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Community
An assistant city state's attorney said the girl's father blamed "Satan" for his daughter's injuries, while the mother blamed her 2-year-old son who jumped on the bed, causing the infant to
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Community
State officials are scrambling to find funding to cushion the blow on Marylanders’ pocketbooks from skyrocketing healthcare costs and federal changes to the Medicaid program.
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Public Safety
A former Bowie, Maryland, police officer convicted of shooting at a man while responding to a stalled vehicle in September 2024 will spend 18 months on home detention, according to the Princ
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Community
A Maryland man is arrested and being held without bond after terrorizing two Maryland neighborhoods, repeatedly throwing rocks through home windows and slashing car tires, doing thousands of
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Community
Community
A Baltimore running retailer is putting its new identity on a familiar shoe as it prepares to celebrate a quarter-century in business.
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Community
BALTIMORE — The Battle of Baltimore began on Sept. 12 during the War of 1812, forever marking one of Maryland’s most important events in the history books. A pivotal event in the War of 1812
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Community
The GOP alleged Democrats avoided tax hikes ahead of the upcoming November election. But, Maryland’s post-election reality much more expensive.
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Community
Ascension Saint Agnes is celebrating NICU Awareness Month with a story that comes full circle. Once a patient herself, she now cares for newborns and their families at the same hospital wher
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City Government
Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates praised Councilman Mark Conway’s work leading the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Friday, calling Conway a “humb
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View Regina M. Balcerzak's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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City Government
Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates praised Councilman Mark Conway’s work leading the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Friday.
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Community
Community
The removal of Councilman Mark Conway as chair of the Baltimore City Council’s Public Safety Committee added a new political layer to the ongoing fight over whe
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Community
Baltimore is hosting what's known as the "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry" touring series this weekend.
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Community
One motorcyclist died and another was injured in a collision on Coastal Highway during Ocean City Bike Week.
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Community
Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen has reassigned leadership of the council's Public Safety Committee, a move that has drawn criticism from former chair Councilman Mark Conway.
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City Government
Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway, D-District 4, said he lost a powerful leadership role as a result of retaliation.
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City Government
Leadership is changing on the Baltimore City Council\'s influential Public Safety Committee.
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Community
Public Safety
A bill that will allow Baltimore City Police to padlock smoke shops that repeatedly sell controlled dangerous substances or unlicensed cannabis passed out of committee on Thursday.
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City Government
A Baltimore City Council committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would let police padlock smoke shops selling controlled dangerous substances.
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Community
City Government
The new changes could allow Police Commissioner Richard Worley to order repeat-offending smoke shops to be padlocked and closed for up to a year.
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