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• Sheriff: School Gunman Fired Into Multiple Classrooms

  15-02-2018 23:52
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says the suspect in a high school shooting that killed 17 people fired into five classrooms before dropping his rifle and fleeing on foot.
  Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz fired into three rooms on the second floor of the school in Parkland, then went back and fired again into two of those rooms. He says the shooter fired into one other room on that floor before moving to the third floor and shooting one person i
  
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• George Washington’s Hair Reportedly Found Inside College Library Book

  15-02-2018 23:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s not uncommon to find another person’s notes or letters left behind in a library book. For one New York college, the find was historic after a lock of the nation’s first president was discovered in an 18th-century almanac.
  Archivists at Union College in Schenectady found a copy of a leather-bound book, titled “Gaines Universal Register or American and British Kalendar for the year 1793,” while going through some of the college’s
  
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• Sex Toys In Amazon Packages Being Sent To Random People, Reports Say

  15-02-2018 22:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Amazon has a mystery on its hands after dozens of packages were mailed to random people in the U.S. and Canada, some of the unwanted boxes containing a collection of various sex toys.
  “At first I believed it to be a mistake,” a woman named Nikki told The Daily Beast. When the packages kept coming however, Nikki says she knew something was wrong. “The weird part about it is if this were a prank or a hacker sending things to women on the internet, it’
  
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• Several U.S. States Receiving Prank Calls Appearing To Be From Md. State Police

  15-02-2018 22:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maryland State police say that they have received multiple phone calls from individuals as far as Hawaii in response to prank phone calls using the department’s phone number.
  Detectives say the unknown suspects are apparently using a web-based service to make prank phone calls throughout the country to appear as if they are from the Maryland State Police Criminal Enforcement Division.
  Officials say the phone calls play an automated message saying that an “inter
  
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• RHP Cashner Signs $16M, 2-Year Contract With Orioles

  15-02-2018 21:48
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles signed right-hander Andrew Cashner to a two-year, $16 million contract on Thursday after searching for starting pitching all offseason.
  The 31-year-old Cashner is 42-64 with a 3.80 ERA in eight major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs, San Diego, Miami and Texas, including 11-11 with a 3.40 ERA for the Rangers last year. The deal with the Orioles has an option for 2020.
  He’ll join right-handers Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman in the rotatio
  
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• O’s Add To Starting Rotation By Picking Up Andrew Cashner

  15-02-2018 21:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Orioles added some depth to their starting rotation by signing pitcher Andrew Cashner on Thursday.
  MLB.com reports that the O’s reached a two-year deal with Cashner worth $16 million that could extend to 2020 for the right-hander.
  The O’s starting rotation was the biggest need for the club this offseason.
  Cashner went 11-11 with a 3.40 ERA last season for the Texas Rangers. Cashner joins fellow starting pitchers Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman.
  The 31-year-ol
  
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• Mother Of Woman Who Gouged Out Her Own Eyes Speaks, Sets Up GoFundMe For Daughter

  15-02-2018 21:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The mother of a South Carolina woman who gouged out her own eyeballs says her daughter was under the influence of drugs during the horrific incident.
  Katy Tompkins, who identified the woman as her 20-year-old daughter Kaylee Muthart, told reporters her child was still recovering and is now adjusting to being permanently blind. “She is very strong, a very strong girl and she’s told me she wants to help people, and warn them to never ever touch a drug,&rdquo
  
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• Can Young Rebound From Recent Slump?

  15-02-2018 21:25
  By Steve Silverman
  Is rebound coming for Trae Young after hitting freshman wall?
  Trae Young was the story of the college basketball world in the first half of the season. The freshman guard had lifted the Oklahoma program and was carrying it on his back.
  Young was the leading scorer and assist man in the nation, and the Sooners were winning basketball games. Lon Kruger had something positive going on his watch in Norman.
  Young looked like sure top-10 draft pick, and he probably remains in that p
  
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• Baltimore Teachers Union Calling For Gun Safety Training Requirement

  15-02-2018 21:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Following the shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, the Baltimore Teachers Union is calling for legislation that would require gun safety training at schools.
  In a statement released Thursday, the union announced they do not agree with already introduced legislation that would allow certain school employees to carry guns in school, but school members should receive training on what to do if a shooter enters their school.
  They are calling on legisla
  
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• Maryland Official Weighs Special Conditions On Pipeline

  15-02-2018 21:03
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Special conditions to address concerns about water quality may be justified for a proposed natural gas pipeline, a Maryland official wrote Thursday, as opponents to the project came to rally at the governor’s residence.
  Ben Grumbles, head of the Maryland Department of the Environment, sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Grumbles, a Cabinet secretary for Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, asked the agency to withhold its determination on the app
  
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• Proposed Bill Would Create Public Awareness Campaign For Sepsis

  15-02-2018 20:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — State lawmakers are considering a public information campaign on sepsis to make Marylanders aware of the symptoms of the disease.
  Is it the flu or something else?
  If it’s sepsis, not even an ambulance may get you to help soon enough.
  Senator Kathy Klausmeier’s father-in-law died of it.
  “He was in a hospital and he was doing well, ready to go home, and the next day it was all over,” said bill sponsor Senator Klausmeier.
  Last April, WJZ colleague Deb
  
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• Bill Would Add Pink As Safety Color For Maryland Hunters

  15-02-2018 20:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Legislators are pushing for pink hunting gear in Maryland.
  Senate Bill 341 would add bright pink as an authorized hunter safety color along with the current color bright orange.
  This bill passed through the state Senate Thursday.
  If this bill becomes a law, Maryland would become the lucky number seven to add daylight fluorescent pink to the hunting outerwear requirement.
  It’s an idea that came from two young sisters on the Eastern Shore after they completed a h
  
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• Attorney Seeks $30M For Korryn Gaines’ Son In Civil Trial

  15-02-2018 20:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Closing arguments are underway Thursday in the civil trial in the death of Korryn Gaines.
  At end of his closing arguments, attorney Ken Ravenell asked the jury to consider awarding Korryn’s son, Kodi Gaines, more than $30 million.
  “That’s 83 cents a minute for the rest of his life,” he added.
  Closing arguments cam after both sides finalized jury instructions and verdict sheets on Wednesday.
  JUST IN: Wow. At end of his closing arguments, Attorn
  
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• Student, 14, Taken Into Custody After Loch Raven H.S. School Lockdown

  15-02-2018 19:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they have a 14-year-old Loch Raven High School student in custody after the school was put on lock down Thursday.
  Authorities investigated after the school resource officer was given a tip that a student had a gun in a backpack.
  The student will remain in custody pending charges. Police located a pellet gun on the #LochRaven property. ^NL
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) February 15, 2018The SRO approached the student, who then reportedly fled
  
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• School Shooting Suspect Belonged To White Nationalist Group

  15-02-2018 19:00
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The leader of a white nationalist militia says Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was a member of his group and participated in paramilitary drills in Tallahassee.
  Jordan Jereb told The Associated Press on Thursday that his group wants Florida to become its own white ethno-state. He said his group holds “spontaneous random demonstrations” and tries not to participate in the modern world.
  Jereb said he didn’t know Cruz personally and that &l
  
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• WWE WrestleMania Card Rumors And PPV Changes

  15-02-2018 18:34
  By Chuck Carroll
  With WrestleMania season in full swing, there is no shortage of news and rumors coming out of WWE. Major questions surround the main event of the company’s biggest pay-per-view of the year.
  From the mainstream media standpoint, WWE stands to gain an inordinate amount of coverage from Ronda Rousey‘s appearance on the show. In fact, although she is not on the card, she will be essentially headlining The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view on February 25, when she signs he
  
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• Grandmother Stops Another School Shooting Day Before Florida Massacre

  15-02-2018 18:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One day before 17 people were killed in a Florida school shooting, a grandmother helped to stop another massacre in Washington state.
  According to police in Everett, Washington, the grandmother of Joshua Alexander O’Connor called 911 after finding disturbing journal entries that described how the 18-year-old was planning to attack his high school.
  “Officers were also told the grandson had a rifle stored in a guitar case. As officers reviewed copies of the jour
  
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• ‘No Known Ties’ Between Cruz And Supremacists, Official Says

  15-02-2018 18:20
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he knows of “no known ties” between the suspect who confessed to a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school and a white supremacist group.
  Lt. Grady Jordan is a spokesman for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office in Tallahassee, where the white nationalist militia known as the Republic of Florida is based. Jordan said Thursday that his office has arrested militia leader Jordan Jereb at least four times since January 20
  
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• Dozens Of Dog Food Brands Recalled After Euthanasia Drug Found

  15-02-2018 18:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After an investigation reportedly uncovered a drug used for euthanizing animals inside various brands of dog food, a massive recall has been issued by multiple companies.
  The J.M. Smucker Company issued a voluntary recall of several types of their “Gravy Train,” “Kibbles ‘N Bits,” and “Skippy” wet dog food products. In a memo to retailers, obtained by TruthAboutPetFood.com, J.M. Smucker said the move was being made &ldqu
  
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• 2 Freed After Shots Fired At SUV In NSA Campus Confrontation

  15-02-2018 17:45
  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Two of the three people who were in a sports utility vehicle that was stopped and fired upon when it tried to enter the National Security Agency campus without authorization have been released, an FBI spokesman said Thursday.
  NSA police turned over the other person to the Howard County Sheriff’s Office, because he was wanted on allegations of being behind on child support payments, said Dave Fitz, the spokesman for the FBI’s Baltimore field office.
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• Sheriff: School Where Shooting Happened Had Armed Officer On Campus

  15-02-2018 17:31
  PARKLAND (AP) — A Florida sheriff says there was an armed officer on campus at the time of a deadly high school shooting.
  But Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Thursday the officer never encountered the suspect during the Wednesday afternoon attack that killed 17 people.
  19-year-old Nikolas Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the Wednesday afternoon shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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• FBI Was Warned About Alleged Shooter Nearly 5 Months Ago, Tipster Says

  15-02-2018 17:13
  (CNN) — The FBI was warned in September about a possible school shooting threat from a YouTube user with the same name as the suspect in Wednesday’s campus massacre in Parkland, Florida, according to a video blogger.
  Ben Bennight, the 36-year-old YouTube video blogger from Mississippi, noticed in September an alarming comment on a video he’d posted. He told CNN he immediately contacted the FBI.
  “Im going to be a professional school shooter,” read the comment, left b
  
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• Coach Who Shielded Students Among Shooting Victims

  15-02-2018 17:02
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A football coach who also worked as a security guard is among the dead in a school shooting that claimed 17 lives in Parkland, Florida.
  The football program at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tweeted that assistant coach Aaron Feis died while selflessly shielding students.
  The tweet ended: “He died a hero and he will forever be in our hearts and memories.”
  It is with Great sadness that our Football Family has learned about the death of Aaron Feis. He
  
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• In Wake Of Corruption Trial, Victims Plan To Sue The City, Police Department

  15-02-2018 16:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The police corruption trial is over, but the fallout continues. Eight Baltimore Police Department officers have either admitted to or were found guilty of abusing their badges.
  Now, a planned civil suit claims there are still law breaking cops on the force.
  The attorneys behind the suit tell WJZ’s Amy Yensi the city could’ve done more to prevent it.
  Monday, a jury found detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor guilty of federal racketeering and othe
  
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• Havre De Grace Doctor Charged For Allegedly Running Pill Mill

  15-02-2018 16:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested a Maryland doctor accused of running a pill mill.
  Dr. Thomas Burke and Linsday Nichole Smith were arrested after authorities served search warrants at their homes and Dr. Burke’s office in Bel Air.
  These arrests come after a 10-month investigation by the Havre de Grace Police Department.
  Their investigation found that Dr. Burke was prescribing medication to “unauthorized persons,” and then the drugs were being illegally red
  
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• Where Things Stand Heading Into NBA All-Star Weekend

  15-02-2018 16:37
  Ryan Mayer
  The landmarks in the NBA season are rapidly coming and going. The trade deadline saw a flurry of action that completely remade one contender (the Cavs) and saw one fringe playoff team try to light a spark (Pistons), but little else. Now, the teams and players get the next week off for the All-Star break as the top players descend upon Los Angeles for the All-Star festivities. Though we’re well past the halfway point of the season, really closer to the 3/4 mark for some teams, le
  
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• Confederate Flags, Swastikas To Be Banned At Carroll County Schools

  15-02-2018 15:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Carroll County Public School system is moving forward with banning the Confederate flag and swastikas as part of its dress code.
  The language for the ban will be discussed further at a March school board meeting, but preliminary, it also appears that it will include the appearance of those images on vehicles that are driven onto school property.
  “What we’re talking about is a symbol that is generally accepted to promote hate,” Superintendent Stephen
  
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• Bahamas Resort Searching For New CFO: Chief Flamingo Officer

  15-02-2018 15:20
  NASSAU, Bahamas — A resort in the Bahamas is looking for a new CFO.For the Baha Mar resort in Nassau, that doesn’t stand for chief financial officer; they’re searching for a “chief flamingo officer.”
  The new Caribbean vacation destination has started a global search for a qualified bird lover to watch over and take care of the resort’s flock of flamingos. While the lucky candidate will likely be staying in the 1,000-acre resort’s employee housing area, t
  
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• Florida Teen Charged With 17 Murder Counts In School Attack

  15-02-2018 15:00
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and an AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning after being questioned for hours by state and federal authorities following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years.
  Fourteen wounded survivors were hospitalized as bodies were recovered from inside and around Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
  Nikolas Cruz, still wearing a hospital gown after being treated for labored b
  
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• McDonald’s Slims Down Happy Meal By Banishing Cheeseburgers

  15-02-2018 14:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.
  Diners can still ask specifically for cheeseburgers or chocolate milk with the kid’s meal, but the fast-food company said that not listing them will reduce how often they’re ordered. Since it removed soda from the Happy Meal menu four years ago, orders for it wi
  
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• Parents Of Man Who Fell In Inner Harbor Want Railings

  15-02-2018 14:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The parents of a Vermont man who fell into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and died earlier this month want city officials to install protective rails and more lights around the water’s edge.
  According to our media partner’s at The Baltimore Sun, Ryan Schroeder, 26, was in town for a business conference when he fell into the water on February 1.
  While two passersby called 911 he struggled in the water for roughly 40 minutes before he was pulled out. Rescue work
  
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• Anne Arundel County Schools To Have Additional Police Presence

  15-02-2018 14:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County High Schools will have an increased police presence in the wake of Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida.
  The school district says there “is no threat whatsoever to any school” and that they want to help alleviate any fears or anxieties that anyone might have.
  County police have additional officers at high schools this morning in an effort to alleviate any anxiety in the wake of yesterday’s school shooting in Florida. THER
  
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• Four ShopRite Pharmacies Offering Free Narcan In Harford County

  15-02-2018 13:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Four Klein’s ShopRite pharmacies in Harford County are giving out free doses of Narcan nasal spray until July 1, or while supplies last.
  The participating locations are Main Street in Bel Air, Festival of Bel Air, Forest Hill and Aberdeen.
  The pilot program is part of an effort by the Harford Local Addictions Authority which is a branch of the Health Department of Harford County.
  Narcan reverses the effects of heroin and is given to people suffering from overdo
  
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• Weather Blog: Snowy Precipitation Forecast This Weekend

  15-02-2018 13:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — I hope your Valentine’s Day, if you celebrate it on THE date, was a good one. I say “if you celebrate on the date” because many move going out, and such, to the next weekend if 2-14 is mid-week.
  This year Saturday is pretty jammed in local restaurant reservation books. And we DO have some Winter weather moving our way mid Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning. Question is will this quick moving weather mess up Saturday night.
  The official
  
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• Fatal Crash In Reisterstown Involving A Stolen Vehicle

  15-02-2018 13:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are investigating a fatal crash in Reisterstown involving a stolen vehicle.
  According to police, authorities responded to a single-vehicle crash on Tufton Avenue near Dover Road around 3:55 p.m. They say they found a 2000 Jeep Cherokee that was traveling eastbound crashed head-on into a tree.
  Police say they later found that the vehicle had been reported stolen from Baltimore City.
  The driver, identified as Ryan Anthony Morgereth, 29, was pronounce
  
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• House Panel Weighs Contempt If Bannon Fails To Show For Thursday Hearing

  15-02-2018 12:38
   (CNN) — The House Intelligence Committee has scheduled a Thursday meeting to hear testimony from Steve Bannon — but it’s an open question whether President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist will even show up.
  The White House sent a letter to Capitol Hill late Wednesday laying out its explanation for why Trump’s transition period falls under its authority to assert executive privilege, a move intended to shield Bannon from answering questions about that ti
  
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• Florida High School Shooting Plunges City Into Mourning

  15-02-2018 12:23
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Just before the shooting broke out, some students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School thought they were having another fire drill.
  Such an exercise had forced them to leave their classrooms hours earlier. So when the alarm went off Wednesday afternoon shortly before they were to be dismissed, they once again filed out into the hallways.
  That’s when police say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, equipped with a gas mask, smoke grenades and multiple magazines of ammunit
  
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• Weather Blog: Cloudy, Milder Day

  15-02-2018 04:11
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A milder day with clouds and sun is now a wet one as rain moves across the region.
  Tomorrow, after the rain departs early in the day, very warm springlike weather will return, and highs may actually approach 70! More rain will develop late at night and linger into Friday, before much colder air arrives Friday night.
  A cold start to the weekend, will produce some rain and snow that will likely develop by Saturday night. Any snow that does fall, will quickly melt on Sunday a
  
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• School Shooting Suspect Made ‘Disturbing’ Social Media Posts

  15-02-2018 03:30
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The suspect in a deadly rampage at a Florida high school is a troubled teenager who posted disturbing material on social media before the shooting spree that killed at least 17 people, according to a law enforcement official and former schoolmates.
  Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Cruz, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for “disciplinary reasons.”
  “I don’t know the specifics,&rd
  
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• Porn Star Who Alleged Trump Affair: I Can Now Tell My Story

  15-02-2018 02:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels, the porn star whom Donald Trump’s attorney acknowledges paying $130,000 just before Election Day, believes she is now free to discuss an alleged sexual encounter with the man who is now president, her manager told The Associated Press Wednesday.
  At the same time, developments in the bizarre case are fueling questions about whether such a payment could violate federal campaign finance laws.
  Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, believes that T
  
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• Gov. Hogan Announces Proposal Ensuring Casino Money Goes To Schools

  15-02-2018 02:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Governor Larry Hogan announced a push Wednesday to provide billions in extra funding to Maryland public schools by ensuring the money coming in from the state’s casino industry doesn’t go anywhere else.
  Gov. Hogan says the money should have been going to schools years ago had it not been for flawed legislation.
  “As governor I can promise you that money will go towards education,” he said.
  The ads were everywhere back in 2008 and 2012. There wer
  
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• At Least 17 Deaths Reported In Florida School Shooting

  15-02-2018 00:33
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
  Frantic parents rushed to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to find SWAT team members and ambulances surrounding the campus as classes prepared to dismiss for the day. Live footage showed emergency
  
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