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- A coalition of religious leaders in Northwest Baltimore has secured $15,000 in slots funding to build a network of private surveillance cameras with the help of Amazonās Ring
- Lauren White, originally from Baltimore City, is a contender for an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
- Amazon will hire more than 100 workers for its distribution center in North East.
- Experts predict that if Baltimore does not focus on readying workers for other employment, automation could bring a reckoning like manufacturing's downfall.
- Amazon marked the official opening of the state-of-the-art fulfillment center on the site of the former Sparrows Point steel mill in eastern Baltimore County, where it employs 2,000 as well as a fleet of robots.
- In its flawed HQ2 decision, Amazon considered every factor but this - whether it was really wanted by local residents.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he's talked with Amazon following the company's decision to back out of a proposed secondary headquarters in New York City.
- After a report that Amazon was rethinking its plan to locate a new headquarters in New York City, the developers of Port Covington in South Baltimore brushed off their rejected proposal to the online retailing giant.
- Greetings & Readings, a retail fixture in the Baltimore area for 49 years, is closing in January, blaming sales declines amid Internet competition.
- Less than a week after Amazon ended Whole Foodsā partnership with Instacart, the grocery delivery service announced an expanded partnership Wednesday with Giant Food in Baltimore.
- Amazon is resuming limited Prime Now service in the Baltimore area, according to an email sent to customers Wednesday.
- Find the holiday shipping deadlines for the U.S. Postal Service, Amazon, FedEx and UPS.
- Blood and platelet donations typically drop over the holiday season and the American Red Cross issued an urgent call for donors.
- Whether you voted to drain the swamp or ride the blue wave on Nov. 6, you could be sure that one party would continue to be a winner.
- Maryland may not have HQ2 but it might convince Amazon to help schools with science and math.
- Baltimoreans feeling dejected about the Amazon situation can console themselves with the knowledge that rent in our city costs about half what it does in Arlington County, Va.
- Half of Amazon's new headquarters will be stationed in Northern Virginia. Here's how it will affect Maryland and the Greater Baltimore area.
- At first glance, Maryland's loss of HQ2 may prove to be something of a victory.
- Second man found dead Saturday morning in partial building collapse at Southeast Baltimore Amazon warehouse, a fire department spokesman said.
- More than 4,000 warehouse workers will be hired in the Baltimore area for warehouse jobs at Kohl's in Edgewood and Amazon in North East in Cecil County.
- Matthew Weiner's "The Romanoffs" had the artistic freedom of "House of Cards" ā but it doesn't come close to it in execution.
- Amazon is now offering food delivery from Whole Foods in the Annapolis area.
- Amazonās move to boost its U.S. workersā minimum wage to $15 per hour next month could put pressure on large retailers and other employers to follow with similar increases, especially amid a tight labor market where job openings often outnumber applicants.
- Amazon's decision to adopt $15 minimum wage is a game changer.
- A Baltimore teacher received school supplies for her students as part of the #10featuredteachers Instagram campaign.
- Less than a decade ago, pundits were decrying the imminent death of brick-and-mortar book bins. But not only did independent bookstores locally and nationally refuse to go away, they began rebounding. Here's how they did it.
- By the time you order holiday gifts from Amazon, they could be delivered from the companyās newest fulfillment center in eastern Baltimore County.
- How can we convince our business leaders, whose talent and wealth could do so much good, to embrace their civic responsibility? With American society and much of the world experiencing record levels of wealth inequality, this is one of the most important ethical challenges of our time.
- Foreign policy in the Trump administration isn't about U.S. interests, says Robert Reich, it's about Mr. Trump's interests.
- County executives from Howard, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties came together on Thursday morning to discuss the economic future of their region, with a tone of collaboration and support for one another.
- The Seattle company said Tuesday that it has begun delivering packages in 37 cities ā including Baltimore ā to Prime members who own newer General Motors or Volvo vehicles.
- Officials from Amazon.com toured sites in Washington, Montgomery County and northern Virginia last week ā the latest sign that the tech giant is seriously considering adding a second headquarters.
- Baltimore is out of the running for Amazonās second headquarters, the company announced Thursday. However, Marylandās Montgomery County is among the 20 finalists.
- Officials react to the news that Baltimore is not one of the 20 finalists for Amazon's second headquarters ā but Montgomery County is still in the running.
- Holly Sullivan, an Amazon executive involved in the search for the company's second headquarters, once led Montgomery County's economic development group. Montgomery County was one of the 20 locations named as finalists.
- Amazon's rejection means Baltimore is still the largest American city without a Fortune 500 company, and itās time our leadership address the root causes: mind-numbing statistics on the murder rate; distrust among residents and police; schools that can't provide heat, air conditioning or water.
- Whether it was because of crime, shoddy public transit or a simple preference for the Nats over the O's, Baltimore's loss in the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes is a disappointment for the city ā and the e-commerce giant.
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hoganās administration will submit legislation in the next few weeks to pass a $5 billion incentive package for Amazon HQ2, his spokesman Doug Mayer said.
- Baltimore, coming off a rash of bad news, now gets left off Amazon's list of 20 finalists for its second headquarters. Is there a connection?
- The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said it received 238 bids from across North America ā including several from Maryland. Here's who made the cut.
- Amazon released a narrowed list of candidates Thursday for its HQ2, and Maryland still has a chance.
- The final budget proposal of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's term reduces expected aid to Baltimore, sets aside $10 million to lure Amazon's new headquarters to the state and gives state workers a small raise.
- Michael Wolff's book about the Trump White house is entertaining; too bad it's not always true, says Leonard Pitts Jr.
- Rising crime, unheated schools and a woman in a hospital gown being dumped at a bus stop on a freezing night: At a time when Baltimore is competing with more than 200 cities for Amazon's second headquarters, the last thing the city needed was for such images to go viral.
- Baltimoreās biggest business names experienced a busy year in 2017 ā from Under Armour and McCormick & Co. to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
- For more than 30 years, giving your money to Bill Miller at Legg Mason was one of the most reliable ways to turn a profit. He beat the returns on the benchmark
- City officials poured resources into trying to lure Amazon's planned second headquarters to Baltimore. Mayor Catherine E. Pugh held a ceremony to mark the sending of the city's pitch to the retailer. You might think, then, that the proposal would be a public document. You'd be wrong.
- OpenedĀ with aĀ Talking Heads reference and sealed with a kiss, Baltimore's bid for Amazon's second national headquarters was sent on its way yesterday in a
- My simple question would be is why Amazon would want to come to Baltimore?Ā
- To lure Amazonās new headquarters and its promised 50,000 jobs to the state, Maryland has prepared an incentive package measured in the billions of dollars for the online retail giant.