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    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association/Black Press of America, during The Baltimore Uprising: 10 Years Later panel on Friday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.
    Baltimore mayor sees a changed city 10 years after death of Freddie Gray
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott recalls the tragic, police-involved death of Freddie Gray nearly 10 years ago.
    COMMENTARY: I left Baltimore after Freddie Gray. This is why I still have hope for the city.
    We owe Freddie Gray more than memorials. We owe him progress, Kwame Rose writes.
    Commentary: Freddie Gray’s tragic death exposed inequities, sparked change
    The senior center at Pastor Donté Hickman's church was set ablaze after Freddie Gray’s death, but he says the young man's lost life became a seed that started to germinate into a harvest.
    Man charged in 2020 cold case killing of pregnant woman and her baby in Columbia
    Nearly five years after Rabiah Ahmad was shot and killed in Howard County, police have arrested a suspect.
    Law enforcement agents escort Victor Martinez-Hernandez into a Harford County Police car at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.
    How family members helped detectives capture man charged in Rachel Morin’s death
    Jose and Tania Hernandez, Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s cousins, testified against him as he continues to stand trial on charges, including first-degree murder in the killing of Rachel Morin, 37, a mother of five, on Aug. 5, 2023, on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
    The loved ones of Rachel Morin taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail where she was found dead.
    From Wawa to the woods: Rachel Morin’s final hour traced through technology and witnesses
    Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on Aug. 5, 2023.
    A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
    Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
    Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
    “Father Bill” is alleged to have abused a boy while he was in grades two through four in the early ’90s.
    Ex-priest accused of sex abuse in Baltimore County indicted on 15 charges
    William Mannion Jr., known as “Father Bill,” now faces 15 felony counts.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    Albert William Rice Jr., a Laurel resident, has been charged with assaulting two students when he was a bus aide for the Linwood Center.
    Howard County bus aide hit two nonverbal students, police say
    Albert William Rice Jr. was arrested and charged last week with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense.
    Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on Aug. 5, 2023, while exercising on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
    Witnesses testify at murder trial about discovering Rachel Morin’s body: ‘She’s in the tunnel’
    Prosecutors continued presenting their case against Victor Martinez-Hernandez, who’s standing trial on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense, and kidnapping.
    Former student sues Baltimore Talmudical Academy, alleging rabbi sexually abused him
    A man who attended the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore is suing the school, alleging that he was sexually molested in the 1970s by a rabbi.
    Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, run by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
    Ex-detention center employee, charged with sexually abusing boys, eligible for home detention
    The former staff member at a state-run juvenile detention center accused of sexually abusing six boys was ruled eligible for home detention.
    Annapolis officials held a community meeting in March in response to the Clay Street shooting.
    Man arrested in connection to deadly shooting at Annapolis school bus stop
    Following the shooting, residents of the close-knit community raised concerns in a meeting with public officials.
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    Baltimore Beltway crash after traffic stop leaves three dead, police say
    A Baltimore County car crash left three people dead Saturday night.
    Jaye Summerlot protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
    Federal judge orders return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Recounting the moment on Friday, Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she hasn’t seen or heard from him since, in her first speaking appearance since news of her husband’s deportation was reported.
    A celebration of life for the deceased mother of five, Rachel Morin, took place at Greater Grace Church in Baltimore on August 27, 2023.
    2 of Rachel Morin’s daughters testify at murder trial about final texts with mom
    Violet Custer, 14, and Faye McMahon, 19, testified on Friday in Harford County Circuit Court during the trial of Victor Martinez-Hernandez.
    A contracted bus aide in Howard County has been charged with assaulting two students from the Linwood Center, allegations school officials called "especially troubling."
    ‘Especially troubling’: A Howard County bus aide faces sex offense, assault charges
    A Howard County bus attendant, contracted to serve students at the Linwood Center, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense this week.
    A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
    Baltimore woman wanted in connection to fatal shooting arrested in Ohio
    Unique Thorn, 26, was arrested Thursday by U.S. Marshals in Ohio in connection to a fatal shooting in the city last month.
    Views of the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore on November 8, 2024.
    Pharmacist hacked hospital computers to watch doctors undress, breastfeed, lawsuit alleges
    The women further accuse Dr. Matthew Bathula of installing software on hospital computers to steal their personal passwords and take control of their home networks.
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