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Wesley Hawkins pulled into a parking space outside an East Baltimore high school, already running late for his weekly check-in with teenagers he mentors. His visit to a hospitalized student, another of the youths he counsels, had delayed him. Stacked ...

Third in a Series Larry Thompson, a junior at Reach! Partnership School, in Baltimore’s Clifton Park area, counts at least nine friends who died in the last two years — shootings, stabbings, a car crash, a drowning. “I’ve been losing ...

Second in a Series The three students at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore grew up amid the violence and trauma that plague the city, where crime can begin to feel routine.  Yet when a shooter fired a gun inside ...

In most barbershops, you might find posters that show style trends or magazines stacked on tables. But in New Beginnings barbershop in Baltimore, what stands out are student artwork on the walls and stacks of pamphlets promoting art exhibits and ...

Only 10 percent of investors in Maryland’s cannabis industry are people of color, according to data from the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission. That figure illustrates the extent to which minorities are excluded from participation in Maryland’s medical cannabis industry, critics ...

Ask him, and Stanley Mitchell will proudly tell you he works 12 hour days. Over the last seven years, the 71-year-old Charles County resident has held a sweeping assortment of jobs, sometimes juggling several at the same time. It’s a ...

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ANNAPOLIS — After returning home from Iraq, Army veteran Kellen Leech, who was deployed three times over the course of 14 year, wrestled with his mental health: PTSD, survivor’s guilt and depression — until he read a Facebook post about ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland could begin replacing old diesel and hybrid state-operated transit buses with electric and zero-emission ones no earlier than July 2022 if a bill passes the General Assembly, jolting Maryland’s fleet into the future. Gov. Larry Hogan, R, ...

ANNAPOLIS — The State Highway Administration would be authorized to post suicide prevention information on existing electronic highway signs under new legislation proposed in the Maryland Senate. Senate bill 810, which is expected to be heard in the Finance Committee ...

ANNAPOLIS — At 2 a.m. Sunday, hundreds of millions of Americans will “spring forward” one hour in the annual observance of Daylight Saving Time — gaining an hour of sunlight, but losing an hour of sleep. Some Maryland lawmakers are ...