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From the Antique Man's giant ball of string in Fells Point, to the crab cake lunch downtown, Laura Lippman loves Baltimore. Despite the city's crime and other problems, the crime novelist says its flaws are what make it an interesting place.

Challenges ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines

Could you be happy in a condo unit in a building next to an 800-bed jail? What if the jail had shopping on the ground floor? Brooklyn's corrections commissioner is proposing just such a project.

The earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastating quakes.

At least four people were killed in Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian cities on Monday. The attacks were carried out by what are called Shahed drones — also known as suicide or kamikaze drones.

Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. His corruption case involves the trading of city contracts and favors for cash and kickbacks. He left office in 2010 and was indicted in 2013.

In Memphis, where Nichols died, protesters shut down a major highway and chanted "justice for Tyre" before later disbanding. Demonstrations across the U.S. were largely peaceful.

The Illinois Senate has passed a bill that would expand the property-tax base for Central Illinois Regional Airport – from Bloomington and Normal city limits to the entire county.

Hmm, it's still a bit of a mystery. Here's what is known about the small herd of goats who went running through the streets in March.

Looking for ways to encourage low carbon commuting, Boulder, Colorado started "tube to work" day 15 years ago. Now, every July people hop on inner tubes in office attire and float down Boulder Creek.