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• Connecticut College To Accept Puerto Rico ‘Guest’ Students

  09-12-2017 23:55
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut College has established a guest student program for college students from Puerto Rico whose education was disrupted after Hurricane Maria hit the island in September.
  The New London private liberal arts college said Friday that students from the University of Puerto Rico can apply to the school for the spring 2018 semester. The school will provide room, board and tuition for up to six students.
  Guest students will pay what they would have paid to attend
  
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• First Snow Of The Season Covers Baltimore Area

  09-12-2017 23:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first snow of the season has fallen across Maryland, with some areas seeing to see up to six inches.
  The National Weather Service said most of the state was under a Winter Weather Advisory until 9 p.m.
  WJZ Meteorologist Tim Williams said with temperatures just above freezing, much of the snow wouldn’t accumulate on roadways, however, thoroughfares may become slick and slippery. Central Maryland saw up to three inches of precipitation, while others saw less
  
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• Police Recover Loaded Gun, Make Arrest After Driver Flees From Vehicle

  09-12-2017 23:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police recovered a loaded gun and arrested a man after he fled from the vehicle he was driving Friday night.
  Baltimore officers arrested 20-year-old Jokolby Cooper after they say he pulled over after authorities attempted to stop him, jumped out a blue Volvo and fled.Detectives say Cooper had a loaded .380 caliber handgun on him at the time of the arrest.Cooper was transported to Central Booking where he was charged with handgun violations.
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• Man, Woman Found Dead In Middle River Home

  09-12-2017 23:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police in Baltimore County are investigating after a man and a woman were found dead in a Middle River home.
  According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, police were called to the scene on Honeycomb Road around 11 a.m. when a homeowner found the victims in a bedroom.
  Their identities and cause of death have not been released, but police are calling it a homicide.
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• Police: Essex Man May Have Been In Argument Prior To Being Fatally Shot

  09-12-2017 21:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County police say a man was fatally shot in Essex Friday night.
  Officers say just after 8 p.m. they responded to the 900 block of Ashbridge Drive, where they discovered 25-year-old Lance Chaz Dixon suffering from a gunshot wound.
  Dixon was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Detectives say Dixon may have been involved in an argument before being shot.
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• Priest Who Used To Be KKK Member Apologizes 40 Years Later

  09-12-2017 20:42
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Four decades after a Catholic priest who was once a member of the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on a black couple’s lawn, he finally wrote them an apology.
  The Rev. William Aitcheson told Philip and Barbara Butler he was “blinded by hate and ignorance” when he targeted them in 1977 at their home in College Park, Maryland.
  In a letter dated Sept. 8, Aitcheson wrote he rejected those beliefs before he joined the priesthood, but was too ashamed to face th
  
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• First Snow Of The Season Covers Baltimore Area; Weather Warnings, Advisories Continue

  09-12-2017 20:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first snow of the season has begun to fall across Maryland, with some areas expected to see up to six inches.
  The National Weather Service says most of the state is under a Winter Weather Advisory until 9 p.m.
  WJZ Meteorologist Tim Williams says with temperatures just above freezing, much of the snow won’t accumulate on roadways, however, thoroughfares may become slick and slippery. Central Maryland could see up to three inches of precipitation, while other
  
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• It’s Academic: December 9, 2017

  09-12-2017 18:04
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• 2 Off-Duty Officers Killed In I-270 Crash Identified

  09-12-2017 14:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities say two off-duty police officers were struck and killed while standing on the shoulder of I-270 in Montgomery County.
  At about 10 p.m. Friday, one of the officers was at the scene of a single-vehicle traffic crash on southbound I-270. Police say he requested assistance and used his car to block the damaged vehicle from oncoming traffic.
  The officer then learned the driver of the disabled vehicle was also an officer. Both men moved to the shoulder, where t
  
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• 2 Off-Duty Officers Killed In I-270 Crash

  09-12-2017 14:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities say two off-duty police officers were struck and killed while standing on the shoulder of I-270 in Montgomery County.
  At about 10 p.m. Friday, one of the officers was at the scene of a single-vehicle traffic crash on southbound I-270. Police say he requested assistance and used his car to block the damaged vehicle from oncoming traffic.
  The officer then learned the driver of the disabled vehicle was also an officer. Both men moved to the shoulder, where t
  
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• Weather Warnings, Advisories Continue As Area Braces For First Snow

  09-12-2017 14:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For those in central Maryland, the first snow of the season has yet to fall. But for those on the Eastern Shore, several inches have already accumulated.
  The National Weather Service says parts of southern Maryland will be under a Winter Storm Warning until 4 p.m., while the rest of the state will be under a Winter Weather Advisory.
  The storm warning affects Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s Counties and started at 7 p.m. Friday. T
  
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• First Snow Of The Season Arrives; Weather Warnings, Advisories Continue

  09-12-2017 14:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For those in central Maryland, the first snow of the season has just begun to fall. But for those on the Eastern Shore, several inches have already accumulated.
  The National Weather Service says parts of southern Maryland will be under a Winter Storm Warning until 4 p.m., while the rest of the state will be under a Winter Weather Advisory.
  The storm warning affects Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s Counties and started at 7 p.m. Fr
  
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• Areas In Md. Can See Up To 6 Inches Of Snow As Storm Warnings, Weather Advisories Issued

  09-12-2017 06:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Crews across Maryland are mobilizing as wintry weather moves in.
  For anyone in the Northeast wishing for a winter wonderland, consider it a wish granted.
  The National Weather Service says parts of southern Maryland will be under a Winter Storm Warning through Saturday afternoon/evening, and the rest of the state will be under a Winter Weather Advisory.
  The storm warning effects Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s Counties and started
  
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• Trump Says US ‘Cannot Afford’ Roy Moore Loss In Alabama

  09-12-2017 04:41
  PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday urged voters to elect a Republican Senate candidate in Alabama who has been dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct, warning that America “cannot afford” to have a Democrat win the hard-fought campaign instead.
  Trump gave a boost to the campaign of GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore during a raucous campaign rally in the Florida panhandle, near the state line with Alabama.
  “Get out and vote for Roy Moore. Do it. Do
  
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• Weather Blog: Snow Moves Into Baltimore Area

  09-12-2017 03:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Snow has begun to fall across Maryland while winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings remain in effect.
  The heaviest of the snow will likely fall on the Eastern Shore, Delaware and Southern Maryland. Some locations may top out at at 6 inches. Across Central Maryland, including the metro areas, we are looking at a general 1 to 3, to possibly 4 inches of wet snow.
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• Weather Blog: Overnight Snow

  09-12-2017 03:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An area of snow and some rain is moving in to Maryland overnight, and winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings are now in place.
  The heaviest of the snow will likely fall on the Eastern shore, Delaware and Southern Maryland. Some locations may top out at over 5 to 7 inches. Across Central Maryland, including the metro areas, we are looking at a general 1 to 3, to possibly 4 inches of wet snow.
  Clearing and subfreezing temperatures on Saturday night, will freeze
  
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• Revised Plan Underway For New FBI Site, Raising Hopes Again

  09-12-2017 02:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After planning that began in the George W. Bush administration, officials from Maryland at the national and state level are cautiously optimistic the latest push for a new FBI complex located outside the District of Columbia will come to fruition after a five-month delay.
  “This project has been going on for more than a decade,” Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, said in a statement to Capital News Service. “This is about the needs of the FBI and our national s
  
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• Study: Birth Control Increases Woman’s Risk For Breast Cancer By 20 Percent

  09-12-2017 01:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A new study links birth control to breast cancer.
  Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study revealed women who use hormonal contraceptives had an increased risk of breast cancer.
  The study followed nearly 2 million Danish women for more than a decade.
  Experts say the findings are a concern, but more research still needs to be done to fully understand the link.
  Birth control pills or contraceptive devices can slightly increase a woman’s risk for
  
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• Ex-Convicts In Baltimore Get Second Chance With New Jobs Program

  09-12-2017 00:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former offenders are forging paths to a brighter future with the help of a Baltimore judge.
  District Court of Maryland Associate Judge Nicole Pastore Klein has founded a new jobs program in hopes of breaking the cycle of defendants who repeatedly end up in her courtroom.
  While some complete the program as a condition of their probation, it’s already changing lives.
  “Six months ago, I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have a plan or direction wh
  
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• Fed’s ‘Operation Tin Panda’ Results In The Arrest Of 28 Bloods Gang Members

  09-12-2017 00:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Federal raids this week have targeted members of the Bloods gang in Maryland and Virginia, resulting in 28 arrests by more than 300 federal agents from the FBI, ATF, and DEA. It’s part of ‘Operation Tin Panda.’
  The government targeted drugs and firearms violations, and there were several arrested in Howard County, including Tayvon Patterson from Elkridge.
  Prosecutors say he offered to bail out lower-level drug dealers and posted on Instagram, “I got
  
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• 3 Arrested In Drug Raid; 1 Suspect Arrested For 2nd Time In 5 Days

  09-12-2017 00:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City officers recovered cash, a loaded gun and drugs in a West Baltimore drug raid Thursday and one of the suspects was arrested for the second time in five days.
  Baltimore police say they executed a search and seizure warrant at a home in the 1600 block of Bakebury Court.
  Detectives say the warrant was issued due to an investigation into the “Cannon” Drug Shop and organization responsible for much of the narcotic activity and violence that has been occurring i
  
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