• Muslims, Advocates Saddened Over Court’s Travel Ban Decision

    DETROIT (AP) — Maryam Bahramipanah is torn between staying with her husband, who came to Michigan from their native Iran, and returning home to see her mother, who suffered a stroke.
    With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, she expects that she won’t be able to do both.
    RELATED: Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban
    “I’m very sad,” said Bahramipanah
  • Trump Threatens Harley-Davidson With Tax Punishment For Move

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to avoid blame for Harley-Davidson’s decision to move some motorcycle production overseas and threatened to tax the manufacturer “like never before!” as punishment for the planned production shift.
    The Milwaukee-based company said Monday it came to its decision because of retaliatory tariffs it faces in an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union. The company had no immediate response Tuesday
  • NASA Studying Air Pollution Over Maryland Waterways

    BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) —  Turns out unhealthy air, the kind that triggers Code Orange and Code Red days isn’t isolated to cities — it also hangs out over the water.
    The challenge to studying air pollution over water is finding some place solid to do the research.
    In the Chesapeake Bay, NASA scientists have chosen Hart Miller Island to plant their instruments and make measurements, collecting data to better understand a peculiar phenomenon.
    “In the morning some o
  • ‘Big Brother’ Houseguest Bringing Maryland Flair To 20th Season

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The hit CBS show “Big Brother” is about to begin its 20th year on the air, and one of its houseguests is a Marylander.
    “I love to hang out with my children. I like to play with them. They keep me not jaded — remembering to have fun, to have a good time,” Angie “Rockstar” Lantry said.
    Lantry, a mother of three from Columbia, Maryland, says her overall strategy is to size up who else is in the house.
    “I kind of need
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  • ‘Big Brother’ House Guest Bringing Maryland Flair To 20th Season

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The hit CBS show “Big Brother” is about to begin its 20th year on the air, and one of its houseguests is a Marylander.
    “I love to hang out with my children. I like to play with them. They keep me not jaded — remembering to have fun, to have a good time,” Angie “Rockstar” Lantry said.
    Lantry, a mother of three from Columbia, Maryland, says her overall strategy is to size up who else is in the house.
    “I kind of need
  • Fan Essentials: Best Putter Ever

    Jack and Tiger, Tiger and Jack. As with so many of golf’s greatest-of-all-time discussions, the “Who is the best putter ever?” question generally comes down to two names: Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
    As Jim Nantz, anchor for CBS Sports put it, “It’s Jack, and it’s Tiger. The two of them go hand in hand.”
    The order is up for debate though, and Tiger may still further distinguish himself as his career continues.
    Both players routinely made the putts they
  • Man In Critical Condition After Falling Off Crane

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Fire crews report a man is in critical condition after falling off a crane Tuesday afternoon.
    Baltimore firefighters were called out to the 1200 block of Wallace St. just after 3:30 p.m., for a report of someone falling off a crane.
    Investigators say the man fell about 10 feet off a crane, and is now listed in critical condition at a local hospital.
    #BCFD at the 1200 blk of Wallace Street where a man fell approx 10ft off a crane. The adult male is listed in critical
  • Who Will Come Out Of Crowded Field In Democratic Primary For Governor?

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s a crowded field in the Democratic primary race for Maryland governor.
    Rushern Baker is one of the leading candidates, and he recently got the support of Valerie Irvin, who had been running in place of the late Kevin Kamenetz.
    The other leading candidate for the Democratic nomination is Ben Jealous, who spent time campaigning in northwest Baltimore on Monday.
    Baker and Jealous are joined by Richard Madeleno, Alec Ross, Jim Shea, and Krish Vignarajah on
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  • Maryland Among 17 States Suing Trump Administration Over Family Separations

    SEATTLE (AP) — 17 states, including Maryland, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
    The states, all of which are led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, D.C., in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. It’s the first legal challenge by states over the practice.
    “The administration’s practice of separating familie
  • Sad Dog Photo Goes Viral As He Looks For New Home

    Columbus, IN (CBS Local)- Ali is an adult male Pit Bull Terrier mix who is currently looking for a new family.
    According to 13 WTHR Indianapolis, Ali was part of a Mega-Adoption event held by the city this past weekend, but he unfortunately was not one of the lucky pets to be chosen. Plainfield, Indiana resident Cathlene Hirtzel took a heart-breaking photo of Ali at the end of the adoption even and posted it on Facebook hoping to find someone to adopt Ali. The photo quickly went viral.According
  • WANTED: Maryland Officials Want You To Kill Invasive Mitten Crabs

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Snakeheads are invasive, two species of catfish and now our beloved crabs — have an invasive species local environmentalist want your help remove from Maryland waterways.
    RELATED: Maryland DNR Asking Fishermen To Catch And Kill Invasive Catfish
    According to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Chinese mitten crabs are an invasive species of crab that could affect the state’s crab population.
    The key identifier of a mitten crab is it’s
  • Voter Registration Error Triggers Confusion In Maryland

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A major voter-registration slip-up caused confusion in an important primary Tuesday as officials prepared for as many as 80,000 voters to cast provisional ballots that won’t be counted until next week, but state elections officials said they believe they were able to alert affected voters in time by email so they could cast ballots.
    State officials were still assessing the fallout from a computer error at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.
    The probl
  • Maryland Primary Underway Amid Voter Registration Confusion

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland residents are voting in a primary amid some confusion created by a major voter-registration snafu.
    But election officials say they haven’t received any reports of problems thus far in Tuesday’s elections.
    A computer error at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration failed to send changes some voters made in address and party affiliation to the state elections board.
    As a result, as many as 80,000 voters could be forced to cast provisional ballots
  • India The Most Dangerous Country To Be A Woman, US Ranks 10th In Survey

    (CNN) — India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because of the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of experts shows.
    The Thomson Reuters Foundation released its results Tuesday of a survey of 550 experts on women’s issues, finding India to be the most dangerous nation for sexual violence against women, as well as human trafficking for domestic work, forced labor, forced marriage and sexual slavery, among other reasons.
    It was also the mos
  • Cubs’ Yu Darvish Buys Lavish Post-Game Spread For Both Teams After Rehab Start

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    Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish is working his way back from tendinitis in his right triceps which forced him onto the disabled list earlier this season. Last night, he pitched in a rehab appearance with the club’s Single-A affiliate in South Bend and afterwards, provided a big treat for the players of both teams, which West Michigan Whitecaps relieve Max Green tweeted pictures of:
    Thanks to @faridyu (Yu Darvish) for the Ruth’s Chris postgame. What a guy! pic.twit
  • Family Of Murdered 13-year-old Nicole Lovell Testify At Killer’s Sentencing

    CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing hearing for a former Virginia Tech student who killed a 13-year-old girl.
    Update, 1 p.m. : The parents of a slain 13-year-old girl have testified at the sentencing hearing of the former Virginia Tech student convicted of stabbing her to death.
    David Eisenhauer faces a sentence of up to life, plus 15 years, in the 2016 killing of Nicole Lovell.
    During a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Lovell’s father said he’s been diagnosed w
  • Ex-Virginia Tech Student Gets 50 Years In Nicole Lovell’s Killing

    CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison.
    David Eisenhauer was an 18-year-old freshman engineering student when he developed a relationship with Nicole Lovell, a 7th-grade student from Blacksburg.
    Prosecutor Mary Pettitt said Eisenhauer and Lovell communicated online for months before meeting at least once in person. Pettitt said they met again in January 2016, when Eisenhaue
  • Hundreds Of Kids Injured In Bike Accidents Each Day, Study Finds

    NEW YORK, NY (CBS) — As the school year ends and summer kicks off, kids across the country will be jumping on their bikes. But new research shows hundreds of thousands are injured in bike accidents every year.
    A study, published in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention, found that more than 2.2 million children ages 5 to 17 were treated in U.S. emergency departments for bicycle-related injuries from 2006 to 2015. That equates to more than 600 cases per day, or 25 every hour.
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  • AT&T Warning Customers About Phone Scam

    DALLAS (CBS Local)- Dallas based AT&T is warning its customers about a new scam that is targeting customers.
    According to WAFB, customers have been reporting calls in which the caller tells them that their service is being suspended until they verify their account. The caller then asks for the customer to give the last four digits of their social security number. In a statement to the station, AT&T says that the calls are not coming from the company and that customers need to be vig
  • Parents Arrested After 6 Kids Found Living In Truck

    PHOENIX (KGUN) — Police arrested two parents after finding six children living out of a small pickup truck in a north Phoenix restaurant parking lot.
    Phoenix police report that on Sunday morning they spotted a small truck reported stolen in a parking lot near 27th and Peoria avenues.
    Inside the truck, police reportedly found six children ranging in age from 11 months to 7 years old. Police say the children were sleeping in and around the truck, which was parked in a restaurant parking lot
  • Antwon Rose’s Poem About Growing Up Black In America Has Taken On A Life Of Its Own

    (CNN) — In his teenage mind, Antwon Rose II wrestled with thoughts of hope, fear and uncertainty about growing up black in America.
    After a suburban Pittsburgh officer fatally shot the unarmed 17-year-old as he ran from police last week, his family released a poem Antwon had written that showed the range of emotions he felt. He titled it, “I Am Not What You Think!”
    After a suburban Pittsburgh officer fatally shot the 17-year-old as he ran from police last week, his family relea
  • Sheriff: New Zealand Man Shot Trying To Enter 14-year-old’s Va. Home

    GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — A New Zealand man who traveled to the U.S. home of a 14-year-old girl he had communicated with online was shot by the girl’s mother, a sheriff said Monday.
    Troy George Skinner, 25, was shot Friday after he allegedly smashed a glass door and tried to enter the home in Goochland, Virginia, said sheriff James Agnew.
    The Goochland County sheriff said Skinner bought a knife and duct tape after arriving in the U.S. The sheriff also said the girl’s mother saw a m
  • Video Captures Man Riding Hood Of Car On I-95

    MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Just when you thought you had seen everything on South Florida roadways, along comes something that makes you shake your head.
    It happened last Sunday, at around 8 p.m.
    (WARNING: Video Contains Strong Language)
    When she says she’s done with you but you’re not really done with her #onlyinflorida pic.twitter.com/4vt34VMhN6
    — dani (@danimidah) June 25, 2018A man was seen on the hood of a speeding black Mercedes Benz on the southbound I-95 Express Lanes.
    Th
  • Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban

    (CNN) — The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
    The ruling was 5-4 along partisan lines, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the conservative majority.
    This is the third version of the travel ban. It was issued in September — after previous bans had ricocheted through the courts — and restricts entry from seven countries to varying degrees: Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela. Chad was originally on the list but
  • Maryland Primary: Power Outages, Delays Reported At Polls

    ESSEX, Md. (WJZ ) — Delays, power outages, machines glitching and last-minute polling location changes are just some of the issues voters faced Tuesday morning as they went to the polls for Maryland’s primary.
    Baltimore City Board of Elections reports a few glitches Tuesday morning at polling locations.
    At Hampden Elementary, some election judges were late, but now things are running smoothly.
    IT Baltimore opened more than an hour late after judges had issues finding equipment,
  • Maryland Primary: Essex Voting Location Changed Due To Outage

    ESSEX, Md. (WJZ ) — Delays, power outages, machines glitching and last-minute polling location changes are just some of the issues voters faced Tuesday morning as they went to the polls for Maryland’s primary.
    Baltimore City Board of Elections reports a few glitches Tuesday morning at polling locations.
    At Hampden Elementary, some election judges were late, but now things are running smoothly.
    IT Baltimore opened more than an hour late after judges had issues finding equipment,
  • Inmate Sentenced To 30 Years For Killing Cellmate

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — An inmate who pleaded guilty to beating his cellmate to death as they drank homemade alcohol in their Maryland cell has been sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole.
    The Hagerstown Herald-Mail reports the sentence 36-year-old Mark Andrew Topper received Monday comes on top of lengthy sentences he already faces for previous convictions.
    Topper pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in the 2016 death of 26-year-old Benjamin Hall, who was serving a theft
  • Maryland Primary Elections On Tuesday

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Voters throughout the state will head to the polls Tuesday, June 26, for Maryland’s primary election.
    Six Democratic candidates are running for governor. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and Former NAACP President Ben Jealous are in a statistical tie for the lead. Baker, Jealous, Richard Madeleno, Alec Ross, Jim Shea, and Krish Vignarajah all aspire to win the nomination.
    Current incumbent Larry Hogan is running unopposed in the Republican electi
  • Maryland Primary Elections: Find Your Polling Location

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Voters throughout the state will head to the polls Tuesday, June 26, for Maryland’s primary election.
    Six Democratic candidates are running for governor. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and Former NAACP President Ben Jealous are in a statistical tie for the lead. Baker, Jealous, Richard Madeleno, Alec Ross, Jim Shea, and Krish Vignarajah all aspire to win the nomination.
    Current incumbent Larry Hogan is running unopposed in the Republican electi
  • Police Dog “Poncho” Performs CPR On Officer In Demonstration Video

    (CBS News)- Poncho, a police dog in Madrid, has become an internet sensation after a video showing him appearing to perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on his handler went viral. Poncho was taking part in a first aid awareness event for elementary school kids visiting a Madrid police headquarters.
    The video has been viewed more than 2 million times since it was published on the Madrid police’s twitter account on June 22. In the accompanying message, the police playfully note that &
  • Missing Vulnerable Adult In Baltimore City Found Safe

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say Terry Newkirk has been found safe.Baltimore Police are looking for Terry Newkirk, 65, who they say was last seen Monday in the 200 block of North Linwood Avenue.
    Police say Newkirk is six-feet tall and weighs approximately 140 lbs. He was last seen in a grey and orange shirt, khaki cargo shorts with black sneakers.According to officials, Newkirk’s family and friends are concerned about his well-being,
    Anyone with information is asked to con
  • Missing Vulnerable Adult In Baltimore City

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are looking for Terry Newkirk, 65, who they say was last seen Monday in the 200 block of North Linwood Avenue.
    Police say Newkirk is six-feet tall and weighs approximately 140 lbs. He was last seen in a grey and orange shirt, khaki cargo shorts with black sneakers.According to officials, Newkirk’s family and friends are concerned about his well-being,
    Anyone with information is asked to contact the Baltimore Police Department’s
  • Weather Blog: Easy Weather

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Easy weather again today. Let’s not over think this one. Sunny and 80°. Yesterday 83°. Easy weather. And to be honest, even with a big heat pump high eventually setting up and delivering a dose of legit Summer heat to us, (to end the weekend and start next week), it is still an easy scenario.
    In the Winter it seems that most of our “rap” is along these lines;
    “If this happens then thus and such will occur.”“If that happens, alon
  • Police Asked To Not Release Video Footage Of Fatal Shooting

    SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Maryland state’s attorney’s officials have asked police to not release video footage police say shows a man knock an officer down and stand over him as the officer fatally shoots him.
    WTOP-FM reports Howard County Deputy State’s Attorney Mary Murphy and officials investigating the shooting met with the Montgomery County Police Department Monday. A department release says they asked the police to not yet publicly release body camera footage becaus
  • Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Ranked Among Top U.S. Children’s Hospitals

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — U.S. News & World Report ranked Johns Hopkins Children’s Center #8 in the nation in its 2018-19 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll.
    Johns Hopkins is the only children’s hospital on the list that is integrated with an adult facility.
    The hospitals were also ranked by specialties. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center was one of 23 hospitals to rank in all 10 categories. Five specialties ranked in the top 10 including #4 in Neurology &
  • ‘You’re Rapists, Animals, Drug Dealers’: Woman Berates Latino Man On Video, Saying Donald Trump ‘Says So’

    (CBSLA) — A video making the rounds on social media Monday shows a San Bernardino County woman spewing racist hate speech at a U.S.-born, Latino man, and she defends the remarks by saying the president has done the same.
    Seventeen-year-old activist Kenidra Woods posted the video to Twitter, saying her friend Esteban Guzman of Pomona was being harassed by “a racist white woman” while he was out working with his mother.
    A friend, Esteban Guzman sent me this video of a r
  • Maxine Waters: ‘I Have Not Called For The Harm Of Anybody’

    (CNN) — Rep. Maxine Waters pushed back against President Donald Trump on Monday, saying she wasn’t calling for people to “harm” his supporters, as he tweeted earlier in the day, but to publicly protest his Cabinet members.
    “I believe in peaceful, very peaceful protests,” she told reporters on Capitol Hill. “I have not called for the harm of anybody. This President has lied again when he’s saying that I’ve called for harm.”
    The
  • Gordon’s 2 RBIs, Key Bunt Carry Mariners Past Orioles 5-3

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Dee Gordon’s slick seventh-inning bunt was the lone hit in a two-run uprising that put Seattle ahead for good, and the Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Monday night for just their second win in eight games.
    Denard Span homered for the Mariners, who benefited from 10 walks and a pivotal wild pitch to get back on track after losing successive series at Yankee Stadium and in Boston.
    Gordon gave the Mariners an early lead with a two-run single, then provided the k
  • Maryland, Federal Government To Study I-295 Transfer

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland and the U.S. Department of the Interior have agreed to study transferring part of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to the state as part of a plan to relieve traffic congestion.
    Gov. Larry Hogan announced the agreement in a news release Monday.
    The news release says the Interior Department and the state will explore “potential legislative solutions” to transfer or exchange the part of Interstate 295 that runs through Prince George’s and Anne
  • Weather Blog: Pleasant Start To The Week

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A very pleasant start to the week, as we had low humidity and a dry breeze and temperatures that were below average.
    Tuesday will also be very pleasant and dry once again. On Wednesday, a front will bring more clouds, and a chance of showers will develop by later in the day and may continue into early Thursday.
    Warmer, and eventually more humid air will arrive by the weekend.
    We may start a run of days with the high temperatures around 90 or higher as we head into the fir
  • Portion Of Cold Spring Ln. Remains Closed Because Of Water Main Break

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — West Cold Spring Lane at I-83 remains shut down Monday night as crews continue to work to repair a water main break.
    According to Baltimore Department of Public Works officials, a 16-inch water main broke on Saturday.
    A second break on the water line happened Monday evening, delaying the opening of the road.
    Officials say crews will continue working until the water is restored.
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  • Police Investigating After Woman Killed The Day Before Her Birthday

    BALTIMORE CO., Md. (WJZ) — A suspicious death investigation is unfolding in Baltimore County after a woman was found dead inside her home on the eve of her birthday.
    Monday would have been Cindy Testerman’s 62nd birthday.
    Instead of celebrating, close friends, family, and neighbors are mourning her death and seeking answers as to what could have happened.
    A birthday marked not by balloons or streamers, but by police crime tape.
    Traces of it were left near the Rosedale home
  • Child Unharmed After Being Inside Vehicle That Was Stolen

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A child was not injured after being inside a vehicle that was stolen in Baltimore Monday afternoon.
    Police say the vehicle was stolen just after noon, at a gas station in the 4200 block of Erdman Ave.
    There was a child inside the vehicle at the time, but police say the child was let out nearby after the suspect realized the child was inside.
    The child was not injured during the armed robbery, and police say the vehicle was later recovered by police.
    No further d
  • Police: Firefighters Shot After Being Lured To Nursing Home

    LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A retirement home resident shot at firefighters who responded to a report of an explosion at the Southern California facility on Monday, killing a veteran fire captain and leaving a second firefighter and another resident wounded, officials said.
    Investigators believe based on a preliminary investigation that the man, Thomas Kim, had set a fire early Monday morning to draw first responders to his second-floor apartment at the retirement home in Long Beach, so
  • Attendance At Orioles Games Down 26 Percent From Last Year

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A losing season, and now, empty seats. The Orioles are face a huge dip in ticket sales.
    After losing more than 50 games so far this season, the Oriole’s are now dealing with disappearing fans, as Camden Yards has more and more empty seats this season.
    One of the worst teams in baseball is playing for thousands of empty seats in Baltimore.
    No longer the hottest ticket in Baltimore, attendance at O’s games is down almost 26 percent from last season.
    This ti
  • Baltimore State’s Attorney Candidate Threatens To Sue Other Candidates For ‘Lies’ About His Name

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Just hours before voters head to the polls for the primary election, the race for Baltimore City’s next state’s attorney is getting ugly.
    This is a three-way race, and one of the candidates threatened to sue his opponents, saying they lied about him.
    But none of the other candidates are backing down.
    Ivan Bates is one of the three candidates running to be for Baltimore City State’s Attorney.
    “As a homicide prosecutor, Ivan never lost a murder

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