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Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say

Police in Baltimore say two people were killed and 28 victims were wounded in a mass shooting, including three who are in critical condition

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Baltimore block party shooting: Two dead and 28 injured with gunman at large

Mayor Brandon Scott described the shooting as ‘reckless’ and ‘cowardly’

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Pay records: Ex-police Commissioner Michael Harrison still drawing salary, despite stepping back as Baltimore’s top cop

Baltimore’s outgoing Police Commissioner Michael Harrison is no longer acting as commissioner but you wouldn’t know it from looking at his paychecks.

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U.S. cities reporting fewer killings hope crime strategies promote peace this summer

Mayors and police officials around the U.S. are rolling out familiar strategies in response to the traditional summer bump in violent crime

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Baltimore is a wild card in US Senate race so far lacking a hometown candidate

BALTIMORE — From the owner’s box at Camden Yards, David Trone gazed out at the crowd — a sea of Orioles fans in orange and black — and pronounced himself one of them.

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2023 Preakness: Diversity efforts start to pay off for an event that didn’t always include Baltimore’s Black community

BALTIMORE — Kevin Liles first attended Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown series, as a teenager with his father in the 1980s. But it was years down the line before he fully understood what was happening at the Pimlico Race Course.

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Judge: No contempt of court for St. Louis prosecutor

A St. Louis judge has ruled that the city’s elected prosecutor was not in contempt of court as a result of her office's failure to have a prosecutor present when a murder trial was due to begin

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Editorial: City-wide curfews are not an effective response to teen crime in Baltimore — or anywhere else

Mayor Brandon Scott, like most of us, is clearly frustrated by the levels of gun violence in Baltimore, including Sunday night’s attack on two young people, a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old, on the 400 Block of East Pratt Street in the Inner Harbor, which sent both teens to area hospitals.…

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Two teens shot Sunday night in Inner Harbor, Baltimore Police say; youth curfew to be enforced

BALTIMORE — Two teens were shot Sunday night in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, police said.

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Baltimore mayor calls for 'youth curfew' after 2 teens shot

The mayor of Baltimore has called for a summer curfew after two teenagers were shot while police were attempting to break up a large crowd of minors Sunday night

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Stolen futures: Baltimore faces uptick in youth violence

In response to rising youth violence, Baltimore leaders are ramping up efforts to de-escalate conflicts between young people and protect students going to and from school

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3 children, ages 1 to 7, die after a house fire early Saturday morning, Baltimore Fire Department says

BALTIMORE — Three children died following a house fire in the Rosemont neighborhood early Saturday morning in West Baltimore.

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A new fight over local control is brewing: How much control should Baltimore have over its police force?

BALTIMORE — After Baltimore residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of the city having control of its police department last November, debate swirled early this year around the timeline of formalizing the city’s authority.

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Editorial: Use every weapon in the fight against Baltimore’s gun violence

Rarely does a day go by when there is not another heartbreaking reminder that Baltimore remains among the nation’s most dangerous cities for gun violence, particularly for young Black men and boys. On Monday, it was the tragic news of a 16-year-old Patterson High School student found fatally shot in…

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Baltimore to invest in Black communities ravaged by highway

Members of Maryland's congressional delegation announced earlier this week a $2 million grant award to the city of Baltimore to create a plan for demolishing a failed highway construction project that decimated Black neighborhoods decades ago

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Black Baltimoreans fight to save homes from redevelopment

Residents of a historically Black neighborhood in west Baltimore filed a complaint this week asking federal officials to investigate whether the city's redevelopment policies are violating fair housing laws by disproportionately displacing Black and low-income residents to make way for so-called urban renewal projects

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Teen girl shot, critically injured outside school in North Baltimore, police say

BALTIMORE — A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized Wednesday evening after being shot at Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School in North Baltimore, according to Baltimore Police.

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Dan Rodricks: Can you blame a shopping center for a shooting?

The people who got on Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett after the shooting in Edmondson Village Wednesday morning might not know this, but he has been pushing for investment in that old shopping center for several years. Before and after the Freddie Gray uprising and unrest of 2015, Burnett was…

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As Baltimore records 332 homicides, violence takes toll on those working for change in city’s deadliest neighborhood

BALTIMORE — Cynthia Tensley for years has organized a “vigil for life” each time someone is killed in Carrollton Ridge.

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As Baltimore records 329 homicides, violence takes toll on those working for change in city’s deadliest neighborhood

BALTIMORE — Cynthia Tensley for years has organized a “vigil for life” each time someone is killed in Carrollton Ridge.

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Baltimore homicides stubbornly high despite new initiatives

Baltimore homicides surpassed 300 for the eighth year running in 2022 as gun violence remains stubbornly high despite repeated promises from elected officials and new anti-violence initiatives

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After 8 years, Baltimore hoping to have a reliable ally in Annapolis with Democrat Wes Moore as governor

BALTIMORE — Since the start of his campaign, Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore has stood firm in his call to be a partner to Baltimore as he prepares to move from his adopted home to the state capital early next year.

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Baltimore marks 300th and 301st homicides of 2022; mayor laments staggering, continual loss of life

For the eighth year in a row, Baltimore has reached 300 homicides.

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Takeaways: Kevin Porter Jr. leads Rockets back in close loss at Utah

Kevin Porter Jr. (24 points, 5 assists) led Houston back from a 19-point deficit in the second half, but it wasn’t quite enough in Utah on an off night by Jalen Green.

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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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