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By Nisa Islam Muhammad, Staff Writer, The Final Call via BPUSA @nisaislam Crooked cops are what Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby has come fact-to-face with.  She recently asked courts to throw out nearly 800 criminal cases handled...

By WI Web Staff via BPUSA Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of Rep. Elijah Cummings, is expected to run for her husband’s House seat, according to a Fox News report. Cummings, who was up for reelection in...

By John Schmid, Special to the AFRO Sen. Cory V. McCray (D45) hosted a meeting, Nov. 5, of parents, educators and politicians for a discussion about the state of schools in Baltimore.   The discussion entitled,”State of Our...

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] On Nov. 15, 2017, Sean Suiter a veteran detective of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), killed himself with his own gun, while conducting a murder investigation in one of the...

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] Kweisi Mfume, former President of the NAACP, once represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District prior to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, the man he eulogized on Oct. 25.  In a wide-ranging interview...

By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO For former Maryland University police cadet Raymond Gray, every day is a struggle. Roughly half a dozen surgeries and six years of intense therapy have failed to...

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] I love Erricka Bridgeford. And I know I’m not the only one. Bridgeford and the Baltimore Ceasefire crew have been on the streets of our city engaged in the grimiest, most...

By Elliott Davis, Capital News Service State union employees told lawmakers on Oct. 29 they are concerned that staff shortages — of about 2,600, according to a 2018 study — are causing safety issues, including some...

The Poly Class of 1992 celebrates at the City-Poly Fest during the City-Poly homecoming weekend. The two storied high schools, Baltimore City College High School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute have a football rivalry, which...

By Nisa Islam Muhammad, Staff Writer, The Final Call @nisaislam Crooked cops are what Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby has come fact-to-face with. She recently asked courts to throw out nearly 800 criminal cases handled by...

By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A former leader of the NAACP says he will run for the Maryland congressional seat that became vacant with the death of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings. Kweisi Mfume announced...