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• Group Trying To Get Baltimore Police Surveillance Plane Flying Again

  23-02-2018 23:51
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A group is attempting to get the grounded Baltimore police surveillance airplane flying again.
  The Baltimore Sun reports the privately funded surveillance plane flew over Baltimore in 2016 collecting video for police. Police grounded the plane after its revelation to the public sparked an outcry.
  Archie Williams and Ross McNutt, founders of Persistent Surveillance Systems, have renamed the operation “Community Support Program.”
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• NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellites Set To Launch Next Week

  23-02-2018 23:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A lot will be riding on a NASA rocket on Feb. 27.
  “It’s a great big deal,” says Dr. Jamese Sims, NOAA’s satellite products manager. “This is a game changer that we’re extremely excited about launching.”
  It will be the newest of the GOES-R Series of weather satellites operated by NOAA. Parked into high-earth orbit, it will link with a twin satellite to provide coverage from New Zealand to the West Coast of Africa, with the U.S. at
  
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• Some Md. Educators Fire Back Against Calls To Arm Teachers

  23-02-2018 23:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As school threats spike across Maryland, including two in the Baltimore area Friday, educators across the state push back against President Donald Trump’s calls to arm 20 percent of teachers nationwide.
  In most of the cases in the last 10 days, police found no credible threat. But it’s keeping police busy and teachers talking.
  The copy cats in Maryland keep coming as the state has seen more than 15 recent school threats.
  Baltimore County Police responded to La
  
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• Funeral Services Held For Officer Killed While Intervening In Neighbor’s Domestic Dispute

  23-02-2018 22:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Funeral services were held Friday for the Prince George’s County Police corporal who was shot and killed Wednesday while intervening in a neighborhood domestic dispute.
  WJZ’s Rick Ritter attended the funeral service at Diyanet Center of America in Lanham.
  According to police, a neighbor came to 51-year-old Corporal Mujahid Ramzziddin for help Wednesday morning after being threatened by her estranged husband, 37-year-old Glenn Tyndell, at her Chadsey Lane home i
  
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• Baltimore Native First African American On Pit Crew To Win Daytona 500

  23-02-2018 22:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Baltimore native made history after becoming the first African American pit crew member to win a Daytona 500 last Sunday.
  Derrell Edwards grew up on the east side of Baltimore, played basketball at Dunbar High School and then at High Point University in North Carolina. Then his life took a major detour.
  “Reality kicked in, I’m like ‘man, it’s pretty tough to make the NBA,’ you know, statistics say, you know it’s very slim to none,&rdqu
  
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• Teen Dragged Into Car And Sexually Assaulted By Armed Men In Waldorf, Police Say

  23-02-2018 22:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are looking for a group of armed men who they say dragged a teen into a car and sexually assaulted her last week in Charles County.
  The Charles County Sheriff’s Office say the 16-year-old girl was walking on Melrose Court in Waldorf around 1 a.m. on Feb. 17 when she says a car passed her several times. The vehicle then stopped and a man got out and began talking to her. Another man got out and both suspects dragged the victim into the vehicle and forced her i
  
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• Keidel: Who Does Deontay Wilder Need To Fight?

  23-02-2018 22:12
  By Jason Keidel
  You may hear a boxing wakeup call when Deontay Wilder fights Luis Ortiz next weekend at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
  Boxing has been kept afloat by the stable of wildly gifted fighters at lighter weights, anywhere from lightweight to middleweight, where the sport is still quite fertile. For all the headaches he brought, Floyd Mayweather Jr was vital to boxing, as was Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, and others who have passed the baton to Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawfo
  
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• White House Locked Down After Vehicle Strikes Barrier

  23-02-2018 21:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was on lockdown for about an hour Friday after a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier.
  The U.S. Secret Service tweeted that the vehicle “did not breach the security barrier of the White House complex.” No shots were fired during the incident, the Secret Service said.
  The agency added that the 35-year-old female driver was “immediately apprehended” after the incident on the southeast side of the complex, near the Old Exec
  
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• Official: White House On Lockdown After Vehicle Strikes Security Barrier

  23-02-2018 21:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An official says the White House is on lockdown after a vehicle struck a security barrier Friday afternoon.
  The Secret Service tweeted that the vehicle did not breach the barrier, which is located at 17th & E.
  The female driver was immediately apprehended by Secret Service and no law enforcement personnel were injured, they say.
  This story will be updated as more details become available.
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• Former Official Once Jailed For Misconduct Running For House

  23-02-2018 21:41
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former Anne Arundel County executive who resigned in 2013 after being convicted of misconduct in office has filed to run for a seat in the House of Delegates.
  John Leopold filed Friday to run for an open seat in Anne Arundel County.
  Leopold, a 74-year-old Republican, spent 30 days in jail after a judge found him guilty of using members of his security detail to perform political activities while on the job and for having his secretary empty his urine catheter bag.
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• Russian Olympian In ‘I Don’t Do Doping’ Shirt Busted For Doping

  23-02-2018 21:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A second Russian athlete has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
  Nadezhda Sergeeva — who has ironically been wearing a shirt reading “I don’t do doping” — has become the latest distraction for Russia after the country’s flag was banned from the Olympics for cheating.
  The female bobsledder reportedly tested negative for drugs on Feb. 13, however, her Feb. 18 sample came back positive for
  
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• Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Agrees To Guilty Plea In Russia Probe

  23-02-2018 21:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top adviser to President Donald Trump’s election campaign is to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and false statements charges Friday in the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
  The plea by Rick Gates is a strong indication that he is planning to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as it continues to probe the Trump campaign, Russian election interference and Gates’ longtime business associate, Paul Manafort.
  
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• Hero Dog Shot By Burglars While Protecting Teen, Reports Say

  23-02-2018 20:13
  BALTMORE (WJZ)– A heroic German shepherd in Washington state is fighting for his life after protecting his 16-year-old owner from two violent burglars.
  According to KIRO7, the two suspects broke into the teen’s Des Moines home on Feb. 21 while only he and his dog Rex were home. As the boy went to hide in a bedroom closet, Rex reportedly charged downstairs to confront the thieves.
  “Rex’s instinct to protect his home and his best friend, took him downstairs and he atta
  
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• College Basketball Games of the Week: Kansas, Texas Tech Clash At Top Of Big 12

  23-02-2018 20:06
  By Steve Silverman
  Saturday, Feb. 24
  Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images
  No. 8 Kansas (22-6, 11-4) at No. 6 Texas Tech (22-6, 10-5), 4:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
  This has not been one of those seasons where the Jayhawks have been among the top three teams in the nation and a likely favorite to win the national championship or at least make the Final Four. However, with March Madness right around the corner, the Jayhawks are in first place in the Big 12 and they are playing their best basketball of the seaso
  
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• KFC Apologizes For Chicken Shortage With A Hilarious Hidden Message

  23-02-2018 20:01
  BALTIMORE (CNN Money) — KFC has issued a high-profile, humorous apology for its chicken shortages in the UK.
  The fast-food chain used a full-page ad in British newspapers to apologize for shutting down hundreds of restaurants this week because it ran out of chicken.
  The bright red advertisement showed an empty bucket with the chain’s initials scrambled to say “FCK” on it, alongside an apology.
  “A chicken restaurant without any chicken. It’s not ideal
  
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• Why The NRA Is So Powerful On Capitol Hill, By The Numbers

  23-02-2018 19:22
  BALTIMORE (CNN) — When 17-year-old student Cameron Kasky took the microphone at CNN’s town hall on Wednesday night, he put Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on the spot when he asked: Would you refuse to accept further campaign donations from the National Rifle Association?
  After a moment, Rubio gave his answer: No, he wouldn’t.
  Rubio has been on the receiving end of some of the largest financial support from the NRA over the years.
  His hesitancy to distance himself from the
  
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• Anne Arundel Co. Middle School Investigating Threat Made On Social Media

  23-02-2018 18:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An Anne Arundel County middle school is investigating a threat made against the school Friday via social media.
  Officials at Lindale Middle say they are aware of the threat and second period classes were held a bit long out of precaution.
  Anyone coming to the school to pick up a child will need to have a proper ID and be listed on the emergency card. Parent pickup of children will occur today at the cafeteria entrance and not the front door.
  — Lindale Middle (@lindal
  
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• Lead And Arsenic Found In E-Cigarette Vapors, Study Finds

  23-02-2018 18:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new study is raising concerns about e-cigarettes after several toxic metals were found in the vapors users inhale.
  According to a Feb. 21 report in Environmental Health Perspectives, a large number of devices were producing “unsafe levels of lead, chromium, manganese and/or nickel.” Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore studied the e-cigarettes of 56 individuals, and nearly half of them prod
  
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• At CPAC Conference In Md., Trump Calls For Arming Teachers

  23-02-2018 18:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Urging the arming of many teachers and school security guards, President Donald Trump said Friday the armed officer who didn’t stop the gunman who carried out last week’s Florida massacre was either a “coward” or “didn’t react properly under pressure.”
  Departing the White House for the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump told reporters that “when it came time to get in there and do something,” Florida deput
  
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• Md. Police Find Xanax, Loaded Handgun, Shotgun During Traffic Stop

  23-02-2018 18:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A traffic stop in Pasadena early Friday morning led police to find Xanax, a loaded handgun, a loaded shotgun and ammo.
  Anne Arundel County police say they stopped Andrew Robert Drocella, 21, around 1:50 a.m. on Route 100 at Waterford Road for a speed violation.Officers say they saw Xanax in plain view in the man’s silver Jaguar. Further investigating led to authorities to find a loaded 9 mm Glock 26 handgun, a loaded Mossberg 500 12 gauge shotgun and ammo.Investigato
  
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• Report: Former Terp Linked To FBI Probe On Improper Payments To College Basketball Players

  23-02-2018 18:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bank records and other expense reports that are part of a federal probe into college basketball list a wide range of impermissible payments from agents to at least two dozen players or their relatives, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports.
  Yahoo said Friday that the documents obtained in discovery during the investigation link current players including Michigan State’s Miles Bridges, Duke’s Wendell Carter and Alabama’s Collin Sexton to potential
  
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• Tyler Tessier Murder Trial Pushed From April To September

  23-02-2018 17:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —The trial of Tyler Tessier, the man charged in September with fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head, has been moved to September.
  WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren reports that the trial was originally scheduled for April.
  Tessier’s legal defense team had said they couldn’t see any they would be prepared for trial by April 9, but the prosecution fought that.
  In court, prosecutors played a recorded jailhouse call between Tessier and his f
  
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• Mother Of Md. Teacher Killed While Pregnant Outraged After Murder Trial Pushed Back

  23-02-2018 17:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Emotions erupted Friday after a judge pushed back the trial date of a man charged last year with fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head.
  The trial of Tyler Tessier has been moved to September, the one-year anniversary of the murder.
  The mother of Laura Wallen, a beloved teacher at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, yelled at Tessier’s father outside the Rockville courthouse following the judge’s decision.
  “I
  
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• Justice Seeks To Revoke Citizenship Of Maryland Man

  23-02-2018 17:47
  GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a denaturalization lawsuit against a Maryland man who authorities say concealed his sexual abuse of a child while he was going through the naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen.
  The lawsuit alleges that Moises Javier Lopez, a native of Colombia living in Gaithersburg, sexually abused a minor child, both before filing his naturalization application and throughout the process.
  He became a U.S. citizen in March 2013. Fiv
  
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• 2 Arrested In Connection To Attempted Robbery At Maryland Mall; 3rd Suspect At Large

  23-02-2018 17:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have arrested two suspects connected to an attempted robbery at a Maryland mall Thursday night.
  The Anne Arundel County Police Department says they have arrested Noel Marcus Clark, 23, and Niko Tymeal Staple, 21, for allegedly attempting to rob the Flexy store at Annapolis Mall.
  (Left: Niko Tymeal Staples; Right: Noel Marcus Clark)
  Detectives say around 6:22 p.m., one of the suspects approached to the store’s clerk and said he was armed with a gun. A seco
  
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• Officer Killed While Intervening In Neighbor’s Domestic Dispute To Be Laid To Rest

  23-02-2018 17:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —The Prince George’s County Police corporal who was shot and killed Wednesday while intervening in a neighborhood domestic dispute will be laid to rest today.
  WJZ’s Rick Ritter is attending the funeral service at Diyanet Center of America in Lanham.
  According to police, a neighbor came to 51-year-old Corporal Mujahid Ramzziddin for help Wednesday morning after being threatened by her estranged husband, 37-year-old Glenn Tyndell, at her Chadsey Lane home in Brand
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: All Basketball, All The Time

  23-02-2018 17:19
  Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Indiana HoosiersFriday, February 23, 2018, 8:00 pm ET
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  Indiana has turned around a rough Big Ten start, but only to an extent. A four-game win streak came against the bottom four teams in the standings, and was snapped Tuesday at Nebraska. Prior to the win streak, the Hoosiers lost to hapless Illinois, and to the Big Ten’s elite, including a 15-point defeat to the Buckeyes. OSU still has a chance at a regular-season co-championship in the Big Ten, eno
  
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• Julie Chen: “Omarosa Can Win Celebrity Big Brother”

  23-02-2018 17:14
  Expect the unexpected. That has long been the motto of CBS’s “Big Brother.” The program is in its 19th season and this season has been one of the craziest ever thanks to the infusion of celebrities like former White House employee Omarosa Manigault, NBA champion Metta World Peace and TV personality Ross Mathews.
  Julie Chen has been the host of “Big Brother” since the show began in 2000. Chen talked with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about what to expect on tonight&r
  
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• Tyler Tessier Due In Court For Pre-Trial Hearing

  23-02-2018 17:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Tyler Tessier, the man charged in September with fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head, is due in court for a pre-trial hearing Friday.WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren is in in the courtroom as well. He reports that Tessier’s legal defense team says they “can’t see any way we will be prepared for trial” by April 9, but the prosecution is fighting that.
  Wilde Lake High School teacher Laura Wallen was about 14 weeks pregnant w
  
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• 5 Things: USA Women’s Hockey Finally Gets Its Revenge

  23-02-2018 17:00
  Ryan Mayer
  The second week of the Winter Olympics is in the books and we’re rapidly closing in on the closing ceremonies. There are just a few more medals to hand out over the course of the weekend before things wrap up early Sunday morning, or for those of you that aren’t morning people, Sunday night when the ceremony is aired on tape delay. So, with plenty of action in the books, lets take a look back at this past week’s notable moments.
  Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
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• 2 Edgewood High School Students Charged As Adults With Making False Threats

  23-02-2018 16:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two Edgewood High School students have been charged after police say they wrote a threatening message on a desktop at the school “in an attempt to disrupt school operations.”
  The students have been identified by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office as Alexis Robinson and Shyanne Evans, both 18.
  The Sheriff’s Office says the school resource officer first started investigating around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, after getting a tip that a student has reported
  
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• AA Co. Sheriff Calls For X-Ray Machines, Bullet Proof Doors In Schools

  23-02-2018 15:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Metal detectors, x-ray machines and bullet-proof doors are among the measures Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bateman wants to implement to make students safer in schools.
  This comes in the wake of a shooting in Parkland, Florida last week left 17 people dead at Marjory Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
  “I believe the time is now for our elected officials to make the safety of our children their #1 priority,” Bateman wrote on his Facebook page. “Costl
  
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• Threat Against Lansdowne High School Made On Social Media

  23-02-2018 15:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a threat made against Lansdowne High School on Snapchat.
  Police say the threat references a possible shooting, but is unsubstantiated.
  #BCoPD is investigating a threat made on Snap Chat ref a poss shooting at Lansdowne HS today. So far threat is unsubstantiated. PIO enroute.
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) February 23, 2018Stay with WJZ for more updates on this developing story.
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• Threat Of Possible Shooting At Lansdowne High School

  23-02-2018 15:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a threat made of a possible shooting at Lansdowne High School.
  Police say the threat was made on Snapchat and is unsubstantiated.
  #BCoPD is investigating a threat made on Snap Chat ref a poss shooting at Lansdowne HS today. So far threat is unsubstantiated. PIO enroute.
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) February 23, 2018Stay with WJZ for more updates on this developing story.
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• Brendan Haywood: ACC Has Chance To Get 10 Teams In Tournament

  23-02-2018 15:00
  Ryan Mayer
  The Atlantic Coast Conference is on paper, the best conference in the country. It features three Top 10 teams and five Top 25 teams overall. In addition, 10 teams have compiled 18 or more wins already this season. Want advanced statistics? The ACC is good there too, ranking three teams inside the Top 10 of Ken Pomeroy’s rankings, including the #1 (Virginia) and #3 (Duke) teams. Another six appear in the Top 40 of the rankings.
  Last year, the conference placed a record nine teams
  
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• ‘Simpsons’ Showrunner Slams Ted Cruz For Saying Characters Are Republicans

  23-02-2018 14:59
  (CNN) — ¡Ay, caramba! Ted Cruz.
  The senator from Texas ran afoul of the showrunner for “The Simpsons” after he invoked the characters during an appearance Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.
  Ted Cruz embraces Trump ahead of re-election
  “The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson,” Cruz said of the character who is portrayed on the show as being a bit of a know-it-all. “And Republicans are happily the party of Homer, Bart,
  
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• No Survivors After Wisconsin-Bound Plane Crashes In Indiana

  23-02-2018 14:27
  ROSSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State Police say there are no survivors after a small, Wisconsin-bound plane carrying at least three people crashed in central Indiana.
  Carroll County Sheriff Tobe Leazenby says the plane crashed Thursday night just north of Rossville. The rural area is about 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis.
  State Police say the plane was a Cessna 441 Conquest Turboprop. It had taken off from the Eagle Creek Airport in Indianapolis and was headed to Green
  
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• Snapchat Stock Loses $1.3 Billion After Kylie Jenner Tweet

  23-02-2018 14:00
  (CNN Money) — Kylie Jenner is not happy about Snapchat’s new redesign.
  Snap stock closed down 6% on Thursday after the reality TV star said she is no longer using the app. The plunge wiped about $1.3 billion off the company’s market value.
  Jenner has been one of Snapchat’s most influential users.
  “Sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh this is so sad,” Jenner tweeted on Wednesday.
  In another tweet she said,
  
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• Weather Blog: Rainy Weekend Ahead

  23-02-2018 13:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Yesterday was a bit foul I would say. With that light, but persistent rain, (combined with much cooler temperatures than the previous two days), it sure felt raw. It was a bit of a wake up as to, regarding this February, what could have been.
  Now another warm up comes our way for the weekend. Granted it will be wet at times, but warm. The wettest period will be tomorrow afternoon, evening, and into Sunday. Skies may clear, on Sunday, earlier than later and that would
  
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• Survey Says Over Half Of U.S. Gun Owners Don’t Safely Store Their Guns

  23-02-2018 13:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A national survey conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found over half of gun owners do not safely store all their guns.
  The internet-based survey is believed to be the first nationally representative sample in 15 years to examine gun storage practices in U.S. households. It found that 54% of gun owners  reported not storing all their guns safely.
  The survey defined safe storage as all guns stored in a locked gun s
  
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• Lesbian Couple Sues Feds For Thwarting Their Chance To Foster Refugee Children

  23-02-2018 12:52
   (CNN) — Three years ago, as they wore long gowns and exchanged vows surrounded by people who love them, Fatma Marouf and Bryn Esplin imagined a growing family. But like so many couples who dream of having children, they keep hitting roadblocks.
  They tried IVF treatments and had no luck. They would have liked to adopt domestically, but state-funded agencies in Texas, where they live, are free to exclude same-sex couples. They say they can’t afford the tens of thousands of dollar
  
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• Chevy Chase Kicked After Confronting Driver Who Cut Him Off

  23-02-2018 12:23
  SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. (AP) — New York State Police say actor and comedian Chevy Chase was kicked in the shoulder during an altercation with another driver.
  Police say the 74-year-old Chase was driving in South Nyack Feb. 9 when he was cut off in traffic by a 22-year-old Long Island man. Authorities say the former “Saturday Night Live” star chased down the other driver across the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, before they both pulled over.
  Authorities say the driver and Chase got into
  
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• Md. Schools On Edge In Wake Of Deadly Florida School Shooting

  23-02-2018 01:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Students and parents across Maryland have dealt with an alarming number of school scares this month.
  Baltimore School for the Arts had to remove a student after a threat Thursday, while MacArthur Middle School in Anne Arundel County, investigated after a student made a threat. Officials say the student wasn’t in school and there is no danger.
  “People were kind of panicking a little bit because everybody’s still a little raw from what happened,”
  
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• Daughter Of Legendary Jazz Musician Educating Baltimore Youth For More Than 50 Years

  23-02-2018 01:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Camay Calloway Murphy is the daughter of legendary jazz musician Cab Calloway.
  “He was a great believer in rehearsal and practice,” Murphy said. “When he got on stage, everything looked spontaneous but it wasn’t spontaneous. He was a showman.”
  The jazz singer and bandleader grew up in Baltimore. He overcame segregation and beat the odds. She says his legacy should inspire others.
  For more than five decades, she has worked to improve the e
  
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• Group Is Trying To Get Surveillance Plane Flying Again

  23-02-2018 00:39
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A group is attempting to get the grounded Baltimore police surveillance airplane flying again.
  The Baltimore Sun reports the privately funded surveillance plane flew over Baltimore in 2016 collecting video for police. Police grounded the plane after its revelation to the public sparked an outcry.
  Archie Williams and Ross McNutt, founder Persistent Surveillance Systems, have renamed the operation “Community Support Program.”
  In an effort to persuade Ba
  
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• Gov. Hogan Gives Update On 2018 Legislative Session At The Halfway Point

  23-02-2018 00:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland lawmakers are halfway through the 2018 legislative session, but they’re still quite a bit of work left to be done.
  Governor Larry Hogan talked to WJZ’s Pat Warren about what has been done and what remains to be done, but first he had some business of his own to attend to.
  On Thursday, Gov. Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford filed for re-election.
  RELATED: Gov. Larry Hogan Officially Signs Papers For Re-Election
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