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• Cold Emergency Alert Issues In Montgomery County

  31-12-2017 22:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued for Montgomery County as temperatures continue to dip this New Year’s Eve.
  The Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security issued the alert, which goes into effect from 9 p.m. Sunday until 9 a.m. Monday.
  According to the Montgomery County Office of Public Information, the alert is the “highest level of extreme temperature alert” and goes into effect when “conditions will pose a significant threat
  
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• Cold Emergency Alert Issued In Montgomery County

  31-12-2017 22:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued for Montgomery County as temperatures continue to dip this New Year’s Eve.
  The Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security issued the alert, which goes into effect from 9 p.m. Sunday until 9 a.m. Monday.
  According to the Montgomery County Office of Public Information, the alert is the “highest level of extreme temperature alert” and goes into effect when “conditions will pose a significant threat
  
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• Thousands Gather In Cold Ahead Of Times Square’s 2018 Party

  31-12-2017 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world are packing into a frigid Times Square Sunday to mark the start of 2018 with a glittering crystal ball drop, a burst of more than a ton of confetti and midnight fireworks.
  It was only 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 Celsius) in the city by late afternoon — already making it one of the coldest celebrations on record. Security was at an all-time high after a year that saw several fatal attacks on lar
  
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• Thousands Begin Gathering Ahead Of Times Square’s 2018 Party

  31-12-2017 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world will pack into Times Square on Sunday for what’s expected to be a flashy but frigid start to the new year.
  Revelers began lining up well before noon, hours ahead of when the city will mark the start of 2018 with a glittering crystal ball drop, a burst of more than a ton of confetti and midnight fireworks.
  It could be one of the coldest celebrations on record, held under tight security after a year
  
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• Maryland Forward Ivan Bender Lost For Season With Injury

  31-12-2017 19:51
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland forward Ivan Bender will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury.
  Bender has a torn meniscus in his right knee, an injury that occurred Friday night in a game against Maryland-Baltimore County.
  Coach Mark Turgeon said Sunday that the junior will have surgery this week.
  Bender played in all 15 games this season, including a career-high seven starts. He was averaging 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.
  Turgeon says of Bender: “He has deve
  
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• Man Arrested With Loaded Handgun, Drugs After Fleeing From Traffic Stop

  31-12-2017 17:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 27-year-old man was arrested with a loaded handgun and drugs after police say he fled from a traffic stop.
  The Baltimore Police Department reports the arrest happened Friday, during a Maryland State Police and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police investigation.
  Officers tried to pull over a Nissan Altima in the 5800 block of Wabash Ave., but the driver never stopped.
  A Baltimore PD officers later stopped the vehicle in the 3200 block of Powhatan A
  
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• Wind Chill Advisory In Effect New Year’s Eve Into New Year’s Day

  31-12-2017 17:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A wind chill advisory is in place for 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve, until 9 a.m. New Year’s Day.
  Wind Chill Advisory for #Maryland from 9 p.m. tonight to 9 a.m. Monday. Wind chills of 10° to 20° below zero! Hats & gloves are a must! pic.twitter.com/eqPbgmIFXu
  — Meg McNamara (@MegWJZ) December 31, 2017“You can expect wind chills at -10 to -20,” said WJZ’s Meg McNamara. “Hypothermia is going to be an issue, frostbite an is
  
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• 5 Deputies Wounded, 1 Fatally, In Suburban Denver Shooting

  31-12-2017 16:40
  DENVER (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was killed and four others were wounded Sunday in a shooting in suburban Denver that capped a year of deadly attacks in the United States. Two civilians were also injured.
  **Copper Canyon OIS Update**-Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance resulting in shots fired. 5 deputies shot by suspect. 1 deputy confirmed deceased. 2 civilians also shot by suspect. Suspect shot & believed to be dead & no longer a threat. #CopperCanyonOIS
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• 1 Deputy Killed, 4 Injured After Being Called To Suburban Denver Scene

  31-12-2017 16:40
  DENVER (AP) — Authorities say one deputy is dead, and four deputies and two civilians are hurt in suburban Denver. The suspected gunman is believed to be dead.
  **Copper Canyon OIS Update**-Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance resulting in shots fired. 5 deputies shot by suspect. 1 deputy confirmed deceased. 2 civilians also shot by suspect. Suspect shot & believed to be dead & no longer a threat. #CopperCanyonOIS
  — DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) December 31, 2017The Douglas
  
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• List Bans ‘Fake News,’ ‘Covfefe’ And ‘Let Me Ask You This’

  31-12-2017 16:24
  DETROIT (AP) — Let me ask you this: Would a story that unpacks a list of tiresome words and phrases be impactful or a nothingburger? Worse, could it just be fake news?
  Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its 43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The tongue-in-cheek, non-binding list of 14 words or phrases comes from thousands of suggestions to the Sault Ste. Marie school.
  This y
  
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• 2 People Shot In Baltimore As City Continues To Struggle With Violent Crime

  31-12-2017 05:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating two shootings that happened about 30 minutes apart in different parts of Baltimore Saturday night.
  Baltimore Police learned of the first shooting around 8 p.m. when officers were called to an area hospital. Authorities say a 28-year-old man was suffering from “gunshot wounds to his body.”
  Investigators believe the shooting occurred in the 4200 block of Wabash Avenue.
  Another shooting victim walked into an area hospital around 8:30 p.m.
  
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• Dozens Of Residents Displaced After Gaithersburg Apartment Fire

  31-12-2017 05:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — More than 60 people are out in the cold after an apartment fire in Montgomery County.
  (445a) Quince Orchard Blvd, 2-Alarm condo fire; 39 adults, 22 kids displaced; Area of Origin, attic, fire started above top floor living space (this area was adjacent & above an interior partition w/ electrical connectors; Cause, likely accidental, undetermined; Damage ~$450k pic.twitter.com/2peidaNY2p
  — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) December 30, 2017The Washington Post reports the
  
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• Ala. Parents Outraged Over Alleged Police Brutality Against Son

  31-12-2017 03:33
  (CNN) — Two parents want to see police body camera and dashcam footage of their son’s arrest after an encounter with Troy, Alabama, police last Saturday left the 17-year-old badly beaten and hospitalized.
  Photos — one of which mother Angela Williams posted on Facebook, where it was shared more than 80,000 times — show Ulysses Wilkerson in a hospital bed, the white sheet beneath his head bloody. His nose and lips are crusted in blood, and his left eye is swollen shut.The b
  
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• Weather Blog: Frigidly Cold To Round Out 2017

  31-12-2017 02:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Arctic air is pouring into central Maryland.
  Clouds will clear overnight as temperatures plummet into the mid-teens.
  Baltimore is expected to fall to 14 degrees.
  It’s not just the bone-chilling temperatures we have to contend with, it’s the wind. Northwest winds will kick around 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph. This means wind chills just below zero are possible overnight.
  Make sure you have plenty of layers on if you have to be out tonight or early Satur
  
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• President Trump’s Weekly Address: December 30

  31-12-2017 01:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Click the video player above to watch President Donald Trump’s weekly address for December 30.
   
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• A Law Banning Mexican-American Studies In Arizona Public Schools Is Dead

  31-12-2017 01:24
  (CNN) — An Arizona law banning Mexican-American studies from schools has been quashed.
  A federal court says the law, which took aim at classes that state school officials said promoted “revolution against the American government,” violates students’ constitutional rights.
  One program affected by the law was Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies (MAS) program Arizona, which state lawmakers said were “designed primarily for pupils of a partic
  
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• Funeral Held For Murdered Morgan State Student

  31-12-2017 01:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A promising Morgan State University student who was shot and killed last week during a robbery in Baltimore was laid to rest Saturday.
  Family and friend of Jonathan Tobash paid their last respects at the Huber Memorial Life Center Saturday morning. The 19-year-old is Baltimore’s 335th homicide victim of 2017.
  “We was always together. He always motivated others to do better. He was a smart, funny guy and humble,” says Geno Boyd, Tobash&rsqu
  
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• First Supermoon of 2018 Will Appear On New Year’s Day

  31-12-2017 00:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Fireworks won’t be the only night show to ring in 2018: the first supermoon of the year will appear on Jan. 1.
  According to NASA, a supermoon occurs when there is a full moon at or near the point where the moon reaches perigee (the closest point in its orbit around the Earth). Astronomers say the moon will appear as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter to many viewers around the world.
  NASA released a statement on the first full moon of t
  
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