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• Local Gospel Singer, Choir Nominated For Grammy

  26-01-2018 23:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Grammy Awards brings out the who’s who in performers and presenters, and this year, Maryland’s own JJ Hairston and his choir, Youthful Praise, are among the nominees.
  The melody for their Grammy-nominated song, “You Deserve It,” is simple — and the message is powerful.
  “What we do for our Father, we do for God is because of what he deserves,” Hairston said.
  The gospel song became the unofficial gospel anthem of 2017. On m
  
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• 1 Killed In Car Crash In Northwest Baltimore

  26-01-2018 23:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say a woman has been killed after a fatal crash in Northwest Baltimore on Friday.
  Baltimore City Police say a BMW sedan was traveling southbound on Park Heights Avenue when it hit an Acura Integra traveling westbound on Keyworth Avenue around 3:30 p.m..
  The driver of the Acura was taken to an area hospital where she died from her injuries. The driver of the BMW was not injured.
  Chopper 13 is over the scene and Captain Jeff Long says the southbound lanes o
  
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• Elderly Woman Found Dead In Dundalk Home; Police Searching For Victim’s Missing Son

  26-01-2018 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Detectives are investigating after a 70-year-old woman’s body was found inside her Dundalk home on Thursday. Police are looking for the woman’s son, as they are “concerned for his welfare.”
  Baltimore County Police were called to the home in the 200 block of Walnut Avenue on Wednesday for two missing persons. Officers were told that Gwendolyn Blondell McCullers had not been in contact with her family for several days. McCullers lived at the hom
  
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• 2018 Grammy Awards: List Of Nominees In Top Categories

  26-01-2018 22:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — A list of nominees in the top categories at the 60th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday by The Recording Academy.
  — Album of the year: “Awaken, My Love!,” Childish Gambino; “4:44,” Jay-Z; “DAMN.,” Kendrick Lamar; “Melodrama,” Lorde; “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars.
  — Record of the year: “Redbone,” Childish Gambino; “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber; &l
  
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• Top Remaining MLB Free Agents

  26-01-2018 22:37
  By Matt Citak
  Without a doubt, this MLB offseason has been one of the strangest of any professional sport in recent memory. Pitchers and catchers report in less than three weeks, yet most of the top free agents remain unsigned. Whether it’s a one-time phenomenon or a new way teams view spending in free agency, there are still several notable, impact players searching for their next team.
  One of the biggest free agents, center fielder Lorenzo Cain, finally inked a deal last night when the M
  
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• Bill To End Parental Rights Of Rapists Advances

  26-01-2018 22:28
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to end the parental rights of rapists has advanced in the Maryland Senate.
  The Senate gave the bill preliminary approval Friday, paving the way for a vote next week.
  Lawmakers have made the bill a priority, after it has failed to pass for nine years.
  The Senate rejected an amendment that would have given victims the option of terminating parental rights of the person who raped them and requiring an offender to pay child support.
  Sen. Robert Zirkin says the i
  
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• Ravens’ Justin Tucker Wins NFL’s Most Valuable Performer, Donates Winnings To Baltimore School

  26-01-2018 22:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has been crowned the NFL’s Most Valuable Performer — beating out other players competing in an interactive talent show that aired Thursday night on CBS. The kicker chose to donate his $50,000 prize to the Baltimore School for the Arts.
  Students and staff were overwhelmed by Tucker’s generosity, and it’s something they really rely on since 1/3 of their funding comes from donations.
  “We have a program for s
  
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• Maryland Lawmakers Discuss Measures To Protect Consumers

  26-01-2018 21:51
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers have announced plans for legislation to increase consumer protections in areas where the federal government steps back.
  Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch, who are both Democrats, announced the plans Friday after a state commission studied ways to increase consumer protections, if President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to reduce enforcement.
  Busch says part of the legislation includes an extra $1 m
  
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• Baltimore Co. State Lawmakers Question Schools Chief Verletta White

  26-01-2018 21:40
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– On the heels of criminal charges filed against former Baltimore County School Superintendent Dallas Dance, comes testimony Friday from the district’s new superintendent.Verletta White met with a panel of state senators in Annapolis, where she began by saying “I think we should address the elephant in the room, and because I know what’s on your mind.”
  Namely, the scandal surrounding Dance, who was charged earlier this week with four counts of pe
  
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• Keidel: Tom Brady Vs. Father Time, Only One Is Undefeated

  26-01-2018 21:14
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s been an open question for a few years now, waving like a flag over his head.
  How long will Tom Brady be Tom Brady? When will the sundial ever hit sunset on the iconic Patriots quarterback?
  At 40, Brady is the oldest QB to start in a Super Bowl. While he’s surely deep into the back nine of his career, which hole is he on? Can Brady really play until 45, and play at his epic level?
  The answer ripples past the player, deep into the franchise he’s led for nearl
  
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• Md. Woman Dies In Hospital While Being Treated For Flu

  26-01-2018 21:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Frederick woman has died after being treated for the flu at a hospital.
  Officials at Frederick Memorial Hospital say an adult patient died Thursday morning while being treated for the flu.
  RELATED: Bad Flu Season Puts Stress On Hospitals, Emergency Services
  The harsh flu season has put “a significant” stress on Maryland’s hospitals and emergency services.
  State health officials said in a press release Thursday that hospitals are being overcrowded. They&
  
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• Bill Would Require Stronger Campus Hate-Crime Reporting

  26-01-2018 20:40
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s public colleges and universities would be required to develop stronger policies for reporting and documenting hate crimes and bias incidents on campuses, under a measure introduced in the General Assembly on Friday in response to a fatal stabbing of a black Bowie State University student at the University of Maryland, College Park.
  Democratic Delegate Angela Angel partly modeled her bill on some actions already taken at the College Park campus in the
  
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• 2 Charged For July Triple Shooting; 13-Year-Old Girl Killed

  26-01-2018 20:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County police have charged two men for a triple shooting last July that resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl.
  Police arrested Alphonso Frederick Smith and Lee-Austin Eastmond, both 19, Friday.
  Eastmond (left) Smith (right)
  Investigators say just before midnight on July 31 last year, officers responded to the 700 block of Peterson Road in Middle River where they found Iyanna Nachae Watkins dead at the scene.
  Two other men were found suffering from gunshot w
  
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• College Basketball Games Of The Week: Duke-UVA Showdown In ACC

  26-01-2018 20:13
  By Steve Silverman
  Friday, January 26
  Miles Bridges #22 of the Michigan State Spartans dunks the ball against Leron Black #12 of the Illinois Fighting Illini. Credit: Michael Hickey/Getty Images
  Wisconsin (10-11, 3-5) at No. 6 Michigan State (18-3, 6-2), 8 p.m. ET, FS1
  As of writing, the Spartans program is under scrutiny after an ESPN Outside The Lines report detailed “a pattern of widespread denial, inaction and information suppression of such allegations by officials ranging from campus
  
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• Baltimore Clears Homeless Encampment Under I-83 Due To Safety Concerns

  26-01-2018 19:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Police reopened a stretch of Guilford Avenue Friday after shutting it down for nearly three hours to clear out the homeless people who have been camped out under I-83.
  City workers tried and failed to relocate some of Baltimore’s homeless population.The homeless who camp in the area had their belongings in the street and they are refusing to leave and move to a shelter in East Baltimore.
  A handful of people camped near Guildford Avenue and Pleasant Street say th
  
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• D.C. Authorities Conduct Another Unsuccessful Search For Remains Of Missing Girl

  26-01-2018 18:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Earlier Friday D.C. Metro police launched another search for the remains of Relisha Rudd, an 8-year-old girl who disappeared in 2014.
  Authorities received information that there may be remains in the area of Anacostia Park in Northeast D.C.
  Police said in a statement that they received a tip “that potential evidence” related to the case might be found. police did not provide a specific location.
  The search concluded and nothing was recovered.
   
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• CBS Local Sports Experts Pick Best Food, Fans, Hair For Super Bowl 52

  26-01-2018 18:53
  Super Bowl 52 has all the ingredients of an amazing matchup. We have the New England Patriots, who are looking to add to their dynasty with their sixth Super Bowl Championship in the last 17 years. Then we have the Philadelphia Eagles, supported by their crazy, pole-climbing fans, searching for their first Super Bowl title in franchise history. One team has a five-time Super Bowl champion under center, while the other has a backup quarterback who barely played during the regular season as its si
  
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• Md. Jui-Jitsu Teacher Charged For Not Registering As Sex Offender 15 Years Ago

  26-01-2018 18:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Police have charged a Laurel Jui-Jitsu teacher for not registering as sex offender since he moved to Maryland about 15 years ago.
  Howard County police say Scott Brian Naugle, 44, of Boulder Ridge Road, was charged with two counts for not registering as a sex offender. In 2003, Naugle was convicted of sexual battery of a child in a different state and was ordered to register as a sex offender for life as part of his sentence.
  Authorities say Naugle left the state
  
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• Police ID Teen Arrested For Allegedly Starting House Fire, Trying To Steal From School

  26-01-2018 18:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Police have charged a 16-year-old Catonsville boy, accused of setting fire to a Baltimore County house before going to a school and trying to steal items from inside, as an adult.
  The Baltimore County Police Department reports Daquane Antonio Ray’s crime spree began just after 10:30 a.m. Thursday, when the fire department was called to the 900 block of Bardswell Rd. in Catonsville for a house fire.
  RELATED: Police: Teen Arrested After Starting House Fi
  
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• Michigan State AD Mark Hollis Steps Down

  26-01-2018 17:34
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis has stepped down in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.
  Hollis has been in the job for 10 years. He announced his retirement on Friday, two days after Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon stepped down amid the outcry over how the school handled allegations against Nassar, a former school employee accused of dozens of molesting girls and young women for years. Nassar also worked for USA Gymnastics, whe
  
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• 2 Maryland State Troopers Injured, Suspect Shot, Killed In Barricade Incident

  26-01-2018 17:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Maryland State Police says two of their officers were shot and a suspect was killed in a barricade incident Thursday night in Allegany County.
  Investigators say before 11 p.m., police responded to a home in the 11,000 block of High Germany Road in Little Orleans, Maryland, for the report of a domestic situation.
  Courtesy: Cumberland Times News/Steve Bittner.
  Detectives believe the suspect, identified as Charles MacKenzie, 52, was inside the home when troopers arrived.&
  
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• Attorney For Ravens CB Believes He’ll Be Cleared For Arrest Of $15 Phone Charger

  26-01-2018 17:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)-– The lawyer for Baltimore Ravens rookie cornerback Marlon Humphrey says he believes his client’s case involving the theft of a $15 charger will be dismissed.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that Humphrey’s lawyer Paul Patterson said “Marlon has 11 million reasons not to steal a … phone charger.”
  Last year’s first round pick for the Ravens faces a charge of third-degree robbery, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
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• Johns Hopkins Medicine Holds Inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day Of Service

  26-01-2018 16:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Johns Hopkins Medicine held its first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Friday to support neighboring communities.
  More than 400 volunteering opportunities were available at various nonprofit organizations across Baltimore City, according to Hopkins.
  Hopkins staff, faculty and students had the chance to interact with local organizations to assist people in need.
  Sixteen locations around the city were selected for the Hopkins community to serve. Volunteer activities inc
  
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• Dying Teen To Get 1 Last Wish: Marry High School Girlfriend

  26-01-2018 16:27
  PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — When doctors told a dying Florida teen there’s nothing else they can do for him, he started checking off his wish list. Now there’s one last item: marrying his high school sweetheart.
  On Sunday, Dustin Snyder plans to marry Sierra Siverio in Plant City, which is near Tampa. WTSP reports the community is coming together to make sure the wedding happens, donating everything from the rings to the wedding gown and venue.
  The teens met in middle sch
  
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• Baltimore Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Loaded Handgun, Drugs

  26-01-2018 15:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities recovered a loaded handgun and drugs during a traffic stop in East Baltimore Thursday evening.
  Baltimore police say they performed a traffic stop on 24-year-old Adrian Fryson around 7:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of East Federal Street, which led to the discovery of a loaded 9mm handgun, 12 grams of marijuana, a scale and $310 in cash.Fryson, who police say is a repeat offender and prohibited from possessing firearms, was taken to Central Booking, where he has bee
  
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• He’d Bake Muffins For The Homeless And Now It’s Turning Into A National Movement

  26-01-2018 14:57
  (CNN) — When Jacob Kaufman first stumbled upon the art of muffin baking, he never imagined he’d turn into the “Muffin Man.”
  “I was just looking for a easy breakfast for my mornings before work,” Kaufman told CNN.
  It was sundown after Yom Kippur, and Kaufman was standing in his uncle’s kitchen watching him whip up a creamy, muffin batter. Kaufman had never made muffins before, so he decided to give it a try. He found a recipe online, and voila. A dozen ap
  
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• Racist Chants Rain Down On Iowa High School Basketball Team

  26-01-2018 14:51
  SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say some student spectators at a predominantly white school in northwest Iowa greeted a visiting rival boys’ basketball team with racist chants.
  The chants and slogans at the Jan. 19 game at Spencer High School included some fans yelling that the Storm Lake players should “go back where you came from.” Other students chanted, “USA.”
  The school superintendents say the Storm Lake district has 2,400 students, and 84 percent are no
  
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• Police Investigating Homicide In East Baltimore

  26-01-2018 14:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they are investigating a homicide in the 1600 block of Cliftview Avenue.
  Authorities say patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting around 11:15 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they found a 24-year-old man inside of a car with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and extremities.
  Medics responded and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them at 410-396-2100, Metro Crime St
  
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• Homicide Investigation In The Eastern District

  26-01-2018 14:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they are investigating a homicide in the 1600 block of Cliftview Avenue.
  Authorities say patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting around 11:15 Thursday night. When they arrived, they found a 24 year-old male inside of a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and extremities.
  Medics responded and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them at 410-396-2100, Metro Cr
  
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• Lawmakers Moving Early To End Parental Rights Of Rapists

  26-01-2018 13:51
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers are moving early to advance legislation to end parental rights of rapists.
  The Senate could debate the bill on the floor as early as Friday.
  A House committee also has passed the bill to the floor, where it will be taken up next week.
  Legislative leaders have said they are making the measure a priority this year, after it failed to pass in nine previous sessions.
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• Kentucky Shooting Suspect Ordered Held; Vigil For Victims

  26-01-2018 13:25
  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The 15-year-old boy accused of gunning down classmates at a western Kentucky high school was ordered held on murder and assault charges as the shaken community where it happened strained to cope with the devastation.
  On Thursday, a juvenile court judge found probable cause to keep detaining the teenager as authorities gather evidence to support trying him as an adult for the attack at Marshall County High School, Assistant Marshall County Attorney Jason Darnall said. Aut
  
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• Weather Blog: A Warmer Weekend Ahead

  26-01-2018 13:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The forecast warm up is here. Today will be 10° warmer than yesterday, tomorrow 10° warmer than today, and still in the 50’s on Sunday.
  Gonna enjoy it and deal with a chill down, next Tuesday and Wednesday, in Monday’s blog.
  The normal daytime high is now 42°. Up one full degree from the 41°, from the chilliest average daytime high we’ve seen all year.
  You may be thinking ONE FULL DEGREE, big deal….fact is that is a BIG DEAL.
  
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• Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Says It Will Allow Women To Join

  26-01-2018 12:51
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding theater troupe, the nation’s oldest collegiate theatrical organization, announced Thursday it will allow women to join its cast, starting next year.
  Amira Weeks, the group’s student president, made the announcement at the start of a comedic roast celebrating actor Mila Kunis, who was named the organization’s Woman of the Year.
  The 223-year-old group is known for comedic revues that feature men in drag playin
  
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• Dating App Uses DNA To Match Users

  26-01-2018 12:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The new app Pheramor uses DNA from a cheek swab to match users.
  The creators say there are 11 genes in the human body that can impact whether or not they are attracte to someone.
  This particular app focus on a users pheromones, chemicals released by the body that can trigger attraction.
  This app also uses data from social media accounts to help see if users would be good matches.
  The company hopes users will trust the science of love.
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• Weather Blog: Chilly, Cloudless January Day

  26-01-2018 04:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A chilly, but cloudless and beautiful late January day. After a cold and calm night tonight, a warm-up will begin tomorrow.
  We topped out at around 39 today, but expect to reach 49 tomorrow! Even warmer air will rush in on Saturday, to be followed by clouds and some rain by early Sunday. It will begin to cool off again later in the day Sunday, and it will be a cooler Monday as well.
  Some arctic may return by Tuesday. Enjoy the weekend, see you all at Fanfest!
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• Hospital Fire Kills More Than 30 People In South Korea

  26-01-2018 03:25
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire swept through a hospital for the elderly in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country’s deadliest fires in recent years.
  The fire at Sejong Hospital in the city of Miryang killed 31 people and injured 81, 14 of them in critical condition, the state-run National Fire Agency said. Agency officials said the death toll could increase.
  Details of the fire including its cause were unknown.
  
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• Hospital Fire Kills 18 People, Injures 63 In South Korea

  26-01-2018 03:25
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire agency official says 18 people have been killed and 63 injured in a hospital fire in southeastern South Korea.
  An official at the National Fire Agency says the death toll is expected to rise from the fire at Sejong Hospital early Friday.
  Yonhap news agency says the death toll has reached 33, but the official couldn’t immediately confirm the report.
  The official says the cause of the fire was under investigation. He spoke on condition of anonymity beca
  
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• Oprah Addresses Running For President

  26-01-2018 02:41
  BALTIMORE (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey is downplaying her interest in a presidential run in a new interview, saying she doesn’t “have the DNA” for a run.
  “I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not,” Winfrey explained to InStyle Magazine. “And so it’s not something that interests me. I don’t have the DNA for it.”
  The interview, however, took place three weeks before the ent
  
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• Baby Born After Mother Died En Route To Hospital Also Dies

  26-01-2018 02:23
  SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — Officials say a newborn delivered after his mother crashed her SUV and died while on her way to a hospital to give birth to him has also died.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Desiree Strout was driving from Canaan to nearby Skowhegan to have labor induced when her vehicle hit black ice, struck a snowbank and rolled over onto a frozen pond Monday.
  Officials say Gage Arthur Weeks was in critical condition after being delivered by an emergency cesarean section.
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• Mother Says Daughter Killed In School Shooting Called Her

  26-01-2018 01:26
  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The mother of a girl killed in a shooting at a rural Kentucky high school said she got a call from her daughter but couldn’t hear the girl’s voice.
  Bailey Nicole Holt’s mother, Secret Holt, was at work when she got the call from her daughter’s phone.
  “She called me and all I could hear was voices and chaos in the background and she couldn’t say anything,” Secret Holt told WKRN-TV in Nashville. “I called her name over and ov
  
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• Trump Plan Offers Citizenship Path To 1.8 Million Immigrants

  26-01-2018 00:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is proposing a plan that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million of the so-called “Dreamer” immigrants, tighter restrictions on legal immigration and $25 billion in border security, the White House said, putting forward an outline likely to find resistance from some of Trump’s conservative allies.
  Senior White House officials offered a preview of Trump’s immigration framework Thursday, casting it as a compromise that c
  
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• 3 Baltimore BGF Gang Members Convicted For Racketeering, Drug Conspiracy

  26-01-2018 00:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A federal jury has convicted three Baltimore BGF gang members for federal racketeering and drug conspiracy.
  The DOJ says the Black Guerilla Family gang’s Greenmount Avenue faction violated federal racketeering and drug trafficking laws.
  Thirty-five-year-old Gerald Thomas Johnson, a.k.a Geezy and Gzy Tha Prince, Kenneth Jones, a.k.a K-Slay and Slay, 30; and Marquise McCants, a.k.a Digga, 25, were all convicted Thursday.
  “This case is emblematic of the ability of
  
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