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Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 23, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2021. There are 222 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2021. There are 248 days left in the year. Today’s...

Volunteers working harder as COVID heightens need for food

By Maria Trovato And Kamisha Walker Of Capital News Service Dec. 17, 2020 06:20 PM EST
BALTIMORE (AP) — Outside Henderson-Hopkins School in East Baltimore every Friday, cars line up for blocks and people pushing carts walk up to get fresh food --...

Police Chief Medaria Arradondo speaks during a press conference to announce the Justice Department has put $3 million toward the creation of a national center to help law enforcement agencies prevent the use of excessive force at the Federal Courthouse, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Minneapolis. Chief Arradondo says he's grateful for the offer and hopes city leaders will take advantage of it. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)
DOJ announces center to help cops, offers aid to Minneapolis

By Steve Karnowski And Amy Forliti Oct. 20, 2020 01:21 PM EDT

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Asher Wojciechowski throws to the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Yankees make most of schedule change, defeat Orioles 9-3

By David Ginsburg Jul. 29, 2020 11:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2020 file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces he will lift an order that closed non-essential businesses during a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Hogan, who considered a primary challenge to President Donald Trump last year, announced Tuesday, July 7 he is releasing a book about national politics and his experience as governor. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)
Maryland GOP governor releasing book on his tenure, politics

By Brian Witte Jul. 07, 2020 01:43 PM EDT

A new AP-NORC poll finds a majority of Americans say that police are more likely to use deadly force against a black person than a white person, up from about half in 2015. The increase is driven by white adults.;
Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling

By Hannah Fingerhut Jul. 02, 2020 08:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2015, file photo, fans at a Wrigley Rooftops' building down the right-field line outside Wrigley Field watch players during the first inning of a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs in Chicago. This week, Major League Baseball players and owners reached an agreement to play an abbreviated, 60-game season that would start July 23 or 24 in teams’ home ballparks. But the seats will be empty. Instead, fans hoping to see a game in person will be have to settle for pressing their faces up against hotel windows, squinting through metal grates or climb to rooftops when baseball returns this month in otherwise empty stadiums. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)
New knotholes: Good MLB views, if fans know where to look

By Jimmy Golen Jun. 28, 2020 02:59 PM EDT

Daud Mumin speaks during an interview in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The 18-year-old college student, who turned 19 later in the month, says he has experienced racism and that he and other youth in the United States are tired of waiting for justice and are ready to take it back themselves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond

By Claire Galofaro Jun. 17, 2020 08:10 AM EDT

Demonstrators, who had gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, begin to run from tear gas used by police to clear the street near the White House in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2020. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Protests in top 25 virus hot spots ignite fears of contagion

By Michelle R. Smith And Nicky Forster Jun. 02, 2020 02:31 PM EDT

Maryland lawmakers form police accountability workgroup

By Brian Witte May. 30, 2020 03:32 PM EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers on Saturday announced a group of legislators to address issues concerning police accountability. ...

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Carlos Boozer, wearing a T-shirt reading ""I Can't Breathe" stands before team introductions for an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Los Angeles. Eric Garner uttered those words six years ago, locked in a police chokehold. It became a rallying cry after his death for demonstrators across the country who protested the killings of African Americans by police. Until this week. George Floyd uttered the exact same words, while handcuffed and pinned at the neck under the knee of a white police officer, galvanizing the movement anew and prompting mass protests around the country. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
'I can't breathe' a rally cry anew for police protests in US

By Colleen Long And Deepti Hajela May. 29, 2020 04:04 PM EDT

In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, photo, former Mayor Sheila Dixon answers a question during a Baltimore City Mayoral Candidate Forum, hosted by the Greater Baltimore Urban League, at Morgan State University, in Baltimore. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Baltimore voters face watershed moment with mayoral primary

By Regina Garcia Cano May. 29, 2020 11:16 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 29, 2020 photo, a surveillance camera, top right, and license plate scanners, center, are seen at an intersection in West Baltimore. On Friday, May 1, planes equipped with cameras will begin creating a continuous visual record of the city of Baltimore so that police can see how potential suspects and witnesses moved to and from crime scenes. Police alerted to violent crimes by street-level cameras and gunfire sound detectors will work with analysts to see just where people came and went. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Baltimore turns to aerial surveillance as homicides continue

By Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 30, 2020 01:24 PM EDT

FILE - This Monday, March 30, 2020 file photo shows The River Church in Tampa, Fla. Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne was arrested Monday, March 30, 2020, for violating a county order by hosting a large number of congregants at the church. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
New coronavirus limits bring new religious freedom tension

By Elana Schor Apr. 04, 2020 11:22 AM EDT