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Orioles Use Three Home Runs and Trevor Rogers’ Nine Strikeouts to Beat Angels
Baltimore beat Los Angeles 5–2 behind three home runs, a season-high nine strikeouts from Trevor Rogers and a four-hit team pitching performance.
Aug 6


Baltimore Approves Higher Underground-Conduit Fee Over BGE Objections
Baltimore approved a higher fee for BGE and other users of its underground conduit system, reopening debate over infrastructure costs and utility bills.
Aug 6


U.K. Clears Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition
Paramount’s proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition has cleared the U.K., but a multistate U.S. antitrust challenge still stands in the way.
Aug 6


DJ Screw’s Houston Legacy Takes Center Stage With Paul Wall and Z-Ro
Houston will honor DJ Screw on August 8 with Paul Wall, Z-Ro and programming focused on the sound that transformed the city’s Hip-Hop identity.
Aug 6


Ms. Lauryn Hill Brings Diaspora Calling! to the U.K. With a Fugees Celebration
Ms. Lauryn Hill is taking Diaspora Calling! to Milton Keynes with Wyclef Jean, Erykah Badu, Fireboy DML, Giggs and a full-album Fugees performance.
Aug 6


The Grown & Sexy Slow Jams: Ten R&B Records for August 5
Ten 1990s and 2000s R&B records set the mood for Power1047’s August 5 Grown & Sexy Slow Jams. Tonight’s ten-song sequence moves from vocal-group harmony and grown-man devotion into turn-of-the-century intimacy and polished neo-soul. Every selection was compared with the current Playlist Rotation Ledger. None of the ten artists appears in the recorded seven-day artist window, and none of the songs appear in the recorded rotation. 1. Boyz II Men — “Doin’ Just Fine” “Doin’ Just
Aug 5


Update: Preakness Will Move to Sunday and Run Three Weeks After the Kentucky Derby
One day after concern over the Preakness being left out of a new championship series, Maryland has announced a historic Sunday move and a new place on the 2027 calendar.
Aug 5


Baltimore Opens a $450,000 Competition to Redesign Three Major Gateways
Artists, architects, students and multidisciplinary teams can compete to reshape how residents and visitors experience three heavily traveled entrances to Baltimore.
Aug 5


Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black Season 3 Trailer Puts Kimmie’s Power on Trial
The official trailer shifts the series from Kimmie’s rise to the harder question of whether she can hold power while the Bellarie empire fights back.
Aug 5


Pharrell's Atlanta Rap Production Is Helping Atlanta Veterans Hear Their Next Chapter
Pharrell’s strongest 2026 production skill may be diagnosis: hearing what a veteran artist should become next without forcing a return to an earlier sound.
Aug 5


A$AP Rocky Directly Answers Drake’s “Burning Bridges” Line
Rocky moved the conversation from concert subliminals to an on-record answer, disputing Drake’s claim that Rihanna did not support his album.
Aug 5


Pooh Shiesty Announces All Eyes On Shiest and Drops “Last Man Breathin”
Pooh Shiesty has turned the middle of the week into album mode, announcing an August 7 release and giving listeners the project’s first immediate preview.
Aug 5


Disney and TikTok Build a New Bridge From Fan Videos to Disney+
A U.S. pilot will place selected, opt-in Disney fan videos from TikTok inside Disney+ while expanding access for creators.
Aug 5


Adley Rutschman Starts His Boston Chapter as Orioles Begin Their Post-Deadline Sprint
The former face of Baltimore’s rebuild has arrived in Boston, and the Orioles are trying to sell their deadline reset as a retool—not surrender.
Aug 5


Judge Dismisses Terrence Howard’s Empire Pay Lawsuit Against CAA
Terrence Howard sought a raise from $325,000 to $750,000 per episode, but a judge ruled his claimed damages were too speculative to reach trial.
Aug 5


Beyoncé and JAY-Z Reunite on the “Morning Dew (Donk)” Remix Pack
Beyoncé’s latest release turns “Morning Dew (Donk)” into a four-track remix package—and brings JAY-Z back to a widely released guest verse.
Aug 5


PowerPage Nightcap: Drake, Viola Davis and Baltimore Close August 4
The August 4 Power1047 Nightcap covers Drake, Future and Don Toliver on the charts, Akeylah Simone’s new R&B statement, Viola Davis’ Ascent, Baltimore’s National Night Out, Ted Lasso and ten classic slow jams.
Aug 4


Ravens Lock In Zay Flowers With Four-Year, $140 Million Extension
Baltimore has secured its homegrown No. 1 receiver. Zay Flowers’ reported four-year, $140 million extension includes $108 million guaranteed and keeps him with the Ravens through 2031.
Aug 4


BlackStar Film Festival Brings 91 Films and Global Storytelling to Philadelphia
One of the country’s most important showcases for independent Black, Brown and Indigenous cinema returns to Philadelphia this week with its largest asset still intact: a clear sense of cultural purpose. The 15th BlackStar Film Festival runs August 6 through August 9 at venues throughout Philadelphia and through online programming available to audiences beyond the city. This year’s program includes 91 films from more than 30 countries, along with filmmaker conversations, live
Aug 4


Jamie Foxx Enters a Courthouse Hostage Crisis in Amazon MGM’s Deadlocked
Jamie Foxx has found his next action vehicle—and this one traps him inside a courthouse where an already historic trial erupts into a deadly siege. Foxx will lead Deadlocked, an Amazon MGM Studios thriller that has secured worldwide distribution and is expected to stream globally on Prime Video. The Oscar winner will play a grieving former Marine who is performing jury duty when the defendant’s daughter takes control of the courthouse in an attempt to free her father. Caught
Aug 4
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