Baltimore news

• Sandy Point Park Swimming Banned Indefinitely, Cleanup Continues

  02-08-2018 23:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In the midst of the summer season, beachgoers should be soaking in the picturesque view at sandy point beach.
  Instead, the park is dealing with a mess, coping with a slew of debris that’s banned swimming indefinitely. There is trash, branches and tree trunks, some debris that’s too heavy for equipment to even handle.
  All of this, littering the Chesapeake. It comes after heavy rain forced officials to open the Conowingo Dam’s gates in the Susquehanna Rive
  
  Read more

• Advertise & Connect With WJZ

  02-08-2018 23:04
  For Advertising:Contact Shirley Pridgeon , 410-578-7516.
  You can also mail: 3725 Malden Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21211
  Address:
  WJZ-TV3725 Malden AvenueBaltimore, Maryland 21211
  Directions:From the north, take Interstate 83 south to Northern Parkway east. Make a right turn at Falls Road. Make another right turn at 41st Street. Turn right at Girard Avenue and turn right again at Malden Avenue.
  From the south, take Interstate 83 north to Cold Spring Lane east. Make a right turn at Falls Road. Ma
  
  Read more

• Judge Orders Man’s Mouth Taped Shut During His Sentencing

  02-08-2018 22:57
  CLEVELAND, Ohio (CBS Local) – An Ohio judge had enough of being repeatedly interrupted by a chatty defendant and had the man’s mouth taped shut during a sentencing hearing.
  32-year-old Franklyn Williams was convicted for his involvement in three armed robberies and was brought before Judge John Russo on July 31 to hear his punishment. Before Russo could deliver his decision, Williams reportedly refused to stop talking.
  “Mr. Williams, I’m the judge in the matter,
  
  Read more

• World’s Largest Crab Feast Runs Friday Night In Annapolis

  02-08-2018 22:42
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The World’s Largest Crab Feast, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Annapolis is expecting about 3,000 people Friday night.
  “We’ll serve crabs, beer, crab soup, corn, pit beef, sodas, watermelon, a bake sale for three wonderful hours, it’s our biggest fundraiser of the year.” Clara Hutzell, crab feast chair said.
  The crab feast takes place at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, and it’s all under cover.
  “The most imp
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Police: Two Thieves Squeeze Onto Motorcycle With Stolen 50-Inch TV

  02-08-2018 22:36
  MANVEL, Texas (CBS Local) – Two thieves in Texas may want to rethink their getaway vehicle during their next heist. The men were caught on surveillance cameras stealing a 50-inch television before squeezing onto a motorcycle to make their escape with the large screen in tow.
  The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office says a Manvel homeowner’s security cameras caught two men break in and rip the giant television off the wall on July 30. The two crooks then hopped onto their
  
  Read more

• 2 Teens Killed In Crash On I-695; Driver Was Wanted By Police

  02-08-2018 22:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police believe alcohol and speed may have played a role in an early morning crash that caused two teens in the backseat of a car to be ejected and killed.
  WJZ obtained cell phone video of the deadly crash just after 1:15 a.m. that shut down the outer loop of 695 at Providence Road for several hours Thursday.
  Maryland State Police said a 2000 Honda Accord struck the right shoulder guardrail and eventually came to a rest in the center lane.
  One of the backseat passenge
  
  Read more

• Ivanka Trump Says Media Isn’t ‘Enemy Of The People.’ White House Declines To Agree

  02-08-2018 22:29
  (CNN) — Ivanka Trump said Thursday she does not believe the press is the enemy of the American people, putting her at odds with a view repeatedly expressed by her father, President Donald Trump, and his White House, which declined to take a stand on the issue hours later.
  Asked at an Axios event at the Newseum in Washington if she believes “the media is the enemy of the people,” Ivanka Trump, a White House senior adviser, replied, “No, I do not.”
  “I&rsquo
  
  Read more

• Lawmakers, Flight Attendants, Passengers Oppose TSA Proposal To Cut Screening At Airports

  02-08-2018 22:27
  (CNN) — If the Transportation Safety Administration eliminates security checkpoints at small airports, like the one Bryant Garrett runs in Redding, California, he worries nobody will be checking the bags and pockets of the hundreds of passengers who board planes there every week bound for San Francisco.
  “Who would it be?” asked Garrett, the manager of Redding Municipal Airport, who had heard about the proposal, first reported by CNN on Wednesday.
  “I, as the airport, don&r
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Amber Alert Issued For Abducted 12-Year-Old Girl Last Seen In Va.

  02-08-2018 22:05
  ARLINGTON, VA. (WJZ) — An Amber Alert has been activated for a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
  JinJing Ma is 4’11, 90 pounds and was seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans and a black jacket. Virginia State Police believe the girl was abducted from the Arlington airport.
  RT: #Virginia AMBER Alert: Missing 12YO Chinese female abducted from @Reagan_Airport in #NoVa by unk Asian female. Call 911. @MWAAPoliceChief @Arlington
  
  Read more

• Heavy Rains In July Ruined Many Crops Throughout Maryland

  02-08-2018 21:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It was too much of a good thing, with July’s heavy rains ruining many crops throughout Maryland.
  Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder says “vegetables were particularly hard hit.”
  Crops like tomatoes and melons absorbed so much water in the rainstorms that they either split apart or began rotting in the field, greatly reducing what could be picked and sold.
  “People go to the farmer’s market and they comment about how
  
  Read more

• Body Found In Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

  02-08-2018 20:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating after a body was found in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Thursday.
  According to Baltimore Police, officers on their marine unit found the body of a female floating in the harbor around 12:30 p.m.
  Fire officials also received a similar report.
  Body found in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. WJZ Photo
  The body will be taken to the state medical examiner’s officer for further identification and cause of death.
  Follow @WJZ on Twitter and like WJZ-
  
  Read more

• 2 Arrested For Producing Child Porn Involving 2-Year-Old

  02-08-2018 20:56
  FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) — Two people have been arrested in Maryland after police say they produced porn involving a 2-year-old.
  Peter Giove and Jennifer Giove have been charged with child sexual abuse, manufacturing child pornography, and other related charges.
  The two were arrested after a search warrant was served at their home.
  Authorities report finding several files of child pornography, and say the two took part in producing child pornography involving a 2-year-old.
  Both were denie
  
  Read more

• Active Shooter Reported At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Hospital

  02-08-2018 20:50
  DAYTON, Ohio — Security forces and other emergency responders have been called to the hospital of an Air Force base in Ohio following reports of an active shooter. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton stated via Twitter that base emergency responders including security forces and fire department responded to a “reported active shooter incident” about 12:40 p.m. ET Thursday.
  The incident was reported at the base medical center, where people were seen being escorted out
  
  Read more

• Report Warns Against Using Plastic Food Containers

  02-08-2018 20:40
  Itasca, Ill. (CBS Local) – A new report is warning against using plastic food containers because of the fear that harmful chemicals could leak into your food.
  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging parents to keep food out of plastic tupperware. The July 23 report explains that plastics, especially when they are heated, can contaminate food with materials that affect the hormones and can cause other health problems.
  “It can also be detrimental to pregnant w
  
  Read more

• VIDEO: Pizza Delivery Boy Stuns Family With Piano Skills

  02-08-2018 20:32
  SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS Local) – A Michigan family got dinner and a show when their pizza delivery boy shocked them with his amazing piano skills.
  In a July 25 Facebook post, Julie Varchetti says her husband ordered pizza for their children from Hungry Howie’s. When Bryce the pizza delivery driver arrived, he noticed the family’s piano and asked if he could play.“This is the treat they got!!!! Figures I wasn’t home,” Varchetti joked aft
  
  Read more

• 6 Sex Offenders In Maryland Charged With Violating Their Conditions

  02-08-2018 20:22
  FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) — Six registered sex offenders in Maryland have been charged with violating the conditions of their sex offender registry.
  37-year-old Gabriel Alicea-Rodriguez, of Frederick, has been charged after the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reports he failed to report to them about his use of a social media account.
  Courtesy: Frederick Co. Sheriff’s Office
  Willie Clark Jr., 60, faces a charge of failure to register as a sex offender. Authorities say he is h
  
  Read more

• Fists Fly After Youth Baseball Game In Texas

  02-08-2018 20:19
  PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A little league championship game at Enfield Park in Plano got out of hand to the point where police were called to the scene.
  It was caught on video and shows a coach from one of the teams getting violent with a parent.
  Emotions got out of control during a little league championship game here.
  Those who witnessed it say one of the coaches should be disciplined if not charged for a game-ending brawl.
  Video from the end of the game shows Michael Zadorozny strikin
  
  Read more

• New Documentary From Decades TV Highlights The 1968 DNC

  02-08-2018 19:44
  During the last week of August in 1968, almost 29 million television viewers in the United States and another countless millions around the world watched as police and anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed violently in the streets of downtown Chicago, while a party in turmoil battled over who would be its eventual presidential nominee during a contentious Democratic National Convention.
  These are the scenes and the voices heard in “Decades Presents 1968: The DNC,” a new documentary fro
  
  Read more

• Amtrak Train Reportedly Derails At Union Station

  02-08-2018 19:44
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJZ) — An Amtrak train reportedly derailed just north of Union Station in D.C. Thursday.
  According to DC Fire and EMS, there were an estimated 190 passengers on board.
  Train 20 derailed the lead engine coming into Washington Union Station at a low-speed. The engine is being removed from the consist, and the passengers will continue on the train into Union Station. There are no reported injuries to the crew or passengers.
  — Amtrak Northeast (@AmtrakNEC) August 2
  
  Read more

• Boy Who Had Chunk Of Brain Removed Has Almost Fully Recovered

  02-08-2018 19:39
  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (CBS Local) – Doctors in Pennsylvania say a young boy has almost fully recovered after having a large portion of his brain removed.
  The boy, identified as U.D. in the Cell Reports study, suffered a seizure at age four and developed epilepsy after that. Doctors found that the child was suffering from a slow-growing tumor that required a third of the right side of his brain to be removed by surgeons.
  Three years later, physicians say that the remaining par
  
  Read more

• Free Samples At Costco Leads To Fight Between Senior Citizens

  02-08-2018 19:31
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Free samples briefly turned a Costco warehouse club into a fight club for two senior citizens.
  The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, cites a July 26 Greenville police report saying it began when a 72-year-old man cut ahead of a 70-year-old man who was waiting for a complimentary piece of cheese.
  It happened again as the 70-year-old was awaiting a cheeseburger sample. First there were angry words and then a punch.
  Police say the ch
  
  Read more

• Pot Of Boiling Hot Sauce Splattered, Sending 4 Employees To Burn Center

  02-08-2018 19:30
  BALTIMORE CO., (WJZ) — Four people are being treated at a local burn center after a pot of boiling hot sauce fell and splattered on employees at a Baltimore County restaurant.
  Authorities were called out Thursday morning to Island Quizine on Loch Raven Blvd. in Towson for reports of four burn patients.
  First responders transported the burn victims to Hopkins Bayview’s Burn Center. One was a Priority 2 patient, while the other three were Priority 3 patients.
  Police say it wa
  
  Read more

• Charges, Bail Set For Uber Eats Deliveryman In Fatal Stabbing

  02-08-2018 19:13
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Uber Eats bicycle deliveryman accused of fatally stabbing a real estate developer on a Philadelphia street is now eligible for bail after prosecutors amended the charges against him.
  The district attorney’s office Wednesday changed the charges against 21-year-old Michael White to third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.
  Bail was set at $150,000 with a condition of house arrest for White, a former student at Baltimore’s Morgan State University.
  Poli
  
  Read more

• ‘Warrior Woman’ Mom Bitten, Shot While Fighting Off Burglary Suspect

  02-08-2018 19:08
  CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — A Catonsville woman is in surgery at Shock Trauma after being bitten and shot when she confronted a burglary suspect after walking in on the crime with her teenage son Wednesday night.
  Police say the crime happened at a home in the 600 block of Aldershot Rd at 7:55 p.m.
  The husband of the victim tells WJZ’s Kimberly Eiten that his “warrior woman” wife and teenage son walked in on the burglary in progress.
  The 44-year-old victim managed to cal
  
  Read more

• ‘Warrior Woman’ Mom Bitten, Shot After Fighting Off Burglary Suspect

  02-08-2018 19:08
  CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — A Catonsville woman is in surgery at Shock Trauma after being bitten and shot when she confronted a burglary suspect after walking in on the crime with her teenage son Wednesday night.
  Police say the crime happened at a home in the 600 block of Aldershot Rd at 7:55 p.m.
  The husband of the victim tells WJZ’s Kimberly Eiten that his “warrior woman” wife and teenage son walked in on the burglary in progress.
  The 44-year-old victim managed to cal
  
  Read more

• Top Baltimore Police Admin Didn’t File Taxes Until Inquiry

  02-08-2018 19:08
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police deputy commissioner had failed to file his business property taxes on time, despite the recent tax problems that led to the commissioner of the troubled department’s departure.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that Andre Bonaparte hadn’t filed the taxes until Wednesday, a day after the newspaper inquired about the personal property tax returns he hadn’t filed for two businesses in 2017 and one in 2018.
  Bonaparte said in a statement that his bu
  
  Read more

• Maryland Officials Criticize Upstream States For Bay Debris

  02-08-2018 18:50
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and other state officials have accused upstream states of failing to take responsibility for pollution that is pouring into the Chesapeake Bay, after last week’s record rainfall.
  The Republican governor noted the trees, tires and other garbage now floating in the nation’s largest estuary. He called the situation “an economic and ecological crisis.”
  Comptroller Peter Franchot, a Democrat, says, “We’re litera
  
  Read more

• Ex-WWE Star John Morrison More Than A Wrestling ‘Survivor’

  02-08-2018 18:35
  By Chuck Carroll
  There’s more to John Hennigan than what you see inside the wrestling ring. Yes, he gained fame and fortune as John Morrison in WWE, where he became one of the biggest Superstars on the roster.
  He debuted on the main roster in 2003 and bounced around a couple of different gimmicks before being written off for a while to return to WWE’s developmental territory at the time. Then, in 2005, he resurfaced as Johnny Nitro, one-third of the faction known as MNM. It wasn&rsqu
  
  Read more

• Only Guinness Brewery In U.S. To Open In Baltimore County Friday

  02-08-2018 17:43
  BALTIMORE CO., Md. (WJZ) — For the first time in more than 60 years, Guinness is opening a brewery in the U.S., and it will be housed in Baltimore County.
  The public will be able to tour the Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House, as well as attend taproom tastings and dining in it’s restaurant.The brewery will be a “world-class” visitor center, featuring taprooms, food, merchandise and opportunities to tour the brewery and learn about the history of Guinness.
  
  Read more

• Police: Woman Rammed Man’s SUV Because Of His Trump Bumper Sticker

  02-08-2018 17:33
  HYANNIS, Mass. (CBS Local) – A Massachusetts man rammed by a car believes he was targeted because he had a President Trump bumper sticker on his SUV. The driver of that car is now facing charges.
  “I could hear her screaming out of the car or something, so I thought man maybe something’s wrong with my car,” said the man who did not want to be identified. “I get out, all of a sudden I hear, ‘you’re racist’ a bunch of cuss words.”A man says
  
  Read more

• CDC: ‘Don’t Wash Or Reuse Condoms’

  02-08-2018 17:14
  ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS Local) – The CDC is reminding people not to “wash or reuse condoms.”The reminder was posted by CDC STD on Twitter.We say it because people do it: Don't wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act. https://t.co/o3SPayRf9m pic.twitter.com/AwkPqE9YMl
  — CDC STD (@CDCSTD) July 23, 2018“We say it because people do it: Don’t wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act,” said the CDC in the post.
  
  Read more

• Pro Football Hall Of Fame Game: Chicago Bears-Baltimore Ravens Preview

  02-08-2018 16:45
  By Josh Nagel
  The NFL returns today when the Baltimore Ravens face the Chicago Bears in the annual Hall of Fame Game (8 p.m. ET). It will be played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, leading into the weekend’s festivities. The events will climax with the induction of this year’s class, which includes legends Ray Lewis, Brian Urlacher and Randy Moss, among others.
  But what about the game, which officially kicks off the new season, or at least the preseason? Will we se
  
  Read more

• Video Game Coaches Up For Hire To Help Kids, Adults Win Fortnite

  02-08-2018 16:06
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are tutors and private instructors to help kids with everything from school work to mastering a musical instrument. Now, there’s something totally new.Coaches for hire to help children get better at playing video games is a lucrative business, but is it worth it? 13-year-old Leslie D’Incecco seems to think so. He’s really good at the game Overwatch, and says a gaming coach could help him take it to the next
  
  Read more

• ‘Our Boys Are Coming Home;’ Pence Welcomes Korean War Dead

  02-08-2018 15:49
  HONOLULU (AP) — In an emotional and solemn ceremony, the remains of dozens of presumed casualties from the Korean War were escorted by military honor guards onto U.S. soil on Wednesday, 65 years after an armistice ended the conflict and weeks after President Donald Trump received a commitment from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their return.
  The U.S. military believes the bones are those of U.S. servicemen and potentially servicemen from other United Nations member countries who fough
  
  Read more

• A Nazi Flag Was Found Flying At A Public Park In Wyoming

  02-08-2018 15:42
  (CNN) — The flag of Nazi Germany was sighted atop a flagpole in a public park in Laramie, Wyoming.
  The US flag that usually flies from the pole lay crumpled on the ground when police arrived on the scene Monday morning, according to Lieutenant Gwen Smith of the Laramie Police Department.
  Shortly after police were notified of the incident, officers promptly removed the Nazi flag, which bore the swastika symbol. Upon retrieving the discarded American flag, the officers folded it properly and
  
  Read more

• Pope Declares Death Penalty Inadmissible, Changing Church’s Stance

  02-08-2018 14:46
  (CNN) — Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is never admissible and that the Catholic Church will work towards its abolition around the world, the Vatican formally announced Thursday.
  The change, which has been added to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, makes official a position that the Pope has articulated since he became pontiff.
  The Church now teaches that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person&rd
  
  Read more

• Weather Blog: Good Chance Of Rain

  02-08-2018 14:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Again, as we have seen all week, we have rain/thunderstorms in the forecast. Yesterday and Tuesday we had rain to the West, and East. Here in the central part of the Mid-Atlantic we were in the “null zone.” (Last week we were not.) Well now the stationary front that set up two days ago to the West is starting to shift East, and the chance of seeing rain, and or thunderstorms, is pretty good. Enough so that a Flood Watch has been issued for our part of the stat
  
  Read more

• Swedish Royal Jewels Stolen By Thieves Who Fled By Speedboat

  02-08-2018 13:51
  (CNN) — Thieves stole priceless royal artifacts in a daring raid on a Swedish cathedral before escaping by speedboat, police said.
  The thieves made off with jewels belonging to former Swedish monarchs Karl IX and Kristina from the Strängnäs Cathedral to the west of the capital, Stockholm, on Tuesday.
  Two crowns and a golden orb adorned with a crucifix were taken from the cathedral, which dates back to the 12th century, according to a police report. The items date from the early 1
  
  Read more

• Flash Flood Watch In Maryland

  02-08-2018 13:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for large portions of Maryland through Thursday night.
  Flash #Flood Watch through tonight for areas shaded in dark green (eastern WV, much of MD west of bay, DC/Baltimore metros, I-81 corridor/Shenandoah Valley and central VA). Repeated heavy showers and thunderstorms may result in rapid rises of water. Be alert, avoid flooded areas. pic.twitter.com/iuBGIl9S3G
  — NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) August 2, 2018Anne Arundel, Carroll, Ce
  
  Read more

• McDonald’s Accidentally Serves Pregnant Woman Cleaning Fluid Instead Of Latte

  02-08-2018 13:30
  ALBERTA, Canada (CBS) — McDonald’s is apologizing for a dangerous mistake after serving cleaning solution to a woman who ordered a latte.
  Sarah Douglas ordered a coffee from the drive-thru at a McDonald’s in Alberta, Canada.
  She drove off down the road and took a sip.
  Douglas immediately knew something was not right.
  “Threw my hazard lights on and pulled into the ditch and spit it out. I grabbed some water that was in my car and swished my mouth out,” she expla
  
  Read more

• Police: Abducted 88-Year-Old Headed To Maryland

  02-08-2018 13:01
  FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (WJZ) — Virginia State Police believe John Alee Wimbush, 88, was abducted and is in danger.
  Wimbush was last seen at 10:28 a.m. Wednesday in Martinsville, Virginia. wearing a blue shirt, jacket, and blue jeans. He uses a cane to walk.
  He is described as a black male, 5′ 6″, 176 lbs., with brown eyes and black and gray hair.
  Courtesy: Virginia State Police
  Police say he is believed to be with Valerie Swinson (a.k.a. Valerie Condell), 59, who is a black femal
  
  Read more

• Police: Abducted 88-Year-Old Found Safe

  02-08-2018 13:01
  UPDATE: Police have found John Alee Wimbush safe and unharmed.
  ———-
  FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (WJZ) — Virginia State Police believe John Alee Wimbush, 88, was abducted and is in danger.
  Wimbush was last seen at 10:28 a.m. Wednesday in Martinsville, Virginia. wearing a blue shirt, jacket, and blue jeans. He uses a cane to walk.
  He is described as a black male, 5′ 6″, 176 lbs., with brown eyes and black and gray hair.
  Courtesy: Virginia State Police
  Police say h
  
  Read more

• Police: Worker At Child Immigration Facility Molested Teen

  02-08-2018 12:29
  PHOENIX (AP) — A worker at a nonprofit organization that houses immigrant children separated from their parents at the border has been booked on suspicion of molesting a 14-year-old girl at its one of its facilities in Phoenix, police said Wednesday. Southwest Key, which operates the facility, declined to say whether the 14-year-old girl was an immigrant who was separated from her parents at the border.
  Fernando Magaz Negrete kissed and fondled the girl in her bedroom at the facility on Ju
  
  Read more

• Fatal Accident On I-695 Early Thursday Morning

  02-08-2018 08:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A car hit a guardrail on the outer loop of I-695, causing two people to be ejected. Police confirm one person died and another was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries.
  There were four people in the vehicle at the time of the single car crash early Thursday morning.
  It happened between Providence and Dulaney Valley Road.
  The outer loop is closed and drivers are being detoured onto Providence Road.
  Follow @WJZ on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimor
  
  Read more

• Fatal Accident On I-695; Driver Was Wanted By Police

  02-08-2018 08:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A car hit the right shoulder guardrail on the outer loop of I-695, causing two people in the backseat to be ejected. Police confirm both victims died as a result of their injuries.
  It happened between Providence and Dulaney Valley Road in Towson, Md. around 1:18 a.m. Thursday.
  There were four people in the vehicle at the time of the single car crash. The front seat passenger was wearing a seat belt and was not ejected. They advised police that the driver had fled on
  
  Read more

• Harrisburg Diocese To Remove Names Of Every Bishop Since 1947 From Buildings, Apologizes For Accused Abuse

  02-08-2018 05:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The leader of a Catholic Diocese is apologizing following allegations of decades of sexual abuse within the church. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg has put out the names of more than 70 priests and others in the church accused of sexually abusing children. Some of them have ties to Baltimore.
  Apart from releasing the names and issuing an apology, the Harrisburg Diocese has announced it will be removing the names of every bishop since 1947 from its buildings becau
  
  Read more

• Parents, Neighbors Demand Action After 2 Deaths

  02-08-2018 05:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A call to action, as the father of a five-year-old girl run over on a suburban street stands with the community demanding safety improvements.
  Neighbors held a moment of silence for Debra Lemmer, a nurse from Sinai Hospital and Delaney Gaddis, her granddaughter, after a drunk driver killed them in Baltimore County more than two weeks ago. Brian Gaddis is Delaney’s dad.
  “I want to be an advocate. This tragedy doesn’t just happen, especially there. When I
  
  Read more

• Facebook Page’s Removal Angers Washington Protest Organizers

  02-08-2018 04:50
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Facebook stunned and angered organizers of a protest against white supremacists when it disabled their Washington event’s page this week, saying it and others had been created by “bad actors” misusing the social media platform.
  The company said the page — one of 32 pages or accounts it removed Tuesday from Facebook and Instagram — violated its ban on “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and may be linked to an account create
  
  Read more

• WEATHER ALERT: Severe Thunderstorm, Flood Warnings

  02-08-2018 04:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for:Harford County in northern Maryland
  Northeastern Baltimore County in northern MarylandThe warning will expire at 11:15 p.m.
  A flood warning has been issued for:Baltimore City in northern Maryland
  Harford City in northern Maryland
  Baltimore County in northern MarylandThe warning will expire 5 a.m. Thursday morning.
  There have been radar indicated reports of damaging winds that may cause some trees an
  
  Read more

• Weather Blog: Showers and Storms

  02-08-2018 04:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After a warm and humid day with a lot of sunshine, there will be a batch of showers and some storms moving across central Maryland late Wednesday night.
  Some heavy rains and gusty winds are likely and more showers are possible overnight as well.
  Thursday and Friday, there will also be more shower and storm chances, along with humid conditions. There may be some drier air by the second half of the weekend, along with very warm temperatures.
  Follow @WJZ on Twitter and like
  
  Read more

Follow @Baltimore__news on Twitter!