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How Baltimore's Curfew Is Throwing Off the Night Shift

Baltimore's 10 p.m. curfew may be keeping things calm, but it's a tough slog for local workers.
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BALTIMORE—Sinai Hospital in Northwest Baltimore received no credible threats in the wake of violent clashes between residents and police on Monday. So there were no National Guard soldiers or armored vehicles stationed out front, like there were at Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore.

But it was far from business as usual at Sinai. Things were too quiet, according to an emergency-room nurse who was preparing for another overnight shift on Wednesday evening.