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A General Assembly commission kicked off today what promises to be a difficult review of policies and practices that lead to a corruption scandal at the…

Police and others say the recent shooting deaths in Baltimore are unacceptable, but the word has lost its meaning. We wring our hands and our leaders fall…

The East Baltimore block where five people were shot and one killed last weekend doesn’t look that much different from many in the city; row home after…

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Justin Fenton of the Baltimore Sun talk about the recent spike in city violence and how Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony…

A divided Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that it's constitutional for police to take DNA swabs from suspects who are arrested but not yet convicted of a crime. The court compared such DNA sampling to fingerprinting when a suspect is booked.

The recent spike in violence in West Baltimore, including a triple murder Tuesday, has raised concerns not only among city officials, but residents as…

The case was an early win for Governor Martin O'Malley: an expansion of Maryland's DNA database to include all arrestees, hoping to match suspects to…