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Elected officials and community leaders celebrated a major milestone in the revitalization of East Baltimore’s Johnston Square neighborhood Monday, as the Hammond at Greenmount Park officially opened its doors.
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Tom Brenner/Getty Images North AmericaAfter 41 days of a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate has passed a set of bills to reopen the government. Its fate in the House is uncertain. -
Ashley Landis/APThe families of some of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who died in catastrophic flooding in Texas on July 4 are suing Camp Mystic and its owners. -
Eric Thayer/Getty ImagesIf you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, how do this year's prices look to you? -
Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images EuropeProminent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven. -
Yuki Sugiura/Booker Prize FoundationDavid Szalay uses spare and sparse language to follow one Hungarian-British man from his teen years through middle age. The prestigious prize honors the best English-language novels published in the U.K. -
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images North AmericaSix months after the Trump administration cut more than $800 million in Justice Department grants geared toward public safety, the organizations affected are adjusting to a future without that money. -
Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesTrump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown. -
Larry Horricks/NetflixNetflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal. -
Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary talks with NPR about why the agency is removing them. -
AP/APA car exploded near the 17th century Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring others and triggering a fire that damaged vehicles parked nearby, New Delhi police said.
