By AFRO Staff Multiple people have been shot on the campus of Morgan State University, a historically Black college in Northeast Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) confirmed the shooting at 10:01 p.m. “BPD is on the scene of an active shooter situation in the 1700 block of Argonne Drive,” law enforcement officials announced from
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley and Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace were officially confirmed by the Baltimore City Council on Oct. 2. Worley and Wallace were nominated for their respective roles in July by Mayor Brandon M. Scott. Former Police Commissioner Michael Harrison stepped down on June 8
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor, Dbailey@afro.com Ford’s Theatre is bringing in its 2023 fall season with a world premiere from widely acclaimed author, poet and playwright Pearl Cleage. “Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard” will be performed on stage through Oct. 15. Cleage was commissioned by Ford’s Theatre to put on the show as
By Adriana Navarro, Special to the AFRO Maisie Hughes was born in Washington, D.C., as was her mother. But, while her mom and uncles walked a street flanked by corridors of trees as kids, all that changed by the time Hughes was born. Over the course of her mother’s lifetime, the tree canopy in their
By Chrisleen Herard, Special to the AFRO Family and friends are mourning the brutal death of Patricia Johnson, who police say was fatally shot inside her home during the early morning of Oct. 1. Officers from the Seventh District Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call regarding a shooting in the 4000 block of 13th
He may have to defend the faith in Mongolia against pressure from China’s ruling Communist Party.
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Wab Kinew, an Anishinaabe politician who leads the New Democratic Party, will replace the conservative Heather Stefanson as Manitoba’s leader.
Even though it’s now part of NATO, a wary Finland still requires men to serve their country. Women can volunteer, and many do.
The struggle to save Gagauz, a Turkic tongue used by dwindling numbers of people in an ethnic enclave of Moldova, reflects the emotional power of language loyalties across the former Soviet Union.