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• Gov. Hogan Speaks At Already-Planned Skin Cancer Event Days After Surgery

  08-02-2018 23:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Days after surgery for skin cancer spots, Gov. Larry Hogan attended an event to talk about the importance of protecting yourself.
  RELATED: Gov. Hogan Shows Off Scars After Surgery To Remove Cancer
  Gov. Hogan’s skin cancer surgery came just days before an already-scheduled skin cancer screening event in Annapolis.
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• Baltimore Co. Water Main Break Snarls Traffic On York Road

  08-02-2018 23:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A water main break in Baltimore County has backed up traffic Thursday afternoon.
  The incident happened before 5 p.m. near York and Shawan Roads in Cockysville.
  The southbound lanes of Shawan Road are affected.
  Chopper 13 was over scene and Captain Jeff Long says crews will soon be wrapping up repairs.
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• Baltimore Businesses To Hire Private Security To Help Customers Feel Safe

  08-02-2018 23:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Stores and restaurants in Federal Hill say it’s time to call in more muscle.
  A group of businesses are considering hiring private security to help customers feel safe.
  Business owners say the city’s spike in violence is bad for business, so they want to double down on security by hiring private guards to supplement police.
  The saying goes: Perception is everything.
  Business owners in Federal Hill will tell you it’s also their paycheck.
  “This public
  
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• When the water bill is $50000: Hundreds of Baltimore customers hit with incorrect bills - Baltimore Sun

  08-02-2018 23:16 via baltimoresun.com
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  When the water bill is $50000: Hundreds of Baltimore customers hit with incorrect bills
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  Hundreds of customers of Baltimore's water system were hit this week with bills of more than $50,000 each. The Baltimore Department of Public Works said Thursday that officials are reaching out to 566 customers who were sent “erroneous inflated” bills ...and more »
  
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• Dow Plunges 1,000 As Market Continues To Swoon

  08-02-2018 22:53
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,000 points as a weeklong market swoon continued.
  The Dow is 10 percent below the record high it set just two weeks ago, putting it in what is known on Wall Street as a “correction.”
  The Standard & Poor’s 500, the benchmark for many index funds, is also 10 percent below the record high it set two weeks ago.
  Worries about inflation set the market rout in motion last Friday, and many market watchers hav
  
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• UM Professor Developing Tech To Prove Flu Can Spread Through Breathing

  08-02-2018 22:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A University of Maryland professor is developing technology to prove that the flu can be spread from just breathing.
  The brainchild of University of Maryland professor Dr. Donald Milton, the Gesundheit II, requires the patient to breathe and let the machine do the rest of the work.
  “It just is pulling all of the air from around your face at a fast enough rate that we collect everything but not so fast that it feels like there’s a breeze,” Dr. Milton
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Top Seeds Right Now

  08-02-2018 22:27
  By Steve Silverman
  The countdown is on, and we are just a little bit more than a month away from Selection Sunday and the start of the NCAA tournament.
  Here’s a look at the four best teams in the country right now, and unless they get hit hard by injuries, they seem likely to remain in those spots come tournament time.
  Villanova Wildcats (22-2)
  The Wildcats are loaded with talent and excellent leadership, both on the floor and the bench. Jalen Brunson (19.8 ppg, 54.4 shooting percentage) i
  
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• Shelter In Place Lifted At U. of Md. After Off-Campus Robbery

  08-02-2018 22:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It was a tense afternoon at the University of Maryland, College Park, after two suspects fled the scene of a robbery and led police on a manhunt on campus.
  WJZ’s Devin Bartolotta reports that the search for those suspects forced an emergency alert and shelter in place order for students and faculty.
  The incident began in an off campus home in the 8800 block of 36th Place, where police say an assault took place. Police also say it was not a random attack.
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• Jury Deliberates In Baltimore Police Corruption Case

  08-02-2018 22:05
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Thursday in a case involving one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory after hearing nearly three weeks of testimony from drug dealers, a crooked bail bondsman and disgraced Baltimore detectives who detailed astonishing levels of police misconduct.
  The two detectives on trial face robbery, extortion and racketeering charges that could land them up to life in prison if convicted. The trial in a federal courthouse has been
  
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• Baltimore DPW Reaching Out To Customers Who Received $50,000 Water Bills

  08-02-2018 22:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is reaching out to the hundreds of customers who received water bills that were tens of thousands of dollars higher than they were supposed to be.
  566 customers were sent erroneous inflated bills, and the department says most were for more than $50,000. This was caused by a problem with a software update.
  The inflated bills were reportedly only sent to customers who had breached payment plans.
  DPW has stopped s
  
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• Florida Woman Says Airline At BWI Airport Told Her To Flush Pet Hamster

  08-02-2018 21:23
  MIAMI (AP) — A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down a toilet at the airport because the emotional support rodent wasn’t allowed to fly with her.
  The Miami Herald reports before Belen Aldecosea flew home from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster. No problem, the airline told her.
  But when Aldecosea arrived at the Baltimore airport, Spirit refused to allow the animal board.
  
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• Dwyane Wade Headed Back To Miami

  08-02-2018 21:00
  By: Karin Brown
  Dwyane Wade is heading back to Miami.
  The former Miami player was traded back to the Heat from the Cavs as a part of a trading deal on Thursday.
  Wade wasn’t the only trade from the Miami Heat. Nearly half of the team went out as parts of deals to the Lakers, Jazz, Kings and now the Heat.
  This deal sends Dwyane Wade back to the team that drafted him back in 2003.
  The trade marks the separation of the dynamic duo of he and Lebron James.  The King went to social medi
  
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• Scientists Say Certain Foods Linked To Spread Of Cancer

  08-02-2018 20:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —New research is claiming that one particular amino acid — found in everything from beef, to poultry, to eggs, and vegetables — has been linked to the spread of cancer.
  Asparagine, which takes its name from asparagus, was first isolated by scientists in 1806 studying asparagus juice. It’s also been blamed for the smell some people report coming from their urine after eating the spring vegetable. A recent study, published in th
  
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• Police: Homicide Detectives Concerned About Man Who Left Nursing Home Saturday

  08-02-2018 20:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Baltimore County Police say homicide detectives are becoming increasingly concerned about the well-being of a vulnerable adult who left his nursing home on Saturday and has not been seen since.
  Nathaniel Davis, 66, is 6-foot-1, 172 pounds, and is bald. His nursing home is in the 1500 block of Frederick Road in Catonsville. He left there around 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
  While he does not suffer from any significant medical, physical, or cognitive conditions it is uncommon fo
  
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• Former White House Staffer Omarosa Breaks Down On Celebrity Big Brother: ‘It’s Not Going To Be Okay, It’s So Bad’

  08-02-2018 19:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – The new season of Celebrity Big Brother reportedly leaves former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault in tears over her time in Washington.
  CBS says Omarosa breaks down in tears over her time at the White House to fellow houseguest Ross Mathews.
  In tonight’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother, Mathews reportedly approached Omarosa about whey she accepted the invitation to serve in President Trump’s administration.
  “As a voter, as a citizen, I ne
  
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• Shelter In Place At U. of Md. As Police Search For Suspect On Campus

  08-02-2018 19:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —University of Maryland students are being urged to shelter in place after an off-campus robbery.
  It happened in the 8800 block of 36th Place.
  Officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department and the University of Maryland Police Department have responded, and are looking for a suspect near the Chesapeake Building on Paint Branch Drive.
  The suspect is described as an armed black male wearing a hoodie.
  WJZ’s Devin Bartollotta is on route to the scene.
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• Fire Crews Able Put Out Fire At Baltimore Co. Building

  08-02-2018 19:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Fire crews were able to put out a blaze at a Baltimore County building Thursday afternoon.
  The Baltimore County Fire Department reports the fire was at a building in the 1500 block of Virginia Place.
  Three vehicles were also said to be inside the building at the time of the fire.
  Firefighters were quickly able to get the flames under control.
  No further details have been released at this time.
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• Father Of Korryn Gaines’ Child: He Is ‘A Shell Of His Former Self’

  08-02-2018 19:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Testimony continued Thursday in the trial for a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Korryn Gaines, who was fatally shot in a standoff with police.
  The plaintiffs rested their case and the defense will begin to present Friday morning.
  Attorneys for Gaines’ family read Officer Royce Ruby’s depositions Thursday. They said Ruby was never threatened by Gaines and her son Kodi has suffered a great deal since his mom was killed.
  Gaines was killed during a
  
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• Norwegian Olympic Team Sent 15,000 Eggs After Google Translate Error

  08-02-2018 18:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With about 90 nations participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics there are bound to be issues with translating one country’s language to another. For Norway’s Olympic team, something got really “scrambled” as the team’s chefs were sent 15,000 eggs because of a Google Translate error.
  The chefs, who are catering for 109 Norwegian athletes at the Pyeongchang games, reportedly placed an order using Google Translate for 1,500 eggs to be delivered
  
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• ‘Super Wood’ Could Replace Steel, Engineers Say

  08-02-2018 18:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Stronger than steel, cheaper than carbon fiber, capable of stopping a speeding bullet. It sounds like a futuristic material from outer space, but engineers say the revolutionary new substance is actually made of wood.
  “This new way to treat wood makes it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher,” the University of Maryland’s Liangbing Hu said in a press release. “This could be a competitor to steel or even titanium al
  
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• George W. Bush Says There Is ‘Pretty Clear Evidence’ Russia Meddled In Election

  08-02-2018 18:33
  (CNN) — Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that there is “pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled” in the 2016 presidential election.
  “It’s problematic that a foreign nation is involved in our election system because democracy is only as good as the people trust in results,” Bush said at a Milken Institute summit in Abu Dhabi, according to The Independent. He added, “There’s pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled.&r
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Clarifies Statement On Baltimore PD Corruption Trial, Says She’s ‘Well Aware’ Of Trial

  08-02-2018 18:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh released a statement to clarify comments she made about her knowledge of the corruption trial involving the Baltimore Police Department.
  Our media partners at The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that when Pugh was asked if she’d been following the trial, Pugh first said, “No I have not.”
  Pugh then tweeted out a statement Thursday to “clarify” her statements, which were “further distorted.”
  “Be
  
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• Mountains Of Recycled Oysters Helping Recovery Efforts In The Bay

  08-02-2018 17:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —The Oyster Recovery Partnerships’s shell donation program is going strong.Last year, according to WJZ’s Alex DeMetrick, donated shells totaled 1,169 tons.In the summer, the shells will have spat (baby oysters) attached to them, and they’ll be placed on oyster bars around the Chesapeake Bay in an effort to restore badly diminished oyster stocks.
  One shell can support ten spat, which are raised and attached at the University of Maryland’s Horn Point L
  
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• Mountains Of Recycled Oyster Shells Helping Recovery Efforts In The Bay

  08-02-2018 17:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Oysters served on the half shell are a Maryland tradition. But saving those shells so they can be recycled is a new trend.
  The shells are now actively sought by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, at restaurants like the Boatyard Bar and Grill in Annapolis.
  “They came to use and asked us to save the shells for them,” says head chef George Betz. “So they provide us with bins. They pick them up.”
  The Annapolis restaurant saved almost half a million oyste
  
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• Edge Reflects On WWE Royal Rumble, Paige Injury

  08-02-2018 17:27
  By Chuck Carroll
  The last month in WWE can best be summed up by an impassioned speech by James Earl Jones’ character Terence Mann in Field Of Dreams. Standing in front of a baseball field carved into an Iowa cornfield, his unmistakable voice boomed: “It’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces.” Indeed, if you bring back Superstars of the past, people will come.
  Between the 25t
  
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• Give Me A Toy: Boy Gets Trapped In Claw Toy Machine

  08-02-2018 16:52
  TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When a young Florida boy wanted a stuffed toy, he crawled inside a claw-style vending machine in the play area of a restaurant to fetch one. And, he got stuck inside the glass-encased structure.
  Thankfully, off-duty firefighter Jeremy House was also having dinner at the Beef O’Brady’s restaurant in Titusville, on Florida’s Atlantic coast. He yelled for someone to call 911 and his colleagues from a nearby fire station joined him in rescuing the boy
  
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• Black Lives Matter Activist Shot, Killed In New Orleans

  08-02-2018 16:42
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man fatally shot in New Orleans has been identified as a Black Lives Matter activist known for his leap through police tape at a South Carolina demonstration last year as he attempted to seize a Confederate battle flag from a protester.
  A police officer answering a call about gunfire early Tuesday found Muhiyidin Elamin Moye, 32, on the ground, asking for help near the Treme neighborhood, about eight blocks from the French Quarter, according to a police report.
  He was
  
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• Judge Rules California Baker Doesn’t Have To Make Wedding Cake For Same-Sex Couple

  08-02-2018 16:30
  By Doug Criss, CNN (CNN) — Artistic expression usually isn’t a big part of discrimination cases, but it proved central to a judge’s thinking in a case out of California.
  Kern County Superior Court Judge David R. Lampe ruled this week against the State of California, which took legal action against a Bakersfield baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
  Tastries Bakery owner Cathy Miller told Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio in August that she couldn&rsq
  
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• Baltimore Police Corruption Trial: More Closing Arguments

  08-02-2018 15:56
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for one of two Baltimore detectives fighting racketeering and robbery charges have made their closing arguments as a trial winds down in one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory.
  The high-profile case is not in the hands of a jury quite yet. Defense attorneys for a second detective who has pleaded not guilty will deliver their final arguments later Thursday, and government prosecutors are set for a rebuttal.
  Over the
  
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• USA Gymnastics Sets Up Fund For Athletes Abused By Nassar

  08-02-2018 15:30
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics has established a fund it says is designed to assist gymnasts who were victims of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar.
  The Athlete Assistance Fund was announced Wednesday in cooperation with the National Gymnastics Foundation.
  USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry says they want to provide financial support for girls and young women to access counseling and mental health services.
  More than 260 women and girls have said Nassar abused them, often un
  
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• “Ganja Yoga” Mixes Yoga And Marijuana

  08-02-2018 14:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There’s goat yoga and laughing yoga and now you can do your warrior pose with a high.
  As the popularity of marijuana grows, people are adding pot to their workouts.
  In a studio in San Francisco, yogi’s are mixing their passion for downward dog with marijuana. It’s called “Ganja Yoga.”
  New students are flocking to Dee Dussault’s classes now that recreational marijuana is legal in California.
  “People have the luxury of arr
  
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• Amazon Prime Members Can Get Free Two-Hour Delivery From Whole Foods

  08-02-2018 14:16
  (CNN Money) — Amazon is unleashing its powerful delivery service on Whole Foods.
  The company announced Thursday that it will start delivering Whole Foods groceries using its Prime Now delivery service. Starting Thursday, Prime subscribers in four cities can get free two-hour delivery on thousands of Whole Foods items.
  Amazon is starting the service in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach. It plans to expand delivery across the United States later this year.
  If people want food fas
  
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• FBI: Probe Shows No Evidence Of Attack In Border Agent Death

  08-02-2018 14:05
  DALLAS (AP) — FBI officials said the investigation into the November death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has yielded no evidence that there was a “scuffle, altercation or attack” more than two months after President Donald Trump and others used the suggestion of an attack to promote the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Investigators have conducted more than 650 interviews and involved 37 field offices in their probe, but have not found definitive evidence of an
  
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• Dunkin’ Donuts To Eliminate Foam Cups

  08-02-2018 13:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dunkin’ Donuts has announced a plan to replace all their foam cups with paper ones by 2020.
  The company says the new double-walled paper cups will be the same size and still retain heat like the foam ones. This new cup will be more environmentally friendly.
  More sustainable, while still keeping your beverages hot and your hands cool. By mid-2020, all DD US restaurants will be serving hot coffee in our new double-walled paper cup. Learn more: https://t.co/etBFcTZfL5
  
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• Weather Blog: High Winds Dried Out Area

  08-02-2018 13:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Yesterday was certainly a mess. But last night, after moisture had passed, the breeze picked up and significant drying took place overnight. We had very real fear that area wide icing could occur, a redo of Monday morning if you will. But that simply did not happen!!  We dried out before the commute even began and now a run of fine Winter weather comes our way.
  The normal day time high will move to 44° tomorrow. The normal overnight low is 26°. The chill
  
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• Drowsy Driving Is A Factor In Almost 10% Of Crashes, Study Finds

  08-02-2018 13:15
  (CNN) — Drowsy drivers are a bigger risk factor in vehicle accidents than previously thought, according to a study published Thursday.
  And the problem gets worse when darkness falls. The research, carried out by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, found that the “proportion of crashes in which drowsiness was evident was over three times as great during the nighttime hours,” according to Brian Tefft, a senior researcher at the foundation.
  The researchers continuously mon
  
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• Caution: Icy Spots Still Possible As Temps Dropped Overnight

  08-02-2018 12:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– After a wet day with periods of freezing rain and rain, the region was left with the possibility of some black ice overnight, as temperatures dropped well below freezing.
  WJZ’s Marty Bass says a nice breezy overnight dried out a lot of the area. Most roads had a chance to dry out, thanks to a strong northwest wind that can gust over 20 mph. Any areas of standing water, however, can freeze and that can cause hidden icy spots in some regions.
  #WJZ A nice breezy overnig
  
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• Search For Missing In Taiwan After Earthquake Topples Buildings

  08-02-2018 12:15
  (CNN) — Aftershocks rocked Taiwan’s eastern coast on Thursday as rescue workers searched a teetering multi-story building for missing residents feared trapped inside more than 36 hours after a deadly earthquake.
  At least nine people were killed and 270 injured when the magnitude 6.4 quake struck late Tuesday 22 kilometers (13 miles) north of the city of Hualien, authorities said. It also damaged bridges and buckled roads in and around Hualien, a city on the island’s n
  
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• Texas Police Officer Shot And Killed While Responding To Call

  08-02-2018 12:07
  (CNN) — A police officer in Texas who was shot while responding to a call Wednesday night, died from his injuries, according to the Richardson Police Department.
  “We are confirming that we have lost one of our own,” the police department posted on its verified Twitter account. “Our officer is deceased. We are not identifying him at this time. We ask for your prayers during this tragedy. Thank you.”
  Police responded to a disturbance call Wednesday at an apartment com
  
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• Caution: Icy Spots Possible As Temps Drop Overnight

  08-02-2018 04:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– After a wet day with periods of freezing rain and rain, the region has been left with the possibility of some black ice overnight, as temperatures will drop well below freezing.
  WJZ’s Bob Turk says most roads will have a chance to dry out, thanks to a strong northwest wind that can gust over 35 mph. Any areas of standing water, however, will freeze and that can cause hidden icy spots in some regions by the morning.
  On #WJZ the rain is gone but some leftover moisture
  
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• Police: Concern For Missing Man’s Well-Being

  08-02-2018 04:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities are searching for a missing Baltimore man who was last seen Wednesday morning.
  City police say James Johnson was last seen at about 11 a.m. in the 2800 block of Sunset Drive.Investigators say family and friends are concerned for Johnson’s well-being.
  Johnson is described as 5-feet-5-inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. Officials say he was last seen wearing a red jacket, blue shirt, grey sweater, blue jeans and black Puma sneakers.
  Anyone with informa
  
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• Active Shooter Alert Accidental Sent Out At Maryland College

  08-02-2018 03:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Maryland college accidentally sent out an alert that an armed person was on campus Wednesday afternoon.
  Montgomery College say the alert that was sent out around 1 p.m. was a mistake.
  For six minutes, thousands of people at the college thought there was an actual armed shooter on campus.
  “I was on the bus on my way here and i thought about turning around and going home,” student Rebekah Matthews said.
  “It was really scary,” student Kayla Carr
  
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• Woman Fatally Struck By Vehicle In Columbia

  08-02-2018 02:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities say a woman was fatally struck by a vehicle in Columbia Wednesday night.
  The Howard County Police Department says around 7 p.m., they responded to the 6500 block of Dobbin Road, where a woman was struck by a vehicle.
  Officers say the woman was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
  Investigators say the driver remained at the scene.
  Police are asking drivers to avoid Dobbin Road between McGaw Road and Stanford Boulevard.
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• Baltimore Police Union Warns Officers Lawsuit Damages Could Come From Salary

  08-02-2018 01:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore police union has been warning officers that lawsuit damages could start coming out of their own paychecks.
  It’s a potential move that’s hitting the department hard, but the city solicitor claims there’s been no changes in the law.
  The Fraternal Order of Police is worried about officers having to pay for lawsuits out of their own pocket. They say if this is the case and you’re an officer, why would you want to come work in Baltimore?
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• Oblate Sisters Of Providence Continues Mission To Educate People Of Color In Baltimore

  08-02-2018 00:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The country’s oldest black Catholic school can be found in Baltimore.
  Since 1828, Saint Frances Academy has made it’s mission to educate people of color.
  At the Convent of Our Lady of Mount Providence, a lesson greets you as soon as you walk through the doors.
  Home to the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the history of their mark on Baltimore is etched on every window.
  “In 1828, a young woman by the name of Elizabeth Lange came to Baltimore from Cu
  
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• Md. Sheriff, 1 Of Several To Speak With President Trump On MS-13 Gang

  08-02-2018 00:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Maryland sheriff says he’s glad to be a part of President Donald Trump’s war on the infamously ruthless and dangerous MS-13 gang.
  The president recently met with several top law enforcement officials from the region, including Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins.Sheriff Jenkins is confident that meetings will lead to the demise of the violent gang.
  MS-13 has a well established history of brutal violence along the East Coast, including in Maryland, and they
  
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