Baltimore mayor unveils initiatives in response to violence

BALTIMORE (AP) — As murders and overdoses threaten new records for bloodshed in Baltimore, the city’s mayor unveiled an update Wednesday to her violence prevention plan, describing new tools for police, more support for addicts and a promise of free community college for the city’s graduating high-schoolers.
Mayor Catherine Pugh also appointed Drew Vetter, who had been chief of staff at the Baltimore Police Department, to direct the Mayor’s Office of C