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• Maryland Lawmakers Pass School Safety Bill

  09-04-2018 23:13
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to improve school safety cleared the Maryland General Assembly on Monday, less than a month after a shooting at a high school in southern Maryland left two students dead.
  The legislation would create a variety of standards and guidelines statewide. The bill would require public high schools to have either a school resource officer or plans for adequate law enforcement coverage by the upcoming school year. Other schools, such as middle and elementary schools,
  
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• 85,000-Year-Old Fossil Found May Rewrite History Of Human Migration

  09-04-2018 23:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The fossil of a finger that dates back over 85,000 years may end up changing everything the world knows about the history of the human race.
  Spurred on by the discovery made in the desert of Saudi Arabia, scientists say there is now evidence that early humans may have taken a completely different path out of Africa than archaeologists previously suspected. According to reports, the tiny bone is the oldest human fossil found outside of Africa or an ancient area in
  
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• FBI Raids Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen’s Office

  09-04-2018 22:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents carrying court-authorized search warrants have seized documents from President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen.
  That’s according to a statement from Cohen’s attorney, Stephen Ryan. He says the search warrants were executed by the office of the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York but they are “in part” related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
  Ryan says agents seized “prote
  
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• Baltimore Man Arrested For September Murder

  09-04-2018 22:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have arrested a Baltimore man connected to a murder from last year.
  Baltimore police have arrested 25-year-old David Murray for allegedly fatally shooting 43-year-old Kevin Bailey.
  Detectives say on Sept. 22 around 11:16 p.m., officers responded to the 4300 block of Reistertown Road, where they discovered Bailey suffering from gunshot wounds.
  Bailey ultimately died from his injuries and after months of investigating, police arrested Murray Saturday.
  Murray has
  
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• Authorities Searching For Missing 13-Year-Old Girl

  09-04-2018 21:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities are searching for a missing 13-year-girl from Essex, who was last seen Monday morning.
  Baltimore County police say Zorra Timpson of the 700 block of Mansfield Road was last seen around 8 a.m.She’s described as 5-foot-1 and weighs 115 pounds.
  If you have any information please call police at 410-307-2020.
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• ‘A New Level Of Stupid’: Resort Visitors Throw Carrots At Alligator

  09-04-2018 21:25
  CBS Local — Authorities in South Carolina are looking for the people who harassed an 11-foot alligator at an island resort. The suspects, who threw carrots at the beast’s head, are now facing a stiff fine for each object thrown at the gator.
  In a Facebook post by Fripp Island Activity Center, the alligator is photographed with a carrot stuck to the side of its head and other carrots laying near it after tourists allegedly harassed the animal. Workers at the Fripp Island resort called
  
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• Maryland Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana Bill On Last Day

  09-04-2018 21:23
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to help improve diversity in Maryland’s new medical marijuana industry received final approval by the General Assembly on Monday, as lawmakers worked toward a midnight deadline when the legislative session is scheduled to end.
  Maryland lawmakers also will be working on measures designed to improve school safety and fight crime.
  The medical marijuana measure increases the number of grower licenses from 15 to as many as 22. Two licenses are set aside for
  
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• Baltimore Girl Spreading The Love By Placing Flowers On Neighbors’ Doorsteps

  09-04-2018 21:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 5-year-old Baltimore girl is doing her part to spread happiness after giving out flowers to her neighbors.
  Canton resident Amy Houck took video of her daughter Jade placing dandelions on the front steps of her neighbors’ homes on Friday.Our media partners at The Baltimore Sun spoke with Houck, who said her daughter got the idea after picking some dandelions while walking around a neighborhood square.
  Jade then gathered a large pile and began placing
  
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• 6 Arrested As Large Drug Operation Is Shut Down In Maryland

  09-04-2018 20:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities say they have shut down a large operation that has been trafficking drugs in Maryland.
  Six suspects were arrested by the Frederick High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area group following a three-month investigation.
  Officers from several Maryland law enforcement agencies assisted as 12 search warrants were served at locations in Frederick and Washington Counties on Friday.
  Eight of the search warrants were served at locations in Frederick, with the rema
  
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• 4 Teens Who Dropped Sandbag On Car, Killing Man, Ordered To Youth Facility

  09-04-2018 20:20
   (CNN) — Four Toledo, Ohio, teenagers who pleaded guilty to killing a man when they dropped a sandbag from a highway overpass have been ordered to a youth treatment facility, a court official said.
  “The youth treatment center is a lockdown facility in Toledo. The program runs six months, but there is no set time to release. The average youth spends eight months there,” Lori Olender, juvenile division deputy chief for the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office, said in an e
  
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• Trump Says US ‘Cannot Allow’ Syrian Chemical Weapons Attacks

  09-04-2018 19:30
  (CNN) –– President Donald Trump said Monday he will make a decision as early as this evening on the US response to what he called an “atrocious” chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria and warned that he will hold the responsible parties accountable.
  “We cannot allow atrocities like that. Cannot allow it,” Trump told reporters on Monday during a Cabinet meeting as he warned that “nothing’s off the table.” “If it’s Russia, if
  
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• Woman Claims Wind Blew Cocaine Into Her Purse, Police Say

  09-04-2018 19:13
  CBS Local — Authorities say a Florida woman is blaming a windy day for the cocaine that police found in her purse.
  Kennecia Posey was reportedly one of two passengers in a car stopped for erratic driving by police in late March. Fort Pierce police say an officer smelled marijuana and, after searching the car, found cocaine and marijuana in separate bags inside a purse Posey had on her lap.
  Authorities say they questioned Posey about the drugs. According to the arrest report, Posey res
  
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• 8 Teens Charged After Staffers Assaulted At Juvenile Detention Facility

  09-04-2018 18:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Eight teenagers have been charged in connection with a disturbance at a juvenile detention facility in western Maryland in which eight staffers were assaulted by inmates.
  Three of the suspects, 19-year-old Diego Glay, 17-year-old Daniel Ennos, and 17-year-old Bernard Moore, have been charged as adults.
  Glay faces charges of first-degree escape, second-degree assault, riot, malicious destruction of property under $1,000, and theft under $100.
  While Ennos and Moor
  
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• NASA Plans To Put Robot Bees On Mars

  09-04-2018 18:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– NASA has revealed their plan for the next generation of space exploration. The space agency says it is working on creating a swarm of robot bees that will fly around the surface of Mars.
  In a March 30 press release, NASA outlined their proposal for the “Marsbees.” The tiny robots will launch from a new rover dropped on the red planet and then spread out; mapping the terrain, taking air samples, and searching for signs of life.
  NASA wants to send swarms of robot
  
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• Keidel: Is Something Wrong With The Warriors?

  09-04-2018 17:44
  By Jason Keidel
  Fans have long lamented the length of the NBA season. It starts sometime around Halloween and, aside from a few showcase games on Christmas and MLK Day, we don’t watch the league with any fervor until after the Super Bowl.
  So imagine how the Golden State Warriors feel. Any other team with a record of 58-23 would be dancing in the locker room. But with one more loss, the Warriors will have as many losses this year as they had the last two seasons combined (24). Other than Le
  
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• Port Upgrades In Baltimore Among Trump-Era Transportation Project

  09-04-2018 17:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about bike-share stations in Chicago or pedestrian walkways in Oakland. That’s so Obama-era.
  In the Trump administration, a popular $500 million transportation grant program is focused more on projects in rural areas that turned out for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. That means more road and rail projects in GOP strongholds such as Idaho, North Dakota, and Oklahoma, and fewer “greenways,” ”complete streets” and bike lanes.
  The late
  
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• A Look At Bills Approved By The Maryland General Assembly

  09-04-2018 16:55
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly’s 90-day legislative session ends at midnight Monday. Here’s a look at some of the legislation lawmakers have approved this year:
  AMAZON-H2Q
  An incentive package with tax breaks and infrastructure improvements worth billions of dollars has been approved to try to lure Amazon’s second headquarters to Montgomery County. A legislative analysis estimates the package is valued at about $8.5 billion, but Gov. Larry Hogan&rsquo
  
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• Police Investigating 2 Bodies Found Inside Towson Apartment As Double Homicide

  09-04-2018 15:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a double homicide after two people were found dead inside a Towson apartment Monday morning.
  Officers were called to the scene just after 9:15 a.m., and found two people dead inside the building on Lambourne Rd.
  Police say they were called after a maintenance man went into an apartment and found two men dead inside.
  Shawn Vincent, with Baltimore Co. PD, says medical examiners are on scene to examine the bodies and de
  
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• 2 People Found Dead Inside Towson Building

  09-04-2018 15:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating after two people were found dead inside a Towson building Monday morning.
  Officers arrived on scene to find two people dead on Lambourne Rd., but police have not released any additional information at this time.
  This is developing news. We have a crew headed to the scene, and will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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• Topless Protester Charges At Bill Cosby As Retrial Begins

  09-04-2018 15:00
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body in red ink charged at Bill Cosby Monday as he walked into a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial.
  The woman jumped over a barricade and launched toward Cosby but was intercepted by sheriff’s deputies. She was taken into custody and led away in handcuffs.
  Cosby seemed startled by the commotion as protesters chanted at him, but was not tou
  
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• Police Investigate Fatal 2-Vehicle Collision

  09-04-2018 14:27
  BATIMORE (WJZ) — Howard County Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in Ellicott City.
  Police say they believe that at approximately 7:55 p.m. Sunday, a 2003 Lincoln Town Car was traveling westbound on Frederick Road past Terra Maria Way when it attempted to pass a 2006 Subaru Impreza on the shoulder. They say the Town Car swiped the side of the Impreza, left the roadway, and struck a utility pole.Dante Taylor, 30, was the driver and sole occupant of the Town Car. Acc
  
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• 27 Killed When School Bus In India Goes Off Road

  09-04-2018 14:18
  BALTIMORE (CNN) — At least 23 schoolchildren were among those killed Monday in northern India after their bus skidded off the road and plunged about 300 feet, authorities said.
  The bus was ferrying the children home about 4 p.m. in the Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, according to Santosh Patial, superintendent of police.
  The bodies of 27 people have been recovered, including two staff members, a bus driver and another woman. Search and rescue operations are over and 11 children were t
  
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• Weather Blog: 80 Degrees By End Of The Week

  09-04-2018 14:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The bottom line is this we are in for a BIG warm up!! Why even delay the weather headline of the week. Yeah it is going to be another gray and chilly day. Tomorrow and Wednesday, even with sun, it will only get to the mid 50’s. But a big push of air coming our way from the Southwest will jack that thermometer up to the low mid 70’s on Thursday, and 80 on Friday and Saturday. So are we just going to skip spring altogether? Not hardly, but as I like to say, &lsq
  
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• This Week In Golf: Reed Wins Masters, Holding Off Fowler, Spieth

  09-04-2018 14:09
  By Sam McPherson
  American Patrick Reed did most of the hard work on Friday and Saturday at Augusta National, although his Sunday was anything but easy. He shot a one-under par 71 on the final day, and 15-under par for the tournament, to win The Masters by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and two strokes over Jordan Spieth. In winning his first major championship, after tying for second at last year’s PGA Championship, Reed also collected the $1.98 million winner’s prize.
  Fowler and Spie
  
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• Baltimore Wants To Make Residential Parking Permits Virtual

  09-04-2018 14:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Parking Authority of Baltimore City is planning a pilot project to test a virtual parking permit system. The system should help make enforcement more efficient than using permit stickers.
  Our media partners at The Baltimore Sun report that traffic enforcement officers would be able to use license plate readers to check if people are parked legally. The readers would allow the officers to work faster.
  New license plate readers and handheld ticketing devices t
  
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• Police Chief: Captain’s Forgery Charge Harms Public Trust

  09-04-2018 13:37
  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A police captain in Maryland is suspended without pay after being charged with felony forgery, and his chief says that if proven true, the allegations undermine the public’s trust in law enforcement.
  News outlets report that Prince George’s County Police Capt. Thomas Hart is accused of forging a signature on a check to withdraw money from a joint account he shares with his ex-wife. A police statement says the 52-year-old is charged with two counts of fel
  
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• April Is ‘Distracted Driving Awareness Month’

  09-04-2018 13:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are cracking down on distracted drivers.
  On average, nearly 27-thousand people are killed or injured as a result of distracted driving.
  Last year state police issued more than 17,000 citations to dangerous drivers. Troopers say taking one’s eyes off the road for even a second could cost a driver their life.
  RELATED: AAA: Motorists Are Most Fearful Of Distracted Driving
  “Cell phone use is an issue but distracted driving is far more th
  
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• Maryland Lawmakers Work On School Safety, Crime, On Last Day

  09-04-2018 12:45
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers will be working to finalize measures aimed at fighting crime and improving school safety on the last day of the legislative session.
  The 90-day session is scheduled to end Monday at midnight.
  The school safety measure includes statewide initiatives relating to training school resource officers, safety drills and identifying mental health concerns that could threaten safety.
  Lawmakers also will be working to finalize a package of legislation to fight
  
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• Facebook Is About To Tell Users If Their Data Was Shared With Cambridge Analytica

  09-04-2018 11:00
   (CNN Money) — Facebook on Monday will begin alerting the 87 million users whose data may have been harvested by Cambridge Analytica.
  The company plans to post a link at the top of users’ news feeds that will allow them to see which apps are connected to their Facebook accounts and what information those apps are permitted to see.
  “As part of this process we will also tell people if their information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica,” the comp
  
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• On Time: April 8, 2018

  09-04-2018 06:07
   
  
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• Baltimore Commissioner Team With Parishioners To Promote Community Policing

  09-04-2018 05:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore’s top cop took to the streets in an effort to engage the community, as he calls for more community policing.
  Commissioner Darryl De Souza has made community policing a priority, while a group of men are hoping to bridge the gap between police and the public.
  With nearly a dozens murders in just the first week of April, Baltimore police continue to try and find solutions to tackling growing crime.
  “I’m very much concerned about April. Too ma
  
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• Baltimore Farmers’ Market Return For 2018 Season

  09-04-2018 05:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore Farmers’ Market and Bazaar is back for its 41st season.
  Maryland’s largest producers only market celebrated opening day Sunday.
  The market offers an abundant amount of fresh produce, delicious food and unique art.
  This year there are many returning favorites as well as new vendors and events planned throughout the season.
   
  “Not only can you shop, you can have breakfast while you’re here, enjoy music, there’s usually so
  
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• Chance Of Rain/Snow Mix Monday

  09-04-2018 02:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– There’s a chance the Baltimore region could see a rain/snow mix Monday.
  WJZ’s Tim Williams says there’s a 30 percent chance we could see rain and snow before 11 a.m., then a chance of rain, as temps will climb near 46 degrees.
   
  Then at night, there’s a chance of rain before 2 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow, according to Williams.
  A couple chances for light rain or snow over the next couple of days but we generally dry out and warm up fro
  
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• 21-Year-Old Dies After Car Strikes Tree, Catches Fire

  09-04-2018 02:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A 21-year-old has died after crashing into a tree early Sunday morning in Ellicott City.
  Howard County police say around 3:24 a.m., Saif Bryant of Columbia, was traveling northbound on Centennial Lane near Burnside Drive and for unknown reasons, left the roadway and crashed a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix into a tree.
  The vehicle then caught on fire, according to police.
  Once first responders arrived, Bryant was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police are continuing to investigate
  
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• Reed Wins First Major Title, Holding Off Fowler At Masters

  09-04-2018 01:26
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Patrick Reed became famous playing for his country. He won for himself on Sunday at the Masters.
  Rory McIlroy came after him early. Jordan Spieth briefly tied him for the lead. Rickie Fowler birdied the last hole to leave him no room for error. Reed never flinched through it all on a raucous afternoon at Augusta National, calmly rolling in a 3-foot par putt for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory.
  Captain America is now the Masters champion.
  Even as the loudest cheers w
  
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• Orioles Overcame 5-Run Deficit, Stop Yanks 8-7 In 12 innings

  09-04-2018 00:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Brach escaped his own bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 12th inning and the Baltimore Orioles overcame an early deficit that left their starting pitcher punching the dugout wall, holding off the New York Yankees 8-7 Sunday.
  After Brach walked two batters and fumbled a bunt for an error, he got Aaron Judge to ground into a rare pitcher-to-catcher-to-third double play and struck out Giancarlo Stanton for his second save.
  Stanton went 0 for 7, stranded nine runners and fann
  
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• Police Release Photos Of 4 Believed To Be Connected To Homicide

  09-04-2018 00:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — City police have released surveillance photos of four individuals believed to be connected to fatal shooting in West Baltimore.Police were called to the 1900 block of Edmondson Avenue for a report of a shooting around 11:59 p.m. Saturday night.
  Once at the location, an officer located a 28 year-old man suffering a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Officers say the victim was exiting a bar when he was ap
  
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