Baltimore

Amid Riots, Maryland Governor Will Deploy National Guard To Baltimore

12:04am April 28, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Just hours after Freddie Gray's funeral, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets, burning police cars, looting stores and facing off with police. The mayor instituted a curfew.

Mourners line up to pay their respects during Freddie Gray's funeral at the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore, Md., on Monday.

National

Freddie Gray's Funeral Spurs Calls For Calm In Baltimore

4:12pm April 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

After a weekend that saw violence and arrests, Gray's family and many public and religious figures are calling for peace.

Police carry a detained man to a waiting police van after a march to City Hall for Freddie Gray, on Saturday. Authorities say 34 people were arrested in the protest over Gray, who died in police custody last week.

National

Baltimore Police: 34 Arrested In Freddie Gray Protest

1:20pm April 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Even with the arrests, police said Saturday's protest over Gray — a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody after receiving a fatal spinal cord injury — was "mostly peaceful."

Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts speaks about the investigation into Freddie Gray's death at a news conference on Friday in Baltimore.

Baltimore Police: Freddie Gray Should've Gotten Medical Help At Scene Of Arrest

5:35pm April 24, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Giving an update about how Gray was injured, police said they still have many gaps to fill, but the picture is becoming clearer. Police now know that Gray was never buckled into the police van.

Marchers gather at the Baltimore Police Department's Western District police station during a march for Freddie Gray on Wednesday in Baltimore.

Maryland Governor Sends State Troopers As Protests Grow In Baltimore

6:31pm April 23, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Protesters took to the streets demanding justice, after a black man suffered a deadly injury to his spine after being arrested.

Protesters rally after a march for Freddie Gray that ended in front of the Baltimore Police Department's Western District police station Tuesday. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being arrested.

National

'Sliver Of Hope' In Freddie Gray Case, Former Baltimore Police Chief Says

9:28am April 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"This is possibly the spark that's going to ignite change, real change, in this city, and with the Baltimore Police Department," says former Commissioner Leonard Hamm.

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Detective Lt. Patrick Glynn holds a nasal injection containing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone at police headquarters in Quincy, Mass.

Health & Safety

A Lifesaving Medicine That My Patient Didn't Get In Time

5:56pm April 13, 2015

by Leana Wen

Drug overdoses — many from opioid painkillers — cause more deaths in the U.S. than car crashes, shootings or alcohol. But stigma keeps many addicts from an antidote that could quickly save them.

Longtime Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski has served in the Senate since 1987.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Congress' Longest-Serving Woman, To Retire

1:56pm March 02, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

The Maryland Democrat has served in the Senate since 1987 and was the first woman to chair the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.

An undated photo provided by Yusuf Syed shows his brother, Adnan Syed. Adnan Syed, now 33, was the subject of a popular public radio podcast that raised questions about his guilt. A Maryland court on Saturday granted his request for an appeal.

Adnan Syed, Subject Of 'Serial' Podcast, Granted Appeal

3:41pm February 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Syed was convicted in 2000 of murdering his ex-girlfriend. In October, a series of podcasts produced by the makers of This American Life re-examined his case and raised questions about his guilt.

Dr. Leana Wen became Baltimore's health commissioner on Thursday.

Why I Left The ER To Run Baltimore's Health Department

8:56am January 16, 2015

by Leana Wen

Dr. Leana Wen decided to leave frontline medical care to tend to the city of Baltimore's health needs. Geography and circumstance shouldn't determine someone's health destiny, she says.