With the coronavirus pandemic greatly limiting indoor and outdoor public events, the inauguration of Baltimore Mayor-elect Brandon Scott next month is expected to be a low-key event. Scott’s chief of staff, Michael Huber, told The Baltimore Sun that Scott is thinking of ...

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The city of Baltimore is on pace to record at least 300 killings for the sixth straight year. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the grim bench mark is leaving the city’s political, civic and law enforcement leaders searching ...

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Several fair housing organizations accused Redfin of systematic racial discrimination in a lawsuit Thursday, saying the online real estate broker offers fewer services to homebuyers and sellers in minority communities — a type of digital redlining that has depressed home values and exacerbated historic injustice in the housing market.

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Police in Baltimore say they've charged a man with murder in the death of longtime Gospel radio announcer Tyra Womack.

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Maryland election officials faced criticism Tuesday from lawmakers who questioned them about problems with the state's mostly mail-in primary, at a hearing to explore ways to make mail-in voting trouble free in November if it's required again by the virus outbreak.

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Baltimore's city council has approved more than $22 million in cuts to police department spending in its 2021 budget as calls for reallocating law enforcement funding have intensified during nationwide demonstrations.

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Baltimore police cleared several floors of a downtown hotel Sunday after receiving a report of a shooting.

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Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on Saturday formally conceded the Democratic primary race, offering congratulations to City Council President Brandon Scott.

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Johns Hopkins University, a thriving private research institution with one of the world’s foremost medical schools, is suspending the creation of a new armed police force similar to those patrolling numerous other U.S. colleges and universities.

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The police commissioner in Maryland’s largest city has been appointed to a police reform work group created by an organization of U.S. mayors. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison will be one of three law enforcement leaders on the U.S. Conference ...

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