Phil Davis
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- A look at Baltimore's strikingly named neighborhoods and their origins.
- Baltimore police say a man and a woman were shot in McElderry Park Sunday ā the second shooting reported in the neighborhood in two days.
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Baltimore police union draws online criticism calling youths 'criminals' after Inner Harbor incident
Baltimore's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 called some young people who met Saturday at the Inner Harbor "criminals." The ACLU says that's unacceptable. - The Maryland Department of Health has distributed 57,320 fentanyl test strips, allowing drug users to test their products for fentanyl.
- Baltimore Police say an officer with the Regional Auto Theft Task Force was involved in a crash on West Lombard Street and South Calhoun Street Tuesday night.
- Pro-choice advocates and Baltimore residents rallied outside the Baltimore War Memorial building on behalf of abortion rights in response to new laws.
- A former employee at Gaudenzia, a drug rehab clinic in Crownsville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to selling heroin.
- Four overnight shootings left one dead and three others injured, Baltimore Police said Monday morning, ending a violent weekend in Baltimore.
- Shoppers Food and Pharmacy plans to close its Hyattsville location by the end of June as the company looks to sell its chain of grocery stores.
- Baltimore boxer Gervonta Davis will defend his World Boxing Association super featherweight belt on July 27 in Baltimore.
- Baltimore police say they need help identifying a black or Hispanic woman found dead near a dumpster Sunday.
- The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said the body of Jaime Kwebetchou, 27, of Baltimore, was found in the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey.
- Ex-bishop Heather Cook said in an interview with religionnews.com that she "added more pain to this world" through her 2014 fatal drunken driving crash.
- Baltimore police have updated their media release policy on social media so that they will update one post per day on all incidents in the city.
- Baltimore police say three people died in two separate incidents - a shooting and a stabbing - Monday night.
- Eight people face federal drugs and weapons charges as prosecutors say they ran a fentanyl distribution ring in Baltimore City.
- Joel Fitzgerald, a police chief of Fort Worth, Texas, and a former hopeful to become Baltimore's police commissioner, was kicked out of his police union.
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Baltimore County police officer who was shot by friendly fire in Parkville is released from hospital
Baltimore County police officer T. Hays has been released from shock trauma after being treated for injuries related to a friendly fire shooting in Parkville. - Dogfish Head Brewery announced that it has reached an agreement to merge with the maker of Sam Adams beer, Boston Beer Company, for a valued $300 million.
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Joppa man dies from injuries suffered in May 1 Kingsville single-vehicle crash that killed passenger
Baltimore County police say Walter Paul Ross, Jr., 39, of Joppa, died Wednesday from injuries he suffered during a one-vehicle crash in Kingsville on May 1. - Maryland State Police say one person died after their vehicle was struck in a hit-and-run crash on northbound Interstate 795 on Wednesday.
- University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert L. Caret announced the search for Coppin State University's next president will start on May 9 with the creation of a search and screening committee.
- School officials say Baltimore County police were called to Northwest Academy for an altercation Tuesday. A video shows what appears to be a female student being held facedown while being arrested.
- Gov. Larry Hogan and Sen. Ben Cardin will speak at Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young's mayoral inauguration Thursday.
- Thomas Mannion, a 45-year-old Baltimore County corrections employee, is charged with multiple counts of rape after police say he was found having sex with a 13-year-old Monday.
- An unknown substance found on a Southwest Airlines flight out of Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport was deemed not hazardous, but led to delays and a new flight.
- LifeBridge Health is lifting its ban on youth visitors under age 14 after the hospital halted minors from visiting after a series of measles cases were reported in the Pikesville area.
- Baltimore police say a man died after being shot in Saint Joseph's in West Baltimore on Wednesday night.
- Baltimore police say a 32-year-old man died in a shooting in the 800 block of West Lexington Street on Monday afternoon.
- Several students have chained themselves to the stairs inside Garland Hall at Johns Hopkins University over their demands the Baltimore university end their contracts with ICE and stop proposals for a private police force on campus.
- Maryland Historical Trust officials have removed a historical marker at Fort Garrison in Stevenson after they received complaints of the use of the term "hostile Indians" on the sign.
- Baltimore police say a 46-year-old man died from gunshot wounds and two others suffered injuries during an incident in the Madison-Eastend neighborhood Tuesday night.
- Toni Braxton's niece, Lauren Braxton, was found dead at the age of 24 in Maryland.
- The FBI's Baltimore field office has posted a billboard that asks the public for tips on alleged public corruption. It went up less than a week after agents raided the home and offices of Mayor Catherine Pugh.
- Baltimore police confirmed at least seven people were shot and one was killed in the 2500 block of Edmondson Ave. Sunday evening.
- Baltimore County homicide detectives are investigating what they've called a "suspicious death" after the body of a man was discovered near the entrance to Patapsco Valley Staet Park.
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'He was the best of Baltimore': Morgan State student and choir tenor is killed in shooting Wednesday
Kevon Dix, a 21-year-old music major at Morgan State University, was killed in an apparent homicide after being shot in the 3400 block of Mary Avenue on Wednesday night. - The carnival at White Marsh Mall has been canceled, the second in a week after 26 young people were arrested during an incident at the Jolly Spring Show carnival at the Eastpoint Mall.
- Charmed Hemp, which says it is Baltimore's first hemp dispensary, opened on 4/20.
- Baltimore's Department of Transportation announced Baltimore-Washington Parkway will be closed April 26-28 as crews look to demolish the Annapolis Road Bridge.
- The Baltimore Police Department released their new organizational structure, which will reduce the total number of Colonels to two and Lt. Colonels to four when it goes into effect on Wednesday.
- Baltimore police say a man died at the hospital after being shot in the chest and head in Darley Park on Monday night.
- The carnival at the Eastpoint Mall in Dundalk is canceled for the remainder of the spring after an incident Easter in which 26 young people were arrested during a disturbance and subsequent fights near the event.
- Four CSX freight train cars derailed and overturned, causing diesel oil to leak in the Mount Winans neighborhood in South Baltimore on Sunday night.
- Baltimore County police say they handled a "disturbance" at the Eastpoint Mall, which was hosting its annual carnival.
- Baltimore County police are investigating a stabbing in Halethorpe after they found a man suffering from at least one stab wound to the upper body on the 2900 block of Freeway.
- Janet Caslow, a booster for a number of Baltimore events and programs, including its ports, the Baltimore National Heritage Area Association and volunteer coordinator for the city's Recreation and Parks department, has died.
- Leslie Odom, Jr.'s performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was postponed from April 26 to July 5 because of a "scheduling conflict."
- Belvedere Square, a popular market and shopping center in northern Baltimore, has been put up for sale by its owners, War Horse Cities.
- Officials say two young women were injured and six people were displaced after a fire started at a Baltimore County apartment complex Thursday morning.