Maryland and federal officials announced charges against the operator of the container ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

The Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Mar 26, 2024, killing six construction workers who had been filling potholes.

Maryland has finalized a $2.25 billion settlement with the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali, closing a major chapter in the legal fight over the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge — but the state says its pursuit of accountability is far from over.

The federal government indicted two foreign companies Tuesday in connection with the cargo ship crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024.

US law mandates that an indictment is merely an accusation and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law

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With less than a month to go before a high-stakes federal bench trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, lawyers for the M/V Dali’s owner and manager say some of the people who know the most about what happened are too scared to talk.