…which is saying something

BREAKING: NHTSA closed its long-running probe of Tesla's Autopilot.

The agency reviewed 100s of crashes involving Autopilot misuse, including 13 that were fatal.

It says there's a 'critical safety gap' btwn driver expectations and AP's capabilities.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/26/tes…

a new deep-water channel was just opened in the Patapsco River, allowing vessels that have been stranded for weeks in Baltimore to finally leave.

and work continues on cleaning the Francis Scott Key bridge wreckage after the Dali crashed into it 4 weeks ago. 📸 The Baltimore Banner

The future is now

The work being honored here -- go Brenna T. Smith! -- is so vital and revealing. I especially love the black market for SNAP benefits piece she did with Nick Thieme and Brenda Wintrode. Give it a read:
thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Love this. Take the man up on it!

Got one of these in Virginia, too.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Domestic suppliers of basic medical equipment can’t compete with cheap imports from China.

The The Baltimore Banner kicked off our spring fundraising drive — we're aiming for 50 new donors in 50 hours! We need your support to continue bringing more quality and trustworthy local news to Maryland! thebaltimorebanner.com/give/

Politicians vow to claw back the taxpayer money that will be spent to rebuild the Key Bridge -- but a The Baltimore Banner review of six bridge disasters shows how unlikely that will be
via Daniel Zawodny & Ben Conarck
thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

A must-read about government competency

The Key Bridge collapse has local truckers reeling. They're stuck in traffic and forced into slower, longer routes. And they're nervous about infrastructure. “It’s terrifying for a trucker right now.”

Great read by Brenna T. Smith and Jessica Gallagher
thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

One of the Volkswagen UAW organizing committee members is headed to Alabama Sunday to meet with the Mercedes committee members there who have their own high-stakes vote next month.“Every factory in the South is capable of doing what we did,” she told me bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Before the Key Bridge: “Propulsion failures like those experienced by the Geeta and the Dali are not uncommon in the Chesapeake Bay or Patapsco River.”

Must-read Chesapeake-focused “dead ships” story by ⁦Lee Sanderlin⁩ and ⁦Ryan Little⁩ thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…