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• Efforts Continue To Build Hyperloop Connecting D.C., Baltimore

  27-03-2018 23:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hyperloop prototypes are being built and tested, with speeds approaching 200 miles per hour. The goal is to get speeds up fast enough to travel from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore in 15 minutes in the first real-world build out.
  “It’s going to change the way we live, the way we work and make the world a much smaller place,” Hyperloop co-founder Shervin Pishevar said.
  Backed by billionaire Elon Musk — who has revamped electric cars and rock
  
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• Maryland General Assembly Gives Final Approval To Budget

  27-03-2018 23:41
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly has given final approval to the state’s $44.5 billion budget.
  The House and Senate voted Tuesday for the spending plan for the next fiscal year.
  The budget includes $200 million that will be set aside to pay for future education funding.
  Some Republican critics say the money is part of the added revenue Maryland is expected to collect in taxes due to the effects of the federal tax overhaul and should be returned to taxpayers.
  But De
  
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• Officials: Second Wave Of Flu Could Be More Severe In Children

  27-03-2018 23:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As the flu season looks to wind down, the CDC is warning of a new strain of flu that could hit children the hardest.
  Doctors say it was the A-strain of the flu that peaked during this current flu season. With that now tapering off, doctors are gearing up for another season, this time for Type B.
  It’s one of the worst flu seasons on record. The virus has killed 1-in-10 Americans this year, including more than 100 children.
  Sinai Hospital ER doctor Lisa Kirkland says
  
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• Baltimore Demolishing Vacant Buildings In Effort To Fight Crime

  27-03-2018 23:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan has taken another swipe at city blight, this time in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of West Baltimore.
  The state has already spent about $50 million to support demolition and redevelopment for 65 different projects in the city. Now, it’s turning to address violent crime.
  The city is taking a bite out of crime with a heavy equipment takedown as part of a crime-fighting strategy.
  “Today, we’re going to be building on the su
  
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• Two Airline Pilots Report Seeing The Same UFO Pass Their Planes

  27-03-2018 23:14
  CBS Local — A pair of airline pilots traveling over Arizona claim they were passed by a UFO while flying at over 30,000 feet in the air. Both planes reported the sighting and now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a radio broadcast of the out-of-this-world incident.
  According to the radio logs, a Learjet operated by Phoenix Air and an American Airlines flight saw the object flying in the opposite direction of their planes on Feb. 24. In a copy of the conversation w
  
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• Check Your Mail: Valpak May Have Sent You A $100 Check

  27-03-2018 23:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Whether you like to clip coupons or not, direct marketing firm Valpak says people should be checking their mail because the company is sending out $100 checks all over the U.S. this year.
  In celebration of the monthly coupon pack’s 50th anniversary, Valpak says $100 checks have been randomly placed in their envelopes and are being mailed out to each of the company’s 150 markets. “No strings attached, just $100 for consumers to use as they
  
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• LOCASH Talks Keith Urban Phone Call, Almost Quitting And ACM Awards Nominations

  27-03-2018 22:50
  After coming oh so close to walking away, LOCASH’s ascent in country music continues, having been nominated for Vocal Duo and New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year, honors that Chris Lucas and Preston Brust hope to bring home from the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards.
  “It don’t get better than that — no pun intended,” Lucas said, referencing their nominations and new single, “Don’t Get Better Than That.”
  Lucas and Brust made a go of it after d
  
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• Police: Local Liquor Store Used To Cover Drug Trafficking Organization

  27-03-2018 22:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they have made several arrests in connection with a Baltimore liquor store that was being used as a cover for a drug trafficking organization.
  Police raided Eutaw Liquors on Monday, and reportedly found a gun, marijuana, crack, and more than $12,000 in cash.
  This investigation began after police received tips from members of the public.
  The owner of the business, 51-year-old Seung Ryu, and his wife, 45-year-old AE Kim, along with three employees, were arre
  
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• Orioles Opening Day 2018: An Open Letter To Adam Jones

  27-03-2018 22:21
  Dear #10:
  We’re coming up on arguably the greatest day of the year, perhaps for both of us: Opening Day at Camden Yards.
  For me, it is a day of hope and pride as a Baltimorean and die-hard Orioles fan. It’s a day that perennially sends an unparalleled surge of excitement throughout the pillars of baseball’s best stadium. We feel it in the stands as soon as we get to our seats, take in the smell of Boog’s barbecue in the air, and listen to Jim Hunter call your name as you
  
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• Attorney: Leader Of Corrupt BPD Task Force & Sean Suiter Investigated Phylicia Barnes Murder Case

  27-03-2018 22:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The defense drops a bombshell in week four of a Baltimore man’s murder trial.
  Attorneys revealed that the disgraced leader of the Baltimore Police Department Gun Trace Task Force and Detective Sean Suiter, who died on duty last year, both had a hand in investigating this case.
  Both helped track Michael Johnson, the man now on trial for the murder of 16-year-old  Phylicia Barnes.
  Late Tuesday afternoon, defense attorneys introduced evidence that former Baltimore
  
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• Black Teens View Gun Debate With Frustration, Hope

  27-03-2018 21:48
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Imani Holt was just 10 when she saw a neighbor get fatally shot by a triggerman riding a bicycle. The African-American girl from a gritty section of Baltimore was so traumatized by the drug-fueled bloodshed she refused to leave her family’s apartment for weeks.
  In the eight years since, Holt has seen the chaotic aftermath of two more deadly shootings and has lost seven high school classmates to the daily drip of gun violence.
  Like many black teenagers in neighborhood
  
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• Scientists Find A New Organ In Humans: The Interstitium

  27-03-2018 21:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Just like finding a long-lost relative, scientists would like to introduce you to an organ you never knew you had: the interstitium.
  New research published in Scientific Reports has revealed that the human body contains a network of fluid-filled channels that had previously been undiscovered. The spaces were found all around the body’s connective tissue which lines the digestive tract, lungs, urinary systems, and surrounding muscles.
  While the fl
  
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• Firefighters Accused Of Holding Teen Down Against His Will Found Guilty Of Assault

  27-03-2018 21:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two members of the Fallston Volunteer Fire Department were found guilty of assault in connection with an incident last summer, in which they held a teenager down against his will.
  Andrew Burkins and John Hefner both entered an Alford plea, but were each found guilty of one count of second-degree assault.
  Both were ordered to one year of supervised probation, to have no contact with any member of the victim’s family, to complete 16 Community Work Service hours,
  
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• The Baseball Report: Opening Day Is Here

  27-03-2018 21:12
  Ryan Mayer
  As most of the nation begins its thaw from a long, cold and often snowy winter, familiar sounds have begun to fill the air once more. The crack of the bat, roar of the crowd and shouts from vendors of ‘hot dogs, get your hot dogs here’ can only mean one thing: baseball is officially back. Spring training was fun, as we slowly reintroduced ourselves to the game and the storylines surrounding the upcoming season. But now it’s time for the action to start on the field.
  
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• BGF Gang Member Sentenced For Murder Of Wtiness

  27-03-2018 20:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Black Guerilla Family gang member was sentenced to prison after admitting to killing a witness who was going to testify against a fellow BGF member.
  25-year-old Wesley Jamal Brown was sentenced to 31 years in prison for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.
  According to the plea agreement, Brown was a member of the BGF Greenmount Regime, formerly known as the Young Guerilla Family, or YGF, between 2005 and September 2017.
  Brown admitted to se
  
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• BGF Gang Member Sentenced For Murder Of Witness

  27-03-2018 20:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Black Guerilla Family gang member was sentenced to prison after admitting to killing a witness who was going to testify against a fellow BGF member.
  25-year-old Wesley Jamal Brown was sentenced to 31 years in prison for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.
  According to the plea agreement, Brown was a member of the BGF Greenmount Regime, formerly known as the Young Guerilla Family, or YGF, between 2005 and September 2017.
  Brown admitted to se
  
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• Snow Means Shorter Spring Break For Some Maryland Students

  27-03-2018 19:47
  BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Some students in Maryland will have a shortened spring break because of snow.
  In Harford County public schools, spring break was originally scheduled to begin Wednesday. But because school was cancelled for two days last week due to snow, students will be in their classrooms Wednesday.
  Schools will still be closed Thursday, Friday and Monday for spring break.
  The other snow day last week will be made up on June 15.
  County schools have had a total of seven snow days this
  
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• 2 Children Killed, 4 Others Injured In Early Morning Fire

  27-03-2018 19:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two children were killed and four others were injured in a fire that destroyed a house in Saint Mary’s County Tuesday morning.
  The fire was reported just before 4:40 a.m., and fire crews responded to a home in the 28000 block of Point Lookout Rd. in Loveville.
  There were people trapped inside when firefighters arrived on scene.
  Two children, both under the age of 6, were pronounced dead at the scene.
  Two adults and two other children were taken to a hospital to be t
  
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• Mom Praised For Making ‘Entitled’ Son Shop At Goodwill As Punishment

  27-03-2018 18:57
  CBS Local — A Georgia mother who was tired of her son’s “entitled” attitude has become a Facebook sensation after posting her unique punishment online.
  In a picture uploaded on March 25, Cierra Brittany Forney of Hog Mountain documented her son’s shopping trip to a local Goodwill store. The mother says she took the 13-year-old to the shop and made him spend $20 of his own money on clothes to wear to school for a week.
  “My 13 year old son had been acting a
  
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• This Week In Golf: Watson Wins WGC-Dell, Houston Open Next

  27-03-2018 18:40
  By Sam McPherson
  It has been four years since Bubba Watson last won a major tournament. But with his second victory of the PGA Tour season, on Sunday in the WGC-Dell Match Play event at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, it looks like Watson may work his way into the conversation for the favorites at the Masters next month. Winning for the second time in five weeks can do that for any professional golfer, let alone a proven winner like Watson.
  He also won the Genesis Open, formerly the No
  
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• Man Arrested In Suspicious Packages Sent To D.C. Area Military Sites

  27-03-2018 18:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities in Seattle have arrested a man suspected of sending suspicious packages to multiple military installations in the Washington, D.C. region, a U.S. law enforcement official said Tuesday.
  The packages were similarly designed and contained black powder along with rambling, nonsensical notes similar to those the man has been known to send in the past, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly before an official announcement and did so on c
  
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• Women Charged With 40 Counts Of Animal Cruelty After Dog In Their Care Had To Be Euthanized

  27-03-2018 17:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two woman accused of running an illegal kennel have been charged with animal cruelty, and one of the dogs in their care had to be euthanized.
  Cameron Whitaker-Nelson, 26, and Rebecca Wolfe, 32, have been charged with 40 counts of animal cruelty following an investigation by Anne Arundel County Animal Control.
  The investigation into Whitaker-Nelson and Wolfe began on March 20, when authorities were contacted by dog owners who had taken their dogs to Olympian Kennels.
  The d
  
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• Couple Charged With 40 Counts Of Animal Cruelty After Dog In Their Care Had To Be Euthanized

  27-03-2018 17:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A couple accused of running an illegal kennel have been charged with animal cruelty, and one of the dogs in their care had to be euthanized.
  Cameron Whitaker-Nelson, 26, and Rebecca Wolfe, 32, have been charged with 40 counts of animal cruelty following an investigation by Anne Arundel County Animal Control.
  The investigation into Whitaker-Nelson and Wolfe began on March 20, when authorities were contacted by dog owners who had taken their dogs to Olympian Kennels.
  The do
  
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• Retired Justice Stevens Argues For Repeal Of Second Amendment

  27-03-2018 17:45
  By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens believes the students and demonstrators who protested this past weekend for gun control should seek a repeal of the Second Amendment.
  “A concern that a national standing army might pose a threat to the security of the separate states led to the adoption of that amendment,” Stevens wrote an op-ed published in The New York Times Tuesday, adding, “today that concern is a relic of the 18th
  
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• Howard County Makes List Of Top 20 Healthiest Communities In America

  27-03-2018 17:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Howard County is the only Maryland community to rank among the 20 healthiest in the country on a list released this week by U.S. News.
  Several factors were considered in the rankings — population health, equity, education, economy, housing, food and nutrition, environment, public safety, community vitality and infrastructure.Population health and equity are the most heavily weighted categories.
  Howard County placed 20th on the list, and ranked the highest in the econ
  
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• Katie Ledecky Turning Pro, Will Keep Training At Stanford

  27-03-2018 16:50
  Katie Ledecky is turning pro.
  The five-time Olympic gold medalist announced on Twitter that she is giving up her final two years of eligibility at Stanford. She’ll keep training at the West Coast school while working toward her degree.
  The 21-year-old Ledecky helped Stanford capture a pair of women’s national championships, the first back-to-back titles since winning five straight from 1992-96.
  Ledecky wrote on Twitter that she’s excited to turn pro. She thanked the Cardinal pr
  
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• Police Release Identity Of Suspect Who Died In Custody In Carroll County

  27-03-2018 16:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A suspect who died Monday after being arrested and held at a detention center in Carroll County has been identified.
  Dominic Edwards, 53, of Westminster, was pronounced deceased at Carroll County General Hospital Monday morning, according to Maryland State Police.
  MSP is investigating the death, which began after Edwards had been arrested by deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and held at the Carroll County Detention Center.
  Deputies told State Police t
  
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• Police Release Surveillance Video Of Stabbing At Baltimore Co. Landfill

  27-03-2018 16:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have released surveillance video and identified the man accused of stabbing another man at a Baltimore County landfill Monday.
  Christopher Maurice Johnson has been charged with first and second-degree assault and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime for the stabbing.
  RELATED: Man Stabbed Following Road Rage Incident At Baltimore Co. Landfill
  The Baltimore County Police Department reports the stabbing happened at the Centeral Acceptance F
  
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• Fan Essentials: Best Final Four Ever

  27-03-2018 15:38
  Ryan Mayer
  After two wild weekends of games, we’ve narrowed the NCAA Tournament field down from 68 to four. There have been plenty of surprises along the way, the biggest of which is 11-seed Loyola-Chicago becoming just the fourth double-digit seed ever to make the Final Four and making the trip to San Antonio. The drama of the first few weekends is always fun, with the non-stop action and upsets, but now the tension mounts, as we have just three games left in the season to crown a nationa
  
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• Naked Donald Trump Statue Going Up For Auction

  27-03-2018 15:05
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A statue of a naked Donald Trump is going on the auction block.
  Julien’s Auction says the sculpture is the last statue remaining that was not vandalized or destroyed when it was displayed along with others in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Cleveland in the weeks before the Republican was elected president.
  The auction house estimates the statue, which was created by the West Coast anarchist collective INDECLINE, will sell for $20,000 to $30,000.
  The
  
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• Baltimore Police To Spend $6.8M On New Body Cameras

  27-03-2018 14:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are planning to spend an additional $6.8 million for thousands of police body cameras.
  According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, the city spending panel is planning to amend an existing contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. on Wednesday. The amendment will add $6.8 million to the current contract of $11.7 million.
  The spending panel is controlled by Mayor Catherine Pugh.
  The new $18.5 million contract with Axon will run until 2023. The company&nb
  
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• McCormick Offers Employee Bonuses On Tax Cut Benefit

  27-03-2018 14:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — McCormick & Co. is the latest company to offer employees bonuses, citing sweeping tax reforms that slashed corporate tax rates.
  The spice-maker is offering $1,000 bonuses to eligible hourly employees and says it plans to “accelerate” wage increases, though it did not provide details. The Sparks, Maryland company will also us the tax cut to make investments, pay debt and benefit shareholders.
  Many companies have announced one-time bonuses, with some also anno
  
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• Fmr. Teacher’s Aide Faces Possible 150 Years For Child Porn

  27-03-2018 14:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A former Charles County teacher’s aide and coach is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to 10 child porn charges.
  Carlos DeAngelo Bell pleaded guilty on January 23 to 10 counts of sexual exploitation of minors for the purpose of producing child pornography.
  Prosecutors have said they will be asking that he be sentenced to 150 years.
  RELATED: Fmr. High School Coach Pleads Guilty To 10 Child Porn Charges
  He is scheduled to appear at
  
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• Maryland Legislature Approves Bill Giving Organ Donors Tax Breaks

  27-03-2018 13:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The General Assembly has passed a bill that would give a tax break to people who donate all or a portion of an organ.
  The bill passed Monday night and would allow donors of liver, kidney, intestine, pancreas, lung or bone marrow to subtract up to $7,500 in income on state tax. The tax break is designed to offset donation expenses.
  According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, the bill is sponsored by Speaker Michael E. Busch. Busch had a liver transplan
  
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• Weather Blog: Clouds And A Little Rain In The Area

  27-03-2018 13:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Trending toward the better, that is the focus, today, of my blog. The push of milder air will be noticeable tonight with an overnight low of 40°. As I write this, the current temperature, just before dawn, is 29°. That is a considerable warmup.  We discussed yesterday some rain, and clouds, would accompany this late March relief. Now we have a better idea of when, and how much moisture, we may see. And we are trending toward the better for the start of the ba
  
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• Man Dies From Heroin Overdose In Anne Arundel Jail

  27-03-2018 13:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say a Calvert County man died Saturday after overdosing on heroin while in custody at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center.
  Police say they responded to the Detention Center located at 600 E Ordnance Road in Glen Burnie for reports of an injured/sick subject.
  According to police, they were alerted to the situation by other inmates at 11:55 a.m. that Douglas Edward Sutherland, 53, was sitting on his bed unresponsive.
  Officials say staff began
  
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• No Tampons In Prison? #MeToo Helps Shine Light On Issue

  27-03-2018 12:52
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Kimberly Haven couldn’t get the feminine hygiene products she needed in Maryland’s only prison for women while serving a 15-month sentence, so she made her own using toilet paper. She said that after her release in 2015, she suffered toxic shock syndrome and needed an emergency hysterectomy.
  “Toxic shock, emergency hysterectomies — it runs the gamut of how women are forced to pay for, with their very health, our bad policies and our inattention
  
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• Election Day Voter Registration To Be In Maryland Ballot

  27-03-2018 12:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Senate voted 33-14 Monday night on a bill allowing people to register and vote at their polling places on Election Day.
  The Senate voted to put the constitutional amendment on the ballot. The House already has passed it.
  A constitutional amendment doesn’t need the governor’s signature, so it will be on the November ballot for Maryland voters.
  More than a dozen states allow Election Day voter registration.
  Maryland already allows same day regi
  
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• Annapolis Goes To The Dogs With Ceremony Honoring UMBC Retrievers

  27-03-2018 05:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  The celebration continues for the UMBC Retrievers’ historic NCAA tournament run as the team was honored by the governor in Annapolis.
  Annapolis is going to the dogs with a ceremony for the Retrievers.
  The history-making men’s basketball team arrived in good form to the state capital at the request of Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday.
  .@UMBC_MBB Team Photo: The guys are being honored today by Gov. Hogan for making #MarchMadness history. pic.twitter.com/FTV
  
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• Weather Blog: Spring Arrives In Maryland

  27-03-2018 04:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some good news for spring lovers: After more than 30 days of temperatures in the 30s, 40s and low-50s, we are looking at temperatures that should approach the 60-degree mark or better this week.
  By Opening Day, we may touch 70. The only issue we have is that with additional clouds, the risk of showers will increase, as well.
  Most of the week’s rain will fall Friday, but some light showers may also come both late Tuesday and Wednesday, as well.
  Opening Day will
  
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• Experts: Prince Toxicology Report Shows Very High Drug Level

  27-03-2018 04:00
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A toxicology report from Prince’s autopsy, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, shows he had what multiple experts called an “exceedingly high” concentration of fentanyl in his body when he died.
  Prince was 57 when he was found alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park estate on April 21, 2016. Public data released six weeks after his death showed he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerfu
  
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• Sheriff: Michigan State Official Arrested Amid Nassar Probe

  27-03-2018 03:55
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University official who oversaw Larry Nassar was arrested Monday amid an investigation into the handling of complaints against the now-imprisoned former sport doctor.
  William Strampel was in jail pending an arraignment, Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth told The Associated Press. He declined to say what charges Strampel was facing because the probe is being led by the Michigan attorney general’s office.
  A spokeswoman for Attorney General
  
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• Linda Brown, Woman At Center Of Brown V. Board Case, Dies

  27-03-2018 03:48
  (CNN) — Linda Brown, who as a girl was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation in American schools, has died, a funeral home spokesman said.
  Brown died Sunday afternoon in Topeka, Kansas, the spokesman said. She was 75 years old.
  Brown was 9 years old in 1951 when her father, Oliver Brown, tried to enroll her at Sumner Elementary School, then an all-white school in Topeka, Kansas, near her home.
  When the school blocked her enrollment her father sued the
  
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• Police Looking For Bank Robber In Carroll County

  27-03-2018 03:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who allegedly robbed a bank in Westminster.
  Westminster Police say the man entered the BB&T Bank located 401 Englar Road in Westminster just before 5 p.m. Monday and used a note to demand money from a teller.
  The suspect, whose face was partially covered by sunglasses, then left the area in an unknown direction.
  The robber is described as a 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 white man with a thin build wh
  
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• Prosecutors: Thousands Of Cases Involving Corrupt BPD Task Force Could Be Thrown Out

  27-03-2018 03:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Prosecutors have not yet determined how many criminal cases affected by a corrupt Baltimore Police task force will have to be thrown out, but they believe the number is in the thousands.
  The prosecutors’ initial review encompassed fewer than 300 cases. That number has skyrocketed and an assistant public defender has a rough estimate of 2,000 affected cases.
  FULL COVERAGE OF THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE GUN TRACE TASK FORCE CORRUPTION CASE
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• Calls For Gun Control Extend Beyond Classrooms In Baltimore

  27-03-2018 02:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Following demonstrations across the country calling for an end to gun violence, some Baltimoreans are demanding more than just heightened security at schools and universal background checks – they want guns off Baltimore streets.
  From the shadow of the U.S. capital to the streets of Baltimore City, voices of the youth echoed across the nation this past weekend, setting the tone like never before. The March for Our Lives rally was organized by students afte
  
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• Baltimore Police Officer Convicted Of Taking Unearned Pay

  27-03-2018 01:01
  BALTIMORE (AP) — As Baltimore’s troubled police department grapples with reports of abuse of overtime pay, a police officer has been convicted of taking unearned pay.
  Steven Bagshaw, 45, was convicted Monday of theft over $1,000 and misconduct in office. Prosecutors said the lieutenant was at home on the Eastern Shore while taking pay for overseeing Baltimore’s downtown casino district. He was arrested less than three months after the Gun Trace Task Force indictment revealed wi
  
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• Sheriff: Great Mills School Shooter Died From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

  27-03-2018 00:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The teen accused of opening fire inside Great Mills High School last week shot himself in the head, officials said Monday.
  According to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Austin Rollins shot himself at the same time a school resource officer fired at Rollins, striking the teen’s handgun.
  Authorities said Rollins entered the school around 7:50 a.m. and within minutes shot 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey, who is believed to have had a
  
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• Man Facing Attempted First-Degree Murder, Other Charges In Pedestrian Attack

  27-03-2018 00:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A driver accused of running over a man with his van in downtown Baltimore last week has been charged with attempted murder.
  Baltimore City Police say 50-year-old Christopher Donnie Smith was arrested Saturday and has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and malicious destruction.
  Authorities say Smith hit the victim with his minivan just steps from
  
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