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HUD Secretary Ben Carson has been cleared of misconduct allegations stemming from the 2017 purchase of a $31,561 dining table set for his office, according to an inspector general’s report. The inspector general found that Carson left the matter of purchasing furniture to members of his staff to handle, “in consultation with his wife, who […]
Alysha Butler, a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC, has been named the 2019 National History Teacher of the Year. Butler will be honored at a ceremony on October 2 at the Yale Club in New York City, where John Avlon, Senior Political Analyst and anchor at CNN, will present […]
President Trump will be in Baltimore for the first time since publicly criticizing the city and Rep. Elijah Cummings. He and House Republicans are attending a retreat at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Harbor East on Thursday. Drivers should be prepared to sit in traffic or take another route.Heavy traffic is expected between 4 p.m. […]
An attorney representing Maryland’s four historically black colleges is urging the state to settle a long-running lawsuit over disparities in programs for $577 million “over a reasonable period of time.” In the letter, Jones noted that Mississippi settled its HBCU case involving three schools nearly 20 years ago for about $517 million, which is about […]
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan sent a letter criticizing Baltimore’s crime-fighting strategy as too “status quo,” and saying the state could give Baltimore an extra $21 million only if it sends “acceptable” measures and reports on reducing violent crime. He sent a four page letter to the Mayor’s office and the police department. The spokesperson for […]
Police in Washington, D.C. found drugs and guns when they stopped and searched a man suspected of fare evasion at the Pentagon City Metro station. Malike Razon Brittain, of Clinton, Maryland, has been arrested on charges including possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm while unlawfully carrying narcotics and fare evasion. The 24-year-old […]
A slight sigh of relief after an hours long investigation in downtown Baltimore Monday. Police said the suspicious van leaking gas in a parking garage near the Inner Harbor was being used to steal diesel fuel, and was not as hazardous as initially believed. The cables coming from the van were being used to siphon […]
A 2-year-old boy is in intensive care after falling from a window on the 11th floor of an apartment building in Takoma Park Monday afternoon. Emergency responders think the child fell into an area with bushes or mulch and ivy, inches away from the concrete sidewalk and parking lot. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding […]
President Donald Trump is coming to Baltimore. He’s visiting on Thursday to speak at the U.S. House of Representatives retreat for Republican lawmakers. The full retreat lasts until Sunday at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Harbor East after originally being scheduled to take place in West Virginia is past January. This visit is the first […]
Baltimore City Police are investigating an armed robbery near the Maryland Zoo early Sunday. They said a parks employee was reportedly robbed at gunpoint at the zoo. Witnesses tell Fox Baltimore the employee was directing traffic for a 5K at the time when two men dressed in black drove up, got out, pointed a gun […]
Baltimore’s LGBTQ community is remembering the life of a transgender teen killed in Baltimore at the beginning of the month. Bailey Reeves was one of seven people shot in Baltimore on Labor Day. She was only 17 years old. Police found her in the street suffering from several gunshot wounds on Parkwood Avenue. They said […]
Maryland’s Purple Line is another step closer to becoming reality. The first section of track was installed Thursday. The 16.2-mile light rail line will run between New Carrollton in Prince George’s County and Bethesda in Montgomery County in the suburbs of the nation’s capital. There are 21 stations planned for the Purple Line. It will […]
