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Stripped of power, Baltimore NAACP branch seeks a 'refresh'
The Baltimore NAACP, for decades one of the civil rights group’s most prominent and influential branches, has been stripped of its power by the national organization pending a special election this fall being held after a series of internal controversies. The NAACP national board of directors voted...
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Baltimore's Civilian Review Board votes to subpoena records withheld by police department
The civilian agency that investigates Baltimore police abuse and misconduct has voted to subpoena records that they say are being withheld by Baltimore police. The Civilian Review Board has not received any completed cases from the Police Department’s internal affairs division since July 19, when...
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Civilian Review Board says it has not received internal affairs cases since refusing confidentiality agreement
The independent city board that investigates police misconduct said Wednesday that the Police Department has not sent any new cases to the board since its members refused to sign a confidentiality agreement last month. Bridal Pearson, the chairman of the Civilian Review Board, said the group typically...
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Baltimore police officer who was shown on video beating man is charged with assault and turns himself in
A Baltimore police officer who repeatedly punched a man over the weekend in an altercation caught on video was charged with assault and turned himself in Tuesday. Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted Arthur Williams on charges of first- and second-degree...
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Baltimore police: 1 killed, 16-year-old girl among two injured in shootings Saturday night
Three people were shot Saturday night, including a man who was shot and killed in the Madison Park neighborhood of Baltimore, the 178th homicide this year, police said. Police responded to the 1500 block of Madison Ave. for a report of a shooting at 9:50 p.m. and found a man with gunshot wounds...
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NASA probe operated from Johns Hopkins lab in Laurel rockets toward sun for closest look yet
Scores of Johns Hopkins University scientists watched from a mission operations center in Laurel as the seconds ticked down Saturday morning. T-minus two minutes. Then, without notice, the clock stopped, signaling a hiccup in the historic launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,...
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Baltimore County executive opposes reducing bus service to White Marsh: 'It is 2018. Not 1950.'
Baltimore County Executive Don Mohler said Friday that a proposal from two county legislators to end bus service to the White Marsh Mall earlier on weekend nights is “outrageous.” Mohler said in a statement that he would urge the Maryland Transit Administration to deny a request from Cathy Bevins,...
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City officials blast proposal to reduce late-night bus service to White Marsh Mall area
Two Baltimore councilmen unloaded Thursday on a push by two county legislators to reduce late-night weekend bus service near White Marsh Mall over concerns about “large crowds of youth.” City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young said in an interview that he hopes the Maryland Transit Administration...