Jared Banner has been named the Baltimore Orioles’ first Black general manager and the eighth Black general manager in Major ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to more than 400 deaths was convicted Oct. 19 of murdering 190 children and one adult after ordering followers to starve themselves to ...

Park Heights residents shared their priorities for public safety during a Sept. 16 listening session for Baltimore’s next comprehensive violence prevention plan. They called for greater attention to ...

A Georgia mother was the subject of online criticism recently after posting a live video of her beating her daughter on Facebook. A screengrab of Shanavia Miller during the four-minute video of her ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Can the memory of Michael Jackson survive “Leaving Neverland”? After all, it has bounced back before. The superstar's image was tarnished by allegations of sexual abuse that ...

The historic Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Baltimore (IMA), a federation of clergy activists from across the Baltimore metro area, has endorsed Kweisi Mfume for the 7th Congressional ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says he will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against three Virginia police officers who used stun guns multiple times on a Black man before ...

Resolution proposed by Student Member of the Board Omer Reshid TOWSON, MD. – The Board of Education of Baltimore County unanimously approved the following Black Lives Matter resolution, after it was ...

I am deeply honored to have been selected by my colleagues to become the first woman and the first African American to serve as Chair of the Financial Services Committee. I have served on the ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The Safe Schools Act of 2010, unveiled Tuesday by House Speaker Michael E. Busch, D-Anne Arundel, would require courts to notify schools if a student is arrested for crimes that could ...

DALLAS (AP) — Multiple media outlets report that shots were fired Thursday night during a Dallas protest over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. Bystanders run for cover after shots fired ...