BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal agents searched the two homes of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh on Thursday as well as offices in City Hall, an FBI spokesman said. FBI spokesman Dave Fitz said multiple agents were “executing court-authorized search warrants” at “both residences and City Hall.” The search warrants are sealed, and Fitz said he couldn’t […]
Why are so many black babies in Baltimore dying in their sleep? It’s an alarming and perplexing question for Baltimore health officials who are searching for answers. During December to January, six infants died in six weeks – one baby each week. Five babies were black, and one infant was mixed-race. It’s an unprecedented spike […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what’s thought to be the world’s first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ. If other donors with HIV come forward, it could free up space on the transplant waiting list for everyone. […]
The Baltimore City Police Department is looking for 15-year-old Syed Muhammad Weaver who has reportedly been missing since Feb. 4. Weaver is reportedly 5 feet, 7inches tall and weighs about 145 pounds. According to WBALTV 11, He was last seen wearing a puffy black winter jacket, khaki pants and Nike sneakers. Police say that anyone with […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — On the streets of Baltimore, it’s tough to find confidence that a police shield and city-issued dark blue uniform promises integrity and competence. With Maryland’s biggest city already under court oversight to address longstanding patterns of unconstitutional policing, particularly in predominantly African-American communities, a specialized gun-recovery unit made up of rogue detectives […]
47-year-old Clarence Shipley Jr. was exonerated and released on Tuesday after spending nearly three decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. WBAL, reports, Shipley was wrongly sent to prison 27 years ago for the 1991 death of 29-year-old Kevin Smith based on false witness testimony. Years ago Shipley’s family and friends hired a […]
A woman was stabbed to death after stopping to help what she thought was a needy mother and baby, CNN reports. Jacquelyn Smith, 52, was riding in a car with relatives Saturday when they saw a woman carrying what appeared to be a baby and a sign that read, “Please Help me feed my Baby.” Smith, […]
Arsenio Hall tells the Tom Joyner Morning Show crew that this week has been crazy! Crazier than the week he and Sherri got married an annulled in an hour. While he was in what he calls one of the whitest states, which is Indiana, he heard about the California wildfires. He was there visiting his […]
According to TheDetroitNews, in an FBI crime data report released this morning, Detroit has moved up to the 2nd most violent big city in America. The report concludes that murders in the motor city have actually decreased since the FBI’s last Uniform Crime Report in 2017. In that report Detroit sat at a staggering 303 […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — A suspect died and an officer was wounded in a shootout Sunday evening in a violence-prone Baltimore district where a “crime suppression initiative” was taking place, Baltimore’s interim police chief said. Interim Police Chief Gary Tuggle said at a late-night news conference that the gunfire erupted just before 6:30 p.m. in a […]
Amnesty International found that gun violence across the United States has reached a human rights crisis level.
Baltimore law enforcement are investigating after a male officer allegedly punched a woman and threw her to the ground. Turns out she is BPD Sergeant Henrietta Middleton. According to the Baltimore Sun, Middleton, a 12-year veteran assigned to the Inspector General’s Office, is now suspended and charged with disorderly conduct. No word on the other officer. The publication […]
