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• USPS Driver Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries After Striking Tree

  08-04-2018 23:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A United States Postal Service driver was transported to Shock Trauma with life-threatening injuries Saturday afternoon after striking a tree in Annapolis.
  Anne Arundel County police say around 2:31 p.m., officers responded to a single-vehicle collision on Pleasant Plains Road at Milvale Road, where they say, for unknown reasons, the driver’s vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
  Detectives believe the driver made a mistake and neither speed or alcohol are fact
  
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• 1 Arrested After Social Media Post Was ‘Believed’ To Involve Md. High School

  08-04-2018 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have arrested a person after a social media post was believed to involve a Maryland high school.
  On Sunday, Baltimore County police say a social media post they believed to involve Chesapeake High School in Essex, ultimately didn’t reference the school.
  #BCoPD received a social media post believed to involve Chesapeake HS in Essex. Police have verified that the post originated from another state and authorities arrested the person responsible. #BCoPD cont
  
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• Bill Could Result In More Adoptions Of Research Animals

  08-04-2018 22:32
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Legislation approved by Maryland lawmakers may give more animals used for scientific research a chance at being adopted as pets.
  Under legislation passed Friday, researchers will have to take reasonable steps to offer dogs and cats for adoption once they are no longer needed for research.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that research institutions would have to establish private placement processes for animals no longer needed, or to establish relationships with an
  
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• Judge Set To Hold Hearing On Baltimore Police Consent Decree

  08-04-2018 22:26
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge in Baltimore has scheduled the first public hearing to review the city’s progress toward compliance with a consent decree that mandates reforms within the police department.
  The judge is scheduled to hear Friday from attorneys for the city and for the U.S. Justice Department, as well as an independent monitoring team.
  The consent decree, which was signed in the waning days of the Obama administration, was approved by the judge last April despite objec
  
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• Police Respond To Disturbance At Juvenile Detention Facility

  08-04-2018 19:36
  SABILLASVILLE, Md. (AP) — Charges are pending after a disturbance at a juvenile detention facility in western Maryland in which at least three staffers were assaulted by inmates, authorities said Sunday.
  Maryland state troopers and local sheriff’s deputies were called to the Victor Cullen Center in Frederick County about 11: 30 a.m. Sunday.
  Police established a perimeter, and a Frederick County deputy trained as a negotiator spoke via radio with the juveniles thought to be leading th
  
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• Maryland state police are investigating after staff assaulted at Sabillasville Youth Center

  08-04-2018 19:36
  Sabillasville, MD (WJZ) — Maryland state police confirm they are investigating a disturbance at the Victor Cullen Center in Frederick county that injured several staff members.
  Maryland state police from both Frederick and Washington counties along with local sheriff’s deputies from those counties were called to the facility at 11:29am today.
  Youth at the center reportedly assaulted several staff members and destroyed property.   Troopers and deputies established a perimete
  
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• City Police Investigate Fatal Shooting In West Baltimore

  08-04-2018 18:16
  Baltimore (WJZ) — Police were called to the 1900 block of Edmondson Avenue for a report of a shooting around 11:59pm last night.
  Once at the location an officer located a 28 year-old male suffering a gunshot wound to the head.   The victim was transported to an area hospital were he was pronounced dead.
  The preliminary investigation revealed the victim was exiting a bar when he was approached by an unidentified suspect that shot him multiple times.
  The suspect then fled the locat
  
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• Great Mills School Shooting Survivor Meets Favorite Rapper In Surprise Visit

  08-04-2018 05:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 14-year-old who was shot in the leg last month at Great Mills High School got a special surprise this week: a chance to meet his favorite rapper.
  It was a complete surprise for Desmond Barnes to meet Lightshow.
  The rapper’s management team coordinated the meeting in Northwest Washington, D.C.
  Barnes had no idea why his mother pulled him out of school.
  “In the car, I just kept asking my mom, ‘What are we doing, what are we doing?'” he said.
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• BGE Workers Return To Md. After Helping To Restore Power In Puerto Rico

  08-04-2018 05:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — More than a dozen BGE workers are back at home Saturday after spending a month in Puerto Rico restoring power to the island.
  BGE was part of an unprecedented effort as 6,000 line workers from all over the U.S. are working in Puerto Rico to get the lights back on. The island has struggled to get back on its feet after two major hurricanes knocked out power to more than 95 percent of people last year.
  RELATED: BGE Crews Head To Puerto Rico To Aid In Hurricane Reli
  
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• Body Suspected To Be From California Cliff Crash Found

  08-04-2018 04:26
  MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — A body was recovered Saturday in the vicinity where an SUV plunged off a Northern California cliff last month, killing a family of eight in what authorities suspect may have been an intentional crash.
  RELATED: Data From SUV Shows Deadly Wreck May Have Been Intentional
  The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office said in a statement that a couple vacationing along the coast saw a possible body, which was pulled from the surf Saturday afternoon by a third bystand
  
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• Neighborhoods Compete In Brilliant Baltimore Community Showcase For $2K Prize

  08-04-2018 04:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As part of this year’s Light City, a dozen neighborhoods are showing off what makes them special.
  This is the first year of the Brilliant Baltimore Community Showcase, and 12 neighborhoods are competing to win more than $2,000 to improve their community.
  As the bright displays and colorful lights illuminate Baltimore for Light City, a dozen communities from across the city hope their unique charm and vibrant stories can make them a “Brillia
  
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• Trump Claims Female Migrants ‘Are Raped At Levels That Nobody Has Ever Seen Before’

  08-04-2018 04:01
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump appeared to assert Thursday that women from Central America are raped at “levels that nobody has ever seen before” as an argument for strengthening US immigration laws.
  It is unclear where Trump derived the evidence for his seeming assertion that Central American women are being raped at unprecedented levels.
  During a roundtable discussion on tax reform in West Virginia, the President devoted several minutes of his remarks to illegal immigration,
  
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• 1 Dead, 4 Injured In Fire At Trump Tower In New York

  08-04-2018 02:30
  (CNN) — One person was killed and four firefighters were injured in a four-alarm fire at Trump Tower on Saturday, according to the New York City Fire Department.
  The person who died was a resident of the building’s 50th floor who had been taken to the hospital in critical condition, department spokeswoman Angelica Conroy told CNN.
  The fire was contained to the 50th floor of the tower, located on Fifth Avenue in New York.
  The four firefighters injured had non-life threatening inj
  
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• Police Looking For Missing 71-Year-Old Woman

  08-04-2018 01:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are asking for the public’s help with locating an elderly woman who has been missing since earlier this week.
  Betty Williams, 71, was last seen on Wednesday in the 600 block of Murphy Lane.Police say Williams is 5-foot-3, weighs 140 pounds and walks with a cane.
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 911.
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• Michigan Will End Flint’s Free Bottled Water Program

  08-04-2018 01:37
  (CNN) — As Michigan ends a free bottled water program in Flint claiming the water quality has been restored, some residents don’t believe it’s safe to drink or use yet.
  Testing has showed the levels of lead in the city’s water are below the federal limit and the water’s quality is “well within the standards,” Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday.
  Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician who was among the first who noticed rising levels of blood lead
  
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• Vaping Now An Epidemic Among US High Schoolers

  08-04-2018 01:29
  (CNN) — A sharp spike in vaping and the use of e-cigarettes by students has grabbed the attention of the US Food and Drug Administration.
  The rapid spread of the fad was flagged in a 2016 report from the US surgeon general. It cited a 900 percent increase in e-cigarette use by high school students from 2011 to 2015, and the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey noted that 1.7 million high school students said they had used e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days.
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• 2 Dead, 20 Injured After Delivery Vehicle Hits Crowd In Muenster, Germany

  08-04-2018 00:58
  (CNN) — A van slammed into a crowd Saturday in an apparently deliberate act in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and leaving 20 others injured, officials said.
  The driver also shot and killed himself, a police spokeswoman said. The driver was a German citizen, said Herbert Reul, state minister for internal affairs in North Rhine-Westphalia state.
  Authorities are treating the incident as an attack. There is no known connection to radical Islam but investigators are still looki
  
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• Maryland House Approves Legislation To Fight Crime

  08-04-2018 00:41
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House of Delegates on Saturday passed measures aimed at fighting crime, advanced a bill to increase school safety and approved an agreement between the House and Senate aimed at increasing diversity in the state’s medical marijuana industry.
  The House made changes to a bill already passed by the Senate that had been criticized for creating several mandatory-minimum sentences. The House, which used two separate bills to encompass proposals from the S
  
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• Howard University Students’ Win With Deal On Demands Continues Legacy Of Protests

  08-04-2018 00:36
  (CNN) — Howard University students were victorious Friday as their nine-day sit-in at the administration building ended when the board of trustees and the administration agreed to give them a greater voice in university decisions.
  About 400 students with the group HU Resist had occupied an administration building at the historically black university in Washington, DC, after it was revealed that an outside auditor had determined that university employees misappropriated finan
  
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• Naval Academy Holds Viewing Of Flag Captured In War Of 1812

  08-04-2018 00:10
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy Museum held a public viewing of a large British flag that was captured during the War of 1812.
  The British Royal Standard displayed Saturday is 35-by-25 feet. It is decorated with lions and a crown.
  The event marked the first time since the 1880s that the flag was available to be viewed in its entirety. It has been in an exhibit case in the academy’s Mahan Hall, where only part of it was viewable.
  The flag flew over present-day Toronto, Ca
  
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• Off-Duty D.C. Officer Killed In Motorcycle Accident In Md.

  08-04-2018 00:01
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Maryland police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a motorcycle accident that left an off-duty District of Columbia police officer dead.
  Prince George’s County Police say they want to speak with anyone who witnessed the accident shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday in Clinton.
  Police say 27-year-old Jamal Shaw was riding his own motorcycle westbound on Piscataway Road when a vehicle, also westbound, changed lanes in front of him, forcing Sha
  
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