Baltimore news

• Homeland Security To Decide Fate Of 250,000 Salvadoran Immigrants

  06-01-2018 22:48
  (CNN) — They number upwards of 250,000.
  They’ve lived legally in the United States for nearly two decades.
  And time has nearly run out for the Trump administration to decide their fate.
  The question officials must answer next week: Should these immigrants from El Salvador be allowed to stay?
  By Monday, the Department of Homeland Security must decide whether to extend or end “temporary protected status,” or TPS, for Salvadorans.
  Some worry the picture looks bleak. The
  
  Read more

• Hotel Staff Interacted With Las Vegas Shooter More Than 10 Times Before Massacre

  06-01-2018 22:29
  (CNN) — Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock more than 10 times in the days leading up to the Oct. 1 massacre that claimed 58 lives.
  During Paddock’s stay at the hotel, room service and housekeeping “had contact with Paddock or entered his suite more than 10 times,” according to a statement sent to CNN from MGM Resorts International, which owns the Nevada hotel.
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal first report
  
  Read more

• Trump On North Korea: ‘I Always Believe In Talking’

  06-01-2018 22:12
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump told reporters Saturday at Camp David that he’s open to talking with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  “Sure, I always believe in talking,” he said. “But we have a very firm stance. Look, our stance, you know what it is. We’re very firm. But I would be, absolutely I would do that. I don’t have a problem with that at all.”
  When asked by a reporter if that meant Trump doesn’t need any prerequisites to mee
  
  Read more

• NASA: Legendary Astronaut, Moonwalker John Young Has Died

  06-01-2018 21:30
  Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87.
  The space agency said Young died Friday night at home in Houston following complications from pneumonia.
  NASA called Young one of its pioneers – the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly into space six times. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon.
  “Astro
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• It’s Academic: January 6, 2018

  06-01-2018 21:09
  Catonsville 515 
  Atholton 465
  Thomas Johnson 330
  
  Read more

• Florida Man Calls 911 To Report Himself Drunk Driving

  06-01-2018 20:44
  WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida are sharing an unusual 911 call they got on New Year’s Eve from a man who said he was driving drunk and needed police.
  Polk County Sheriff’s officials say the dispatcher “did a fantastic job” urging Michael Lester to park his truck and wait for officers to find him.
  Lester told her he had been driving around all night, “trying to get pulled over.” At another point in the call, he said “I’m driv
  
  Read more

• McNabb, Davis Out At ESPN After Sex Misconduct Investigation

  06-01-2018 20:19
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis have been dismissed from ESPN following an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct while employed at NFL Network.
  ESPN says in a statement Saturday “they are no longer working for us.” The pair worked for ESPN Radio and were taken off the air Dec. 12, pending an internal investigation.
  McNabb and Davis, both former NFL players, were among seven men named in a lawsuit against NFL Enterprises filed in December by former NF
  
  Read more

• Police: Man Killed While Warming Up Car; Car Stolen

  06-01-2018 19:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police are searching for a car and suspect after they say a man was shot in the head and killed while warming his car up Saturday.
  Baltimore officers say at 11:40 a.m., they responded to the 6100 block of Macbeth Drive, where they discovered a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head.
  Detectives say the victim was approached by the armed suspect, an altercation ensued, which led to the 22-year-old being shot in the head.
  Investigators say the suspect then jump
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Windchill Advisory In Effect Saturday Night Through Sunday

  06-01-2018 18:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Wind Chill Advisory in effect for most of Maryland Saturday at 6 p.m. through Sunday at 6 a.m.
  Wind Chill Advisory in effect for most of Maryland Saturday 6PM through Sunday 6AM. Updates on https://t.co/r5SVylsZZz #FIRSTWARNINGWX. pic.twitter.com/AoIIB0nKGo
  — Tim Williams WJZ (@TimWilliamsWJZ) January 6, 2018WJZ’s Tim Williams says arctic high pressure will gradually build overhead through Saturday night before moving offshore Sunday through Sunday night
  
  Read more

• Police Recover Loaded Gun, Drugs From 2 Baltimore Men

  06-01-2018 18:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Police arrested two men Friday night who had drugs and a loaded gun, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
  Officers said they arrested Eric Walker, 20, and Dominic Word, 18, in the 2100 hundred block Orleans Street around 7 p.m. Detectives recovered a loaded handgun from Walker and drugs from Word.Both were taken to Central Booking where they have been charged with handgun and drug violations.
  Follow @CBSBaltimore on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Faceb
  
  Read more

• Trump Seeks $18 Billion To Extend Border Wall Over 10 Years

  06-01-2018 16:49
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico, providing one of its most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge.
  The proposal by Customs and Border Protection calls for 316 miles (505 kilometers) of additional barrier by September 2027, bringing total coverage to 970 miles (1,552 kilometers), or nearly half the border, according to a U.S. official
  
  Read more

• After 3rd Year Of Violence, Baltimore Searches For Answers

  06-01-2018 15:42
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Ciara Green has been to the 3000 block of Rayner Ave. in West Baltimore nearly two dozen times in the last few weeks to try to make sense of the unsolved killing of her best friend.
  Darryl Burks Jr., a medical technician whom Green called “Pee Wee,” was found shot to death in a burning vacant rowhouse in late November. Green has returned to post fliers on the block and search for clues. Once she took her father, a retired firefighter, to help search for insight
  
  Read more

• 1 Winning Ticket Sold In $450 Million Mega Millions Drawing

  06-01-2018 14:26
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers and will claim a $450 million grand prize.
  The winning numbers drawn Friday night to claim the nation’s 10th largest jackpot were 28-30-39-59-70-10.
  It was not immediately known where the winning ticket was sold.
  Lottery officials also increased the jackpot of Powerball, the other national lottery game, to $570 million. That drawing is Saturday night.
  The jackpots refer to the annuity options for both games, in
  
  Read more

• Water Main Breaks Continue To Pile Up Across Baltimore Area

  06-01-2018 05:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The cold weather trend that’s gripping Maryland started on Christmas, and it’s not over yet. Teens or single digits will be the reality through Saturday, causing problems across the area.
  “It’s a freezer; it’s deep freeze, for sure,” says Brenda Hughes of Baltimore
  It’s so cold, Baltimore’s Health Department extended a Code Blue Alert that was originally issued Christmas night.
  Dots all over Baltimore Cit
  
  Read more

• Hazmat Situation In Baltimore County Investigated After Ammonia Leak

  06-01-2018 05:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County authorities are at the scene of a hazmat situation, where an ammonia leak occurred.
  The incident, which is now contained, occurred in the 8200 block of Beechwood Road at American Yeast Sales.
  Baltimore County officials say ammonia escaped from an exterior valve.
  Captain Jeff Long says the building where the incident occurred has been evacuated.
  Re: hazmat at 8200 blk Beachwood Rd: #BCoFD crews have been monitoring air in neighborhoods adj to Yeast plant &a
  
  Read more

• Firefighter Seriously Injured In Baltimore House Fire

  06-01-2018 03:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A firefighter has been seriously injured while putting out a house fire in Baltimore Friday night.
  The Baltimore City Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 800 block of Wilhelm St around 5:30 p.m.
  Crews found flames on the first and second floor of the home, and were able to get the fire under control in about 30 minutes.
  One firefighter was taken to a hospital with “serious injures,” according to the department.
  Officials say the home was
  
  Read more

• Snow, Frigid Conditions Continue To Wreak Havoc Across Maryland

  06-01-2018 01:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Snow, blistering cold and biting wind chill seems to be the new norm in Maryland, where conditions are wreaking havoc across the state.
  Almost all of Maryland is under a Wind Chill Advisory until noon Saturday. The Baltimore City Health Department has extended the Code Blue Alert that was originally issued on Christmas night to Monday morning.
  Just weeks into the season, winter has slammed the Baltimore area, and the deep freeze has created major problems for an agin
  
  Read more

• Teacher’s Aide Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Abuse Charges

  06-01-2018 00:48
  LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — A teachers’ aide and track coach described as a “predator” by a county prosecutor in southern Maryland has pleaded guilty to more than two dozen child sex abuse charges.
  The Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office says 30-year-old Carlos Deangelo Bell entered the plea Friday. His trial on more than 200 child abuse offenses had been set to begin Monday.
  Authorities say Bell worked at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School in Waldorf. Media outlet
  
  Read more

• Federal AIDS Worker Charged With Soliciting A Minor

  06-01-2018 00:38
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An official in the federal government’s effort to treat people with AIDS has been indicted on a charge of sexual solicitation of a minor.
  The Washington Post reports that a grand jury in Montgomery County, Maryland, returned the indictment Thursday against 56-year-old Michael Goldrosen of Silver Spring.
  Goldrosen is director of state programs for the HIV/AIDS Bureau at the Health Resources & Services Administration.
  Court document allege that Goldr
  
  Read more

• Court Strikes Down Baltimore Law On Pregnancy Centers

  06-01-2018 00:34
  A federal appeals court has struck down a Baltimore law that required an anti-abortion pregnancy counseling center to post disclaimers in its waiting room.
  The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the law violates the First Amendment rights of the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, a nonprofit Christian organization that counsels women on alternatives to abortion.
  The law requires pregnancy counseling centers to post signs saying they do not provide or make referrals
  
  Read more

Follow @Baltimore__news on Twitter!