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• U.S. Woman With Terrible Headaches Wakes Up With British Accent

  12-02-2018 22:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A strange medical condition has left a former Texas beauty queen — who has never left the U.S. — with a British accent.
  Michelle Myers has reportedly suffered from debilitating headaches for several years. On three occasions however, the headaches left Myers speaking with a foreign accent the next morning when she woke up.
  “They send in the psychiatrist at the hospital and make sure you’re not a loon,” the 45-year-old woman said, via WTOL.
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• LOVE IS IN THE AIRWAVES | The Love Stories Of Linh Bui, Kristy Breslin & Tim Williams

  12-02-2018 22:04
  Jessica Kartalija’s special Valentine’s Day week series gives you a behind-the-scenes look at WJZ love stories.
  This edition features Linh Bui, Kristy Breslin and Tim Williams.
  
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• Police Looking For Missing 12-Year-Old Girl

  12-02-2018 22:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Police are asking for the public’s help with locating a missing 12-year-old girl.
  Shirley Denise Madrid was last seen in the 1800 block of West Fairmount Avenue on Friday when she was headed to school. She was wearing a black coat, red shirt and brown pants.
  She is described as 5’3″ and weighs about 115 pounds.
  Authorities say family and friends are concerned with the girl’s well-being.
  Anyone with information regarding the wher
  
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• Decade-Old Shooting Adds To Baltimore’s 2017 Homicide Tally

  12-02-2018 21:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The death of 28-year-old man in December 2017 from injuries he received in a 2008 shooting has been ruled as a homicide, which brings the 2017 homicide total for Baltimore to 342.
  Troy Matthew Johnson Jr. died on December 15, 2017. Police say Johnson had been shot several times back on April 22, 2008, leaving him in critical condition.
  An autopsy was performed on Johnson, and it was determined that his cause of death was homicide from injuries he received in the 2008 shoo
  
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• Keidel: LeBron James, Cavaliers Still No Threat To West

  12-02-2018 21:26
  By Jason Keidel
  Normally the NBA trade deadline is like the NFL — a hollow ritual of salary cap-clearing moves. Only baseball has real sizzle around the league’s deadline to deal players.
  Not so this year, with LeBron James, er, the Cleveland Cavaliers, dealing about 40 percent of their minutes played to give LeBron new toys and a new sense that his Cavs can compete this spring.
  We can debate the merits of Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr, George Hill, and the gaggle of new comrades i
  
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• Suspect Who Stole Packages From Home Caught On Camera

  12-02-2018 21:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has released video of a suspect who stole packages from in front of a home, and is hoping the public can help them identify him.
  The sheriff’s office was called about the theft on Sunday. The theft happened from a home in the 6700 block of Monroe Ave. in Eldersburg.
  The victim told police he was expecting two packages, and when he contacted the delivery companies, they told him both had already been delivered.
  He went b
  
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• New Horizons Spacecraft, Controlled From Md. Lab, Sends Back Farthest Photos Ever Taken

  12-02-2018 20:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After making the first ever fly-by of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is getting ready for an encore.
  It’s currently plunging through the oldest, coldest part of the solar system, and it’s sending back photos.“Those are the farthest out images ever taken,” says Dr. Andy Cheng, with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel.
  The lab built and controls New Horizons, and released two photos of objects in the Kuiper belt, where the craf
  
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• Baltimore Officers Found Guilty In Police Corruption Case

  12-02-2018 20:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Jurors have found former Baltimore PD detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor guilty on racketeering charges in connection with the police department’s gun trace task force.
  Both defendants were found guilty of all charges against them, except using a firearm in the commission of a crime.
  Statement on the GTTF guilty verdict from @BaltimorePolice Commissioner-Designate Darryl De Sousa: pic.twitter.com/jxCs5tWKIo
  — T.J. Smith (@TJSmithMedia) Februar
  
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• ‘Where Do We Go?’: Last-Minute, Multi-Week Baltimore Metro Shut Down Confounds Commuters

  12-02-2018 20:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Flashing orange message boards warned of an inconvenient commute as Baltimore’s 17,000 subway riders bused their way around a busted system.
  “Where do we go? It was crazy, it was confusing,” one commuter told WJZ’s Kimberly Eiten on Tuesday.
  For the next four weeks, passengers of the city’s SubwayLink have no choice after the Maryland Transit Administration announced a system-wide shutdown on Sunday following safety i
  
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• ‘This Is Unbelievable’: Last-Minute, Multi-Week Baltimore Metro Shut Down Confounds Commuters

  12-02-2018 20:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —Baltimore metro users were left in the lurch Friday when the state suddenly shut down the 15-mile subway system without warning, and without backup buses in place.
  Temporary buses are now on the job, but emergency repairs to the train system are predicted to take up to a month.
  Baltimore’s subway runs from Owings Mills in Baltimore County through downtown Baltimore to Johns Hopkins Hospital. The first eight miles opened in 1983. It has ridership of about 40,000 bo
  
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• Officer Who Fired Shot That Killed Korryn Gaines: ‘I Had No Choice’

  12-02-2018 20:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The officer who fired the shot that killed Korryn Gaines during a standoff in 2016 testified Monday in the civil trial over Gaines’ death.
  It was a day of tense moments and fiery exchanges as officer Royce Ruby took the stand in his own defense. Ruby, the Baltimore County officer who killed Gaines after a six-hour standoff, said “I gave her every opportunity to do the right thing, put the gun down and let Kodi come out.”
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• Baltimore Now 11 Days Without A Homicide, Streak Began During Ceasefire

  12-02-2018 20:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore has gone 11 days without a homicide – a murder-free milestone that hasn’t been seen in years.
  Baltimoreans are cautiously taking in the news of the 11-day streak as many have become accustomed to a vicious, violent cycle.
  In August 2011, October 2013 and March 2014, the city went 10 days without a murder — and eight days in November 2014. But none of those top the current stretch.
  “We’re not out the woods, we have a lot of work
  
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• Scientists Say Sun Will Be Cooler By 2050, Warn Of Mini Ice Age

  12-02-2018 20:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Will solar cooling solve Earth’s problem of global warming? Scientists are predicting that the sun is about to enter a massive cooling cycle which could lead to a mini ice age by the year 2050.
  According to a study by the University of California San Diego, the sun will begin to have diminished magnetism, fewer sunspots and produce less ultraviolet radiation starting in 2020. The event, known as the “Grand Minimum,” is reportedly triggered at random poin
  
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• Trump’s Budget Plan Would Create Soaring Deficits, Calls For Obamacare Repeal, 65 Miles Of ‘The Wall’

  12-02-2018 20:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending Congress a $4.4 trillion spending plan that provides a huge increase in defense spending while cutting taxes by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. The result is soaring budget deficits.
  RELATED: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Relies Heavily On Local Governments To Produce Funding
  Trump’s first budget last year projected that the government would achieve a small surplus by 2027. But the new budget never gets to balance. It propos
  
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• Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Relies Heavily On Local Governments To Produce Funding

  12-02-2018 20:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is unveiling his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 trillion proposal that fulfills a number of his campaign goals. But it relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding.
  The administration’s plan is centered on using $200 billion in federal money to leverage local and state tax dollars to fix America’s infrastructure, such as roads, highways, ports and airports.
  Trump has repeatedly blamed the “
  
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• Police: Donald Trump Jr.’s Wife Ill After Exposure To White Powder

  12-02-2018 19:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say Donald Trump Jr.’s wife opened an envelope that contained white powder, felt ill and has been taken to New York City hospital.
  They say Vanessa Trump called 911 Monday morning after opening a letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. at their midtown Manhattan apartment. Police say she said she was coughing and felt nauseous.
  The Trump Organization didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s unclear what the powder was.
  Detectives from
  
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• Jury Continues To Deliberate In Baltimore Police Corruption Case

  12-02-2018 19:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Jurors continued deliberating Monday in the trial for two Baltimore police officers accused of taking part in a litany of illegal activities while on the job as part of an elite gun task force.
  Jurors started deliberating last Thursday in a case involving one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory.
  Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were part of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.
  Federal prosecutors allege offi
  
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• School Tells Students They Can’t Say No When Asked To Dance

  12-02-2018 19:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Student dances are a normal part of school life for most American children, but a controversial policy at one Utah school is telling kids they don’t have a choice in whom they dance with.
  Sixth-graders at Kanesville Elementary School have been told by school officials that they can’t refuse a request to dance from one of their classmates during their Valentine’s Day dance. “The teacher said she can’t. She has to say yes. She has to
  
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• Suspected Poacher Eaten By Lions He Was Illegally Hunting

  12-02-2018 19:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A suspected poacher was mauled to death and eaten by a pack of lions he was allegedly hunting in South Africa. According to local reports, only the man’s head was left next to a rifle and some ammunition in the bushes of a private game park.
  “It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions. They ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and some remains,” Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe N
  
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• Alleged Gang Member Arrested; Accused Of Trafficking Guns In Maryland

  12-02-2018 18:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man who police say is a member of the Dead Man Incorporated gang is now behind bars after he was arrested for trafficking guns in Maryland.
  Dana A. Lank II has been charged with the illegal possession/sale of an assault weapon, being a prohibited person in possession of a rifle/shotgun, and illegal possession of ammunition. He could also face additional charges.
  The Maryland State Police Gang Enforcement Unit and the Maryland State Apprehension Team began
  
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• Officer Who Fired Shot That Killed Korryn Gaines Takes The Stand

  12-02-2018 18:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The officer who fired the shot that killed Korryn Gaines during a standoff in 2016 is testifying in the civil trial over Gaines’ death.
  Baltimore County officer Royce Ruby took the stand Monday, and said he gave her “every opportunity” to put the gun down and let her son, Kodi, come out of the apartment.
  Ruby also said, “I took the first shot because I had no choice.”
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• Baltimore Now 10 Days Without A Homicide, Streak Began During Ceasefire

  12-02-2018 18:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The latest ceasefire weekend in Baltimore ended with no homicides reported in the city for 72 hours. Three days.
  Since then, the city has gone another week with no killings.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that the current 10-day streak is the longest the city has gone with no murders since 2015, the year that Freddie Gray was fatally injured in police custody, which set off a trend of increased violent crime in the city.
  The most recent victim this year was Jerrell Brice, a 27
  
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• 38-Year-Old Teacher Died After Not Getting Flu Meds Due To High Price, Husband Says

  12-02-2018 18:19
  WEATHERFORD, Tx. (WJZ) —A Texas elementary school teacher died of complications from the flu after the woman delayed in picking up her medication because of its cost.
  Heather Holland, a second-grade teacher and mother of two, reportedly held off getting her prescription drugs because of a $116 copay. Holland’s husband Frank told the Weatherford Democrat that his wife thought the price was too high for her family. Mr. Holland reportedly bought the medication a week later, however, the
  
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• Server Posts On Facebook That Church Didn’t Tip, Gets Fired

  12-02-2018 17:44
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A 25-year-old server at a Florida restaurant says she lost her job after posting on Facebook that she didn’t get tipped for a $735 take-out order placed by a local church.
  Tamlynn Yoder told the Palm Beach Post that she took to social media after Christ Fellowship church placed a 75-item order Wednesday from Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens.
  Yoder said that because she spent much of her shift preparing the order, she only made $18 in
  
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• Police Release Photo Of Suspect Wanted For 9 Robberies

  12-02-2018 17:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who is wanted in connection with a string of recent robberies in Baltimore.
  According to police, the suspect is responsible for at least nine robberies.January 23, 2018, at the Subway restaurant located in the 3800 block of E. Lombard Street.
  January 28, 2018, at the Subway restaurant located in the 3500 block of Eastern Avenue.
  January 30, 2018, at the Subway restaurant located in the 300 block of W
  
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• Bill Would Let Bullied Students Go To Private School

  12-02-2018 16:59
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — From third to fifth grade, Alyson Hochstedler says bullies slammed her son into lockers and punched him. One threatened to stab him. The public school’s administration did little to stop his tormentors, she says, so the mother of five transferred her son to private school, using a state grant for low- and middle-income families to pay his tuition.
  The Florida Legislature is considering a proposal that would give parents like Hochstedler a second, more con
  
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• National Portrait Gallery’s Obama Portraits Unveiled, Michelle’s Was Done By MICA Grad

  12-02-2018 16:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, both painted by African-American artists who were personally chosen by the Obamas.
  The portraits were unveiled to the public Monday at the gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian group of museums. The gallery has a complete collection of presidential portraits. A second and different set of portraits of the former first couple will eventually hang
  
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• National Portrait Gallery’s Obama Portraits Unveiled, Michelle’s Was Done By Baltimore Artist

  12-02-2018 16:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, including one painted by a Baltimore-based artist.Marylander Amy Sherald — the first-prize winner of the Portrait Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition — was chosen to paint Michelle Obama’s portrait. Barack Obama’s portrait was painted by Kehinde Wiley — a Brooklyn-based artist best known for h
  
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• Rising Stars: Chloe Kim

  12-02-2018 16:00
  Ryan MayerWith the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of the Games. These athletes are our “Rising Stars” for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.Since snowboarding was officially added as a sport in the Winter Olympic Games at Nagano in 1998, the United States has been the dominant force. In the five Olympics since, the U.S. has take
  
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• We Could Be On The Verge Of A Global Tequila Shortage

  12-02-2018 15:51
  By Natalie Duddridge, CBS New York NEW YORK (WCBS-TV) — Here’s a shot of bad news.
  We could be on the verge of a global tequila shortage, and it seems New Yorkers are partially to blame.
  “Especially in the last two years, tequila and mezcal became major,” Sanatorium bar owner Albert Trummer said.
  “Tequila sunrise, tequila drink straight or near,” said tequila enthusiast Daniel Hostetler.
  Big cities like New York, London and Tokyo are being blamed, because appa
  
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• Suspected MS-13 Gang Member Wanted For Murder

  12-02-2018 15:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The U.S. Marshals Service is looking for leads to find a suspected MS-13 gang member wanted for a Frederick County murder.
  The Frederick News-Post reports that police are looking for Oscar Armando Sorto-Romero, 19.
  They say he’s the last of 6-suspects wanted in the death of Victor Antonio Turcios-Valle, 37.
  According to authorities, the remains of Turcios-Valle were found in June 2017 in a shallow grave off Gambrill Park Rd. They were found by a hiker in t
  
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• Increased Prices At Disney Parks In Florida, California

  12-02-2018 14:46
  (AP) — Ticket prices at Walt Disney World in Orlando and at Disneyland in California are increasing, company officials said Sunday.
  Starting Sunday, “value” days for Magic Kingdom will cost $109 for adults and $103 for children, which represent a $2 increase. During “regular” time, park visitors will pay $4 more with prices jumping to $119 for adults and $113 for children. The “peak” prices will be $129 for adults and $123 for children.
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• Baltimore Artist’s Michelle Obama Portrait Unveiled

  12-02-2018 14:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore artist Amy Sherald’s official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama will be revealed Monday at 10 a.m.
  The ceremony will be held in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
  RELATED: Baltimore Artist Amy Sherald’s Michelle Obama Portrait To Be Unveiled In February
  Sherald is the first-prize winner of the Portrait Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
  Sherald’s portrait will be un
  
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• President Trump To Reveal Infrastructure Plan

  12-02-2018 14:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — President Trump will reveal how he’s going to pay for his ambitious plan to overhaul our nation’s infrastructure on Monday. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to know where that money will come from.
  This plan is one of the president’s biggest campaign promises. A promise reiterated a couple of weeks ago during the state of the union address.
  “Tonight I’m calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least 1.5 trillion dollar
  
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• Autopsy Gives No Insight On Motive In Vegas Mass Shooting

  12-02-2018 13:54
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The much anticipated autopsy report on Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock did nothing to help explain why he carried out the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history — his body didn’t hold diseases or drugs or other substances that could have caused aggressive behavior.
  In fact, it showed he was a sober, healthy 64-year-old.
  The report — released Friday in response to a lawsuit by The Associated Press and the Las Vegas Review-Journal — show
  
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• The Barkus Parade Takes Little Rock

  12-02-2018 13:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For the second year, the “Barkus on Main” parade marched through Little Rock, Arkansas on Sunday.
  The dogs dressed up head to paw in purple, green, and gold hoping to win a prize for best costume.
  The parade route was about 3-blocks and while some of the dog owners said it was a little cold, organizers were ready with hot chocolate to warm them up and keep them in good spirits.
  The organizers also set up booths to give out information about how to pr
  
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• Weather Blog: Rain Will End Soon And Temperatures Will Drop

  12-02-2018 13:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — We are now at the doorstep of mid-February. The “extended outlook” takes us to, almost, the end of the month. *
  In the “five day forecast’ we see 3 of the days WAY above normal, and only rain, no snow. Add on the next five days and we see much of the same, though, maybe not as warm.
  Here is why I am pointing this out.  (But before I do knock on wood, cross your fingers, do as I am doing now.  Think of, and activate, every good luck charm
  
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• Russia Plane Crash Responders Find 200 Body Parts

  12-02-2018 12:58
    (CNN) — Emergency workers have found around 200 body parts strewn across a snowy field near Moscow at the site of a Russian plane crash that killed all 71 people onboard.
  The body parts found among and around the wreckage of the Saratov Airlines plane will be removed by Monday evening as a team of 600 continue to comb the area with the help of search aircraft, a Russian emergency ministry spokesman said.
  An Investigative Committee of Russia spokeswoman said earlier that th
  
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• Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Unveil More Details On Their Royal Wedding

  12-02-2018 12:22
  (CNN) — If you’re planning on attending the British royal wedding this spring, you can finally stake out a spot on the processional route.
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding will take place at 12 p.m. GMT (7 a.m. ET) on May 19, 2018, Kensington Palace announced Monday morning. The Palace had previously revealed the date of the wedding, but the timing of the ceremony hadn’t been disclosed.
  The British royal wedding, which will be held in St. George’s Chape
  
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• Wet Weekend: Flood Concerns Mount As Rain Totals Climb

  12-02-2018 04:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials are warning of flooding after Maryland was slammed by heavy rain the entire weekend.
  An Areal Flood Warning for parts of central Maryland — including Anne Arundel, Calvert and Prince George’s counties — is in effect overnight Sunday.
  Areal Flood Warning for Anne Arundel, Calvert, and Prince Georges County in MD until 3:30am Monday. @cbsbaltimore #WJZ #mdwx
  — Tim Williams WJZ (@TimWilliamsWJZ) February 12, 2018A slow-moving front
  
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• Weather Blog: Rain Tampering Off Overnight

  12-02-2018 03:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While the brunt of the rain has moved through Maryland, a few more showers are possible Sunday night and Monday morning.
  If you’re on the roads overnight or early Monday, keep an eye out for patchy fog.
  Sunday was gray and wet, but all the clouds didn’t stop temperatures from climbing well above average.
  Baltimore hit a high of 67 degrees while the normal for this time of year is 44 degrees.
  Temperatures will dip into the low 40s and upper 30s Sunday night. Hi
  
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• Fire, Explosion At Power Plant Leads To Blackout In Northern Puerto Rico

  12-02-2018 03:47
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBSNEWS/CBS NEW YORK) — A blackout has hit northern Puerto Rico after an explosion set off a big fire at a main power substation in the U.S. territory. Officials with the island’s Electric Power Authority said late Sunday that several municipalities are without power, including parts of the capital of San Juan. It was not immediately known what caused the fire.
  “We are trying to restore that as quickly as possible,” the company said.
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• Medal For Mazdzer: For USA Luge, Silver Seemed Like Gold

  12-02-2018 03:15
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Chris Mazdzer threw a fist in the air, grabbed an American flag from the stands and let out a scream of absolute jubilation.
  Not even a month ago, he was at rock bottom. On Sunday night, he made history for USA Luge.
  For the first time, the United States has a men’s singles Olympic luge medalist. Mazdzer won silver at the Pyeongchang Games, matching the best finish ever for USA Luge in any event at the Olympics — Americans have been second in dou
  
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• Police Searching For Missing Woman With ‘Cognitive Issues’

  12-02-2018 01:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are asking for the public’s help with locating a missing 55-year-old woman.
  Patricia Ann Thompson was last seen in the 1300 block of Glendale Road in Towson on Sunday afternoon wearing a red or pink winter coat.
  She is described as a 5’6″, 115-pound white woman with brown eyes and brown, shoulder-length hair.
  Police say she suffers from cognitive issues and may be confused. Also, she is not familiar w
  
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• Missing Baltimore Co. Woman Found Safe

  12-02-2018 01:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — UPDATE: Police say Patricia Ann Thompson has been found safe.
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  Baltimore County Police are asking for the public’s help with locating a missing 55-year-old woman.
  Patricia Ann Thompson was last seen in the 1300 block of Glendale Road in Towson on Sunday afternoon wearing a red or pink winter coat.
  She
  
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• Officials: 4 Killed In Southern California Small Plane Crash

  12-02-2018 01:27
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Four people were killed Sunday when a small, home-built plane crashed near a mountain town in Southern California, authorities said.
  The private plane went down late Sunday morning in a remote canyon about 40 miles (73 km) north of downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The aircraft broke apart and debris was strewn throughout dry brush alongside a dirt road near Agua Dulce.
  The fire department confirmed four fatalities and s
  
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• Paid Sick Leave Law Goes Into Effect In Maryland

  12-02-2018 01:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland’s new sick leave policy has gone into effect.
  It took a lengthy battle, and faced many setbacks from both Gov. Larry Hogan and the state Senate.
  While most Maryland employers provide paid sick leave, analysts estimated about 700,000 people didn’t have the benefit which this law will now change.
  Supporters have been fighting to pass Maryland’s paid sick leave policy for six years.
  It passed last year, but was immediately vetoed by Gov. Hogan.
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• One Injured, Cat Killed In House Fire In Harford County

  12-02-2018 01:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One person was injured and a cat died in a house fire in Joppa, Maryland, on Sunday.
  Fire crews from several companies responded to the scene in the 1700 block of Old Joppa Road just after noon.
  One person was taken to an area hospital and is listed in stable condition, according to Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company spokesperson Lt. Andrew Doyle. No firefighters were injured.
  A cat reportedly died at the scene.
  The cause of the fire is under investigation. F
  
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• New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Weinstein

  12-02-2018 00:09
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general on Sunday filed a lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Co. following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.
  “As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,” state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in court papers.
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