Baltimore

Baltimore Fights Heroin Overdoses With Antidote Outreach

6:59pm September 10, 2015

by Audie Cornish

Fatal overdoses are rising among an estimated 19,000 people who use heroin in Baltimore. To curb deaths, the city's health commissioner aims to make an antidote widely available to drug users.

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A mural memorializing Baltimore resident Freddie Gray adorns a wall near the place where he was tackled and arrested by police.

Baltimore Approves $6.4 Million Settlement With Freddie Gray Family

11:12am September 09, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The mayor said the settlement avoids "continuing anxiety and distraction." She said city attorneys felt going to court would ultimately prove more costly to the tax payers.

Taylor Alexander, who owns Baltimore clothing store Flawless Damsels, celebrates its recent reopening. A no-interest loan and online fundraiser helped her reopen the shop after it was looted in April's riots following the death of Freddie Gray.

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For A Baltimore Boutique Owner, A 'Joyous' Reopening After The Riots

11:30am September 08, 2015

by Pam Fessler

Baltimore clothing shop Flawless Damsels is one of the more than 400 businesses damaged in last spring's riots. The shop recently reopened and was bustling, though that's not the case everywhere.

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Workers for the Safe Streets violence interruption project including Gardnel Carter, center, talk with Baltimore residents in 2010.

Crime Interrupts A Baltimore Doctor's Reform Efforts

3:13pm August 08, 2015

by Audie Cornish

Dr. Leana Wen came to Baltimore as health commissioner to combat the city's longstanding problems with violence, drug addiction and health disparities. She finds that solutions don't come easy.

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Leana Wen hands out awards to business owners for their efforts to support breastfeeding at the Baltimore City Health Department on Tuesday.

Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?

5:37pm August 07, 2015

by Audie Cornish

Leana Wen, Baltimore's new health commissioner, is trying to apply public health approaches to ameliorate the city's deep-seated problems with poverty, violence and disease.

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The Baltimore City Detention Center, seen here in 2013, was found to be riddled with corruption, according to a federal probe.

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Md. Governor Orders Closure Of 'Deplorable' Baltimore City Jail

4:14pm July 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A 2013 investigation resulted in the indictment of "25 people — including 13 women working as corrections officers" on racketeering and drug charges. Nearly 20 more faced other charges.

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Baltimore Mayor Replaces Police Commissioner Anthony Batts

5:45pm July 08, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Baltimore's residents "deserve better" than recent results have shown, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says. The move comes two months after six officers were charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

Metropolitan Division officers finish another "rollback" operation. They searched the apartment of a paroled armed robber and gang member. These rollbacks are a cornerstone of the Metro Division's strategy of tracking people who may re-offend, and suppres

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Nationwide Crime Spike Has Law Enforcement Retooling Its Approach

3:46pm July 02, 2015

by Martin Kaste

Violent crime has ticked up in certain metro areas. Police are scrambling to hold the line while at the same time trying not to appear overzealous.

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A Baltimore Civil Rights Icon Is Still Pushing To Help City's Young

4:00pm July 01, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

Sixty years ago, Helena Hicks helped desegregate the city's lunch counters. In the wake of Freddie Gray's death, the 80-year-old has continued to advocate for Baltimore's poor, black residents.

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A mural memorializing Baltimore resident Freddie Gray adorns a wall near the place where he was tackled and arrested by police. The Baltimore Sun says it has acquired a copy of the unreleased government autopsy report in the case.

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Autopsy Attributes Freddie Gray's Death To 'High-Energy Injury,' Report Says

2:46pm June 24, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The death of the unarmed black man was a homicide that resulted from "acts of omission" by the police, according to The Baltimore Sun.