The city of Baltimore is suing Wells Fargo for racist lending practices according to StockBriefing.com. The company said in a statement that Baltimore has claimed racist, predatory lending practices at Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) which they say has led to increased foreclosures for a certain demographic. Read The Whole Story RELATED STORIES Wells Fargo Accepting Applications […]
Via CNN A man distraught about his mother’s health shot and wounded a doctor at Baltimore’s prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital on Thursday before killing his mother and taking his own life, police said. The gunman was getting an update on his mother’s medical condition “when he became emotionally distraught” and pulled a pistol out of […]
VIA WBAL: A man wrongly released from a Baltimore prison Thursday has been taken into custody by authorities in Martinsburg, W.Va. Meanwhile, a second man whose name and identity were used by the suspect — and who was to be released after serving a two-year sentence — has been charged with conspiracy. Prison officials said […]
There is a new school in Baltimore that uses video games to give disadvantaged students careers in video game development and design. They recently received news coverage for their efforts. Urban Video Game Academy featured on CBS, WJZ-TV from Mikey Digital on Vimeo. Here is a list of their objectives. 1. better prepare disadvantaged youth […]
From The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon entered an Alford plea to one count of perjury and pledged to tender her resignation effective Feb. 4 as part of an agreement settling the active criminal cases against her. The plea means that Dixon acknowledges that prosecutors had enough evidence to find her guilty of charges […]
(Baltimore, MD) — Several Baltimore faith-based groups are banding together in the fight against the HIV virus and AIDS. Eleven churches across the city became testing sites where more than 40 trained volunteers administered swab tests. The goal was to test one-thousand people. It’s called Project Shalem because Shalem means “peace” or “a safe place” […]
