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• Police Arrested Carjacking Suspect Connected To Stabbing An Elderly Man

  16-09-2017 23:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police arrested a suspect Friday connected to three carjackings and the non-fatal stabbing of a 76-year-old man in Baltimore.
  Officers observed the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Robert Donte Crenshaw, driving a 2008 Hyundai Tucson, a vehicle that was reported stolen in a carjacking, which he then got out of, in an attempt to flee police.
  Credit: Baltimore Police Department.
  Crenshaw was then captured and transported to Central Booking.
  Detectives say Crenshaw mat
  
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• Police Arrest Carjacking Suspect Connected To Stabbing An Elderly Man

  16-09-2017 23:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police arrested a suspect Friday connected to three carjackings and the non-fatal stabbing of a 76-year-old man in Baltimore.
  Officers observed the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Robert Donte Crenshaw, driving a 2008 Hyundai Tucson, a vehicle that was reported stolen in a carjacking, which he then got out of, in an attempt to flee police.
  Credit: Baltimore Police Department.
  Crenshaw was then captured and transported to Central Booking.
  Detectives say Crenshaw mat
  
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• Jay-Z Dedicates Song To Colin Kaepernick At NYC Concert

  16-09-2017 23:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z performed his first headlining concert in three years in his hometown of New York City on Friday, a show that featured his popular hits and a dedication to outspoken NFL player Colin Kaepernick.
  The Brooklyn rapper kicked off the first of three days of the Meadows Music and Arts Festival at Citi Field in Queens, performing a 90-minute set that included his well-known songs as well as political moments.
  “I want to dedicate this song to Colin Kaepernick tonight,&r
  
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• Lyon Sisters Murder Draws Unwanted Attention To Remote Virginia Mountain

  16-09-2017 22:17
  THAXTON, Va. (AP) — The disappearance of two young Maryland sisters shook the suburbs of Washington, and remained an agonizing mystery for more than four decades.
  Now another region 250 miles away is linked to the crime. Authorities say convicted sex offender Lloyd Lee Welch Jr. burned at least one of the sisters’ bodies in a fire on his cousins’ property on Taylors Mountain, in west-central Virginia.
  Following Welch’s guilty plea this week, the people of Taylors Mountain
  
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• A Physical Ravens Team Awaits Browns Sunday In Baltimore - CBS Cleveland

  16-09-2017 20:56
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  A Physical Ravens Team Awaits Browns Sunday In Baltimore
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  BALTIMORE (92.3 The Fan) – The Browns hit the road for their first test away from home Sunday in Baltimore where they look to even the ledger at 1-1. Cleveland is coming off a tough Week 1 loss to Pittsburgh at home that saw their comeback in the ...
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• Police: 8 Wounded In Shooting In South Carolina Capital

  16-09-2017 20:51
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say four men and four women have been wounded in a shooting in South Carolina’s capital city.
  The Columbia Police Department said on its Twitter page that the shootings occurred Saturday in the city’s Vista entertainment district. Police said that the victims’ conditions ranged from stable to critical.
  Police released surveillance photos showing a black or dark gray Ford Mustang and a BMW. Police believe the people in those vehicles may h
  
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• Rodricks: Emboldened criminals, plenty of guns, unsophisticated motives - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  16-09-2017 20:36
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  Rodricks: Emboldened criminals, plenty of guns, unsophisticated motives
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  Sun columnist Dan Rodricks went on a ride-along with Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. On the trip, they discuss the roots of Baltimore's gun violence, the city's staggering homicide rate and Davis' initiative to train more police cadets ...
  
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• Ladies and Gentlemen: The Baltimore Browns - Dawgs By Nature

  16-09-2017 20:25
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  Ladies and Gentlemen: The Baltimore Browns
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  Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell loved the City of Cleveland. However, as the owner of one of the NFL's pillar franchises, he committed several depravities against his beloved municipality. For one, he antagonized pro football's greatest running back ...
  
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• Dangers Linger As Florida Recovery Picks Up Momentum

  16-09-2017 20:17
  MIAMI (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Irma walloped Florida, the recovery mission picked up momentum as more people had electricity and schools made plans to reopen.
  Still, the dangers lingered, mostly in the form of noxious gas from generators serving those who still didn’t have power. North Carolina reported its first Irma-related death on Friday after a man died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and two more people died in Florida from the dangerous fumes, including a woman in
  
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• St. Louis Braces For More Protests Over Cop’s Acquittal

  16-09-2017 20:04
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of people protesting the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal shooting of black man several years ago marched for hours in mostly peaceful demonstrations, until a broken window at the mayor’s home and escalating tensions led riot police to lob tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  For weeks, activists had been threatening civil disobedience if Jason Stockley were not convicted of murder for killing Anthony Lamar Smith, prompting autho
  
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• Baltimore archdiocese responds to petition calling for release of 'Keepers' priest Maskell's files - Baltimore Sun

  16-09-2017 19:45
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  Baltimore archdiocese responds to petition calling for release of 'Keepers' priest Maskell's files
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  The Archdiocese of Baltimore has responded to the organizer of a petition that urged the release of personnel files of the late priest at the center of “The Keepers” documentary, saying it treated the request “very seriously” but is still declining to ...
  
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• Judge: Sessions Can’t Deny Grant Money For Sanctuary Cities

  16-09-2017 18:43
  CHICAGO (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t follow through — at least for now — with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to impose new tough immigration policies, a judge ruled Friday in a legal defeat for the Trump administration.
  In what is at least a temporary victory for cities that have defied Sessions, U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber ruled that the Justice Department could not
  
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• Teacher On Leave After Boy Is Forced To Stand During Pledge

  16-09-2017 17:56
  FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area teacher is on leave after an 11-year-old boy said he was physically forced out of his chair during the Pledge of Allegiance.
  Stone Chaney, a sixth-grader in the Farmington district, said he makes a pledge to God and family — not a flag — and has skipped participation since second grade.
  He said he was doing homework during the pledge on Sept. 7 when a teacher at East Middle School “snatched” him out of his chair.
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• Saturday, September 16, 2017

  16-09-2017 17:27
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• No bobbleheads here: Baltimore Ravens fans to get DNA kits - WTOP

  16-09-2017 17:21
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  No bobbleheads here: Baltimore Ravens fans to get DNA kits
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  BALTIMORE (AP) — Fans at the Baltimore Ravens home opener won't be getting promotional bobbleheads. They'll be getting DNA test kits. Fans who attend Sunday's game can submit a sample by swabbing inside their cheeks and placing it in a bin at the ...
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• Pedestrian Killed In Crash Overnight Friday

  16-09-2017 17:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 65-year-old man was killed overnight Friday after being struck by a vehicle while walking on Charles St. in Baltimore County.
  The wreck happened just before 12:30 a.m., on Charles St., south of Gatehouse Dr. in Towson.
  Police say a 2006 Hyundai Sonata was northbound on Charles St., when the vehicle struck Albert John Olszewski Jr., who police say was in the roadway.
  Olszewski Jr. was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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• Jury: Girl Mentally Ill In Slender Man Stabbing Of Classmate

  16-09-2017 16:57
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin girl who admitted to participating in the stabbing of a classmate to please horror character Slender Man will avoid prison after a jury determined Friday that she was mentally ill at the time of the attack.
  Anissa Weier trembled as the jury’s verdict was read after a week of testimony and some 11 hours of deliberations. She wasn’t available afterward, but her attorney said Weier was relieved and cried following the verdict.
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• Off-duty Baltimore police officer injured in motorcycle crash - Baltimore Sun

  16-09-2017 16:35
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  Off-duty Baltimore police officer injured in motorcycle crash
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  An off-duty Baltimore Police officer was injured Friday afternoon when another vehicle struck his motorcycle, police said. The officer suffered injuries that weren't life-threatening in the collision, according to police. The crash occurred at about 4 ...and more »
  
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• Eisenberg: Joe Thomas' Streak Rivals Baltimore's Ironman - BaltimoreRavens.com

  16-09-2017 16:11
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  Eisenberg: Joe Thomas' Streak Rivals Baltimore's Ironman
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  Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas is expected to take his 10,000th consecutive snap Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. How does that compare to some of sports' other Ironmen? I'm not into tooting my own horn, but for the purposes of this column, I can ...
  
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• 18-Year-Old Arrested In Connection With London Subway Attack

  16-09-2017 15:41
  LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the London subway attack.
  Police say the man has been arrested by Kent police in the port area of Dover on the English Channel.
  Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Neil Basu says that it’s a “significant arrest.” He said the investigation is ongoing and the terror threat level remains at “critical.”
  The man is being held for questioning under the Terrorism Act. He h
  
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• Gregorius’ 4 RBIs Back Severino As Yanks Beat Orioles 8-2

  16-09-2017 04:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — Didi Gregorius hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and drove in four runs, leading the New York Yankees over the reeling Baltimore Orioles 8-2 Friday night for their fifth win in six games.
  Luis Severino (13-6) allowed three hits in eight innings with seven strikeouts and one walk. He made one big mistake, Welington Castillo’s opposite-field, two-run homer to right that put the Orioles ahead 2-1 in the second. Severino is 8-2 with a 2.09 ERA in 12 starts since the All-Sta
  
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• Protests Follow Ex-St. Louis Officer’s Acquittal In Killing

  16-09-2017 03:59
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, and hundreds of demonstrators streamed into the streets of downtown St. Louis to protest the verdict that had stirred fears of civil unrest for weeks.
  Ahead of the acquittal, activists had threatened civil disobedience if Jason Stockley were not convicted, including possible efforts to shut down highways. Barricades went up last month aroun
  
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• Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration’s Immigration Crackdown On Sanctuary Cities

  16-09-2017 02:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A federal judge rules against the Trump Administration in a case that would have given immigration officers more power.
  The case involves cities that vowed to shield illegal immigrants. The government threatened cut off some of their federal funding but Friday a judge sided with the cities and not the government.
  For months there’s been an immigration crackdown. The Justice Department demanded that cities give ICE agents access to jails and report when an undocumente
  
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• Charging Docs Released By Police Reveals Plot Of Murdered Pregnant Teacher’s Boyfriend

  16-09-2017 02:29
  Columbia, Md. (WJZ)– Days after a Maryland teacher’s boyfriend was arrested and charged with her killing, police released details about why they came to suspect him.
  Laura Wallen, who was four months pregnant when she disappeared, was missing for more than a week. The 31-year-old lived in Olney and taught at Wilde Lake High School in Howard County. Her body was found in a shallow grave on Wednesday in Damascus. An autopsy revealed that she was shot in the back of her head.
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• Vatican Recalls Priest From D.C. Embassy, Launches Child Porn Investigation

  16-09-2017 01:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A local diplomat has been pulled from the United States after prosecutors say he’s the center of a child pornography investigation Friday morning.
  The Vatican declined to identify the priest but say he’s not currently working in D.C. and that Vatican prosecutors have launched their own investigation.
  U.S. officials say the high-ranking diplomat works at the Holy See Embassy in Washington but has been recalled after U.S. prosecutors asked for him to be char
  
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• Gov. Hogan Cuts Funding From Criminal Justice Council

  16-09-2017 01:03
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has cut funding from a Baltimore criminal-justice council because he said the group was ineffective, and did not focus on reducing the city’s violent crime problem.
  On Friday V. Glenn Fueston, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention, sent a letter to the Baltimore City Criminal Justice Coordinating Council announcing that the state is terminating funding for the group.
  “By any measure, the
  
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• Trump, First Lady Watch Air Show At Maryland Military Base

  16-09-2017 00:23
  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump got to fly airplanes at an Air Force base in Maryland. Paper airplanes, that is.
  Mrs. Trump tried her hand at sending a few through the air, calling one of the longer flights, “Niiiice.” She was visiting students at an afterschool program at the Joint Base Andrews Youth Center.
  President Donald Trump and his wife were observing an air show at Joint Base Andrews, the military base that is home to Air Force One, the presiden
  
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• Baltimore Mayor, DOJ Submit Pick For Consent Decree Monitor

  16-09-2017 00:22
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, along with the police department and the U.S. Department of Justice, submitted a joint recommendation of a team to oversee a court-enforceable agreement to overhaul the city’s troubled police department.
  On Friday Pugh announced the proposed team, made up of members of the Exiger LLC/21st Century Policing Team, members of the Venable, LLP Team and Baltimore Community Mediation. The news release did not specify which individuals had bee
  
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