New crime statistics released by the FBI place Baltimore's homicide rate last year well above that of any other large U.S. metropolis, making it an anomaly in the national crime landscape when looking at American cities with populations over 500,000 people.

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Baltimore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback - or no apparent reason at all.

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With the number of homicides exceeding 300 annually in Baltimore, the Maryland General Assembly this coming session will consider increasing funding for programs legislators say show promise for reducing violent crime in the state’s most populous city as well as ...

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Sen. Richard S. Madaleno, D-Montgomery County, called on first term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to push back against Session's threat in the latest effort to tie Hogan and President Donald Trump together.

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T.J. Smith is the face of Baltimore police: He’s the spokesman pleading with the public at news conferences to put down their guns, call in a tip or keep an eye on wily teenagers. His pleas to end the relentless ...

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Two Maryland state senators called on Gov. Larry Hogan to declare a state of emergency in Baltimore in an effort to assist the city in stemming the increase in violence and homicide. The city is on pace again to reach ...

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SAN ANTONIO — A federal judge has ordered that a soldier stationed in San Antonio and his girlfriend be returned to Maryland to face charges related to the shooting death of his wife, a fellow soldier. The San Antonio Express-News ...

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The city of Baltimore ended the year with a record 344 homicides. The Baltimore Sun reports that the tally is second only to the 353 homicides recorded in 1993, when the city had about 100,000 more residents. The homicide rate ...

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LAUREL — Police say a man bludgeoned his wife to death with a dumbbell inside their Laurel home. Howard County police say 41-year-old Jason Martin has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, 42-year-old Carla Dee ...

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NEW YORK  — The death of a woman who had silicone injected into her buttocks in New York City has been ruled a homicide. A spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office says Kelly Mayhew died after the silicone entered her ...

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