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• Gov. Hogan Discusses Opioid Epidemic While Testifying On Capitol Hill

  08-03-2018 23:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss the opioid crisis in Maryland and across the country.
  Every day, more than 115 Americans die after overdosing on opioids.
  The president and several state leaders – including Gov. Hogan – are hoping to move forward with several bills to fight the opioid crisis.
  On Thursday, Hogan joined a bipartisan group of governors testifying before the Senate Health Committee on opioid addiction here
  
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• Family Of Va. Teen Found Dead In Baltimore Ask Police To Reopen Case

  08-03-2018 23:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The parents of a teenager from northern Virginia found dead in a Baltimore City housing project almost a decade ago are calling for a new investigation into their daughter’s death.
  The parents of Annie McCann are renewing their allegations that Baltimore City police botched the case.
  Dan and Mary Jane McCann wrote Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan a lengthy letter asking state police to take over the investigation.
  City police have maintained that Annie’s dea
  
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• How Are Local Women Being Empowered On International Women’s Day?

  08-03-2018 22:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On Thursday, all over the world, women were celebrated, empowered, and supported on International Women’s Day.
  For some local women at the state’s only women’s college, it was time to consider what gender equality really would mean.
  International Women’s Day is a worldwide movement. For one day, women danced, sang, marched, and chanted.
  It’s a day to celebrate women’s achievements and to push for equality, because even in our
  
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• Annapolis Roundup: Medical Cannabis, Other Bills Advance

  08-03-2018 22:31
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland legislation that expands the state’s medical cannabis industry to include more minority ownership on Thursday passed in the House of Delegates — where it had failed in the waning minutes of the session last year.
  The bill, sponsored by Delegate Cheryl Glenn, D-Baltimore, advanced thanks to an overwhelming majority vote. Prior to the vote, Glenn addressed the floor, thanking everybody involved for their contributions. Speaker Michael Busch, D-Anne
  
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• 5 Things: Automatic Bids To Big Dance

  08-03-2018 22:27
  By Matt Citak
  The calendar has flipped to March, which means we are just days away from the most exciting time of the year — March Madness. Thirteen conferences have already settled their tournaments, meaning 13 schools have already sealed their automatic bids to the Big Dance. Nineteen automatic bids remain up for grabs, with the rest of the conferences set to finish their tournaments this weekend.
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  Michigan pulls off upset, wins Big Te
  
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• The 10th President’s Grandsons Are Still Alive, 174 Years Later

  08-03-2018 22:17
  CBS Local — While some people can trace their family tree back to the founding of America, two men can say they’re the grandchildren of the nation’s 10th president, John Tyler. What makes their story even more remarkable is that President Tyler married their grandmother 174 years ago.
  In an interview with CBS News, 89-year-old Harrison Tyler and his son William explained how three generations of Tylers has managed to span nearly two centuries of American history.
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• Trump Announces Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum Imports

  08-03-2018 22:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — President Donald Trump signed proclamations for new steel and aluminum tariffs at the White House Thursday afternoon.
  The tariffs will go into effect in 15 days. Trump says a 25 percent tax will apply to steel imports, and 10 percent will be added to aluminum brought into the U.S.
  Trump says the excess of imported steel and aluminum is a “travesty” and hurts American workers and industry.
  In making the long-awaited announcement Thursday, Trump says the
  
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• ‘One Of The World’s Most Destructive Insects’ Seized At BWI, Dulles Airports

  08-03-2018 21:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents stopped “one of the world’s most destructive insect pests” from entering the country through BWI and Dulles Airports.
  The Khapra beetle is reportedly one of the world’s most destructive insect pests of stored grains, cereals, and seeds. The Kapra beetle is the only insect that CBP takes regulatory action against.
  CBP agriculture specialists at BWI found two live adult Khapra beetles, one dead imm
  
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• CBS Local Interview: Heather Graham On Half Magic & Career

  08-03-2018 21:32
  Heather Graham is one of the most recognizable actresses in Hollywood. Her roles in “License to Drive,” “Swingers,” “Boogie Nights” and “The Hangover” have allowed her to consistently work for the last 20 years. Now, Graham is using her experience and status for a new purpose. The Milwaukee native wants to make movies to empower women.
  That’s exactly what Graham did with her latest movie “Half Magic” with Angela Kinsey and Stephan
  
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• Harford Co. Schools Not Allowing Students To Walk Out To Protest School Violence

  08-03-2018 21:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Harford County Public Schools has announce students will not be allowed to walk out of school on March 14 as part of the nationwide protest against school violence.
  The protest is a nationwide movement to mark the one-month anniversary of the February 14 shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17.
  The school district cites the safety of its students for the reason why it “cannot condone” students to walking out of class.A letter from superintendent
  
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• High Levels Of Fecal Bacteria Found At Popular Spring Break Beaches

  08-03-2018 21:00
  CBS Local — If you’re headed to Texas for spring break you might want to stay off the beach or at least out of the water, according to a new report.
  Over a dozen popular beaches have tested positive for high levels of fecal bacteria according a website run by the Texas General Land Office. TexasBeachWatch.com says parts of Corpus Christi Bay and North Padre Island were both found to have high amounts of fecal bacteria in their waters.
  The website also listed Matagorda Bay,
  
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• Trump To Meet With Video Game Execs And Critics

  08-03-2018 20:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — While decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in movies and video games, President Donald Trump has bemoaned the prevalence of violent images readily available to kids such as his 11-year-old son.
  As the president searches for ways to respond to last month’s Florida school shooting, he was wading into this debate by bringing together representatives of the video game industry and some of their most vocal
  
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• Fmr. Terp Steve Francis Details Dealing Crack While Growing Up In Maryland

  08-03-2018 19:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former NBA All-Star Steve Francis has given new details about his rise and fall from NBA superstar.
  Francis wrote about his experiences in a first-person story for The Players’ Tribune, in which he wrote about dealing drugs during his teenage years in Takoma Park.
  The following is an excerpt from the article:
  Just think about this.…
  At 18, I’m selling baggies on the corner in Takoma Park, getting robbed at gunpoint.
  At 22, I’m getting drafted into
  
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• Virginia Looks Ready For Deep Tournament Run

  08-03-2018 19:42
  By Steve Silverman
  The Virginia Cavaliers are the standard bearers in college basketball, and they go into the NCAA tournament as the unanimous No. 1 team in both the AP and Coaches’ poll.
  But, the Cavaliers don’t get the respect that teams like Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas have received when they have been in the top spots. Instead, they are viewed as a grinding, tough, defensive-minded team that tends to play boring basketball.
  They are tough, grinding and defensive-mi
  
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• Teen In Hospital Battling Leukemia Asks For Fire Company Shirts

  08-03-2018 19:31
  BALTMORE (WJZ) — An aspiring firefighter wants to wear a different fire company’s t-shirt every day while he’s in the hospital battling leukemia.
  16-year-old Timmy Richardson was diagnosed with leukemia on March 2 and will have to undergo treatment for about two years, followed by two years of check-ups.
  According to the Facebook page “Timmy’s Battle,” Richardson participated in a youth firefighter program and plans to join the fire service when he gets o
  
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• Maryland Town Named Most Affordable Place To Buy A Home

  08-03-2018 19:30
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Whether you can afford a home depends — a lot — on the city you want to call home. A modest income can go a long way in Cumberland, Maryland, the metropolitan area with the nation’s most affordable houses. In contrast, the least affordable homes are in the San Jose, California, metropolitan area — the center of Silicon Valley.
  In Cumberland, a median-priced house costs less than two years’ median household income. By contrast, the typical home
  
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• US Not Effectively Countering Russia Cyber Threat, Top General Says

  08-03-2018 18:56
  (CNN) — The top US general in Europe has said he does not believe there is a unified effort across the US government to confront Russian cyberthreats.
  When asked on Thursday how he would assess the whole government response to Russian threats during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti replied, “I don’t believe there is an effective unification across the interagency with the energy and the focus that we could attain.”
  Scaparrotti is the late
  
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• Survivor Castoff Morgan Ricke: ‘I Was Blindsided’

  08-03-2018 17:49
  Season 36 of “Survivor: Ghost Island” is starting to heat up. An early season tribe swap totally changed the game and it tested several players. While it looked like Angela Perkins was going to get bounced after receiving three votes, Morgan Ricke was ultimately the one sent packing after her friend Libby Vincek was the fourth and deciding vote.
  Ricke chatted with CBS Local about her relationship with Vincek, what went wrong and her favorite part of the “Survivor” experie
  
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• Family Accidentally Buys And Eats Cereal That Expired In 1997

  08-03-2018 17:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Walmart shoppers may want to take a closer look at their groceries’ expiration dates after a Colorado family accidentally bought a box of cereal which expired 21 years ago.
  The Carelse family reportedly bought the decades-old box of Quaker 100% Natural Granola cereal at a Walmart in Littleton on March 5. Unfortunately, when the family sat down for breakfast they found out their meal was stale. “I just started eating and thinking, ‘It just
  
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• Why McDonald’s Is Flipping Its Arches For A Day

  08-03-2018 17:36
  (CNN Money) — McDonald’s is celebrating International Women’s Day with a big, gleaming W.
  “For the first time in our brand history, we flipped our iconic arches,” said McDonald’s Chief Diversity Officer Wendy Lewis.
  The giant arches have been physically flipped at just one California restaurant. On Thursday, International Women’s Day, upside-down arches will replace rightside-up arches across McDonald’s digital channels.
  Lewis said McDonald’s
  
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• Dog Fatally Mauls 8-Day-Old Baby

  08-03-2018 17:22
  JONESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff says an 8-day-old baby has died after being mauled by a dog.
  Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons tells the Kingsport Times-News that deputies were told a “large shepherd-type” attacked and mauled the girl while she lay in a bassinet. The sheriff says the infant’s upper body and head were primarily injured.
  He says his department was responding to a call about the mauling Wednesday morning, but the baby was already on the way
  
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• Md. House Votes To Add Medical Marijuana Grower Licenses

  08-03-2018 16:50
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to expand the number of licenses allowed to grow medical marijuana to increase minority business ownership.
  The House voted 121-16 for the measure on Thursday. The bill now goes to the Senate.
  The number of allowed growers would rise from 15 to 20. The measure also would cap the number of marijuana processors at 25.
  None of the companies licensed so far to grow marijuana in Maryland has a black owner, even though about on
  
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• 58-Year-Old Man Dies Following Baltimore House Fire

  08-03-2018 16:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 58-year-old man has died following a house fire in northeast Baltimore over the weekend.
  The fire was on Saturday, at a home in the 1300 block of Cedarcroft Rd.
  Responding firefighters found heavy fire and smoke showing from the basement of the two-story home.
  During their search of the home, firefighters were able to rescue a man from inside.
  The man, identified as Robert Morris, was taken to an area hospital for further treatment. The following day, Mor
  
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• Baltimore Metro To Reopen Friday After Month-Long Closure

  08-03-2018 15:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s Metro SubwayLink will reopen at 5 a.m. on Friday, three days ahead of schedule.It was announced in early February that the system would be closed for up to four weeks for emergency repairs.
  The closure was expected to last through Sunday, but will end a few days early.
  “It’s just finding much more wear and tear than we expected to see,” Maryland Transit Administration Director Kevin Quinn said when the closure was announced. “Out
  
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• Fmr. Baltimore Co. Superintendent S. Dallas Dance Pleads Guilty To Perjury Charges

  08-03-2018 15:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent S. Dallas Dance pled guilty Thursday morning to charges of perjury.
  Dance, 37, was indicted in January on four counts of perjury by a Baltimore County grand jury for allegedly failing to report nearly $150,000 in outside income on his financial disclosures. The discrepancies are on his 2012, 2013, and 2015 Financial Disclosure Statements that were filed under oath.
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• Baltimore Approves $200K For Lawyers To Help Immigrants

  08-03-2018 15:05
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore spending panel has approved spending $200,000 to pay for attorneys that will represent immigrants facing deportation.
  Mayor Catherine Pugh tells The Baltimore Sun that the move is meant to show the city supports its residents. The mayor compares public defenders provided to people who cannot afford attorneys in criminal cases to the new representation, funded in part by city taxpayers and in part by New York nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice.
  City Council P
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Honored At Smithsonian National Museum Of American History

  08-03-2018 13:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Smithsonian National Museum of American History honored Nancy Pelosi for being the first woman U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  Pelosi served as the Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011.
  On Wednesday, Pelosi donated the suit she wore in 2007 when she was sworn in, the gavel she used at the ceremony, a copy of the speech she delivered, and the tally sheet of votes that led to her election to the museum. According to the museum, they will be a part of the
  
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• Weather Blog: Sunny Today And Tomorrow

  08-03-2018 13:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Driving in this morning I was amazed that there was ZERO evidence, in the city, of yesterday’s “event.” Where we did have a pretty good accumulation, Harford, Cecil, and upper Kent counties, there is some residual effect but certainly nothing to impede your day.
  Last evening as the skies cleared , and the sun began to set, I felt no “stress” in the air. No arctic blast that, mentally, you hunker down for after seeing snow. It almost felt like
  
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• UPDATE: Baltimore County Police Find Missing 11-Year-Old

  08-03-2018 13:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police have found 11-year-old Cody Jones of Essex. Police say he was found in the foyer of an apartment complex near his home. They say he was afraid of getting in trouble if he returned home late.
  Detectives say they were searching throughout Wednesday night.
  Police say Jones was last seen by friends around 8 p.m. on Wednesday at basketball practice at Deep Creek Middle School.
  Jones is about 4’10”, 90 lbs., with short black hair and brown ey
  
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• 1 Student Dead, Another Hurt By Gun In Alabama High School

  08-03-2018 13:20
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Birmingham closed one of its largest schools for a thorough safety sweep Thursday after metal detectors and other security measures failed to keep students from handling a gun in a classroom where one 17-year-old was fatally shot and another wounded in an apparent accident.
  Birmingham Interim Police Chief Orlando Wilson said investigators are reviewing surveillance video for clues and interviewing students and staff to figure out exactly what led to Wednesday aftern
  
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• Virginia Driver Faces Charges After Running Over Himself

  08-03-2018 12:30
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man is facing charges including driving while intoxicated and possessing marijuana after a police pursuit in which he ended up running over himself.
  Fairfax County Police released dashboard video from Tuesday’s incident showing 30-year-old Isaac Bonsu getting out of his car on a residential street in the Alexandria section, a Washington suburb. But Bonsu apparently forgot to put the car in park and the video shows him running in front of the
  
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• Parents Of Va. Teen Found Dead In Baltimore Nearly A Decade Ago Uncover New Evidence

  08-03-2018 05:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– For nearly a decade, the parents of a Virginia teen found dead in Baltimore have been working to find out what led to their daughter’s death.
  Baltimore police ruled the case a suicide, but for years the family of Annie McCann have suspected something far more sinister.
  No matter how much time may pass for the McCann’s, the pain of losing their daughter is as fresh as ever.
  For years, they have been compiling evidence they say proves the investigation into
  
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• Weather Blog: Wet Snow

  08-03-2018 03:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– After a round of wet snow, that has mainly melted as of tonight, we will see skies mainly clear to partly cloudy and we will drop to the upper 20’s overnight.
  On Thursday, despite a breeze at times, we will have plenty of sun and some clouds at times and stay on the cool side in the low 40’s. The same holds true for the end of the week as well.
  Enjoy your Thursday.
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• Incident Shuts Down I-895 At I-695 In Anne Arundel County

  08-03-2018 02:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An incident has shut down I-895 at I-695 Wednesday night in Anne Arundel County.
  Maryland State Police confirmed that multiple vehicles were involved and that I-695 was shut down.
  Officials said the accident occurred in the outer loop just before Exit 8 near Nursery Road.No injuries have been reported at this time.
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• ‘She’s Still Out There Fighting’: Husband Believes Woman In Plane Crash Off Ocean City Is Alive

  08-03-2018 01:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– There has been no sign of a Baltimore woman after a plane she was in crashed off the coast of Ocean City.
  The small plane had two people on board when it crashed. So far only one body has been recovered.
  It has been a week since Alvin Robinson has seen his wife. It’s the unknown that’s left a hole in Alvin’s heart as he struggles to get by as he wonders if he’ll ever see his wife again.
  “Just normal daily routine things is what’s th
  
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• Husband Of Md. Woman Who Was On Plane That Crashed Off Ocean City Speaks

  08-03-2018 01:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– There has been no sign of a Baltimore woman after a plane she was in crashed off the coast of Ocean City.
  The small plane had two people on board when it crashed. So far only one body has been recovered.
  It has been a week since Alvin Robinson has seen his wife. It’s the unknown that’s left a hole in Alvin’s heart as he struggles to get by as he wonders if he’ll ever see his wife again.
  “Just normal daily routine things is what’s th
  
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• Former Md. Governors Propose Bill To Strip Parole Power Of Governor

  08-03-2018 00:40
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– Legislation that would reform prisons gets the support of two former Maryland governors.
  Former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) and former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening (D) support a bill to undo what Glendening did 25 years ago when he put the power to determine parole for those sentenced to life in the hands of the governor, regardless of eligibility.
  “And now I’m asked to run across the country and talk about various elements within criminal justic
  
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