Baltimore agrees to settle claim Freddie Gray's family for $6.4 million

The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay a $6.4 million settlement to the family of Freddie Gray, who died at age 25 in police custody last April after suffering a serious spinal injury in the back of a police van.  (Six city police officers are facing criminal charges in the matter also.)   Slate, NPR and Gawker have more information.