• Advocates fear a rollback of bike infrastructure in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

    Advocates fear a rollback of bike infrastructure in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun
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    Advocates fear a rollback of bike infrastructure in Baltimore
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    After years of lagging behind other U.S. cities in bike infrastructure, Baltimore started to catch up: building protected bike lanes on Roland Avenue, Maryland Avenue and Potomac Street. Then came the pushback. Residents of the waterfront neighborhood ...
  • The Baltimore Orioles you should know from the 2017 MLB Draft - The Baltimore Wire

    The Baltimore Orioles you should know from the 2017 MLB Draft - The Baltimore Wire
    The Baltimore Wire
    The Baltimore Orioles you should know from the 2017 MLB Draft
    The Baltimore Wire
    The 2017 MLB Draft provided hope for Baltimore Orioles fans as they wrap up this year's draft with one of their best classes in years. For the majority of Baltimore Orioles fans, and most Americans for that matter, the MLB draft is a snooze. Players ...
    MLB's Baltimore Orioles draft Dale Jarrett's son ZachNascarall 2 news articles »
  • MISSING: Girl, 15, and boy, 3, from central Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

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    MISSING: Girl, 15, and boy, 3, from central Baltimore
    Fox Baltimore
    Police are looking for a 15-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy who they said were last seen Friday in the Upton area. Sarah Golder, 15, and David Wiliams, 3, disappeared after about 10:30 p.m., from Harlem Avenue near North Carey Street. Family and ...and more »
  • Orioles Slugger Davis Likely Out Until After All-Star Break

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Sidelined with a right oblique strain, Chris Davis can’t seem to get comfortable lying down or sitting in a chair.
    So, it will likely be after the All-Star break before the Baltimore Orioles first baseman is ready to swing a bat in a big league game again.
    “I think three weeks would be real ambitious,” manager Buck Showalter said Saturday. “I’d sign up for that right now.”
    Davis went on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday. At this point, Ba
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  • Baltimore County employee withdraws request for sewer deal that was questioned - Baltimore Sun

    Baltimore County employee withdraws request for sewer deal that was questioned - Baltimore Sun
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    Baltimore County employee withdraws request for sewer deal that was questioned
    Baltimore Sun
    A Baltimore County government employee has withdrawn her request for taxpayer help to extend a public sewer line to a property she owns in Reisterstown, a proposal that was first approved by the County Council, then put on hold. Suzanne Berger, the ...and more »
  • Reports of Active Shooter At Harford Community College

    Reports of Active Shooter At Harford Community College
    BALTIMORE (WJZ)– There have been reports of an active shooter near Harford Community College, but the Harford County Sheriff’s Office didn’t confirm the incident at this time.Media update: No confirmation of active shooter or shots fired at HCC. Please avoid area.
    — Harford Sheriff (@Harford_Sheriff) June 17, 2017REPORT ACTIVE SHOOTER @ HARFORD COMMUNITY – NO SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED – PD ON SCENE – CONTINUE TO SHELTER IN PLACE #Breaking #HarfordCounty pic.
  • Police: No Danger After College Sends Active Shooter Alert

    BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Maryland say there is no danger to the public after officials at a community college sent out an alert about an active shooter on campus.
    Harford County Sheriff’s office said they’d found no evidence of a shooting, no injuries and no suspects at Harford Community College.Media update: No confirmation of active shooter or shots fired at HCC. Please avoid area.
    — Harford Sheriff (@Harford_Sheriff) June 17, 2017Police said the
  • It’s Academic: June 17, 2017

    It’s Academic: June 17, 2017
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  • Maryland Zoo in Baltimore welcomes another baby giraffe ... - Baltimore Sun (blog)

    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore welcomes another baby giraffe ... - Baltimore Sun (blog)
    Baltimore Sun (blog)
    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore welcomes another baby giraffe ...
    Baltimore Sun (blog)
    The zoo quietly welcomed a newborn giraffe who has struggled to nurse. He won't be on display until his feeding approves.
    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore welcomes giraffe calf - WBAL-TVWBAL Baltimoreall 12 news articles »
  • Castile Trial Had Video Evidence, But Not Of Key Seconds

    Castile Trial Had Video Evidence, But Not Of Key Seconds
    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The world learned of Philando Castile’s death through a grim livestream launched by his girlfriend seconds after Castile was shot five times by a police officer. Many were outraged by what they saw as Diamond Reynolds’ outwardly calm voice described Castile being shot after reaching for his wallet.
    But no video existed of exactly what happened inside the car in the key seconds before Reynolds began filming, leaving a jury to decide whether to believe Offi
  • Indicted Lawmaker Says He’ll Stay In Office, Fight Charges

    Indicted Lawmaker Says He’ll Stay In Office, Fight Charges
    BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland state senator facing federal corruption charges says he plans to remain in office while he fights the allegations.
    The Baltimore Sun reports Sen. Nathaniel Oaks wants his trial rescheduled until after the 2018 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly.
    Oaks said he is still fulfilling his duties as a state senator and plans to continue doing so, despite his legal battles.
    Prosecutors allege Oaks was paid $10,300 for writing letters on official le
  • Vigil Held For Former Principal Of Baltimore School For Pregnant Teenagers

    Vigil Held For Former Principal Of Baltimore School For Pregnant Teenagers
    BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A vigil was held Friday night to honor the life of community advocate Dr. Rosetta Smith who passed away earlier this month.
    RELATED: Former Principal Of Baltimore School For Pregnant Teenagers Passes
    She ran the Laurence G. Paquin School for Pregnant Teenagers for nearly 40 years.
    Those who knew her say over that time, she transformed the lives of hundreds of women.
    Stith was 72 years old.
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  • Police: Carroll Co. Man Confronts 2 Burglars In Home

    BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maryland State Police say a Carroll County man confronted two burglars in his home early Saturday morning.
    At about 5 a.m., troopers responded to the 700 block of Horpel Drive in Mt. Airy, where they learned a man heard a loud noise at his back door, prompting his alarm to go off.
    Police say he then went downstairs and found broken glass from his back door. He heard voices and saw two men leaving through his back gate.
    The man chased the suspects behind a spring house wher
  • Baltimore Police Search For Missing Teen And 3-Year-Old Boy

    Baltimore Police Search For Missing Teen And 3-Year-Old Boy
    BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy who were last seen Friday night.
    Police say 15-year-old Sarah Golder and 3-year-old David Williams were last seen in the 1300 block of Harlem Avenue. around 10:30 p.m.
    Golder is 4-feet, 11-inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. She was wearing a purple head scarf, black pullover shirt with ruffles, grey pants and purple slippers.
    Williams is 2-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs about 20 pounds.
  • Baltimore Police Find Missing Teen And 3-Year-Old Boy

    BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police have found a missing 15-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy who were last seen Friday night.
    Police say 15-year-old Sarah Golder and 3-year-old David Williams were last seen in the 1300 block of Harlem Avenue. around 10:30 p.m. before they returned home Saturday.
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  • Sikh Arrested Over Ceremonial Knife, Not Charged

    Sikh Arrested Over Ceremonial Knife, Not Charged
    CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A Sikh man was recently arrested in Catonsville then released without charges for carrying a ceremonial knife for religious reasons.
    The Baltimore Sun reports that Harpreet Singh Khalsa was arrested Monday outside a grocery store for carrying a kirpan.
    The small knife is considered an instrument of social justice in the Sikh religion and is one of five articles of faith worn by observant Sikhs.
    Khalsa was handcuffed and driven to a local precinct by Baltimore C
  • US, Japan Search For 7 Navy Sailors, Puzzle Over Ship Crash

    YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — U.S. and Japanese vessels and aircraft searched Saturday for seven American sailors who were missing after their Navy destroyer collided before dawn with a container ship four times its size off the coast of Japan.
    The USS Fitzgerald was back at its home port in Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo by sunset Saturday, its crew lined up on deck. The Philippine-flagged container ship was berthed at Tokyo’s Oi wharf, where officials began questioning crew members ab
  • Saturday, June 17, 2017

    The 30th Anniversary of the Festival of the Arts in Columbia and keeping your pets cool during the hot summer months.
  • Mistrial Declared; Bill Cosby Jury Deadlocked On Verdict

    NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended without a verdict Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s image as “America’s Dad.”
    Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a judge they couldn’t agree on whether “The Cosby Show” star drugged and molested Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Phil
  • Program For Homeless High School Students To Expand

    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Painfully shy was how Kathleen Taylor remembered Jaquwan Norris when they met last June.
    Norris was one of 25 Gov. Thomas Johnson High School students who took part in a summer program called New Horizons Frederick that provided academic support and work opportunities to homeless high schoolers. Taylor, a music teacher at TJ High, served as a program mentor, supervising about a dozen of those students during their morning classes.
    Norris never made eye contact and kep
  • More Dolphins Than Expected Found In Lower Chesapeake Bay

    More Dolphins Than Expected Found In Lower Chesapeake Bay
    CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — Maryland Natural Resources Police Sgt. John Buchanan was flying biologists over Tangier Sound this spring to survey ducks when he glimpsed gray bodies arcing in the waters below.
    The veteran pilot lowered the helicopter for a closer look.
    Two, three, four pods of dolphins. He counted almost 50 in the lower Chesapeake Bay.
    “One of the largest groups that I’ve seen,” Buchanan said. “Over the last few years it’s not uncommon to see them.&rdq
  • Banditos Charged With Endangering Public By City Liquor Board

    BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A bar in South Baltimore faces charges following a violent stabbing last month.
    The Baltimore Sun reports Banditos in Federal Hill was charged by the City liquor board with endangering the public and several other safety violations.
    Three people were stabbed during a fight at the bar on May 13.
    Investigators claim the manager tried to clean up the crime scene before police arrived.
    A hearing has been scheduled later this month.
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  • Congressional Baseball Gunman Carried List Of Names At Time Of Shooting - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

    Congressional Baseball Gunman Carried List Of Names At Time Of Shooting - CBS Baltimore / WJZ
    CBS Baltimore / WJZ
    Congressional Baseball Gunman Carried List Of Names At Time Of Shooting
    CBS Baltimore / WJZ
    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Investigators now confirm the gunman who shot at Congressman Steve Scalise and three others, including Congressional staff and Capitol Police Officers, was carrying a list of names, which included congressmen. As congressmen ran ...and more »
  • Man shoots his brother in the hand in North Baltimore | WBFF - Fox Baltimore

    Man shoots his brother in the hand in North Baltimore | WBFF
    Fox Baltimore
    BALTIMORE, Md. (WBFF) -- Police are currently investigating a shooting incident between two brothers in Northern Baltimore. On Friday at 4:03 p.m., police ...and more »
  • Federal agents arrest Maryland man wanted for international child kidnapping - Baltimore Sun

    Federal agents arrest Maryland man wanted for international child kidnapping - Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore Sun
    Federal agents arrest Maryland man wanted for international child kidnapping
    Baltimore Sun
    Eslam and Zainab Chebbi were taken by their father to Tunisia in 2011, even though he had agreed in court that their mother would have custody. (Edeanna Barbirou). John FritzeContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Federal agents have arrested a Maryland ...
  • Cardinals Bash 5 HRs In 11-2 Rout Of Sinking Orioles

    Cardinals Bash 5 HRs In 11-2 Rout Of Sinking Orioles
    BALTIMORE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals enjoyed a feel-good blowout at the expense of the Baltimore Orioles, who absorbed another lopsided defeat in a duel between struggling teams in different leagues.
    Carlos Martinez struck out eight over six sharp innings, and St. Louis hit a season-high five home runs in an 11-2 victory Friday night.
    The Cardinals arrived at Camden Yards having lost 10 of their previous 14 games, but their breakdown was certainly no worse than that of the Orioles, who
  • Congressional Baseball Gunman Carried List Of Names At Time Of Shooting

    Congressional Baseball Gunman Carried List Of Names At Time Of Shooting
    BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Investigators now confirm the gunman who shot at Congressman Steve Scalise and three others, including Congressional staff and Capitol Police Officers, was carrying a list of names, which included congressmen.
    As congressmen ran from gunfire on a Virginia baseball field, investigators say the man pulling the trigger and carried a handwritten list in his pocket with five names including Republican Congressmen Mo Brooks, Jeff Duncan, and Trent Franks.
    &
  • Baltimore kicks off Pride Weekend - ABC2News.com - ABC2 News

    Baltimore kicks off Pride Weekend - ABC2News.com - ABC2 News
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    Baltimore kicks off Pride Weekend - ABC2News.com
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    This year's Baltimore Pride Festival has a new home. After decades in Mount Vernon, Pride has moved to the to the Old Goucher neighborhood.and more »
  • Officer Acquitted In Castile Shooting; Hundreds Protest

    Officer Acquitted In Castile Shooting; Hundreds Protest
    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota police officer was cleared Friday in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, a black motorist whose death captured national attention when his girlfriend streamed the grim aftermath on Facebook.Castile’s family stormed out of the courtroom after the verdict was read, and the city of St. Anthony swiftly announced plans to dismiss Officer Jeronimo Yanez, despite his acquittal. Yanez was charged with manslaughter in the death of Castile, a 32-yea
  • Md. Woman, Capitol Police Officer Involved In Congressmen Shooting Regarded As Hero

    Md. Woman, Capitol Police Officer Involved In Congressmen Shooting Regarded As Hero
    BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Congressional leaders say without her help – they would’ve been sitting ducks on that baseball field, and Special Agent Crystal Griner graduated from Mount Hebron High School in Howard County.
    Without hesitation, Griner ran into the gunfire in Alexandria. Stacked against the odds, Griner who put her own life on the line to save Republican lawmakers.
    “Problem is he got a rifle and they have handguns, not a fair fight at that time,” says one co
  • Coroner: Sleep Apnea Among Causes Of Carrie Fisher’s Death

    Coroner: Sleep Apnea Among Causes Of Carrie Fisher’s Death
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors, but investigators were not able to pinpoint an exact cause, coroner’s officials said Friday.
    Among the factors that contributed to Fisher’s death was buildup of fatty tissue in the walls of her arteries, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said in a news release late Friday. The release states that the “Star Wars” actress showed signs of having taken multiple drugs,
  • Delaware Police Investigating Discovery Of Human Remains

    Delaware Police Investigating Discovery Of Human Remains
    DOVER, Del. (AP) – State police are investigating the discovery of skeletal human remains found in a wooded area just outside Delaware’s capital city.
    Authorities say the remains were discovered in a wooded area about 7 p.m. Thursday by a person attending the Firefly Music Festival, an annual summer festival held on the grounds of Dover International Speedway.
    Detectives responded to the wooded area and confirmed them to be human skeletal remains.
    The Delaware Division of Forensic Sc
  • Cosby Jurors Wrap Up For Night, Still At Impasse

    Cosby Jurors Wrap Up For Night, Still At Impasse
    NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s suburban Philadelphia sexual assault trial are wrapping up for the night, still at an impasse after more than 50 hours of deliberations.
    They will return Saturday morning for the sixth day of deliberations.
    Cosby’s defense team has been asking for a mistrial, arguing jurors have talked about the charges long enough.
    Judge Steven O’Neill says he’s compelled by law to allow deliberations to go on for as long as the ju
  • Police investigating two shootings in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

    Police investigating two shootings in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore Sun
    Police investigating two shootings in Baltimore
    Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore police are investigating a shooting that occurred about 9:15 p.m. Thursday in the 1600 block of Laurens St. in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. Officers found a 24-year-old man who was suffering from gunshot wounds to the head, police ...
  • Orioles Closer Britton Can’t Wait To Pitch In Games Again

    Orioles Closer Britton Can’t Wait To Pitch In Games Again
    BALTIMORE (AP) — Standout closer Zach Britton returned to Camden Yards on Friday, eager to start the next stage of his plan to get back to the Baltimore bullpen.
    Britton went on the 10-day disabled list a second time in early May with a left forearm strain. The Orioles left-hander was working his way back from the injury in Florida, and now he’s ready to ramp up the action.
    “Physically, I’m past anything with the injury,” Britton said. “Now it’s just abo
  • Baltimore officials manually reviewing properties on tax sale list to find errors - Baltimore Sun

    Baltimore officials manually reviewing properties on tax sale list to find errors - Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore officials manually reviewing properties on tax sale list to find errors
    Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore officials are working through the city's tax sale files to remove all state and federal property, part of a broad review of the controversial process that helps the city collect some $20 million a year in unpaid bills. Finance Director Henry ...
  • US Navy Ship Collides With Merchant Ship Off Japan

    TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer has collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the U.S. military said, and there have been injuries.
    The U.S. 7th Fleet says on its Facebook page that the collision was with Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal. The fleet says it is working with the Japanese Coast Guard to conduct a medical evacuation for a sailor by helicopter, and that there are currently no reports of casualties.
    Live footage shot from a helicopter Saturday morning
  • 7 Navy Crew Missing, Skipper Hurt After Collision Off Japan

    TOKYO (AP) — Seven Navy sailors were missing and the captain and at least two others were injured after a U.S. destroyer and a container ship collided off the coast of Japan before dawn Saturday, the U.S. Navy and Japanese coast guard reported.
    Rescuers were searching for the seven sailors who were thought to have been thrown into the sea or possibly trapped inside damaged sections of the destroyer, said Japanese coast guard spokesman Yoshihito Nakamura. None of the crew of the container s
  • Sikh arrested in Catonsville over ceremonial knife, released without charges - Baltimore Sun

    Sikh arrested in Catonsville over ceremonial knife, released without charges - Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore Sun
    Sikh arrested in Catonsville over ceremonial knife, released without charges
    Baltimore Sun
    Harpreet Singh Khalsa was arrested in Catonsville on Monday, June 12 for carrying a kirpan, a large knife. Wearing a kirpan is part of Khalsa's sikh religion. He was later released without charges. (Courtesy video). Jessica AndersonContact ReporterThe ...and more »
  • 3-Year-Old From California Dies After Undergoing Dental Procedure

    3-Year-Old From California Dies After Undergoing Dental Procedure
    STOCKTON, Calf. (WJZ) — A California toddler has died while undergoing a dental procedure, according to CBS 13 Sacramento.
    CBS 13 reports it happened Monday at the Children’s Dental Surgery in Stockton.
    Three-year-old Daleyza Avila-Hernandez went in for a to get her teeth fixed according to her mother, Araceli Avila, but was rushed to the hospital 30 minutes later, where she later died.
    Avila tells CBS 13, “When I was in the waiting room, I saw the ambulance. I stood up to

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