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President Trump will be in Baltimore for the first time since publicly criticizing the city and Rep. Elijah Cummings. He and House Republicans are attending a retreat at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Harbor East on Thursday. Drivers should be prepared to sit in traffic or take another route.Heavy traffic is expected between 4 p.m. […]
Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools without air conditioning will dismiss three hours early Thursday due to heat. Temperatures are expected to reach the lower 90s with heat index values approaching the mid-90s. Here are partial lists. The affected Baltimore City schools are: Angela Y. Davis Leadership Academy Augusta Fells Savage Institute: in design Baltimore […]
An attorney representing Maryland’s four historically black colleges is urging the state to settle a long-running lawsuit over disparities in programs for $577 million “over a reasonable period of time.” In the letter, Jones noted that Mississippi settled its HBCU case involving three schools nearly 20 years ago for about $517 million, which is about […]
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan sent a letter criticizing Baltimore’s crime-fighting strategy as too “status quo,” and saying the state could give Baltimore an extra $21 million only if it sends “acceptable” measures and reports on reducing violent crime. He sent a four page letter to the Mayor’s office and the police department. The spokesperson for […]
Police in Washington, D.C. found drugs and guns when they stopped and searched a man suspected of fare evasion at the Pentagon City Metro station. Malike Razon Brittain, of Clinton, Maryland, has been arrested on charges including possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm while unlawfully carrying narcotics and fare evasion. The 24-year-old […]
A man is dead following a series of shootings late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Police first responded to the 5800 block of Chinquapin Parkway for a report of a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. They said they found a 27-year-old man who had been shot in the back and lower body. He was taken […]
A slight sigh of relief after an hours long investigation in downtown Baltimore Monday. Police said the suspicious van leaking gas in a parking garage near the Inner Harbor was being used to steal diesel fuel, and was not as hazardous as initially believed. The cables coming from the van were being used to siphon […]
A 2-year-old boy is in intensive care after falling from a window on the 11th floor of an apartment building in Takoma Park Monday afternoon. Emergency responders think the child fell into an area with bushes or mulch and ivy, inches away from the concrete sidewalk and parking lot. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding […]
President Donald Trump is coming to Baltimore. He’s visiting on Thursday to speak at the U.S. House of Representatives retreat for Republican lawmakers. The full retreat lasts until Sunday at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Harbor East after originally being scheduled to take place in West Virginia is past January. This visit is the first […]
Baltimore City Police are investigating a suspicious vehicle found near the Inner Harbor in Downtown Baltimore. Officers first responded around 9:13 in the morning for a report of the smell of leaking gas coming from a van facing the parking garage near T. Rowe Price building. The van has 1,000 gallons of gasoline, police officials […]