Baltimore
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott wins rematch against Sheila Dixon
Incumbent is on track for a second term
BY EMILY SULLIVAN | Mayor Brandon Scott is on track for a second term, besting challenger Sheila Dixon in Baltimore’s Democratic mayoral primary.
Scott had a several thousand vote lead over Dixon as results came in Tuesday evening, with more than 70 percent of precincts reporting, plus results from early voting and a first round of mail-in ballots. The AP called the race for Scott around 11:30 p.m.
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5 more Salisbury students charged after man said he was lured to apartment attack
Suspects allegedly targeted victim on Grindr
By CODY BOTELER | Five more Salisbury University students have been charged in an alleged attack where a man said he was lured into an apartment and punched, kicked, and spat on because of his “sexual preferences,” the Salisbury Police Department said Thursday afternoon.
The latest charges come after seven students were arrested earlier in the week, in an incident law enforcement officials are investigating as a hate crime.
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BY TIM PRUDENTE | A Bethesda real estate investor nabbed Kevin Spacey’s waterfront Baltimore mansion at auction last month for a bargain, only now he has a problem.
Spacey, he said, has not given up the house.
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Fired Baltimore health commissioner under criminal investigation
Ihuoma Emenuga probe concerns Chase Brexton clinical work
BY LEE O. SANDERLIN, ADAM WILLIS, ALISSA ZHU, and MEREDITH COHN | Mayor Brandon Scott fired Health Commissioner Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga on Monday evening after learning she is under criminal investigation. Her abrupt departure, just months into the job, leaves the Health Department once again without a leader as Baltimore struggles with rampant overdose deaths at a rate not seen before in a major American city.
The Baltimore Office of the Inspector General opened a probe into Emenuga’s work at a private health clinic while she was also serving as health commissioner, according to multiple people familiar with the matter but who were not authorized to speak publicly. The inspector general’s office made a criminal referral to the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor, which is now investigating.
Emenuga’s clinical work was done at Chase Brexton, a nonprofit health care center founded in 1978 as a volunteer-run gay health clinic in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. Today the clinic has locations throughout Maryland and sees about 40,000 patients a year with a focus on providing services to poor and underserved populations. A spokesperson for Chase Brexton did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday evening.
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