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The Johns Hopkins University wants its own police department to address rising concerns about crime around its campuses. It would become the first private school in the state to have such a force and the idea is meeting with opposition.
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Del. Talmadge Branch, whose grandson was killed in a shooting last year, has proposed Maryland invest $3.6 million in Baltimore's Safe Streets program. The program has shown to be effective at reducing shootings and homicides in McElderry Park and other neighborhoods.
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The Anatomy Board of Maryland held a ceremony to honor those who have donated their bodies to support medical knowledge Monday afternoon at Springfield
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CHICAGO—The scene at the McCormick Place convention center was like a rock concert. Crowds descended on this gargantuan place by the Lake Michigan shore, many
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Workers in state hospitals and their union say a Thanksgiving riot at Springfield Hospital Center is only the most recent illustration of the dangers state employees face in Maryland health facilities.
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Across from the Sykesville-Freedom District Volunteer Fire Department, tucked behind a row of trees, is a building called the Patterson House. Built in the early 1910s, it's a brick building with white detailing. Behind the building lies the campus of Springfield Hospital Center. The hospital once spanned 1,300 acres in Sykesville with about 4,000 patients.
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Baltimore, Chicago and other cities are a case study on the limits of local gun control, not its perceived failure
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The FBI warned state elections officials around the country this month to be on their guard against hackers after a breach of voters' personal information in Illinois and an attempt in Arizona.
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Almost 70 state dietary services workers who were scheduled to be fired as part of a privatization plan will instead keep their jobs, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene confirmed Tuesday.
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It's fine to be even-handed and reflective, but in Mr. Obama it has become willful obtuseness regarding race.
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Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the Baltimore-based NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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As he looks ahead to a possible run for president, former Gov. Martin O'Malley is drawing heavily on the past — suggesting to voters that his record in Maryland and Baltimore would influence his approach to the White House. Here's a deeper look at some of the claims O'Malley is making on the trail, and the context behind them.
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Ben Carson isn't qualified to be president, a point he's already proven repeatedly
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Why is it that conservative Republicans are always called extremists -- even by fellow Republicans like Jeb Bush -- but liberal Democrats never are?
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Pastor says same-sex marriage support will make Obama a one-term president
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Congressional redistricting: Instead of gerrymandering single congressional districts, create super-districts that allow every voter's voice to be heard
