Two Maryland casinos will keep a higher share of slot machine revenue when MGM National Harbor opens this week, in a deal state lawmakers made years ago to reduce their taxes once the added competition enters the market. No one knows how Maryland’s gaming revenue will change once MGM opens, but lawmakers are hoping to […]
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1994 Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam Found Dead in Colorado Park
Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Boulder park less than two miles from Folsom Field, where he carved his name into the University of Colorado record books as one of the greatest players in the program’s history. The Boulder County coroner’s office was still investigating the cause of the […]
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Morgan State University Awarded $2M Grant from UNCF
After months of planning, Morgan State University this week made a joint announcement with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) detailing the award of a five-year $2-million grant from the UNCF to create the UNCF® Career Pathways Initiative (CPI). The initiative is designed to assist and guide university graduates as they make their way into […]
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‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense Tested in Trial over Death of NFL’s Will Smith
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who shot former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith is a raging killer who first shot Smith’s wife in the legs, then fired eight bullets into the side and back of the unarmed NFL star, a prosecutor declared Tuesday. (Left) Photo provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office shows […]
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Top Job Placement Firm Sued in Chicago Fed. Ct. for Alleged Bias Against Blacks
CHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit accuses a national job-placement company of systematically discriminating against Blacks in favor of Hispanic workers — often to comply with racially based requests from client firms. Tuesday’s filing in Chicago federal court alleges Personnel Staffing Group LLC used code words to distinguish races. The lawsuit says the Spanish word for […]
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Man Arrested in Joe McKnight’s Death; Louisiana Sheriff Attempts to Defend Probe
HARVEY, La. (AP)—The Louisiana man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute was jailed on a manslaughter charge as a sheriff angrily defended the investigation Tuesday, saying authorities “strategically” waited for days to make the arrest because they needed to find independent witnesses. (Left) Booking photo released by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office […]
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Baltimore Arts Building Shuttered Days after Oakland Fire
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials have shut down an arts building for safety violations and evicted dozens of tenants three days after a fire at a California warehouse-turned artists’ enclave killed three dozen people. The Bell Foundry (Instagram photo via @bellfoundry) The Baltimore Sun reports (http://bsun.md/2h11FWs) officials boarded up the two-story Bell Foundry arts building […]
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Honoring the Past – The Medal of Honor for Dorie Miller?
As the nation honors the past on the 75th commemoration of the dawn of World War II, I am requesting that you write to the President about awarding the Medal of Honor to World War II Messman Attendant Second Class Doris Miller for his acts of valor during the December 7th, 1941, attack on Pearl […]
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NAACP Statement on Michael Slager Mistrial
BALTIMORE – The following is a statement from Cornell William Brooks, President, and CEO of the NAACP: “The NAACP is deeply frustrated that the trial of Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man, after a routine traffic stop in 2015 has ended in a mistrial. Despite […]
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Baltimore Mayor Elect Catherine Pugh – Inauguration Activities
The inauguration of Catherine E. Pugh as the 50th Mayor of Baltimore will take place on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in the War Memorial Building at 101 North Gay Street. She will be sworn in during a ceremony which begins at 11:00 am. Former Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke will preside as the Master of Ceremonies, […]
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Mistrial Declared in Walter Scott’s Fatal Shooting by White S.C. Officer
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a White former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed Black motorist. Defense attorneys Andy Savage, left, Don McCune, and Miller Shealy, right, sit around former North Charleston police officer Michael […]
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Baltimore Mayor-Elect Announces Staff Appointments
Baltimore Mayor-elect Catherine Pugh announced her first official appointments as Mayor for her staff. She appointed Tisha Edwards as her Chief of Staff, Peter Hammen as her Chief of Operations, Jim Smith as the Chief of Strategic Alliances, Karen Stokes as the Director of Government Relations and Anthony McCarthy as her Director of Communications. On […]