Beginning next month, Prince George’s County, Md. Police Department is expected to outfit 10 officers in each of the department’s seven districts with body cameras. Prince George’s County Police (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) Carlos Acosta, the department’s inspector general, told The University of Maryland Diamondback newspaper that the 70 cameras will help repair the department’s […]
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Following Senate Seat Nomination: Barbara Robinson Eager to Unify 40th District
State Delegate Barbara Robinson was nominated to fill the Maryland Senate seat left vacant by newly-sworn-in Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, following a vote by the 40th District Democratic Central Committee. The committee’s 5-2 decision to nominate Robinson over her rival, former City Council member William “Pete” Welch, propelled the state delegate one step closer to […]
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Attorney: Roof’s Mother Suffers Heart Attack During Charleston Church Shooting Trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof’s mother suffered a heart attack not long after prosecutors described how her son planned a cold and calculated killing of nine Black church members in a racially motivated attack, the White man’s attorney said in court documents Thursday. Dylann Roof, seen here at a recent court hearing in Charleston, […]
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Suspect in Georgia Police Shootings Dead, Likely by Own Hand
A man wanted for killing a Georgia police officer and wounding another was found dead Thursday, apparently fatally shooting himself before a SWAT team stormed a home where the suspect was hiding, authorities said Thursday. This undated photo released by the Americus Police Department shows Minquell Kennedy Lembrick, suspect in connection with the fatal shooting […]
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Police Arrest Baltimore’s Public Enemy #1
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say they’ve arrested a 19-year-old man recently announced as Public Enemy #1, wanted in the fatal stabbing of 73-year-old man. Police indicated in a statement that Christopher Straham was arrested late Wednesday after police received tips about his location. Police say Straham stabbed the man to death on a street […]
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Del. Barbara Robinson (40th District) Nominated to Fill Mayor Pugh’s Vacant Maryland Senate Seat
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Two members of the House of Delegates have been nominated to fill vacant seats in the state Senate. Del. Barbara Robinson (Courtesy Photo) The Del. Barbara Robinson, a Democrat, was nominated for the District 40 seat that became vacant when Catherine Pugh stepped down after winning Baltimore’s mayoral election. Meanwhile, Montgomery […]
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2 White South Africans Denied Bail in Coffin Assault Case
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two White South Africans accused of forcing a Black man into a coffin and threatening to set him on fire have been denied bail. Theo Jackson, left, and Willem Oosthuizen, right, appear in the Magistrates Court in Middelburg, South Africa Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Two white South Africans accused of forcing a […]
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Police Investigating Racist Graffiti in Giants Player’s Home
MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) — Police are investigating a break-in and racist graffiti scrawled on the wall at the New Jersey home of an injured New York Giants player. FILE – This is a 2016 file photo showing Nikita Whitlock of the New York Giants NFL football team. Police are investigating a break-in and racist graffiti […]
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2016 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
For the last time in his term as Commander and Chief of the United States, President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Sasha lit the 2016 National Christmas tree during a lighting ceremony on Dec. 1. (Photo by Rob Roberts)
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RAMBLING ROSE
Patricia & Roger Harris, the faces of Charm City Jazz gives back to the community by hosting a “Holiday Concert”, a non-profit program they started called “The Youth Writers Challenge” on Sunday, December 11at the Magooby’s Soundstage 9603 Deereco Road in Timonium, MD. For more information, call 443-858-9781 or go to www.chamcityjazz.com. Hello my dear […]
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Maryland’s Best and Brightest Compete at Crab Bowl
The ninth Maryland Crab Bowl high school all-star game slated for Dec. 18 boasts the best collection of prospects since its inception and has put the free state’s talent on a stage that has gained national attention. The game and corresponding practices will be held on the campus of Bowie State University. The Maryland Crab […]
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DID POLICE SHOOT SLEEPING HAMPTON?
Dec. 20, 1969 CHICAGO – At least four probes are to look into the disputed Dec. 4 predawn killings by police of Black Panthers Fred Hampton, 21, Illinois chairman, and Mark Clark, 22, downstate leader. Nothing since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has so shaken moderate and militant blacks who have been […]
