Tag: Baltimore

"Every day in America, 89 people die from gun violence; 31 of these are murdered. This is unacceptable, it is intolerable, and it is why the vast majority of Americans support strengthening the background-check system," said Baltimore Mayor and USCM President Stephanie Rawlings in a statement Monday. (AP File Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mayors conference gets Obama’s back on guns

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2016 3:50 am

Officer William Porter's retrial will begin June 13, 2016 and will follow the other trials of the five officers charged in Gray's death. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

New trial date for officer charged in Freddie Gray’s death

Kelly Cohen · December 21, 2015 7:34 pm

Baltimore calls for calm after Freddie Gray mistrial

Baltimore calls for calm after Freddie Gray mistrial

Anna Giaritelli · December 17, 2015 2:17 am

William G. Porter, 26, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office during the April arrest and eventual death of Freddie Gray, 25. (AP Photo)

Mistrial declared in Freddie Gray case

Kelly Cohen · December 16, 2015 9:50 pm

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

High drug prices collide with efforts to stop overdoses

Robert King · December 9, 2015 5:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been criticized for not having enough foreign policy experience and avoiding the topic on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bernie Sanders angry about Islamic State questions

Ariel Cohen · December 8, 2015 7:26 pm

Hundreds of protestors gathered for the mostly peaceful demonstrations in Chicago that continued into Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Chicago protesters have big plans for Black Friday

Anna Giaritelli · November 25, 2015 11:43 pm

Half a century before the recent uproar at Yale and the University of Missouri, America saw protracted rioting at the Berkeley campus of the University of California in the fall of 1964.Â (AP file photo/Robert W. Klein)

An unhappy history seems to be repeating itself

Michael Barone · November 16, 2015 5:01 am

"The 300th homicide is no more tragic than the first homicide of 2015, or the 50th, or the 200th," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in statement. "Every victim leaves family, friends and a neighborhood who mourn their loss."Â (AP file photo/Patrick Semansky)

Baltimore records 300th murder, most since 1999

Curt Mills · November 15, 2015 8:05 pm

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders shot back at former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley telling him that he shouldn't be lecturing him on guns given the gun violence issues currently plaguing Baltimore. (AP Photos)

Sanders to O’Malley: Baltimore not ‘one of the safest cities’

Al Weaver · November 15, 2015 3:38 am

What would you do to survive a zombie apocalypse, and where would you go? (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Could your city survive a zombie apocalypse?

Kelly Cohen · October 31, 2015 4:01 am

There have been more than 280 homicides in Baltimore so far this year, according to numerous news reports.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Justice gives Baltimore $1.5 million to combat violence

Kelly Cohen · October 29, 2015 9:20 pm