Baltimore Cops Slammed in Fed Report, BWI Resturants Hiring, Phelps is Golden in Rio: News Nearby

Patch has community sites across Maryland. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Governor Requests Physical Disaster Declaration for Ellicott City
• Michael Phelps Sweeps Up 21st Gold Medal
• Maryland Sales Tax-Free Week 2016 Starts Aug. 14: What Qualifies?

Here's the Country's 'Sorriest Bus Stop'

While it's nothing to cheer about, a bus stop perched on six-lane Route 29 in Silver Spring — a stop with no sidewalk leading to it — has been named the country’s worst bus stop.

The Streetsblog’s Sorriest Bus Stop tournament has gathered votes on the worst transit stops nationwide and says “only the least appealing, most dehumanizing bus stops are still standing.” >>> Read more.

Baltimore Cops Slammed For Treating Blacks Worse Than Whites: Federal Report

The Baltimore Police Department has routinely stopped, searched and arrested black people in the city without grounds to do so, according to a stinging Department of Justice report released Wednesday.

The report evaluated policing from 2010 to 2016 but reflected issues such as racism that have been festering for decades. >>> Read more.

• Man Admits Stabbing Wheaton Woman During Breakin: Police
• Maryland Goes Easy on Drunk Drivers: Study
• Fleeing Drug Suspect Bitten By Police Dog
• Elderly PG County Woman Missing for the Past Five Days: Police
• Job Fairs Set to Hire for Starbucks, Restaurants at BWI Airport, Arundel Mills Mall

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• Sex-Traffickers Exploit Teen at Silver Spring Motel: Police
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• Police: Missing 9-Year-Old Columbia Boy Has Been Found
• Shop Rite Stores in Maryland Recall Country Home Cookies