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• Police ID Woman Charged With Murdering Husband At Hopkins Hospital

  14-10-2017 22:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have charged a woman with murder after they say she fatally stabbed her husband inside a Johns Hopkins Hospital room Friday afternoon.
  UPDATE: Johns Hopkins Hospital incident is now a domestic related murder investigation. Female suspect in custody being charged w/ murder.
  — T.J. Smith (@TJSmithMedia) October 14, 2017The Baltimore Police Department was initially unsure if it was self-inflicted or if the man was murdered, but following further invest
  
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• Motion Picture Academy Expels Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein

  14-10-2017 22:57
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been revoked by its board.
  The decision was reached Saturday in an emergency session. It comes after recent reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker that revealed sexual harassment and rape allegations against Weinstein going back decades. The move by the Academy is virtually unprecedented.
  The Academy is the world’s top movie organization and is
  
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• Md. National Guard To Deploy Soldiers To Puerto Rico

  14-10-2017 22:46
  MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (AP) — The Maryland National Guard is deploying 15 soldiers to participate in relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
  The soldiers are from the 729th Quartermaster Composite Supply Company, and will be departing from Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River on Saturday. The soldiers are shipping off to Puerto Rico to help in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
  The unit will be deployed for about 30 days to help with water purification efforts on the island.
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• Baltimore-Based Artist To Paint Michelle Obama’s Portrait

  14-10-2017 22:22
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore-based artist has been chosen by Michelle Obama to paint a portrait of the former first lady.
  Mrs. Obama chose Amy Sherald, whose painting “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)” won first place in the National Portrait Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, to paint her official portrait. Sherald received her MFA in painting from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
  Former President Barack Obama chose Los Angeles
  
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• Maryland: Anderson Still Athletic Director, Despite Reports

  14-10-2017 22:15
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland announced Saturday that Kevin Anderson remains the school’s athletic director, despite reports he has been fired.
  On the Twitter site “UMD Right Now,” the school tweeted: “University Statement: Kevin Anderson is UMD Athletic Director. Media reports to the contrary are false.”
  Some outlets, however, wrote that Anderson has been placed on administrative leave. If that’s the case, he technically remains th
  
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• Police Say Driver Flees Burning Car, Leaves Passenger To Die

  14-10-2017 20:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — A driver has been accused of crashing on a New York City highway and fleeing his burning car while leaving his passenger to die.
  The crash happened early Friday on the westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn.
  Police say the driver of an Infiniti sedan lost control of the car and crashed into a barrier. They say the driver fled as the car burst into flames.
  Twenty-five-year-old Harleen Grewel was found in the front passenger seat. She was pronounced dead at the scen
  
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• Maryland Woman Shot In Las Vegas Attack Opens Eye, Continues To Improve

  14-10-2017 19:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland woman is steadily improving after being one of the more than 500 people injured in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
  Tina Frost, from Crofton, is continuing her road to recovery, and is making progress.
  The following was posted on the GoFundMe page for Frost.
  10/13 – Today has also been a big day for our TT – she is now waking up! She opens her left eye just a lil and looks all around the room at us, taps her feet whenever music is playing, continues to
  
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• Maryland Woman Shot In Las Vegas Attack Continues To Improve

  14-10-2017 19:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland woman is steadily improving after being one of the more than 500 people injured in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
  Tina Frost, from Crofton, is continuing her road to recovery, and is making progress.
  The following was posted on the GoFundMe page for Frost.
  10/13 – Today has also been a big day for our TT – she is now waking up! She opens her left eye just a lil and looks all around the room at us, taps her feet whenever music is playing, continues to
  
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• Animal Lover Dies Trying To Save Dogs In Fire

  14-10-2017 19:26
  CALIFORNIA (WJZ) — More than 35 people have died in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. The victims include a couple who recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary, a 14-year-old boy whose parents and older sister were severely burned, and a woman born with a spinal defect who worked to help others despite her own troubles.
  A look at some of those who were killed in the blazes:
  ‘THE HORSE LADY’
  Valerie Lynn Evans had a fierce love of animals.
  Evans, 7
  
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• Rodricks: After a tragic death, a Baltimore doctor had big shoes to fill - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  14-10-2017 18:45 via baltimoresun.com
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  Rodricks: After a tragic death, a Baltimore doctor had big shoes to fill
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  Dr. Frank Palmisano is cleaning out his desk and office on Harford Road after practicing there since 1981, succeeding Dr. Sebastian Russo, the victim of a fatal shooting. (Handout). Dan RodricksContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. I remember old, shaking ...
  
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• Early Morning Shooting Sends 2 Teens To The Hospital

  14-10-2017 18:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a shooting early Saturday morning that sent two 19-year-old females to the hospital.
  Baltimore Police Department officers were called to a local hospital just before 3 a.m., to investigate two shooting victims.
  Responding officers found two 19-year-old females who had been shot in the hip and knee.
  The shooting reportedly happened in the 3900 block of Norfolk Ave.
  Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call police at (41
  
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• Police Seek Missing, Non-Verbal Teen

  14-10-2017 17:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 17-year-old who is non-verbal.
  Emanuelle Adkins was last seen Saturday morning, in the 2300 block of Garret Avenue.
  He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, white long-john thermal bottoms and black dress shoes.
  Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Baltimore Police Department’s Missing Person Unit at (443) 984-7385 or simply dial 911.
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• Missing, Non-Verbal Teen Found Safe

  14-10-2017 17:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — UPDATE: The missing teen has been found safe.
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  The Baltimore Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 17-year-old who is non-verbal.
  Emanuelle Adkins was last seen Saturday morning, in the 2300 block of Garret Avenue.
  He was last seen wearing
  
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• It’s Academic: October 14, 2017

  14-10-2017 17:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Archbishop Curley, Middleton, Roland Park
   
   
   
   
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• Utah Police Detective Appeals Firing After Nurse Arrest

  14-10-2017 16:59
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah police detective has formally appealed the decision to fire him after he was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow him to draw blood from an unconscious patient, his lawyer said Friday.
  Detective Jeff Payne asked to appear before a Salt Lake City employment board to make the case that his termination went too far and happened because the body-camera footage drew widespread attention and criticism online, lawyer Greg Skordas sa
  
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• Saturday, October 14, 2017

  14-10-2017 16:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Great Baltimore Oyster Festival
   
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• Woman Charged With Murder For Stabbing At Hopkins Hospital

  14-10-2017 16:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have charged a woman with murder for a fatal stabbing that occurred inside a Johns Hopkins Hospital room Friday afternoon.
  UPDATE: Johns Hopkins Hospital incident is now a domestic related murder investigation. Female suspect in custody being charged w/ murder.
  — T.J. Smith (@TJSmithMedia) October 14, 2017The Baltimore Police Department was initially unsure if it was self-inflicted or if he was murdered, but following further investigation, pol
  
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• Two 19-year-old women shot in Northwest Baltimore, police say ... - Baltimore Sun

  14-10-2017 15:44 via baltimoresun.com
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  Two 19-year-old women shot in Northwest Baltimore, police say ...
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  Two 19-year-old women were wounded in a double shooting in Northwest Baltimore early Saturday morning, according to Baltimore Police. Officers found the ...
  Early Morning Shooting Sends 2 Teens To The Hospital « CBS ...CBS Baltimore / WJZall 4 news articles »
  
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• Watch a Baltimore school choir's spine-tingling performance of 'Rise Up' - Washington Post

  14-10-2017 15:33 via washingtonpost.com
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  Watch a Baltimore school choir's spine-tingling performance of 'Rise Up'
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  This video of Baltimore's Cardinal Shehan School's choir singing Andra Day's song “Rise Up” went viral. You'll want to turn the sound up on this one. This video of Baltimore's Cardinal Shehan School's choir singing Andra Day's song “Rise Up” went viral.
  
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• Family Freed From Captivity Returns To Canada

  14-10-2017 05:00
  TORONTO (AP) — U.S.-Canadian couple Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle landed in Canada late Friday, five years after they were kidnapped in Afghanistan. They arrived with their three young children, who were all born in captivity.
  Boyle provided a written statement to The Associated Press on the plane saying his family has “unparalleled resilience and determination.”
  Coleman and Boyle were rescued Wednesday, five years after they had been abducted by a Taliban-linked extremist n
  
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• Weather Blog: Light Drizzle

  14-10-2017 04:27
  BALTiMORE (WJZ)– A repeat of yesterday, as we see light drizzle and cool temps with low clouds.
  A change is in the works this weekend. It may brighten up later tomorrow, to get temperatures up into the mid 70’s.
  Even warmer air is on tap by Sunday ahead of a cold front, that will cool us down again on Monday.
  We may get to 84 on Sunday, but only in the 60’s on Monday as the sun returns.
  Some showers may accompany the front later Sunday evening, but the Ravens  game looks t
  
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• Police: Woman Hit, Killed On I-83; Tractor Trailer Left Scene

  14-10-2017 04:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Pennsylvania woman is dead after a hit-and-run in Northern Baltimore County.
  The incident took place Thursday around 9:30 p.m. on I-83 southbound in the area of Western Run Road.
  Police say 53-year-old Nancy Carter pulled over to the side of the road due to possible mechanical issues. Moments after getting out of her Suzuki, she was hit by a tractor-trailer type vehicle and was dragged for about 500 feet.
  “She was able to make it to the right shoulder, and as she w
  
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• Teams Report First Progress Against Wine Country Wildfires

  14-10-2017 03:58
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A fifth day of desperate firefighting in California wine country brought a glimmer of hope Friday as crews battling the flames reported their first progress toward containing the massive blazes, and hundreds more firefighters poured in to join the effort.
  The scale of the disaster also became clearer as authorities said the fires had chased an estimated 90,000 people from their homes and destroyed at least 5,700 homes and businesses. The death toll rose to 35, mak
  
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• Baltimore KKK Leader Is Denied Bail

  14-10-2017 03:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Our media partners, The Baltimore Sun, report a Batimore Ku Klux Klan leader who was charged with firing a pistol during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlotesville,Va., has been denied bail despite his claim that he acted in self defense.
  Richard Wilson Preston is a resident of Northeast Baltimore. The man was accused of firing a weapon within 1,000 feet of a school during the white nationalist rally in August.
  According to The Baltimore Sun, The Charlottesv
  
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• Man Admits Abusing Girlfriend’s Puppy So Badly It Lost Leg

  14-10-2017 02:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who abused his girlfriend’s puppy so badly that it lost a leg will be sentenced to a year in a New York jail.
  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark says Roberto Martinez pleaded guilty Friday to felony aggravated cruelty.
  Man admits abusing girlfriend’s puppy so badly it lost leg https://t.co/lWUFymYapm pic.twitter.com/bM4lOJDkC2
  — newseeuu (@news__eeuu) October 13, 2017The mixed-breed dog, renamed Sally, was rescued, underwent amputation and is no
  
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• Man Flees From Police Causing Double Accident

  14-10-2017 02:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Friday afternoon, police received a call about an assault in the 1100 block of Lexington Street. When the officer arrived, the vehicle fled the scene, crashing into a patrol car.
  After hitting the patrol car, the vehicle proceeded fleeing the scene. Our media partners The Baltimore Sun say that the vehicle was involved in another crash with a bus on Lombard Street and Hopkins Place.
  Police say they have an individual in custody who was taken to an area hospital to be
  
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• Las Vegas Gunman Targeted Responding Police, Jet Fuel Tanks

  14-10-2017 01:48
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gunman who sprayed more than 1,000 rounds of bullets into a Las Vegas country music concert also took shots at jet fuel tanks and targeted police officers responding to the scene, investigators said Friday in portraying a killer who seemed determined to inflict even more carnage than the 58 people he murdered.
  Investigators gave more details on the chronology of events surrounding the shooting and pushed back against criticism that they were changing their story. Shift
  
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• Many States, Consumers Alarmed By Trump’s Health Care Order

  14-10-2017 01:01
  BALTIMORE (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that lowered out-of-pocket medical costs brought swift reaction from the states, as health officials and consumers say they fear the action could chase millions of Americans away from coverage.
  Attorneys general in nearly 20 states, including Maryland, plan to sue to keep the money flowing, contending Trump is not following a legal requirement to pay the subsidies.
  Maryland Attorney Gener
  
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