Top Baltimore news: Gun Trace Task Force scandal investigation; memorial events for Rep. Cummings

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A full schedule of memorial events for Rep. Cummings

Rep. Elijah Cummings is being honored at various events in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. On Thursday, Cummings will lie in state in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol.

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Nancy Pelosi, other relatives remember former Mayor D’Alesandro at Baltimore Mass

Given that family and politics were so intertwined in his life, it was fitting that the funeral of former Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro III on Wednesday morning brought both strands together in the pews of St. Ignatius Catholic Church.

Read the full story on Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore required hotels to put up human trafficking signs; a text number on them was wrong

Thousands of signs alerting human trafficking victims to a phone number and text line where they can seek help, required to be posted in every Baltimore hotel room by city legislation approved earlier this year, were purchased and printed using the wrong text number.

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Police announce outside investigation into Gun Trace Task Force scandal

Many officials have called for such a review to examine what led the Baltimore police officers to become corrupt and what changes the department could implement to prevent another such scandal.

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Archdiocese of Baltimore breaks ground on city’s first Catholic school in more than 50 years

The Archdiocese broke ground Wednesday on the Poppleton neighborhood site.

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