Christina Tkacik
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- Police are investigating after three separate shooting victims walked into area hospitals Tuesday seeking treatment.
- A Baltimore County student made a cameo appearance on an episode of "The Daily Show" that airedĀ Monday night in a segment about the youth-led āMarch For Our Livesā over the weekend.
- A 50-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he intentionally hit a pedestrian with his minivan near Baltimoreās City Hall Friday.Ā
- Baltimore County Police have released photos of suspects ā possibly all juveniles ā involved in a shooting at an Owings Mills Target two weeks ago.
- All lanes were closed and two horses were loose on I-795 after a collision between aĀ horse trailer and another vehicle, Maryland State Police confirmed.Ā
- One man was killed and another man injured in two separate shootings Sunday, police said.
- The Baltimore middle school choir whose powerful rendition of āRise Upā went viral last fall performed at the March For Our Lives anti-gun violence protest Saturday in Washington, D.C.
- Penn State praised David Zurawikās ātimely and toughā coverage on a broad range of issues throughout 2017.
- On Twitter, the news became a call to action, with students and others expressing their sympathy while calling for stricter gun control laws and increased awareness of violence against women.
- BSO musicians will perform Friday in the Johns Hopkins Metro station as part of a worldwide event called "Bach in the Subways."
- Reactions to the white stuff were similarly mixed across the city, with some celebrating an unexpected day off and others ruing called-off travel plans. Much of the city was closed by the fourth norāeaster storm to hit the East Coast in three weeks.
- A 20 year-old man was shot Wednesday, but he would not tell police the geographic location of the incident.
- In the span of a couple of decades, the ubiquitousness of social media and smart phones video has meant that students in shootings now are using mobile social media in the moment to document their experiences.
- The Maryland Court of Special Appeals denied a motion that would have allowed the city to continue barring food trucks from operating near restaurants, according to court records.
- Legislation before the General Assembly would increase protections for local cemeteries that have been abandoned, bulldozed or just neglected ā like the cemetery beneath a strip mall in Northeast Baltimore.
- In 1982, a group of artists calling themselves the Bal Tim Ore Underground Club (BTOUC) took the term āundergroundā to a very literal level when they held a party in a tunnel that stretchesĀ from the old Mount Royal Station to Camden Yards.
- For a university long considered something of a well kept secret, analysts said the brief tournament run could be a turning point.
- The building that houses Little Italyās Ciao Bella restaurant has sold for $1.05 million, the previous owner confirmed.
- Police spokeswoman Jennifer Peach said Tuesday that detectives are āfairly certainā no one was shot in an incident yesterday at the Owings Mills Target.Ā
- Baltimore man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as āMurdaland Mafia Piruā (MMP) and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, the Maryland U.S. attorneyās office announced Tuesday.
- Delays are expected on Amtrak andĀ MARC trainās Penn line tonight due to a brush fire that occurred TuesdayĀ near the West Baltimore MARC Station, according to MTA and fire authorities.
- Three people were shot in the 100 block of Allendale Street in the Southwest District, and one was shot in the 2300 block of Bryant Avenue near Druid Hill Park.
- Two men walked into a Target and shot at another man Monday night, according toĀ Baltimore County Police.
- Everyone was Irish on Sunday as the cityās annual St. Patrickās Day Parade ā a merry stream of classic cars, bands, Irish wolfhounds and Mummers ā made its way down Charles Street and through the Inner Harbor.
- One person was killed and another injured in a double shooting in East Baltimore on Thursday.Ā
- As women across the world and around the country demonstrated to mark International Womenās Day, in Baltimore, aĀ handful of women ā and at least one man ā gathered near the cityās State CenterĀ to protest.
- 20-year-old man was shot Wednesday night in the 800 block of Whitelock St. in Reservoir Hill, according to police.
- Johns Hopkins students and faculty raised questions at a forum held Wednesday to discuss the prospect of the schoolās creation of a new police force.
- Towson firefighters awarded a young boy who called 911 when his mom had a medical emergency.
- A 14 day-old baby was taken during a custody dispute and is now missing, according to Baltimore police.
- As Maryland recovers from nor'easter, Kingsville family mourns storm's casualty, 76-year-old Betty Baumann.
- Philip Baty is selling his collection of Wallis Simpson memorabilia. The online auction of the Duchess of Windsor Museum will begin May 9 through May 19, the date of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The items will be sold in one lot.
- Civil rights activist DeRay MckessonĀ posted a photo of himself at the Vanity FairĀ Oscarās party Sunday,Ā looking handsome in a black tuxedo, which he paired with his trademark blue vest.Ā
- Homicide detectives are investigating after a 35-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the torso, according to Baltimore police.
- BGE has restored power to most households in the Baltimore area, with about 65,000 still remaining in the dark Sunday morning after a wind storm sent trees toppling into utility lines Friday and Saturday.
- Maryland authorities are searching for two people who went missing after a plane crash near Ocean City.
- A car blew up in Woodlawn Thursday after the driver spritzed an aerosol body spray in the vehicle and then lit a cigarette, according to Baltimore County Police.
- In the early 1900s black and white, young and old and the sick of Baltimore crowded into the Christ Institution on Ensor Street on Sunday nights, ready to be cured by the churchās founder, Dr. George Kennard.
- The meeting was called not as a response to the Parkland shooting but rather as part of a series designed to engage the community and explain school policies on discipline. School administrators plan to listen to parentsā concerns and look for common themes to address.
- The Salvation Army is opening the nonprofit's first-ever grocery store in Baltimore next week, in what it hopes will become a national model.
- Two people were injured and one man was killed in two separate shootings that happened in about five minutes of each other Tuesday night in Baltimore, police said.
- A local collection of Wallis Simpson memorabilia known as the Duchess of Windsor Museum will soon go up for online auction.
- Police said three men were shot ā two fatally ā in Baltimore on Monday night.
- Two people have been taken into custody and police are investigating after a car crash over the weekend killed a 73-year-old man.
- Three people were shot, one fatally, in two separate incidents Sunday in Park Heights, according to Baltimore police.
- Baltimore police are investigating shootings in Upton, Dolfield and Penrose.
- Starting Thursday, youāll no longer be able to bring a big bag into Cinemark Theatres, according to a notice on the companyās website.
- Police announced the arrest this week of a man who they suspect of robbing at least nine different Subway and Dunkin Donuts stores in Baltimore.
- Two suspects walked into His & Her Barbershop on Eastern Avenue around 5 p.m. and began firing, Baltimore police said.
- A&M Auctioneers and Appraisers in Eastern Shore offered a KKK robe for sale as part of an online auction earlier this month.