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 Wednesday, Feb 6 Baltimore is among dozens of cities and states that the federal government will target to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. President Donald Trump mentioned the initiative in his State of the Union speech. |   | |
| Baltimore’s spending board has approved a 5-year contract for the incoming police commissioner. The deal gives him valuable perks and a far higher salary than his predecessors, but at also makes him easier to fire. Michael Harrison would make $275,000 a year. He starts Monday. |
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| Michael Harrison will start work as Baltimore's police commissioner with a much more generous contract than the past three leaders of the police department, guaranteeing him a far higher salary, raises and other perks. But the deal also makes it easier a mayor to fire Harrison. |
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| Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is joining the calls for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign after the revelation of a racist photo on his page in his medical school yearbook. Hogan says Northam has “lost the ability to govern. There’s no way to get the trust of the people of Virginia again." |
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| With jury selection already underway, a Baltimore judge has stepped in and postponed the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering well-known bartender Alex Wroblewski in Locust Point. |
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| Kerosene sold at a Windsor Mill convenience store between Jan. 23 and Feb. 5 was contaminated with gasoline, creating an “imminent fire risk,” the Baltimore County Fire Department said Wednesday. |
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| Roxana Santos was released from ICE custody Monday after she was unexpectedly detained in January during a routine check-in with immigration officials. |
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| The percentage of high school seniors in Maryland who scored a 3 or higher on one or more AP test reached 31.6 percent last year. |
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| In two months, the size and strength of Michael Locksley’s inaugural recruiting class grew by leaps and bounds. |
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| Tyrone Wheatley, who had played nine seasons for the New York Giants and Oakland Raiders and had recently coached the running backs for the Jacksonville Jaguars, will be the Bears’ fifth head coach in the past seven years. |
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