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Even before the riots broke out in Baltimore, tensions were high near the western district police station. The western district is where Freddie Gray…
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Mechanics were already busy at work at the Full Circle Service Center in Halethorpe when 30-year-old Brandon Carroll walked in. He said he was late...
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In death, the name Freddie Gray became part of the national call for police reform. Quickly, though, the challenge widened. Every urban issue from…
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As we heard Wednesday in the first part of this series, thousands of Baltimore City eighth and fifth graders found out last week whether they got into the…
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Protests continued in Baltimore as crowds gathered throughout the city calling for accountability in the death of Freddie Gray , a 25 year old African…
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Two Democratic candidates for Baltimore City mayor have promised to cut taxes if elected. But a third candidate said Wednesday it would be irresponsible…
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When schools close because of storms like the one Maryland is still digging out from under, many of us think of kids sledding, building snowmen, tossing…
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Governor Larry Hogan’s state of emergency went into effect Friday morning as Maryland prepared for a blizzard that forecasters say could dump two feet of…
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The old home of Bethlehem Steel in Eastern Baltimore County has its first tenant. Fed Ex announced Wednesday that it will build a distribution center on…
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Former Mayor Sheila Dixon says she’s moved on from the scandal that caused her to resign from office in 2010.Dixon was convicted of embezzlement and…
Coronavirus
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She came to the U.S. for grad school. She was lonely. Then came an invitation for Thanksgiving — no turkey (strictly vegan) but a spirit that touched her soul. And her mango lassi was a hit!
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Ratified in 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution gives the vice president the ability to subsume the powers of the presidency if he has the support of the executive Cabinet.
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Are you struggling to make resolutions for 2021? Tell us what questions you have about how to approach the new year and we may answer them in an upcoming story.
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Plus: Can the virus make me sick many years later, like the chickenpox virus does?
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Retail sales dipped 1.1% in November compared with a month earlier as new coronavirus surges restricted outings to stores and especially restaurants.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep checks back in with Dr. Joseph Varon of Houston Memorial Medical Center as the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed across the U.S., and deaths have passed 300,000.
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An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.
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Critics say one of the wise men resembles an astronaut. Another character brings Darth Vader to mind. The Catholic Herald called it an "Embarrassing Sci-Fi Creche."
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The two legged creature lived an estimated 110 million years ago. It was a small animal with a fuzzy hair-like mane and rod-like features protruding out of its shoulders, two on each side.
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ICU Workers Are Quitting Due To Crushing Stress From COVID-19 SurgeAs hospitals struggle in Los Angeles County, Intensive Care Unit nurses confront tough choices: remain in the coronavirus trenches for patients and colleagues, or quit when you are overwhelmed?
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Schools Work Around The Pandemic To Provide Holiday ConcertsDecember is usually the time when families sit in crowded stuffy school gymnasiums for the annual elementary school holiday concert. But because of COVID-19, local music programs had to get creative.
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In the last weeks of the Trump administration, the U.S. is moving to close a two-decade chapter and withdraw from Afghanistan, causing great apprehension among Afghans as the Taliban step up attacks.
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