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People march in the Penn North neighborhood of Baltimore on Wednesday, the anniversary of the funeral of Freddie Gray.

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Baltimore Police Chief Discusses Shooting Of Boy Carrying Replica Pistol

4:27pm April 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Police Commissioner Kevin Davis says detectives mistook the replica for a real gun and describes the boy's injuries as nonfatal. The shooting happened on the anniversary of Freddie Gray's funeral.

"This is the best chance in a generation to reform our federal drug sentencing law," Sen. Richard Durbin (center) said Thursday. He and other lawmakers held a news conference about proposed criminal sentencing reform legislation.

One Last Push In Congress To Change Punishment For Drug Crimes This Year

4:19pm April 28, 2016

by Carrie Johnson

A bipartisan group of Senators is making one last push to overhaul the way drug criminals are punished before Capitol Hill shuts down this year.

Chart: Births per 1,000 females 15 to 19 years old (2006-2014)

Teen Birth Rates Plummet For Hispanic And Black Girls

3:14pm April 28, 2016

by Jennifer Ludden

Teenagers are having less sex and getting better about using contraceptives, a survey finds. Economic hard times also make it less likely that teens will want to become parents so early in life.

Cybil Preston, chief apiary inspector for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, does a training run with Mack: She sets up fake beehives and commands him to "find." He sniffs each of them to check for American foulbrood. If he detects the disease, he is

Keeping Bees Safe: It's A Ruff Job, But This Doggy Detective Gets It Done

2:53pm April 28, 2016

by Jodi Helmer

Mack is the newest addition to the Maryland Department of Agriculture's apiary inspection team. He uses his superior sniffer to find hives infected with a contagious disease that kills bee colonies.

Genetic Variations Help Make Fraternal Twins More Likely

2:22pm April 28, 2016

by Madeline K Sofia

Scientists identified two genetic variants that make it more likely that a woman will give birth to fraternal twins. Knowing this might help develop safer fertility treatments.

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Ex-Reserve Deputy Who Confused Gun With Taser, Killing Suspect, Is Convicted

12:52pm April 28, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Robert Bates, a volunteer with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma, killed Eric Harris in a sting operation last year. The jury found him guilty of second-degree manslaughter.

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Ohio County Residents Are On Edge After 8 Family Members Are Murdered

11:08am April 28, 2016

Authorities in rural Pike County are tight-lipped about the details of the probe into last week's murders. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to Chris Graves, a columnist with the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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Will The Real Donald Trump Please Stand Up?

10:54am April 28, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

In the past 24 hours alone, the whiplash between what rival-turned-uneven-surrogate Ben Carson called the "two different Donald Trumps" was on bold display.

The staple at legendary Prince's is fiery hot fried chicken, always served on white bread, with pickles.

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How A Cheating Man Gave Rise To Nashville's Hot Chicken Craze

10:04am April 28, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

The story goes that a woman decided to punish her cheating partner by heaping hot pepper on his chicken. It ended up tasting really good, and now the popularity of Nashville Hot Chicken is spreading.

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Ted Cruz Chooses Carly Fiorina As Vice Presidential Pick

8:19am April 28, 2016

by Mara Liasson

Sen. Ted Cruz announced Wednesday former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will join his ticket as a candidate for vice president. Cruz is making a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination.

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