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• 45 Homeless Displaced In Light House Hazmat Incident

  11-03-2018 23:55
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Fire officials in Maryland say the Light House homeless shelter was evacuated last week after a chemical was poured down a drain.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that an Annapolis fire statement says Annapolis and Anne Arundel County fire departments were dispatched to The Light House homeless prevention support center for a report of a chemical smell coming through the vents March 3.
  Officials say the source of the odor was coming from a utility room and believed to b
  
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• UMBC To Face Off Against Virginia In NCAA Tournament

  11-03-2018 23:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — University of Maryland Baltimore County will take on No. 1 Virginia in the NCAA Tournament Friday, snapping a 10-year drought.
  UMBC is the only Maryland team in the tournament this year, and Coach Ryan Odom is calling this a storybook ending that isn’t over yet.
  “I’m ready for it. I think we can beat any team that’s coming in front of us. So let’s go,” said Kiran Williams.
  The Retrievers punched their ticket to the Big Dance S
  
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• Luxury Apartments Developed By ‘The Wire’ Actor Opening In April

  11-03-2018 21:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Actor Wendell Pierce, star of the “The Wire,” has announced the grand opening of a new apartment complex located in Station North.
  Pierce tweeted March 8 The Nelson Kohl Apartments are expected to open in early April.
  Today on the 10th anniversary of THE WIRE, and my love for Baltimore, I announce the Grand Opening of The Nelson Kohl Apartments, my development in Station North Arts District! April 6th Ribbon Cutting! Fueling the Economic En
  
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• Police Investigating Overnight Shooting Near Baltimore City Hall

  11-03-2018 19:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Police Department is investigating an overnight shooting near City Hall.
  Police say the shooting happened just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, in the 400 block of East Baltimore St.
  Officers found a 42-year-old man who had been shot in the shoulder.
  According to police, video surveillance shows two men were involved in an altercation, before a third man came and shot the victim.
  Anyone with information is asked to call police at (410) 396-2221. Those who wish
  
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• Johns Hopkins University Investigating 2nd Sexual Assault Report This Week

  11-03-2018 19:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins University is investigating a sexual assault that reportedly happened in February.
  This is the second sexual assault report the university has received this week. On Friday, university officials received a report of a sexual assault at a fraternity.
  The female student reported the sexual assault on Sunday.
  According to a security alert from the university, the student said she was sexually assaulted by a male student on February 2, in the 3000 block of
  
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• 2 Hospitalized Following Morning House Fire

  11-03-2018 18:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two people were taken to a hospital after a house fire in Baltimore County Sunday morning.
  The Baltimore County Fire Department reports the one-alarm fire started just after 8 a.m., in the 900 block of Creswick Rd. in Towson.
  Firefighters managed to get the flames under control. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
  Two people were transported from the scene with non-life threatening injuries.
  Their conditions are unknown at this time.
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• White House Unveils Gun And School Safety Proposals

  11-03-2018 17:53
  (CNN) — The Trump administration unveiled several gun and school safety proposals Sunday night, including measures to harden security at the nation’s schools, improve background checks of those buying guns, and overhaul aspects of the mental health system.
  The proposals do not include a formal plan to increase the age limit for buying certain firearms, a policy President Donald Trump has said he would support.
  The proposals, which come more than three weeks after the Parkland, Florid
  
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• Trump’s Plan Will Seek To ‘Harden’ Schools Against Shootings

  11-03-2018 17:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House spokesman Raj Shah says President Donald Trump’s plan to combat school shootings will include an effort to “harden” schools so they’re less vulnerable to attacks.
  Shah says Trump will be reiterating his call for improvements to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students and staff last month.
  He says Trump will recommend that states raise the legal
  
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• Man Arrested In Killing Of 1 Officer, Wounding Of Another

  11-03-2018 16:30
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected of shooting two California police officers, killing one of them, was arrested Saturday after barricading himself in an apartment and holding a SWAT team at bay for more than 15 hours, authorities said.
  Police in the city of Pomona tried to stop the man, identified as 39-year-old Isaias De Jesus Valencia, Friday night after receiving a call about reckless driving, but he refused to pull over and led officers on a pursuit, Los Angeles County sheriff’s
  
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• Schools Brace For Massive Student Walkouts Over Gun Violence

  11-03-2018 14:33
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As schools around the country brace for student walkouts following the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, principals and superintendents are scrambling to perform a delicate balancing act: How to let thousands of students exercise their First Amendment rights while not disrupting school and not pulling administrators into the raging debate over gun control.
  Some have taken a hard line, promising to suspend students who walk out, while others are using a softer appro
  
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• Johns Hopkins Students Split On University Creating Independent Police Force

  11-03-2018 05:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins University students are divided over a bill that would allow the university to create its own police force.
  The police force on campus would work alongside Baltimore City Police.
  The issue has students talking — even holding a protest Thursday against the idea.
  “Say it loud, say it clear, private cops not welcome here!” crowds chanted.
  Proposed Maryland legislation would allow Hopkins University to create its own independent police for
  
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• Woman Spends $19K On Kidney Transplant For 17-Year-Old Cat

  11-03-2018 04:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — What would you do with $19,000? Buy a car or a new house? Pay off overdue bills? A University of Baltimore professor used the money to save the life of her senior cat, and she says every penny was worth it.
  If cats come with nine lives, Stanley is now living off of nine more.
  “He’s seen me through the worst moments of my life,” Stanley’s owner, Betsy Boyd, said. “He’s an old cat. He doesn’t run around as much as he used to.&r
  
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• ‘Black Panther’ To Cross $1 Billion Worldwide In Less Than A Month

  11-03-2018 02:45
  (CNN Money) — The box office reign of “Black Panther” has hit a new milestone.
  The Disney and Marvel Studios film will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office, Disney announced on Saturday.
  The film, which stars Chadwick Boseman and is directed by Ryan Coogler, joined the billion dollar club on its 26th day of release.
  The film is the 16th Walt Disney Studios release to hit $1 billion and is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to do so — joining &ld
  
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• Trump Says US Should Consider Death Penalty For Drug Dealers

  11-03-2018 02:36
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump praised other countries for imposing the death penalty or life in prison for drug dealers Saturday, saying the United States should consider similar penalties.
  “I think it’s a discussion we have to start thinking about. I don’t know if we’re ready — I don’t know if this country’s ready for it,” he said during a campaign rally for Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone.
  He said those convicted of killing
  
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• Trump Reveals New Slogan At Pennsylvania Rally: ‘Keep America Great!’

  11-03-2018 01:47
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday his re-election slogan in 2020 will be “Keep America Great!”
  Trump revealed what he said will be the replacement for “Make America Great Again” during a rally for a Republican congressional candidate in Pennsylvania where he lambasted several potential Democratic rivals, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Oprah Winfrey.
  “Our new slogan, when we start running, in — ca
  
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• Former Confederate Site In Baltimore Rededicated To Harriet Tubman

  11-03-2018 01:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore celebrated Harriet Tubman Day by rededicating Wyman Park Dell, which was once a Confederate site.
  A special ceremony united the community to honor underground railroad leader Harriet Tubman.
  “Means a lot to me. Very happy to see all these people come out and celebrate her day,” said Baltimore resident Kim Williams.
  People gathered in Wyman Park Dell today for the dedication of Harriet Tubman Grove, the first former confederate statue site i
  
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