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Baltimore police officer shot in head, manhunt underway

AmanhuntisunderwayinBaltimoreandthesurroundingareasafterasuspectshotaveteranhomicidedetectiveintheheadandgravelywoundedhimonWednesday.Theofficer,an18-yearvetera

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Mystery of First Batch of Chinese into US

ByAPDwriterZhaoHuiranThefirstbatchofChineseintotheUnitedStateswascloselylinkedtoanadventurousIrishmerchant,JohnO'Donnell.In1784,ChinaandtheUnitedStatesbeganthed

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8 people shot in Baltimore, 3 gunmen flee on foot

As many as eight people were shot on Saturday night in east Baltimore, including a father and his three-year-old daughter, Baltimore police said.

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Remembering Lor Scoota: Baltimore's unsung HERO

Yesterday evening around 7 p.m. after finishing playing in a charity basketball game titled Touch The People: Pray For Peace in These Streets at Morgan State University, 23-year-old Tyriece Watson a.k.a well-known Baltimore rapper, Lor Scoota, was fatally shot in the intersection of Harford and Moravia Roads— a three minute drive from the school campus. Scoota was best known for his 2014 catchy drug-dealing anthem “Bird Flu” from his Still In The Trenches mixtape series.

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Baltimore mayor asks U.S. Justice Department to investigate police practices

​Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday asked the U.S. Justice Department to conduct a civil rights investigation into the city police practices after the death of 25-year-old African-American man Freddie Gray thrusted the city into the vortex of a heated national debate over police brutality in minority neighborhoods.

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New U.S. attorney general visits Baltimore after unrest

​Newly sworn-in U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday visited Baltimore, Maryland, for the first time since rioting convulsed the city late April in a bid to help ease tensions.

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Obama launches program to bridge opportunity gap for minorities after Baltimore riot

​U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced the launch of a new non-profit foundation intended to offer more opportunities to young minority men amid continued heated national debates about racial relations following the death of 25-year-old African-American Freddie Gray.

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Protests spread in U.S., demanding justice, against overuse of police force

Thousands of people marched in Baltimore, the largest city of U.S. State of Maryland as well as New York City on Wednesday over death of Freddie Gray, demanding justice and protesting overuse of police force.

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Escalating violence convulses U.S. city after black man's death, state of emergency declared

Thousands of U.S. National Guard soldiers and police forces began mobilizing Monday evening toward Baltimore, Maryland, after Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in response to escalating violence.

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Maryland governor declares state of emergency amid escalating violence following black man's death

Maryland governor Larry Hogan Monday evening declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to address the escalating violence and unrest in Baltimore City following the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after he was injured in police custody.