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Questions remain after federal judge overseeing Baltimore Police called officers about run-in with squeegee workers

BALTIMORE — A federal judge overseeing Baltimore Police’s reform efforts called officers Sunday and reported that a pair of squeegee workers gave him the middle finger, spat on his car and wrote “racist” in suds on the windows.

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In aftermath of Chet Holmgren injury, Rockets rookie Tari Eason vows to stay in the gym

After the Chet Holmgren injury, Rockets rookie Tari Eason says he’s done with pro-am games, at least in 2022. But, Eason adds: “You won’t never not catch me in the gym.“

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It was called ‘murder mall.’ Now, 120 new townhomes are coming to West Baltimore

A Baltimore developer, along with city and state officials, held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning for a new, multimillion-dollar housing development at the site of the former Madison Park North Mall in West Baltimore.

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Baltimore voters will be asked this fall to consider term limits; other proposed ballot questions short of signatures

BALTIMORE — Baltimore voters will be asked this fall to decide if the city’s future elected leaders should be limited to two terms, the only successful question to emerge from multiple petition drives to put issues on the ballot this year.

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5 years after their removal, Baltimore’s Confederate monuments are expected to appear in art exhibit in Los Angeles

BALTIMORE — Tucked into the corner of a Baltimore City impound lot teeming with discarded lampposts and street signs, four Confederate-linked monuments have sat for five years.

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NYC Mayor Adams takes aim at 5 top US weapon makers during anti-gun summit: ‘Profit over our public safety’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams and several of his counterparts from other cities vowed Wednesday to hold five top U.S. weapon manufacturers accountable for their role in the country’s gun violence epidemic — and hinted that legal action against the firearm slingers could be forthcoming.

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Baltimore leaders, youth convene for ‘Squeegee Collaborative’ following deadly clash

BALTIMORE — In the wake of a deadly altercation between a man wielding a baseball bat and a group of squeegee workers, Baltimore business leaders convened with city youth this week to discuss solutions to the persistent tension surrounding their street-corner presence.

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Death of a driver on a downtown street brings Baltimore’s long-running squeegee worker debate to a head

BALTIMORE — For whatever reason, it all came to a head on Thursday afternoon at one of Baltimore’s most inviting intersections: Go one way to the city’s showpiece harbor, the other to its bandbox of a baseball park. Head north to downtown, or south to the redbrick, row house-scaled charm…

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The inspirational teenager who went from a bullied student to professional boxer after his doctor told him to lose weight

Brandon was inspired by the Rocky movie franchise to lose weight - and wanted to prove to himself and his school bullies that he could do anything he sets his mind to. Now instead of watching boxing on TV, he boxes in professional matches

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Police sergeant on life support after being dragged by car during vehicle stop in Northwest Baltimore

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore Police sergeant is critically ill on life support after he was dragged by a car for about two blocks during a traffic stop Tuesday evening in Northwest Baltimore, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said.

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Police: Man arrested hours after allegedly dragging and badly injuring Baltimore police officer during traffic stop

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police arrested Joseph Black late Wednesday morning a little more than half a day after officials alleged he accelerated his vehicle while engaged with a Baltimore police sergeant during a traffic stop Tuesday night, dragging the officer about two blocks and leaving him badly injured.

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Son of infamous 'lotto gran' banned from shops after turning to life of crime

The notoriety of his mum’s attempt to claim half of a £33million jackpot by saying she’d washed the ticket in the washing machine also contributed to Brandon Scott’s slide into crime, his barrister said.

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With rise in crime in Baltimore and US, issue moves to the forefront for Maryland voters and gubernatorial candidates

BALTIMORE — When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rushern Baker III launched his first television ad of Maryland’s 2022 campaign, he chose to focus on murders in Baltimore, telling viewers “nobody in power gives a damn” about the carnage because the victims are Black and vowing to “stop the slaughter of young…

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Agency running Baltimore’s violence intervention strategy defends itself to City Council, increasingly impatient amid a violent year

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore office charged with implementing the city’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy defended itself in a letter delivered to the City Council on Friday, arguing the process of reversing violent trends in the city is not “overnight work.”

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20 years later, ‘The Wire’ still has fans buzzing about Baltimore

BALTIMORE — In the summer of 2004, actor Jamie Hector was filming an episode from the third season of “The Wire” late at night on a rundown street in East Baltimore when shots rang out. He knew instantly that these were real bullets coming from a real gun, not the…

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Dan Rodricks: The question for Americans about guns: Do we want to live this way forever?

On Friday, Mayor Brandon Scott met with some of the many people who keep good things happening in Baltimore to herald the return of Fourth of July fireworks to the Inner Harbor for the first time since the pandemic.

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Editorial: Baltimore gun violence: Easy to find, complicated to fix

While it was hardly shocking to learn that Memorial Day weekend provided no respite from gun violence in Baltimore, there was something especially brazen about the Saturday night shooting of two 17-year-olds, one of whom later died, at the Inner Harbor at 7:35 p.m. near the amphitheater — a peak…

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Son of £33million 'lotto gran' descends into life of crime after her death

Brandon Scott, the son of "lotto gran" Susanne Hinte, turned to a life of crime after finding his mum's body in their home after she suffered a suspected heart attack in 2017

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Debates spark over Baltimore police protection strategies as rising bloodshed puts neighborhoods on edge

BALTIMORE — Gunfire rang out this month on Boarman Avenue, lined with trees and rowhouses with porches, frightening nearby residents. Five people were injured, police said, just hours after four people were shot in East Baltimore, including one man who died.

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‘It’s senseless’: Fatal shooting of pregnant Baltimore woman and man angers, shocks community

BALTIMORE — After a pregnant woman and her fiance were shot to death in a vehicle outside their Barclay home Thursday night, doctors were able to deliver the premature infant, who relatives said was fighting to survive after losing both parents.

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One-block radius illustrates how remediating blight could reduce violent crime, Baltimore leaders say

BALTIMORE — The latest deadly shooting in the Brooklyn area of Baltimore unfolded April 29 outside a boarded-up vacant rowhouse on Fifth Street — where candles, flowers and empty liquor bottles memorialize the young father gunned down that night.

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Editorial: The worshipping of guns, the cheapening of life

There is no shortage of tragedy on the streets of Baltimore: a revenge killing, a holdup gone bad, a suicide, a road rage that escalates. And then there are the roaring crescendos where you can’t quite believe what has been orchestrated. Like the cacophony of shots fired midday Tuesday in…

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Commentary: Baltimore’s guaranteed income pilot among first to focus on health influence

When Mayor Brandon Scott announced an unprecedented direct investment into Baltimore residents, a guaranteed income pilot program that will give 200 randomly selected young adult parents in the city $1,000 a month for 24 months, with no strings attached, he joined a wave of mayors across the country who are…

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Baltimore Police aim to be among first law enforcement agencies to hire civilian investigators

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Police Department plans to become one of the first law enforcement agencies in the nation to hire civilians to investigate low-level crimes, internal affairs complaints and cold cases.

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Gov. Hogan to send dollars, state troopers to help Baltimore police target violent crime

BALTIMORE — The state of Maryland plans to send millions to beef up a Baltimore Police Department warrant task force, pay for additional federal prosecutors to focus on gun crime in the city and send state troopers to take over traffic patrols on Interstate 83, Gov. Larry Hogan announced on…

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