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Baltimore Mayor Jack Young (D) wants President Donald Trump to cancel his plans to visit the city’s Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine on Memorial Day, citing health concerns stemming from the Chinese coronavirus and the price tag attached to a presidential visit. “I wish that the President, as our nation’s leader, would set a positive example and not travel during this holiday weekend,” Young said, according to CBS Baltimore. “I would hope that the President would change his mind and decide to remain at home. If he decides, however, to move forward with his scheduled trip to Baltimore...

A black firefighter admitted he placed a knotted rope and threatening note with a drawing of a noose in an East Baltimore fire station last month.The firefighter has since been suspended for other performance-related issues, but will also likely face additional punishment for his act, officials said. City officials said the man admitted to the hoax and will not face criminal charges.Officials identified the man as Donald Maynard, a firefighter-paramedic apprentice who is black. The incident sparked outrage and led to a federal investigation into charges of racism. It was also the latest in a series of other incidents over...

Pelosi Visits Hometown on Victory Tour Jan 05 4:00 PM US/Eastern By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press Writer BALTIMORE (AP) -- Newly elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a victory lap Friday through Baltimore, the blue-collar city where she grew up and learned politics from her father, who was mayor in the 1940s and 50s. Pelosi, surrounded by family members, laid a bouquet of white roses beside a statue of her father, former Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., in the downtown business district. "It is with great emotion that I come to this spot because I used to visit here every time...

BALTIMORE -- A federal judge sentenced a former Baltimore police officer to 139 years in prison for robbing drug dealers and selling the drugs himself. Antonio Murray was a 14-year veteran of the force. He apologized to his family and told U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz that life as a police officer on the streets of Baltimore induced him to engage in policies that got him in trouble.

<p>IT WAS half past one in the morning when Harry Cokley, desperately trying to get enough sleep so that his early rising wouldn't leave him groggy, heard the knock at his front door.</p> <p>Cokley, a 52-year-old truck driver who lives on Belvieu Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, works for the North Bay Distributing Co. His job requires getting up early and allows no time for late-night nonsense. But that's exactly what happened on this August evening.</p>