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A Maryland widow is suing a funeral home for allegedly staging her husband’s cremation. According to the Baltimore Sun, 52-year-old Demetra Street filed the federal lawsuit last week in the US District Court for the District of Maryland. The woman claims Wylie Funeral Homes conducted a “sham” service for her husband, Ivan T. Street, back in January, just […]
A Maryland woman was arrested this week after officers found the remains of two young children in her car. According to the Baltimore County Government, the discovery was made during a Wednesday night traffic stop in Essex. The driver, 33-year-old Nicole Michelle Johnson, was reportedly pulled over for speeding; however, officers quickly determined the vehicle had fake West […]
Baltimore police officer, Eric Banks Jr. has been arrested in connection with the death of his stepson. CBS Baltimore reports that officers found the stepson, 15-year-old Dasan Jones dead inside a wall, per court documents. Banks was immediately taken into custody following the discovery on Tuesday evening. Officers had come to the home in response […]
The Trump administration released around 4,500 prisoners to home confinement during the pandemic to prevent them from catching COVID-19. Some thought Joe Biden would extend the policy, but it seems the White House may be looking to send almost all those inmates back to prison once the public health emergency is over, which is in line with […]
Mariah Carey has suggested she’s not on board with rising Baltimore rapper YTK’s song “Let It Off,” which samples her 2005 track “Shake It Off.” YTK’s “Let It Off” received a video to accompany the song on Friday (May 7), and it quickly made the rounds on Twitter just as the weekend began. Twitter user @rnbtommy, […]
Johnson & Johnson released a statement Wednesday acknowledging that a batch of its Covid-19 vaccine doses handled by a manufacturing plant in Baltimore failed to meet quality standards, MarketWatch reports. J&J wouldn’t specify how many doses were affected, but the New York Times suspects the number to be around 15 million. “This quality control process identified one batch of drug substance […]
Baltimore will no longer waste time and resources prosecuting low-level crimes. On Friday, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced to the media that the city will stop prosecuting drug possession, prostitution, minor traffic violations, and other low-level offenses. Per NBC News, the city created this initiative at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the virus’s spread in local […]
A Baltimore police officer has been indicted for assaulting a man on crutches who allegedly declined to wear a face-covering at a local supermarket. NBC News reports that Andre Maurice Pringle was charged with one count of second-degree assault and one count of misconduct in office after he allegedly shoved and slammed Brandon Walker to […]
The battle over Cab Calloway’s former home has come to an end. On Saturday, the City of Baltimore demolished a rowhouse where the jazz legend had lived as a teenager, marking a huge blow to preservationists and some members of Calloway’s family. The Baltimore Sun reports activists and community members attempted to protect the home through a historical landmark […]
The Earl Thomas era in Baltimore has come to an end. On Sunday, the Ravens revealed that it has decided to terminate the free safety’s contract. The official reason given was “personal conduct that has adversely affected” the team. This comes after Thomas was sent home on Friday following an on-field altercation with teammate Chuck Clark. […]
