 Monday, Apr 9 A Circuit Court judge on Monday vacated the manslaughter conviction of Umar Burley based on new evidence uncovered through a corruption investigation into the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force. |
| The wage gap in Maryland has widened, with women earning 84 cents for every dollar earned by men. |
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| Maryland lawmakers passed a bill to expand its medical cannabis industry with 20 new licenses to grow or process the drug, licenses advocates hope will go to minority-owned firms that were initially shut out of the growing industry. |
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| Howard High School graduate Saif Bryant, who was named first-team all-county in football as a senior in 2014, died following a car crash Saturday morning in Ellicott City. Bryant, a junior physical education major at Morgan State University, was 21 years old. |
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| Mike Preston writes that the Ravens need to draft a running back who can catch passes out of the backfield like Ray Rice. |
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| A state commission with subpoena power is set to investigate allegations of Baltimore Police corruption, so long as Gov. Larry Hogan supports the idea. The panel, which Mayor Catherine Pugh has said is unnecessary, would look into revelations from the recent Gun Trace Task Force trial. |
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| The Maryland General Assembly's response to record violence in Baltimore, given final approval Monday, has raised deep-seated questions about forgiveness and justice. Lawmakers reached compromises on expungements and harsher sentences as it works to stem a surge in homicides. |
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| Eight teens at a state juvenile detention center in Frederick County have been charged in an alleged riot and escape attempt Sunday that sent three staff members to the hospital and ended in a barricade that required a trained negotiator to coax them out, Maryland State Police said. |
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| Two men were found dead with signs of physical trauma in an apartment in Towson, and Baltimore County police are investigating the deaths as a double homicide, officials said. |
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| A 23-year-old St. Petersburg, Fla., resident has gathered more than 8,600 followers on Twitter with an account he made last week on a whim, @SmilingBirdLogo, where he posts his mockups of the Baltimore team’s cartoon bird logo, redesigned as other bird species. |
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