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June 6, 2016

The Latest: Activists gather outside hearing for officer

The Latest on the trial of a police van driver in the death of a young, black man in Baltimore (all times local): 11:10 a.m.

June 6, 2016

Search for missing boaters shifts to recovery effort

Maryland Natural Resources Police say a search for two missing boaters in the Potomac River in Frederick County has shifted from a rescue operation to a recovery effort.

June 6, 2016

Judge to hear motions in upcoming trial for van driver

A Baltimore judge will hear motions from the defense in the upcoming trial for an officer facing the most serious charge stemming from the death of a young black man from injuries he received in a police van.

June 6, 2016

Police van driver goes on trial for black man's death

The stakes are high in the upcoming trial for an officer prosecutors say bears the most responsibility for the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man whose spine was snapped in the back of a police transport wagon.

June 4, 2016

Bicycle left as memorial to honor death of Navy SEAL stolen, police say

Authorities in Maryland said Friday that a bicycle left as a memorial where a retired U.S. Navy SEAL was struck and killed by a vehicle last year has been stolen.

June 3, 2016

Capsized boat in Chesapeake Bay was in prohibited area, Coast Guard says

A boat that hit something under water and dropped a group of fourth-graders into Chesapeake Bay had ventured into a prohibited area, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday. The U.S. Navy warns of unexploded bombs in the vicinity.

June 2, 2016

Coast Guard: Boat that sank with kids was in prohibited area

A boat that hit something under water and dropped a group of fourth graders into Chesapeake Bay had ventured into a prohibited area, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday.

June 2, 2016

Accused Somali war criminal found working as DC airport security guard

A Somali man accused of leading mass executions and torturing people during the country’s bloody civil war in the 1980s has been quietly working as a security guard at a Washington, D.C., airport for the last six years – all while passing FBI and TSA checks.

June 2, 2016

Rescuers save 22 people from sinking boat in Chesapeake Bay, 3 hospitalized

At least 22 people were rescued from a sinking boat Wednesday in the Chesapeake Bay, authorities said.

June 1, 2016

Baltimore police shoot man they say fired upon them

Police officers shot a man several times after he fired at the officers during a chase late Tuesday in northeast Baltimore, police officials said.