Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure ...

Baltimore charter school advocate among new crop of Casey Foundation fellows

Unimpressed with the elementary school in her Baltimore neighborhood, Bobbi Macdonald set out to create her own. She founded the City Neighborhoods Foundation in 2003, the year her oldest daughter started kindergarten and the state of Maryland began allowing charter schools.Ten years later, the nonprofit is running three schools: City Neighbors Charter School, City Neighbors Hamilton and City ...

Clouds light rain expected through Sunday

National Weather Service says clouds and patches of drizzle will be the order of the day in Baltimore on Sunday, though heavy rain is not expected. The NWS says showers will be likely this afternoon, with a 70 percent chance for precipitation and temperatures around 70. Winds will be mild, 5 to 10 mph. Patchy fog will be present in the city and surroundind areas this evening and overnight. ...

Benjamin Lipsitz 94 attorney who defended Bremer

Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so fundamentally devoted to justice. He was Atticus Finch all over again," said ...

Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones

President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...