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• Police Continue Search For Missing Pregnant Teacher

  07-09-2017 23:56
  Columbia, Md. (WJZ)– Montgomery County police in Maryland continue to look for a pregnant teacher who didn’t show up for the first day of class.
  Police say Olney resident, Laura Elizabeth Wallen, 31, last contacted family members by text message on Monday.
  Credit: Montgomery County police.
  Wallen failed to show up for the first day of classes Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, where she teaches history and law.
  “She was a favorite amongst the students. She was
  
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• Equifax Says Data From 143 Million Americans Exposed In Hack

  07-09-2017 23:41
  ATLANTA (AP) — Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security numbers and other data from about 143 million Americans.
  The Atlanta-based company said Thursday that “criminals” exploited a U.S. website application to access files between mid-May and July of this year.
  It said consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s license numbers were exposed. Credit card numbers for about 209,000 U.S. c
  
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• NFL Player Case Renews Police Race Bias Debate In Las Vegas

  07-09-2017 23:20
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Debates about racial bias and police profiling turned this week to Las Vegas, where an NFL player who was detained at gunpoint and handcuffed by officers claimed he was the victim of racially motivated excessive force.
  Professor Ronnie Dunn at Cleveland State University said Thursday that, for black men, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett’s treatment by police sounded familiar.
  Dunn says black males represent what he calls “the symbolic assailant&rd
  
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• Yankees Hit 4 HRs, Beat Orioles 9-1 To Win The 3-Game Series

  07-09-2017 23:14
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge and Chase Headley hit two-run homers, Starlin Castro and Todd Frazier added solo shots and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 Thursday for their first series win at Camden Yards in four years.
  Didi Gregorius had three hits and scored twice for the Yankees, who closed within 3 1/2 games of AL East-leading Boston and fortified their grip on the top AL wild card.
  Sonny Gray (9-9) gave up one unearned run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. The right-ha
  
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• Local Relief Groups At The Ready To Assist After Hurricane Irma

  07-09-2017 23:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It battered the Caribbean, destroying just about everything in sight, but Hurricane Irma is far from over, with the storm expected to make landfall in Florida this weekend.
  “This is not a storm you can sit and wait through,” said Florida Governor Rick Scott.
  For the Red Cross here in Maryland, crews are simply reloading, with some just returning from Texas.
  “I was staying next to an area hospital, and all day and night, there was heli
  
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• Fire Crews Respond To Cecil County Apartment Building Fire

  07-09-2017 22:50
  ELKTON, Md. (WJZ)– Fire crews are responding to a fire at an apartment building in Elkton, Maryland.
  Officials say the fire started around 3:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Cherry Hill Road on the third floor of the building.
  No injuries have been reported thus far.
  This is a developing story and will be updated when information is made available.
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• Minnesota Teen Allegedly Held For 29 Days And Raped, Tied Up

  07-09-2017 22:47
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota teenager held captive for 29 days before she escaped and swam in a lake to safety had been repeatedly raped, locked in a closet, bound by zip ties and shoved into a duffel bag during the ordeal.
  Charges filed Thursday allege 32-year-old Thomas Barker kidnapped the 15-year-old Aug. 8 by tricking her into thinking he needed help. The girl, who escaped Tuesday, knew Barker as her friend’s dad.
  Prosecutors say Barker drove her to a home in rural western Min
  
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• Ray Lewis Joining Showtime’s “Inside The NFL”

  07-09-2017 22:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Football has been Ray Lewis’ passion since he was a child. One of his lasting memories is watching “Inside The NFL” when it was hosted by Nick Buoniconti and Len Dawson.
  On Tuesday night, Lewis steps into the Showtime studios to sort of follow those Hall of Famers’ footsteps.
  Lewis joins James Brown, Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms as a regular on the weekly program where frank talk and strong opinions are as prominent as game highlights.
  “The fi
  
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• Mother, Boyfriend Charged In Death Of 7-Week-Old

  07-09-2017 22:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland woman and her boyfriend have been indicted on charges related to the death of the woman’s 7-week-old baby.
  Ashley Davis and Tyler Tennant both face charges of first-degree child abuse resulting in death, manslaughter, and related conspiracy charges. Davis also faces a charge of second-degree murder.
  The investigation began back in January 2016, following the death of Sophia Davis.
  On January 4, 2016, Ashley Davis called 911 and said her daughter
  
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• List Of Potential North American World Cup Sites Narrowed

  07-09-2017 22:39
  CHICAGO (AP) — Forty-one cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada have submitted preliminary bids to host 2026 World Cup matches.
  The North American bid committee said Thursday its proposal will be sent to FIFA in March. The bid is expected to include up to 25 cities. At least 12 cities would ultimately be selected if the FIFA Congress picks the joint bid when it votes in June 2018.
  The 2026 World Cup will be the first with a 48-nation field. Morocco said it also intends to bid.
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• Irma Looms As The Mythical ‘Big One’ Florida Has Long Feared

  07-09-2017 22:38
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — They call it the Big One — a mythic, massive hurricane that would obliterate the densely populated southeast coast. And it has long been the stuff of Florida’s nightmares.
  Irma, it appears, could be it. The storm has triggered near-panic in a region of more than 6 million people that includes Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, clustered along a narrow ribbon of coastline that has seen nearly double-digit population growth over the past five
  
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• Classic Play ‘M. Butterfly’ Opens At Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre

  07-09-2017 22:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A chance encounter in France has led the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore to produce the most ambitious show in it’s history.
  M. Butterfly is the tangled tale of love, deception and betrayal.
  “You watch the play like this: ‘oh no!'” said director Vinny Lacisi of Baltimore, who wanted to produce the play for years.
  [Reporter: “In your materials you use these words: sprawling, sweeping, torrid, timeless, gripping, intoxicating, you’re pr
  
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• Man Accused Of Fatally Stabbing Sister, 2 Cousins Competent For Trial

  07-09-2017 22:02
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing his sister and two cousins, all under the age of 10, in a Maryland suburb of Washington has been ruled competent to stand trial.
  Media outlets report that a Prince George’s County judge on Thursday found that 25-year-old Antonio Williams was competent to stand trial. He is charged with three counts of first- and second-degree murder in deaths of 6-year-old Nadira Withers, Williams’ sister; 9-year-old Ariana Decree and
  
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• First New Type Of Chocolate In Decades, Called ‘Ruby Chocolate,’ Is Pink

  07-09-2017 21:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —There’s a new chocolate in town.We all know about dark, milk and white chocolates, but now the Swiss company Barry Callebaut is introducing another product, made from the Ruby cocoa bean.
  The new, pink chocolate is said to have a “berry-fruitiness,” despite containing no added flavors or colors, and a “luscious smoothness.”
  The new type of chocolate was announced this week, 80 years after the last “chocolate drop,” Nestlé wh
  
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• White Christians No Longer A Major Of U.S. Population, Study Finds

  07-09-2017 21:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As the demographics of the United States continues to change, a large religious and ethnic combination is no longer representing the majority of the country. According to a study by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), the number of white Christians now makes up less than half of America’s population.
  The institute says only 43 percent of the 101,000 people surveyed identified themselves as both white and Christian. Less than 50 years ago, that number
  
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• Reports: Suspect In Lyon Sisters Killing Will Plead Guilty

  07-09-2017 21:29
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Several sources report that a man accused of killing two young Maryland sisters who disappeared more than 40 years ago plans to plead guilty.
  The sisters — Katherine and Sheila Lyon — were last seen near a mall in Wheaton in March 1975. They were 12 and 10, respectively, when they disappeared.Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., 60, was scheduled to go on trial Sept. 12 in Virginia on two counts of first-degree felony murder after being charged two years ago.
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• Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Boy

  07-09-2017 21:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint, before sexually assaulting him.
  Sobhy Fariz Narouz Abdelmalak faces charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, second-degree sex offense, sodomy, and false imprisonment in this case.
  The alleged victim called police just before 7:45 p.m. on Monday, and said he had just been sexually assaulted.
  The 13-year-old said he was walking on Somerset Dr., when he was approached by a
  
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• Police Recover Loaded Gun From Student At Baltimore School

  07-09-2017 20:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A student was taken into custody after police recovered a loaded handgun as the student tried to enter a Baltimore City Public School.
  The loaded handgun was found as the student tried to enter Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School. The student was taken to Central Booking.
  The gun was not taken out or used to threaten anyone, and the incident was quickly resolved.
  The student could face possible expulsion.
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• From Dallas to Baltimore, these cities are already vying to be Amazon's new headquarters - CNBC

  07-09-2017 20:34
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  From Dallas to Baltimore, these cities are already vying to be Amazon's new headquarters
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  Amazon announced the search for a second North American headquarters on Thursday, saying it would give preference to areas with 1 million residents or more. Chicago, Baltimore, Nashville, Tennessee, New York City and other cities are already plugging ...
  Baltimore — and Maryland — to vie for second Amazon headquartersBaltimore Sun
  Amazon Opens Search for Amazon HQ2 – A Secon
  
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• 6 Black Cops Allege Their White Supervisors Are Racists

  07-09-2017 20:16
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Six black Philadelphia police officers have filed complaints with a state anti-discrimination agency claiming their white supervisors are racist, corrupt and should be removed from their jobs.
  A group that represents black Philadelphia police officers says the complaints against two narcotics bureau inspectors include allowing a worker to park his Confederate flag-decorated truck on city property, referring to black civilians as “scum” and calling black civi
  
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• College Football 2017: Week 2 Games To Watch

  07-09-2017 20:00
  Ryan Mayer
  College football certainly didn’t disappoint on its opening weekend. There were upsets galore, including multiple FCS over FBS teams, Texas’ Tom Herman era getting off to a rocky start, and a 35-point comeback for the Bruins over the Aggies. Needless to say, the marquee match-ups (outside of FSU-Bama) largely lived up to expectations.
  This week, we’ve got another slate of really good games to offer you. The problem is, four of them will start within an hour of each o
  
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• Harry Potter Fans To Descend On Baltimore For PotterVerse Convention

  07-09-2017 19:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Each year, the Hogwarts Express departs from Platform 9¾ in London on September 1 at precisely 11 a.m. While you may have missed the train yet again last week, it’s not too late to get your Harry Potter fix.
  The first ever PotterVerse convention will be held this weekend at Renaissance Baltimore.
  It starts at noon Friday and runs through 5 p.m. Sunday.
  Specials guests at the convention will include actors and actresses from the Harry Potter films, including N
  
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• Man Charged In Deaths Of 4 Men In Pa. Waives Preliminary Hearing

  07-09-2017 19:30
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — One of two cousins charged in the deaths of four men who were found buried on a sprawling Pennsylvania farm has waived his preliminary hearing.
  20-year-old Cosmo DiNardo appeared via video conference Thursday in a court in Doylestown.
  Three rows of seats in the courtroom gallery were filled with victims’ family members.
  DiNardo’s cousin, 20-year-old Sean Kratz, is to be in court later Thursday.
  DiNardo admitted to killing the men on his parent’s far
  
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• Who Will Be The NFL’s Most Surprising Team?

  07-09-2017 19:26
  By Matt Citak
  The start of the 2017 NFL season is finally here. It is reasonable to expect teams like the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers to have strong years, as these franchises tend to be regulars in the playoffs. However it is a lot more difficult to predict which under-the-radar clubs will find their way to postseason play come January. Who will be this year’s Oakland Raiders or Dallas Cowboys? We asked several members of the NFL on CB
  
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• Baltimore Set To Compete As Amazon Looks For 2nd Headquarters

  07-09-2017 19:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Amazon, bursting out of its Seattle headquarters, is hunting for a second home, and Baltimore has thrown its hat into the race.
  Mayor Catherine E. Pugh and Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) President William H. Cole announced that Baltimore will compete Amazon’s second headquarters.
  The company said Thursday that it will spend more than $5 billion to build another headquarters in North America to house as many as 50,000 employees
  Amazon announced it wants to b
  
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• Hurricane Irma Devastates Caribbean, Increasing Threat For Florida

  07-09-2017 18:27
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP/WJZ) — Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 10 dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees on a track Thursday that could lead to a catastrophic strike on Florida.
  The most potent Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever, Irma weakened only slightly Thursday morning and remained a powerful Category 5 storm with winds of 180 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
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• Hurricane Irma Creates Travel Chaos, Cancels Flights And Cruises

  07-09-2017 17:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As millions of Floridians brace for Hurricane Irma, travelers all over the country are also feeling the impact of the Category 5 storm.
  Several flights out of the state and many cruise ship companies have already canceled their trips due to the potentially disastrous weather. According to CBS News, major cruise lines like Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival, and Disney Cruise Lines have all canceled or altered the itinerary for trips set to leave from Miami a
  
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• Global Force Wrestling On The Ropes

  07-09-2017 17:52
  By Chuck Carroll
  And then there were two?
  One of WWE’s top two competitors, Global Force Wrestling, faces an uncertain future. After a brief respite from chaos, turbulence has returned in significant fashion to the company formerly known as TNA Wrestling. In short: new owner, same story.
  The wrestling promotion was thrust back into disarray this week after removing Jeff Jarrett from his position as Chief Creative Officer. GFW’s parent company, Anthem Media, released only a vague stat
  
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• 2 Arrested For Burglary At Maryland Firestone Service Center

  07-09-2017 17:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested two men accused of burglarizing a Firestone Service Center in Annapolis.
  Donald Ray Snook and James Dudley Wilson face burglary charges for the crime.
  The two were arrested after police responded, just before 3 a.m. Thursday, to an intruder alarm at the Firestone Service Center located in the 2000 block of West St.
  Responding officers found that several storage containers behind the Firestone had been broken into.
  They searched the area, and
  
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• Kahn: No Such Thing As Meaningless Baseball

  07-09-2017 17:26
  By Andrew Kahn
  We were fascinated by the pigeons. A dozen or so had congregated in center field, just shy of the warning track. At various points they took flight—thus becoming a “kit,” I’ve since learned—but kept returning to the Citi Field outfield grass. We sat in our second-level seats offering elaborate potential scenarios. As it turned out, their outcome was predictable yet delighted us just the same: A hitter led off the ninth with a drive to deep center, cha
  
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• 12-Year-Old Stabbing Suspect Not Arrested Because Of Her Diplomatic Status

  07-09-2017 16:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a 13-year-old while at school in Washington D.C. has not yet been arrested because of her diplomatic status.
  According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the stabbing happened Tuesday afternoon, at a school in the 2000 block of Wisconsin Ave.
  Responding officers found a 13-year-old boy who had been stabbed multiple times. He was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  Police identified a 12-year-old girl as t
  
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• Watt Continues Fundraising; Ready To Return After Injury

  07-09-2017 16:00
  HOUSTON (AP) — J.J. Watt was ready to discuss his preparations for the Houston Texans’ opener — and his return from a back injury that sidelined him for most of last season.
  But first he took a few moments Tuesday to receive yet another donation — the biggest one yet — to a fundraising effort he set up in the days after Hurricane Harvey.
  Watt accepted the check for $5 million from HEB Grocery Company, giving him more than $28 million in donations. Then he
  
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• Industry Leaders Debate Selling Beer In Maryland Grocery Stores

  07-09-2017 15:59
  BALTIMIORE (WJZ) – With craft beers being more popular than ever, some brewers are asking why the can’t take their product straight to the grocery aisle.
  Our media partner The Baltimore Sun says a high-profile panel of beer industry leaders met Wednesday to discuss whether to promote sales in grocery stores. Few, though, expect beer companies or legislative leaders to push for the change.
  Maryland is one of just six states that prohibit the sale of beer in grocery stores, under
  
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• Riveron Has Difficult Challenge As NFL Officiating Chief

  07-09-2017 15:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alberto Riveron has a difficult challenge, and he’s taking it on at a pivotal time in the NFL.
  Riveron has stepped in this year as the league’s chief of officiating, replacing Dean Blandino, who joined his predecessor, Mike Pereira, as an analyst at Fox. Both Blandino and Pereira have been lauded for their skills in communicating and explaining officiating calls, something they carried into television from their positions at the NFL.
  Riveron plans to continue th
  
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• NFL Picks Week 1: Patriots Pick Up Where They Left Off

  07-09-2017 15:30
  Ryan Mayer
  You’ve made it. The long offseason that got you excited about your favorite team’s acquisitions is now over as is the preseason. The NFL season officially begins on Thursday night as we pack away our beach chairs and find our favorite spot on the couch.
  With its return comes the return of our weekly NFL picks against the spread column. Previously handled by my colleague Bryan Altman, he has graciously handed the reigns to me this year to try and guide you through the NFL s
  
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• New Phase In Russia Probe As Trump Jr. Heads To Capitol

  07-09-2017 15:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.’s scheduled visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday marks a new phase in the Senate investigation of Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election and a meeting that the president’s eldest son had with Russians during the campaign.
  Staff from the Senate Judiciary Committee, one of three congressional committees conducting investigations, planned to privately interview the younger Trump.
  Emails he released in July that detailed preparations for the Ju
  
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• ‘We Are Never Going To Evacuate Animals’: How Zoos And Aquariums Prepare For A Hurricane

  07-09-2017 15:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — When you work with ferocious jungle cats, massive sea creatures, and countless insects, it’s easy to see how mapping out a hurricane disaster plan for all of them will become a problem.
  The one-two punch of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the southern states is not the first major weather event to force animal care facilities to get creative with their storm prep. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated much of the Miami area.
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• WEATHER BLOG: Irma Brings Devastation To Leeward Islands

  07-09-2017 14:22
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  The pictures and accounts of the damage, and effects of Irma, as she swept across the Leeward Island are breathtaking. In a bad way. For instance the airport in St. Maarten is gone. Destroyed. Princess Juliana airport was a classic old place. Basically a big old Quonset hut looking place. It had one of the best airport restaurants, and bars, in the Caribbean. Jimmy Buffett writes songs about places like it was. Been there many times.I say “was” because the airport was re
  
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• Police: Taco Bell Employees Fatally Shoot Armed Robber

  07-09-2017 14:00
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Police say three employees of a Cleveland fast food restaurant opened fire on two armed robbers, killing one.
  Authorities say two masked robbers entered a Taco Bell on Wednesday and ordered employees to the ground.
  Police say three employees pulled out their guns and fired, hitting one of the robbers six times. The other ran away.
  Investigators say the man who was shot was found with a loaded gun in his hand. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
  The employees wh
  
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• DeVos Expected To Share Plans On Title IX Enforcement

  07-09-2017 13:15
  (AP)- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said Obama administration guidance on how colleges should handle sexual assault complaints isn’t working and suggested it needs revisions.
  She was expected to detail her plans Thursday in what the U.S. Education Department described as a “major policy address on Title IX enforcement.”
  Enacted in 1972, Title IX is a federal law that forbids discrimination based on sex in education. It was once seen as a measure to ensure equity in colleg
  
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• Clinton Takes Blame In Upcoming Book But Responds To Critics

  07-09-2017 13:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton takes the blame for her 2016 presidential defeat in her upcoming book but offers choice words for President Donald Trump, her campaign rivals and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  Clinton writes in “What Happened” that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders caused “lasting damage” to her presidential campaign and pushes back against the notion raised by Vice President Joe Biden that she didn’t campaign forcefully enough for middle class
  
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• Trumps Donate $1M To 12 Organizations For Harvey Relief

  07-09-2017 12:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are donating a total of $1 million to a dozen organizations involved in Harvey relief work, including the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity, the White House announced Wednesday.
  The American Red Cross and Salvation Army will each receive $300,000; Samaritan’s Purse and Reachout America will collect $100,000 each.
  The Trumps are giving $25,000 each to eight other organizations: the Amer
  
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• Hurricane Irma Brings Death, Destruction To The Caribbean

  07-09-2017 10:09
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma has killed at least eight people and injured 23 in French Caribbean island territories as the dangerous Category 5 storm roared over the Caribbean, France’s interior minister said Thursday.
  Speaking on French radio France Info, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the death toll in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy could be higher because rescue teams have yet to finish their inspection of the islands.
  “The reconnaissance will
  
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• Maryland Volunteers Head To Caribbean Ahead Of Hurricane Irma

  07-09-2017 05:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Hurricane  Irma is the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Basin outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in National Hurricane Center history.
  It took a multitude of factors to line up perfectly for Irma to become the monster of a storm that it is.
  “You need basically a warm ocean underneath it and the atmosphere around it to be very tranquil so it can continue to get stronger and organized, all that energy,” says meteorologist Chris Stro
  
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• Weather Blog: All Day Rain, Misty Drizzle

  07-09-2017 04:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An all day rain, and at times moderate rain, and at other times, just a misty drizzle are slowly winding down now.
  Look for very pleasant conditions, although cooler than normal for the next five or even 10 days. Plenty of sun and very comfortable temperatures will be the rule for our region.
  Three hurricanes are currently active in the tropics, but for now the only one to threaten the U.S. is Irma. A cat 5 storm of extremely dangerous winds, flooding rains and very high s
  
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• Former Manson Disciple Van Houten Granted Parole Again

  07-09-2017 03:20
  CHINO, Calif. (AP) — Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s murderous followers, was granted parole by a state board Wednesday, though California’s governor can still block her release as he has done before.
  Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson during a series of murders that terrorized Los Angeles over the summer of 1969, appeared before a parole panel for the 21st time.
  The decision now goes through a process of review in which Gov. Jerry Brown may u
  
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• Maryland Police Search For Missing Pregnant Teacher

  07-09-2017 02:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Montgomery County police in Maryland are looking for a pregnant teacher who didn’t show up for the first day of class.
  Police say Olney resident, Laura Elizabeth Wallen, 31, last contacted family members by text message on Sunday.
  Credit: Montgomery County police.
  Reports say Wallen failed to show up for the first day of classes Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, where she teaches history and law.
  A relative of Wallen confirmed that she is also pregn
  
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• Seahawks’ Bennett Says He Feared Death By Las Vegas Police

  07-09-2017 00:45
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Seattle Seahawks player Michael Bennett accused Las Vegas police on Wednesday of racially motivated excessive force, saying he was threatened at gunpoint and handcuffed following a report of gunshots at an after-hours club at a casino-hotel.
  Bennett said on a Twitter message titled “Dear World,” that police “singled me out and pointed their guns at me for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.&rdqu
  
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• Md. Man Held In Florida, Charged In Alleged $50 Million Fraud

  07-09-2017 00:29
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Maryland man has been arrested in an alleged $50 million mail fraud scheme.
  Federal prosecutors in Baltimore say 57-year-old Eric Epstein of Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested Wednesday in Florida. He was indicted on Aug. 24, and is charged with mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
  According to the indictment, Epstein co-founded a telemarketing business called Midway Industries that was based in Maryland. Authorities say Midway sold
  
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• Officer Helps Woman Deliver Baby On Side Of Md. Highway

  07-09-2017 00:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A woman gave birth on the side of a busy Prince George’s County highway last week.
  Fortunately, a police officer was nearby and rushed in to help deliver the baby.
  The parents were actually on their way to the hospital for a second time, having been sent home hours before and told it was still early in the labor.
  Not that early, apparently.
  Dash cam video shows the moments before the unexpected delivery, when Cicale was flagged down by the baby’s father on Eas
  
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