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BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge in Baltimore is holding a hearing to determine the admissibility of statements made to investigators by police officers charged in connection with Freddie Gray‘s death. The hearing before Circuit Judge Barry Williams begins Tuesday and could last two days. The first of six trials is set to begin Nov. 30. […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Friday that she will not seek re-election next year, nearly five months after the city erupted in rioting following the death of a man injured in police custody. Rawlings-Blake made the announcement Friday at a news conference called only 90 minutes earlier, a move that comes just […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on a pretrial hearing in the prosecution of six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died after suffering a spinal injury in custody (all times local): 10:35 a.m. Prosecutors say the trials for six officers charged in the death […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The family of Freddie Gray, who died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city of Baltimore, resolving civil claims about a week after the first hearing in the criminal case against six police officers, officials said Tuesday. Six Baltimore police officers face […]

New emails released Monday show that Rihanna wanted to come to Baltimore in the week after rioting broke out to join protesters in the streets and perform a free concert. But police would not give her a permit for the planned show, according to The Baltimore Sun. In a message dated May 1 sent to […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunmen got out of two vans and began firing at a group gathered on a corner Tuesday night, fatally shooting three people, police said. The two gunmen shot a total of four people — one who was in stable condition — a few blocks from the urban campus of the University of […]

Marilyn Mosby is clearly comfortable in a courtroom. Fifteen years ago, when Mosby was a student at Tuskegee University, she suspected that a neighbor had broken into her apartment when she away and had, of all things a baby shower for his pregnant wife. The NY Daily News Reports:  The 35-year-old Baltimore City State’s Attorney […]

  Roland Martin talks to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake about her decision to call the DOJ to investigate the Baltimore Police Department in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray. “I made the call because I’m committed to reform in the Baltimore Police Department. Under my leadership we’ve taken a number of measures to […]

These are some of the stories coming out of Baltimore as the weekend gets started. Although the Baltimore police department have completed their report, no official findings have been released to the public due to any tensions escalating over the weekend. These are the biggest stories coming out of the city. From The Associated Press: […]