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• Baltimore police name suspect in killing of state lawmaker's grandson - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 23:52 via baltimoresun.com
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  The Baltimore Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating Raekwon Thornton, who they say is a suspect in the killing last month of Tyrone Ray. (Baltimore Police Department). Kevin RectorContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Baltimore police ...and more »
  
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• Paramedic Molested Teen On Ride Along Program

  06-10-2017 23:42
  WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania paramedic has been charged with molesting a teen he mentored during a ride-along program.
  West Goshen police announced the charges Thursday against 50-year-old Kenneth Mason. The Wilmington, Delaware man was a flight paramedic with Jefferson University Hospitals and a part-time ambulance paramedic with Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital.
  Police say the teen was paired with Mason through a Penn Medicine ride-along mentoring program when the teen fe
  
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• Caregiver Charged For Abuse Against Elderly Woman

  06-10-2017 23:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A caregiver has now been charged, after she was caught on camera in a Silver Spring retirement home abusing an elderly woman.
  In November 2015, the 95-year-old victim’s son suspected his mother was being abused and set up a hidden camera.
  A video shows the caregiver, 48-year-old Roxann Bucchan-Straker, striking wheelchair-bound patient in the head with a cell phone.
  She told authorities she became frustrated when the woman took too long to eat.
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• People in need raise voices in 'a Baltimore choir of hope' - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 23:25 via baltimoresun.com
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  People in need raise voices in 'a Baltimore choir of hope'
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  Voices Rise is a street choir at Paul's Place Outreach Center that is open to everyone. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun video). Tim SmithContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Late on Tuesday mornings, shortly after the dining room at the outreach center Paul ...
  
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• Kathrine Herzer: “Madam Secretary Experience Is Better Than I Could’ve Dreamed”

  06-10-2017 23:12
  Kathrine Herzer has been an actress since she was 10 years old, but her role as Allison McCord on the CBS hit political drama Madam Secretary changed her life. While the California native had small roles in movies such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith and A Lot Like Love, her recurring role alongside stars such as Tea Leoni and Keith Carradine took her career to the next level.
  “Madam Secretary is the best,” Herzer told CBS Local in a recent studio interview. “I got the part when I was a
  
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• Should Baltimore replace smashed Columbus monument? Councilman conducts survey - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 23:10 via baltimoresun.com
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  Should Baltimore replace smashed Columbus monument? Councilman conducts survey
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  A Baltimore city councilman is conducting a survey of residents who live near a vandalized Christopher Columbus monument — believed to be the oldest in America — with the hope of replacing it to represent “current-day values.” Councilman Ryan Dorsey ...and more »
  
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• 1 Killed, 6 Others Shot Minutes Apart Thursday Night

  06-10-2017 23:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A bloody night in Baltimore, as seven people are shot and one person is killed in gunfire throughout the city.
  Homicides are at a record high and non-fatal shootings are in the hundreds.
  Police say just after 9 p.m. Thursday night, police found two 19-year-old men suffering from gunshot wounds at Pennsylvania Avenue and Pitcher Street. Both men were rushed to the hospital.
  Homicide detectives were called to the scene to investigate. Police say one of the victims, Mal
  
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• Keith Carradine: “Tea Leoni Is The Best Of The Best”

  06-10-2017 23:05
  Keith Carradine has had a storied career in Hollywood. The longtime actor and musician won an Oscar for his song “I’m Easy” from the 1976 movie Nashville worked alongside stars such as Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig and is going into his fourth season as President Conrad Dalton on the CBS hit political drama Madam Secretary. Carradine has been a part of many great TV shows and movies, but he says nothing compares to his experience on Madam Secretary
  “Tea Leoni is the best
  
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• Acidification Of Chesapeake Bay Could Threaten Oyster Recovery Efforts

  06-10-2017 22:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Greenhouse gas doesn’t just stay in the air. A lot of it ends up in oceans, raising acid levels in the water.
  Alex DeMetrick reports, it’s now doing the same thing in the Chesapeake Bay.
  Oyster season is underway in the Chesapeake, and the past few years the harvest has been improving.
  But aboard this University of Delaware research boat, the catch is water, and it’s turning up increasing amounts of carbonic acid.
  It’s being found in water 30 to 50
  
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• 5 impact efforts that could reshape Baltimore - Technical.ly Baltimore

  06-10-2017 21:58 via technical.ly
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  A look at the ambitious ways businesses are teaming up with the city and its universities to make a big impact. 5 impact efforts that could reshape Baltimore. By Stephen Babcock / reporter. RELATED ARTICLES. 1. Terra's Kitchen adds Baltimore-baked ...
  
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• Keidel: Can Packers Overcome Injuries Against Cowboys?

  06-10-2017 21:48
  By Jason Keidel
  The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers have felt historically fused for about 60 years. And, oddly enough, it started in New York City.
  For those who don’t obsess over NFL history, Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi were once assistant coaches for the New York Giants. And, through some act of epic ineptitude, the Giants hired neither as its head coach.
  Landry became the Cowboys’ patriarch, while Lombardi became a football deity in Green Bay. Both clubs flourished while t
  
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• AOL Shutting Down AOL Instant Messenger

  06-10-2017 21:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — AOL announced on Friday that it is ending AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) in December.
  The company released a statement and made an announcement on Twitter.
  All good things come to an end. On Dec 15, we'll bid farewell to AIM. Thank you to all our users! #AIMemories https://t.co/b6cjR2tSuU pic.twitter.com/V09Fl7EPMx
  — AIM (@aim) October 6, 2017The messenger service will end on December 15, after launching in May 1997.
  In a statement, VP of Communications Product at Oath
  
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• Tiffani Thiessen Dishes On Her Love For Food & Upcoming Projects

  06-10-2017 21:33
  Actress Tiffani Thiessen has always had a love for food. While Thiessen is known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski on Saved By the Bell, cooking has always been one of her biggest passions.
  “I’ve always had a love for cooking since I was little,” she told CBS Local. “I cooked in the kitchen with my mom, grandmother and aunt and then I came up with an idea for TV show called Dinner at Tiffani’s.”
  Thiessen spent the week in New York last month to work with TownHou
  
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• Employers Can Now Opt Out Of Birth Control Coverage Citing ‘Religious Or Moral Objection’

  06-10-2017 21:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Employers with a “religious or moral objection” to paying for health insurance that covers contraception or abortion drugs can be exempt from the Obamacare requirement to cover those things, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.HHS is basing the change on new guidance Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department issued Friday, CBS News’ Paula Reid reports.
  “No American should be forced to violate his or her own c
  
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• Illinois Man Installs 58 Crosses To Honor Las Vegas Victims

  06-10-2017 20:40
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Illinois man known for honoring the victims of mass shootings around the country installed 58 white crosses on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday.
  Greg Zanis drove nearly 2,000 miles from the Chicago area to install the crosses on a patch of grass near the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign, not far from the site of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival where 58 people were killed on Sunday night.
  Zanis, a 66-year-old retired carpenter, made his first cro
  
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• Guilty Plea Expected From Bergdahl; No Trial

  06-10-2017 20:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said.
  Bergdahl’s decision to plead guilty rather than face trial marks another twist in an eight-year drama that caused the nation to wrestle with difficult questions of loyalty, negotiating with hostage takers and America’s com
  
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• Police: 3 Bodies Found Connected To Gang Violence In Anne Arundel County

  06-10-2017 19:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Three bodies have been found in Anne Arundel County connected to gang violence Friday, according to police.
  Anne Arundel County police chief Tim Altomare says the bodies found are in connection to gang violence.
  #BREAKING: AA Co police chief says 3 bodies have been found…. believed murdered in a gang-related crime. Several people arrested. #WJZ
  — Devin Bartolotta (@WJZDevin) October 6, 2017Detectives didn’t say which gang is connected to the bodies found
  
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• Police: Man Captured On Video Punching Elderly Woman, Tried To Rob Register That Was Empty

  06-10-2017 19:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police are searching for a suspect who punched an elderly woman in an attempt to rob an empty cash register last month.
  Detectives say on September 22 around 11:22 a.m., the male was captured on surveillance video in the New Sandtown Market, located in the 700 block of Baker Street, where the suspect is seen punching a 71-year-old female employee in the face and attempting to rob a cash register that was empty.Officers say the suspect stole the employee’s purse
  
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• No. 10 Ohio State Expects To Keep Rolling As Maryland Visits

  06-10-2017 18:20
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — No. 10 Ohio State continues to plow through a series of lesser opponents before the next big test comes Oct. 28 against No. 4 Penn State. Maryland, coming off an exhilarating win over Minnesota last week, will try to keep up with the more-talented Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on Saturday.
  Ohio State (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) beat up on Rutgers last week , 56-0, after routs of UNLV and Army. The games were confidence builders after the Buckeyes were beaten by Oklahoma i
  
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• Ex-Maryland Rep. Edwards Running For County Executive

  06-10-2017 18:13
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards has announced she’s running for Prince George’s county executive.
  Edwards joins the list of candidates hoping to succeed incumbent County Executive Rushern Baker.
  Baker, who is term-limited, is running for governor.
  The Democratic race for the job pits Edwards against Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks.
  Also running are former Obama administration official Paul Monteiro and
  
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• Franchot Seeking Fourth Term As Maryland’s Comptroller

  06-10-2017 18:05
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is seeking his fourth term as the state’s chief tax collector.
  Franchot filed his re-election papers Thursday at the Board of Elections in Annapolis. He was first elected in 2006 and is already the third longest-serving comptroller in the state’s history.
  Franchot is the first Democrat to file papers for comptroller. One Republican — Anjali Reed Phukan of Worcester County — has filed election papers.
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• Caton Avenue speed camera again Baltimore's most lucrative - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 17:52 via baltimoresun.com
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  Caton Avenue speed camera again Baltimore's most lucrative
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  When Baltimore's speed camera system was at its zenith in 2012, there was one location that proved most lucrative. Two cameras positioned on South Caton Avenue in Southwest Baltimore issued more than 117,000 tickets from 2009 to 2012 — bringing in ...
  
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• Judge: Baltimore Policy Prohibiting Alleged Brutality Victims From Disparaging Police ‘Valid’

  06-10-2017 17:30
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Baltimore’s policy prohibiting alleged victims of police brutality from disparaging police after they receive cash settlements.
  U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz granted motions by the city and the Police Department to dismiss Ashley Overbey’s lawsuit against them. The judge wrote that the non-disparagement clause the city used in its settlement with Overbey is “valid” and did not violate her F
  
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• Police: Woman Allegedly Raped While Waiting At Maryland Bus Stop

  06-10-2017 17:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Montgomery County police are investigating a report of a woman who claimed she was raped at a bus stop in Gaithersburg early Friday morning.
  Detectives say the woman was waiting to catch the bus around 5:30 a.m. at Watkins Mill Road and Travis Lane when she was reportedly raped.
  Montgomery County police say the victim was taken to a hospital.
  The suspect reportedly grabbed the victim, pulled her toward a wooded area next to the bus stop, sexually assaulted her and ran from
  
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• Centennial H.S. Among Schools Not Fielding Varsity Football Teams As Head Injury Concerns Grow

  06-10-2017 16:32
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — On a cool and rainy afternoon during the first week of classes at Centennial High School in this well-to-do Baltimore suburb, about 50 members of the boys’ cross-country team sauntered across the parking lot for their after-school run.
  Meanwhile, about 30 kids in helmets and pads were going through drills on the pristine artificial turf field at the school’s hillside football stadium.
  “It used to be the other way around,” said Al Dodds, Cen
  
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• Seven shot — one fatally — in Baltimore Thursday night - Baltimore ... - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 16:26 via baltimoresun.com
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  Seven people were shot in Baltimore Thursday night, including a 16-year-old boy, police said.
  1 Killed, 6 Others Hurt In Thursday Night ShootingsCBS Baltimore / WJZ
  Two Baltimore shootings seven minutes apart leave seven people ...ABC2 Newsall 12 news articles »
  
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• Friday, October 6, 2017

  06-10-2017 15:30
  People Are Talking about Chefs Behind Bars.
  Marty and Tracey have Coffee With Chris Hanson, of “Killer Instinct.”
  
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• Freddie Gray Case Trial Boards To Be Prosecuted by Outside Lawyer

  06-10-2017 14:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore Police Department is filling two roles for the pending internal disciplinary trials of the officers involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  Prosecuting the case will be an outside attorney who has never led this type of proceeding. The attorney is Neil Duke, a litigator and former chair of the Baltimore City School Board. The chair of the three-member panel that will decide the
  
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• Weather Blog: Following the Path Of Nate

  06-10-2017 14:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)–T.G.I.F.
  Hi Everyone!
  Today and tomorrow’s outlook, and feel,….well just cut and paste the past couple of Summer like Fall days on this Friday and there you have it.  Yesterday we got to 84° even with those afternoon clouds. Today 83° is the forecast high. 85° tomorrow. Tomorrow if you are just running around doing kids sports, errands, and such, the weather will be most comfortable.
  Then here comes Sunday and we have downgraded the forecast to
  
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• Coffee With: “Champions of Magic”

  06-10-2017 13:47
  Tracey and Marty have coffee with Rich Young and Sam Strange as they talk about bringing "Champions of Magic" to Maryland.
  
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• Effort To Restrict ‘Bump Stock’ Draws Unlikely Supporters

  06-10-2017 12:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association has joined the Trump administration and top congressional Republicans in a swift and surprising embrace of a restriction on Americans’ guns, though a narrow one: to regulate the “bump stock” devices the Las Vegas shooter apparently used to horrifically lethal effect.
  The devices, originally intended to help people with disabilities, fit over the stock and grip of a semi-automatic rifle and allow the weapon to fire continuou
  
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• Nate Takes Aim At Mexico, US After Dousing Central America

  06-10-2017 12:38
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Tropical Storm Nate roared toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula after drenching Central America in rain that was blamed for at least 22 deaths, and forecasters said it could reach the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend.
  Louisiana officials declared a state of emergency and ordered some people to evacuate coastal areas and barrier islands ahead of its expected landfall early Sunday, and evacuations began at some offshore oil platforms in the Gulf.
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• Pumpkin spice scent prompts Baltimore school evacuation - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 12:31 via baltimoresun.com
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  Pumpkin spice scent prompts Baltimore school evacuation
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  By the end of October, most people are sick of pumpkin spice, but several people literally became sick because of pumpkin spice on Thursday. Christina TkacikContact Reporter. There was an unusual smell Thursday afternoon at Cristo Rey Jesuit High ...
  The Smell of Pumpkin Spice Forced a Baltimore School to EvacuateAtlas Obscura
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• Lessons in farming and life: West Baltimore school regroups after violence claims class chickens - Baltimore Sun

  06-10-2017 11:01 via baltimoresun.com
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  Lessons in farming and life: West Baltimore school regroups after violence claims class chickens
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  New chickens arrived last week at Green Street Academy in West Baltimore, a symbolic moment after vandals killed the school's previous chickens. (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun). Tim PrudenteContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. As a spotted Rhode Island ...
  
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• 7 People Shot Minutes Apart In Baltimore Thursday Night

  06-10-2017 06:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Seven people were injured in two shootings across the City Thursday night, including a teenager.
  First, police were called to Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Shake N’ Bake center around 9 p.m., where  there they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men were rushed to the hospital.
  A few minutes later officers were called to Chesterfield Avenue, near Brehms Lane Elementary School,where a man and a 16-year old were found with gunshot wounds.
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• Police Attempting To ID Person Of Interest In City Murder

  06-10-2017 04:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police need help identifying a person of interest in the murder of a 35-year-old man.
  The victim was murdered on September 25 around 1:07 a.m. in the 2700 block of East Fayette Street at Belnord Avenue.
  The person of interest was captured on surveillance video wearing an Air Jordan t-shirt.
  Anyone with information as to the man’s identity is asked to call detectives at (410) 396-2221, Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP, or text a tip to the BPD Mobile App.
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• Weather Blog: Warm October Day

  06-10-2017 04:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Warm temperatures all across the region despite some clouds today. We will end the week with above normal temperatures, that will last well into next week.
  Rain chances increase on Sunday, but we do expect to see some heavier rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Nate, now causing rains in Honduras and Nicaragua. It will likely become a category one hurricane this weekend, and make landfall close to the Mississippi- Louisiana border.
  It will quickly weaken, but has the
  
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• Maryland Fifth Grader Caught With Cocaine During Recess

  06-10-2017 03:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An Anne Arundel County fifth grader is facing disciplinary action after the student possessed cocaine Wednesday during recess, according to school officials.
  In a letter released to parents, officials at Bella Grove Elementary in Brooklyn Park say a fifth grader was showing classmates a powdery, white substance in a plastic bag during recess, when one of the students told a teacher.
  School officials then called police who confiscated the bag and later revealed that the sub
  
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• NFL Looking Into Pryor Saying KC Fans Made Racist Remarks

  06-10-2017 02:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL is looking into a situation Monday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City during which Washington Redskins wide receiver Terrelle Pryor says he was called racist names and cursed at by a fan.
  Pryor posted on Instagram story on Wednesday that it got so bad during the game against the Chiefs that a league employee had to stand by him from the second quarter on. Pryor apologized to teammates and the organization for “flicking the person off.”
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• CASA Of Maryland Joins Lawsuit Against Termination Of DACA

  06-10-2017 01:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — CASA of Maryland has joined a lawsuit against the termination of DACA, which protected undocumented immigrants brought here as children from being deported.
  CASA filed suit in U.S. District Court in Prince George’s County, asking a federal judge to prevent DACA from going away.
  Undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children have been encouraged to enroll in DACA to go to school and go to work without fear of being deported.
  Last month, President Do
  
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• Life-Saving Decision: Md. Father, Son Survive Deadly Las Vegas Shooting

  06-10-2017 00:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Gary Sudhalter had come from Maryland to attend the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas with his son.
  In a last-minute decision, they decided to splurge on VIP tickets that put them closer to the stage, and Sudhalter believes it kept them out of the direct line of fire from a deadly shooting Sunday night.
  Although, they could see and hear the shots coming from Mandalay Bay, the father and son crawled and eventually ran several miles to safety.
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