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Adnan Syed, subject of the podcast Serial, is escorted from a courthouse in February 2016. An appellate court has upheld a previous decision to vacate Syed's 2000 conviction

National

'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed Deserves A New Trial, Appeals Court Rules

8:39pm March 29, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Maryland's second-highest court has upheld a ruling vacating Syed's murder conviction, which the hit podcast covered. Syed will be retried in a lower court, provided Thursday's ruling isn't appealed.

DMG Foods, the Salvation Army's first supermarket, offers discount groceries to nutritional assistance beneficiaries and anyone else who walks through the door.

Salvation Army Opens First-Ever Supermarket, In Baltimore

7:41pm March 27, 2018

by Dominique Maria Bonessi

The longtime religious charity Salvation Army, known for providing clothing and shelter, is trying a new tactic to help low-income residents in Baltimore — offering them access to healthy food.

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A man walks past a Baltimore police patrol car.

National

Baltimore Police Officers Convicted In Corruption Scandal

8:02pm February 12, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The officers were members of an unit that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from residents and discussed covering up their crimes in wiretapped conversations.

Jurors are deliberating in the corruption trial of a Baltimore Police Department unit that witnesses say was rife with crime and cover-ups.

National

After Jaw-Dropping Testimony, Baltimore Police Corruption Trial Heads To Jury

6:58pm February 08, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The case centers on the Gun Trace Task Force, an elite unit that was supposed to be recovering illegal guns. But witnesses say it sold guns and drugs it seized right back onto the streets.

An overdose rescue kit handed out at an overdose prevention class this summer in New York City includes an injectable form of the drug naloxone.

Health & Safety

Counting The Heavy Cost Of Care In The Age Of Opioids

11:00am October 28, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

The city of Baltimore says it needs more money to distribute a lifesaving opioid overdose medication. And a recent study finds the cost of treating overdoses in U.S. hospital ICUs has risen sharply.

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Baltimore removed four statues with Confederate ties on Aug. 16 under the cover of darkness, in a five-hour operation ordered by Mayor Catherine Pugh.

Baltimore Took Down Confederate Monuments. Now It Has To Decide What To Do With Them

4:49pm August 28, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Speaking about monument removals across the U.S., Mayor Catherine Pugh says, "They're coming down so fast, I don't know if we have enough museums to house them or enough cemeteries to stick them in."

Baltimore city workers remove graffiti from the pedestal where a statue dedicated to Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson stood on Wednesday. The City of Baltimore removed four statues celebrating confederate heroes from city parks overnight, foll

National

Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues One Day After Voting On Issue

11:52am August 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Workers removed four statues linked to the Confederacy, hauling away monuments that honored Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Roger B. Taney, author of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott opinion.

Andrea Towson used heroin for more than three decades. After a near-death experience with fentanyl, she sought help.

'That Fentanyl — That's Death': A Story Of Recovery In Baltimore

6:36pm August 03, 2017

Andrea Towson was known in West Baltimore as the go-to person for help getting high. Last year, she nearly died from a fentanyl overdose. "Thank God for another day," she says.

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'Stains On The Sidewalk': Photographer Remembers Year Of Murders In Baltimore

5:25pm July 13, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

For her project, "Stains on the Sidewalk," photographer Amy Berbert is memorializing each murder in Baltimore last year with a photograph taken on the "same day, same time, same place."

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Mayor Catherine Pugh speaks at a news conference at City Hall in Baltimore on April 4.

National

Baltimore Mayor Considers Removal Of Confederate Monuments

12:42pm May 29, 2017

by Jim Kane

Mayor Catherine Pugh says she wants to "take a closer look at how we go about following in the footsteps of New Orleans," which removed its confederate monuments earlier this month.