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The agency will offer 10-minute presentations followed by breakout sessions with representatives of state and federal agencies.

A Rockville-based manufacturer of pickleball and table tennis equipment will more than triple its footprint when it expands into a new headquarters over the course of the next year. Joola has inked a lease for 35,000 square feet at 915 Meeting St., in North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose mixed-use development. The company currently operates out of 10,000 square feet at 2101 Gaither Road In Rockville.

Baltimore City is taking legal action against entities it deems responsible for the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and the FBI has opened an investigation into the disaster. The bridge crumbled nearly three weeks ago after its support column was struck by a malfunctioning cargo ship in the early morning hours of March 26, sending eight construction workers into the Patapsco River below, killing six of them.

When Mayor Brandon Scott gathered Monday with Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and other law enforcement officials to announce the takedown of two alleged drug trafficking operations as part of his signature crime-fighting initiative, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates was not in attendance. Though Scott brushed it off and Bates noted that he sent a representative, it was hardly an aberration.

Among the things President Biden pledged during his trip to Baltimore to see the wreckage from the Francis Scott Key Bridge were moving “heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible” and using “American steel.” Baltimore has a history as a giant in the steel industry; Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Mill, just south of the Key Bridge on the Patapsco River, was once the largest mill in the world, but it has been gone for years.

President Biden visited the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which has been called a “mangled mess,” on Friday, mourning the loss of the six workers killed in the accident. The economic impact of this accident is significant and goes far beyond the bridge itself. The disaster should serve as a wake-up call to ensure that all bridges, as well as all marine infrastructure in general, can withstand such a collision.

Inside Frederick Community College’s student center on Saturday, community members stood eagerly in front of tables with large boxes of food items, plastic bags in hand. When Angela Abrishami, the managing director for the Frederick chapter of the nonprofit Blessings in a Backpack, said “Go,” teams rushed forward and began packing as many bags as possible, trying to fill 100 bags first.

As her four sisters sat quietly near her in a room at the Baltimore Immigration Court, the 8-year-old girl played with a green bendable toy bunny given to her by an attorney — “Bendy,” children before her had named it. The bunny came out of a drawer filled with other toys meant to calm nervous children. “We have some superheroes,” Cate Scenna told the youngest girl, her hair in pigtails with pink hair clips.