Community issues

David Boykin, 28, known best around Baltimore by his stage name President Davo, was fatally shot Friday in East Baltimore just south of Clifton Park, police confirmed Monday.

When police arrived, they found a female victim suffering from gunshot wounds.

A substitute teacher at Glen Burnie High School was arrested Monday after a handgun was found in his backpack on school property, according to police.

The passenger rail company will begin clearing the way for two emergency ventilation facilities in mid-November.

A shooting that injured five young people during homecoming week at Morgan State University should serve as a call to action for an entire community, columnist E.R. Shipp says.

Maryland State Police said Sunday morning that they responded to an incident just after 11:30 p.m. and found two injured male victims, both 19.

Baltimore needs to prioritize emergency rental assistance to protect families from the physical and mental harm caused by evictions, representatives of two community advocacy groups say.

Many were standing outside the gates of M&T Bank Stadium after the concert started. And an interactive map from the Maryland Department of Transportation showed gridlock around the venue.

Hours before first pitch, fans young and old danced to music, cracked open drinks and toasted to the Orioles.

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Rev. Kobi Little of the Baltimore NAACP called for the resignation of two city housing officials and said that Mayor Brandon Scott “needs to either step up and lead or step aside” following a fire at a vacant building that damaged the organization’s offices.

Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer grants motion for judgment of acquittal and throws out charges of second-degree assault and misconduct in office against Officer Kevin Hilton.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley declined to identify what types of guns were used but said two weapons were identified through ballistics evidence. The victims have been “as helpful as they could,” Worley said, but have so far been unable to identify the gunmen.

In the recording, Jasmine Billingsley makes clear that she believes her brother committed all the crimes he has been convicted of and the crimes he is currently accused of.

Dr. Joseph Sakran decided to work in medicine after becoming a victim of gun violence as a teenager.

A second water sample taken Tuesday from Druid Lake Reservoir has tested negative for the parasite cryptosporidium.

The city health initiative offers COVID vaccines to adults without insurance or whose insurance doesn’t cover the cost.

State watchdogs are asking whether Mohammed Choudhury’s use of the Signal app shielded discussions of state business from public record, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

The bill, introduced this week, would require a portion of all new residential developments with a certain number of units to be set aside for people with incomes at or below the Baltimore-area median.

Federal charges against Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr. of Arnold, then a senior member of the Pentagon’s communications staff, and his Glen Burnie barber, detail their roles in an alleged dog fighting ring that operated via encrypted text messages and a private message board. They just don’t explain how this could have gone on so long.