Confronted with news of crime facing Baltimore, Mayor Brandon Scott decides to change the subject, writes Armstrong Williams.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about how the city has been working to reduce violent crime, now at historic lows, according to city data.

Another Baltimore City Council meeting, another bill on vacant properties introduced by Councilwoman Odette Ramos.

President Donald Trump’s declaration that Washington, D.C., is a “crime-ridden wasteland” has drawn sharp pushback from Black mayors across the country, who say the president is distorting reality to ...

Members of the African American Mayors Association started noticing last year declines in violent crime in their cities.

Mayor Brandon Scott highlights the racist attacks he regularly receives amid national discourse about crime in urban cities ...

Local leaders say they’re prepared to defend protections limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement even as the Trump administration threatens to revoke funding and bring criminal charges.

Over a year after Baltimore won a $1.2 million settlement with a “ghost gun” manufacturer, the city’s litigation over untraceable weapons is continuing Monday with a trial against a Hanover-based ...

The city has been basking in a remarkably calm era for public safety, at least by Baltimore standards. That’s thanks to a ...

President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C. is getting reinforcements from red states this week, as as MORE ...

President Trump’s proposed plan to deploy National Guard troops to cities and prosecute children as young as 14 as adults is a failed approach to reducing crime, as evidenced by the success ...