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• Federal Judge Rules In Muslim Townhouse Case In Maryland

  23-06-2018 23:26
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has ruled officials in a Maryland county must issue permits allowing the sale of private townhouses to a group of Muslim buyers, after finding the denial of them was “motivated at least in part by discriminatory intent.”
  U.S. District Judge George Russell made the ruling Friday in the Harford County case.
  The judge found that “but for the religion of the prospective Muslim purchasers, the county would have granted the sewer, water hookup p
  
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• Jealous Canvassing For Votes With Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder

  23-06-2018 23:09
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Ben Jealous is canvassing for votes with another man named Ben: Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
  Jealous, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of Maryland, has two events scheduled Saturday with Cohen, who is a co-founder of the ice cream company.
  The first event is in Baltimore with the Service Employees International Union 1199.
  The second event is at a phone bank in Silver Spring.
  Jealous is a former NAACP president. Recent polls say he&r
  
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• Sanders Says She Was Told To Leave Va. Restaurant

  23-06-2018 22:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Saturday she was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump, becoming the latest administration official to experience a brusque welcome in a public setting.
  Sanders tweeted that she was told by the owner of The Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, that she had to “leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left.”
  She said the event Friday evening said far more about the
  
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• Manny Machado Hits Homerun In 15th Inning for 10-7 Win

  23-06-2018 13:57
  ATLANTA, GA (AP)– Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 15th inning, lifting the Baltimore Orioles to a 10-7 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night after each team staged dramatic ninth-inning rallies.
  The Braves surrendered six runs in the ninth, and then scored four times in the bottom of the inning.
  Peter Moylan, Atlanta’s eighth pitcher, hit Craig Gentry to open the 15th. Gentry moved to second on Austin Wynns’ sacrifice.
  With first base open, the B
  
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• Manny Machado Hits Homer In 15th Inning For 10-7 Win

  23-06-2018 13:57
  ATLANTA, GA (AP)– Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 15th inning, lifting the Baltimore Orioles to a 10-7 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night after each team staged dramatic ninth-inning rallies.
  The Braves surrendered six runs in the ninth, and then scored four times in the bottom of the inning.
  Peter Moylan, Atlanta’s eighth pitcher, hit Craig Gentry to open the 15th. Gentry moved to second on Austin Wynns’ sacrifice.
  With first base open, the B
  
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• 2 Dogs Killed, 1 Woman Injured In Baltimore Dog Attack

  23-06-2018 05:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City animal control is investigating after witnesses say two pit bull type dogs attacked a woman as she walked her furry companions. Two of the Yorkshire terriers later died.
  “Some people may say it’s just a dog, but it’s not just a dog,” said Terry Cornish, whose dogs were killed.
  Terry Cornish’s two Yorkshire terriers Chase and Charlie were popular in northeast Baltimore because of their daily walks. But on Thursday, the
  
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• Boy, Mother Reunited At BWI Airport After Being Separated At US-Mexico Border

  23-06-2018 05:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Guatemalan mother and her seven-year-old child who have been separated for a month after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border were reunited in the middle of the night at BWI-Marshall Airport Friday.
  Darwin Micheal Mejia and his mother, Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia, were fleeing violence and threats in their home country of Guatemala and seeking asylum. They crossed over the Texas border illegally after traveling 2,300 miles on foot and turned themselves in to
  
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• Justices Adopt Digital-Age Privacy Rules To Track Cellphones

  23-06-2018 04:34
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police generally need a warrant to look at records that reveal where cellphone users have been, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a big victory for privacy interests in the digital age.
  The justices’ 5-4 decision marks a big change in how police may obtain information that phone companies collect from the ubiquitous cellphone towers that allow people to make and receive calls, and transmit data. The information has become an important tool in criminal investigations
  
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• Elementary School Changes Confederate Name To Honor Barack Obama

  23-06-2018 03:29
  RICHMOND, Va. (WJZ) — An elementary school in Virginia is making a big statement by changing its name.
  J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond is currently named after a Confederate general. But the Richmond Public School Board voted Monday to rename it Barack Obama Elementary School.
  Name suggestions came from the community and students — 95 percent of whom are African-American.
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• Baltimore Co. Fire Dept. Employee Finds Death Threat Letters On Car, At Home

  23-06-2018 03:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An employee of the Baltimore County Fire Department reportedly received a death threat containing a racial slur last week.
  Our media partner The Baltimore Sun reports the victim found the letter on his car that was parked in a garage along Baltimore Avenue in Towson on June 14.
  The victim received the letter after finding a similar one was at his home.
  An investigation is ongoing.
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• Lawmakers Asking For Work Visa Extension Of 25 Foreign Teachers In Baltimore

  23-06-2018 02:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Five Maryland lawmakers on Capitol Hill are urging the Secretary of Labor to extend the visas of more than two dozen Baltimore City teachers who are being forced to return home to their countries when their visas expire at the end of the month.
  Most of the 25 teachers are from the Philippines, though some are from Jamaica, and all have called Baltimore home for the past 10-15 years.
  “I think it’s really criminal what they’re doing to these people,&r
  
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• 17-Year-Old Charged In Missing Teen’s Murder

  23-06-2018 02:33
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the death of another boy whose remains were found in a wooded area in Annapolis last year.
  The body of 17-year-old Neris Bonilla-Palacios was found Oct. 3, 2017, near Open Lane View Lane. Anne Arundel County Police said there was evidence of trauma to Bonilla-Palacios’ body. The teen was initially reported missing Aug. 5.
  Police later identified Marcos Melendez-Gamez as a suspect. He was arrested Monday in
  
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• Man Dies After Car Plunges Into Potomac River

  23-06-2018 02:15
  ARLINGTON, Va. (WJZ) — A man has died after his car went into the Potomac River, fire officials say.
  The car went into the water at the Columbia Island Marina in Arlington, Virginia around 9 a.m. Friday, according to the Arlington County Fire Department.
  #Update Vehicle has been pulled from the water at Columbia Island Marina. Victim rescued from vehicle remains in critical condition. @DCPoliceDept remaining on scene to conduct an investigation. Thanks to our partners @dcairports @usparkpo
  
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• Top Netflix Executive Out After Using The N-Word

  23-06-2018 01:52
  (CNN Money) — A top Netflix executive has left the company after he used the N-word in front of colleagues on more than one occasion.
  The streaming service’s chief communications officer, Jonathan Friedland, issued an apology on Twitter Friday and said he’s leaving the company after seven years.
  “Leaders have to be beyond reproach in the example we set and unfortunately I fell short of that standard when I was insensitive in speaking to my team about words that offend in
  
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• 9,000 Barrels Of Bourbon Fall In Distillery Building Collapse

  23-06-2018 01:44
  (CNN) — Pardon bourbon lovers for crying in their beer after half of the barrels being aged at a Kentucky distillery building fell to the ground when part of the structure collapsed.
  About 9,000 stacked bourbon barrels plummeted to the ground at Barton 1792 Distillery, home of the brand 1792 Bourbon.
  The building, which holds up to 20,000 barrels, was having a wall repaired. The collapse brought down half of the building, with the other half still intact.
  Bardstown Police Chief Billy Matti
  
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• Delta Bans Pit Bulls As Service Dogs, Sparks Backlash

  23-06-2018 01:10
  ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it’s no longer allowing passengers to fly with “pit bull type” dogs as service or support animals, a policy that’s being met with criticism by groups that train service dogs and the people who use them.
  The Atlanta-based airline describes its ban as an “enhancement” to its policy on animals in passenger areas. Delta will also limit travelers to a single emotional support animal per flight. The changes, announ
  
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• Police Shooting Of Boy Spurs More Protests, Appeals

  23-06-2018 01:01
  Protesters demonstrated Friday for a third day over the fatal police shooting in Pennsylvania of an unarmed black teen fleeing a traffic stop as they sought to get the attention of a nation engrossed by the immigration debate, and to pressure officials to charge the officer.
  Hundreds of marchers chanting “Who did this? The police did this” shut down a Pittsburgh area highway in the early morning hours, and a small group staged a sit-in outside the district attorney’s office lat
  
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• 3 Md. Universities Revoke Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degrees

  23-06-2018 00:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Several universities in Maryland have revoked Bill Cosby’s honorary degrees, less than two months after he was convicted of multiple counts of aggravated indecent assault.
  The University System of Maryland said Friday that it received requests to rescind degrees from the University of Baltimore, the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
  The USM Board of Regents released the following statement:
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• Jewish Md. Delegate Claims Man Yelled ‘Heil Hitler’ At Her

  23-06-2018 00:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As the primaries get closer, verbal attacks between candidates are heating up. For one Maryland delegate, hateful speech didn’t come from her opponent, but a man driving by.
  Maryland Del. Shelly Hettleman said she was on the corner of Greenspring Valley and Falls Road in Baltimore County during the Monday morning rush hour when a man “with hatred in his face” stuck his head out of the window and screamed “Heil Hitler, you don’t repr
  
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• Md. Early Voting Sets Record As Gubernatorial Candidates Round Out Campaigning

  23-06-2018 00:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Prepare for a primary campaign blitz as candidates head into the final weekend before the June 26 primary.
  More than 220,000 ballots were cast during this early voting cycle and now comes the big event.
  Voters must filter the noise of the six-way primary race for governor and choose one to run in the November general election against Gov. Larry Hogan.
  Towson University Political Rhetoric Professor Richard Vatz tells WJZ that Democratic frontrunners Rushern Baker and
  
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