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• Md. Congressmen Meet With Residents To Discuss Plans To Prevent Flooding In Ellicott City

  20-08-2018 23:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation met with residents in Howard County to discuss the devastating floods that have happened in the last two years.
  More research and more funding are what some Maryland delegates say needs to happen to help prevent more catastrophic flooding in Ellicott City.
  Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, as well as Congressman Elijah Cummings, were all present Monday to listen and ask questions from both the county and federal
  
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• Beating King Of Pop, The Eagles Have No.1 Album Of All-Time

  20-08-2018 23:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Eagles’ greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to become history’s best-selling album of all-time.
  The Recording Industry Association of America told The Associated Press on Monday that the Eagles’ album — “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975” — is now certified 38x platinum, which means sales and streams of the album have reached 38 million copies.
  The album was released in 1976 and pus
  
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• Two Towson Companies Make Inc. 5000 List

  20-08-2018 23:23
  TOWSON, MD — Two companies in Towson made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America for 2018. There were a total of 111 businesses in Maryland that made the list, which the business magazine Inc. creates annually.
  To find the top 5000 fastest growing companies in America, Inc. measured revenue growth from 2014 to 2017. In all, the Inc. 5000 companies earned $206.2 billion in revenue last year.
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• This Is Maryland’s Top-Rated Burger Restaurant: TripAdvisor

  20-08-2018 23:19
  BALTIMORE, MD — A good, juicy burger is never the wrong choice for a meal. Picking out the right restaurant for that perfect burger, however, can be a struggle.
  A new list from TripAdvisor points burger lovers to the best burger joints in the country. The list, published by USA Today, names the top-rated burger restaurants in every state.
  In Maryland, the top-rated burger restaurant is Kooper’s Tavern in Baltimore.
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• Police: Women Attempt To Steal Baby Formula, Assault Grocery Store Employee

  20-08-2018 23:12
  GERMANTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — Police are looking for two women who they say assaulted a grocery store employee while trying to steal baby formula from a store in Germantown, Maryland.
  Officers responded to the Shoppers on Mateny Road around 9 p.m. on Aug. 11 for a report of an assault.
  An investigation determined that the two suspects entered the grocery store, approached the 47-year-old employee who was behind a counter and demanded baby formula that was kept in a locked case.
  The two woma
  
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• Smoke From California Wildfires Can Now Be Seen In Ohio, Experts Say

  20-08-2018 23:10
  CLEVELAND, Ohio (CBS Local) – If you live in Ohio and think something nearby may be on fire, think again, it’s actually happening in California.
  According to the U.S. National Weather Service, smoke from the California wildfires has made its way across the country and is now affecting the skies high over states like Ohio.The massive natural disaster out west is reportedly causing smoke to travel thousands of miles and is resulting in hazy skies and smoke-tinted sunsets for the c
  
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• Melania Trump Tackles ‘Destructive And Harmful’ Effects Of Social Media

  20-08-2018 22:54
  (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump spoke out against cyberbullying Monday as part of her Be Best campaign, warning against “destructive and harmful” uses of social media and once again highlighting a messaging rift between the East Wing and the West Wing.
  “In today’s global society, social media is an inevitable part of our children’s daily lives,” Trump said at a cyberbullying summit in Rockville, Maryland. “It can be used in many positive ways, but
  
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• Police: Suspects Run Over Woman With Car During Fight To Steal $75,000

  20-08-2018 22:32
  HOUSTON, Texas (CBS Local) – A Houston woman and her husband were the victims of a brutal robbery that was caught on store surveillance cameras after the woman tried to fight off her attackers.
  The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office says that the woman had just withdrawn $75,000 from the bank for their local check cashing business when cameras caught her being ambushed by a thief who tried to rip her purse away. When the woman would not let go, her husband rushed o
  
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• Surgeon Removed Woman’s Kidney By Mistake, Lawsuit Claims

  20-08-2018 21:26
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (CBS Local) – An Iowa woman is suing her doctor after he allegedly removed her kidney instead of another body part during surgery in 2016.
  Dena Knapp was at Avera McKennan Hospital in South Dakota two years ago to have her adrenal gland removed. According to WTVR, Dr. Scott Baker erroneously took out Knapp’s healthy right kidney instead of the gland and a mass that had formed on it.
  Knapp’s lawsuit claims that she was told a week after the Oct. 5 sur
  
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• Woman Killed By Alligator Near South Carolina Resort

  20-08-2018 21:05
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A South Carolina woman has been attacked and killed by an alligator as she walked her dog near a lagoon, authorities said. The attack occurred around 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Sea Pines resort on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
  The woman was attacked and pulled under water by an alligator thought to be about 8 feet long, the sheriff’s office said. Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen identified the victim as
  
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• WANTED: ‘Armed & Dangerous’ Man Who Threatened Pres. Trump Believed To Be In Maryland

  20-08-2018 20:14
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — A Pennsylvania man wanted for threatening President Donald Trump is believed to be in Maryland, after he was linked to a car theft in the state.
  The U.S. Marshals, FBI and U.S. Secret Service are asking for the public’s help to located 27-year-old Shawn Richard Christy of McAddo, Pa.
  Christy is wanted on multiple warrants in Pennsylvania for burglary, probation violation, and failure to appear for an aggravated assault case.
  He’s threatened to
  
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• Texas Woman Critical After Men Try To Steal Purse With $75K Inside

  20-08-2018 19:50
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — One man has been arrested and Houston authorities are looking for another suspect after a woman was attacked after withdrawing $75,000 from a bank.
  Video surveillance captured the violent episode Friday as the woman parked at a gas station after making the withdrawal. A man ran up to the woman, believed to be an owner of the station, and tried to grab the purse containing the money.She held onto the purse as she fell to the ground and her husband ran from the
  
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• San Francisco Area Residents Oppose Coffee Business’ Bikini-Clad Baristas

  20-08-2018 19:42
  REDWOOD CITY (CBS San Francisco) — A Peninsula neighborhood is trying to shut down plans to open a new drive-through coffee operation where customers are served by scantily-clad baristas.
  Opponents say they’re not anti-business, but argue the baristas wearing bikinis at Pink Pantherz Espresso are too hot to handle.
  There already is a Pink Pantherz Espresso location open in Fremont.
  The skimpily dressed baristas serve provocatively named drinks like “Bootycall,” “Str
  
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• Equine Clinic: Pony Sexually Assaulted At Delaware Barn

  20-08-2018 19:37
  CAMDEN, Del. (KYW) – An equine clinic in Delaware is warning horse owners to keep a close eye on their animals and property after a pony was sexually molested.
  Delaware State Police say the incident was reported around 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 16. Investigators say someone trespassed onto the barn on Pony Track Road in Camden, Delaware and attacked the horse during the overnight hours of Aug. 15-16.
  The pony was in her owner’s barn at the time of the attack.The Delmarva Equine Clinic says t
  
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• CBS Sports To Air “Four Sides Of The Story” Documentaries Beginning September 22nd

  20-08-2018 19:33
  Ryan Mayer
  CBS Sports announced today that their popular “Four Sides of the Story” franchise is returning this fall with four new documentaries featuring some of the biggest sports moments from the past year.
  The documentaries, which are broken into four segments told from different perspectives of those who participated in those moments, will begin on Saturday, September 22nd with the airing of Alabama Audible at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time on CBS leading into coverage of SEC on CBS. Aud
  
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• Police Officer Breastfeeds Neglected Baby, Photo Goes Viral

  20-08-2018 19:30
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CBS Local) – A female police officer in Argentina has become a social media star after her selfless decision to breastfeed a malnourished baby brought to a local hospital.
  Police officer Celeste Ayala was on duty at Sister Maria Ludovica Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires when the infant was brought in for treatment. According to reports, the child’s mother was struggling to take care of the baby, who was described by the hospital staff as &l
  
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• Simone Biles Dresses ‘For The Survivors’ While Winning 5th US Title

  20-08-2018 19:02
  BOSTON (AP) — The color choice wasn’t a coincidence. It was a statement. One Simone Biles felt compelled to make even as the organization she competes for struggles to find a compassionate and compelling message to sexual abuse survivors.
  The Olympic champion designed the leotard she wore while winning her fifth US women’s gymnastics title Sunday, all the way down to the light shade of teal. It’s the designated color for survivors of sexual abuse, a group that includes Bi
  
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• Report: MeToo Activist Argento Settled Sex Assault Complaint

  20-08-2018 18:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — Italian actress Asia Argento — one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment — recently settled a complaint filed against her by a young actor and musician who said she sexually assaulted him when he was 17, the New York Times reported.
  Argento, 42, settled the notice of intent to sue filed by Jimmy Bennett, who is now 22, for $380,000 shortly after she said last October that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein raped her, the
  
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• Dramatic Video Shows Mother And Son Rescued From Sinking Pickup

  20-08-2018 18:38
  LONG BEACH, Calif. — Good Samaritans helped save a mother, her son and their dog after their pickup crashed into the water by a marina in Long Beach, California. Security video shows the vehicle barreling through a railing before hitting the water Saturday afternoon.
  According to CBS Los Angeles, several people jumped in to help the family, including Jeff Perez.
  “No sooner did I hop in the water, the lifeguard captain was handing over the older lady to me,” he said.
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• This Week In Golf: Snedeker Leads Start To Finish To Win Wyndham

  20-08-2018 17:18
  By Sam McPherson
  It would have been a shame for Brandt Snedeker to waste his opening-round 59 at the Wyndham Championship, and he did not disappoint. He followed up his blistering first round with three rounds in the 60s, on his way to a 21-under-par finish and a three-shot victory on Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Only a weather-delayed third round seemed to slow down Snedeker, as his lead shrunk to just one stroke. But a strong 65 on Sunday helped him cli
  
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• Capital Gazette Shooting Suspect Appears In Court; Trial Date Set

  20-08-2018 17:09
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — The man charged with killing five people after opening fire at The Capital Gazette appeared in court Monday as the judge set the date for his trial.
  Jarrod Ramos had pleaded not guilty after being indicted by a grand jury on 23 counts, including murder, attempted murder and assault.Ramos’ trial is set for January 15, 2019.
  Ramos’ trial in the massacre at the Capital Gazette has been set for January 15, 2019 @wjz
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• Police: Man Exposed Himself To 2 Women While Asking For Directions

  20-08-2018 16:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 28-year-old man has been arrested after police say he exposed himself to at least two women.
  Davon Johnson was arrested on indecent exposure charges.
  Police say Johnson exposed himself on at least two occasions.
  The first was on July 31, as a woman was walking in the 3900 block of Beech Ave. Johnson reportedly stopped his car and asked the woman for directions, before exposing himself and then driving away.
  The second indecent exposure incident happened in the same
  
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• Maryland Teen Connected To Thefts At Marinas, Private Piers

  20-08-2018 16:53
  PASADENA, Md. (AP) — A Maryland teen has been charged in connection with a string of burglaries and thefts at marinas and private piers.
  News outlets cite a Maryland Department of Natural Resources release that says 19-year-old Daniel Francisco Bohle is charged with 40 counts. He turned himself in Aug. 10 and was released on his own recognizance.
  The investigation began in July 2017, with several reports of missing kayaks and vessel break-ins. Similar incidents were reported through that f
  
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• ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Exceeds Expectations, Takes Top Spot At Box Office

  20-08-2018 16:46
  (CNN Money) — Audiences fell in love with “Crazy Rich Asians.”
  The Warner Bros. romantic comedy opened to an estimated $25.2 million at the domestic box office this weekend. That was enough to give the film starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding the top spot at the box office.
  The film has made $34 million over its five day opening, which exceeded industry expectations that had it bringing in closer to $25 million.
  “Crazy Rich Asians” is a watershed moment for on-s
  
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• ‘The Simpsons’ Favorite Convenience Store Comes To Life

  20-08-2018 16:40
  (CNN) — Cowabunga!
  Fans of “The Simpsons” now can slurp a Squishee, munch a Heat Lamp Hot Dog, and gulp Lard Lad Donuts — Mmm, donuts! — at the world’s first permanent real-life Kwik-E-Mart store.
  It’s designed like a favorite location from the long-running animated TV series, and it opened Friday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Other items for sale include memorabilia associated with Bart Simpson, his parents, Homer and Marge, sisters Lisa and Maggie a
  
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• Maryland Is 8th Most Expensive State To Get Married

  20-08-2018 16:31
  BALTIMORE (Patch.com) —  A new survey shows that Maryland is the 8th most expensive state for weddings.
  In Maryland last year, people spent an average of $34,503 per wedding. The cost has been increasing since 2013, when it was $32,000, according to financial news site 24/7 Wall St.
  The average cost of a wedding dress in Maryland is $1,430 and the average cost of a ring is $3,878.
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• Chipotle Will Retrain Staff In Response To Latest Health Debacle

  20-08-2018 16:06
  (CNN Money) — Chipotle will retrain its entire staff after customers got sick at an Ohio restaurant last month.
  CEO Brian Niccol said in a statement on Thursday that that starting next week, every Chipotle employee will receive a new training on “food safety and wellness protocols.”
  As of June, the company employed about 70,000 people across roughly 2,450 locations.
  Niccol added that the company will also start testing employees on food safety standards to help prevent future o
  
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• UMD Football Players To Honor Jordan McNair’s Life

  20-08-2018 15:33
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — University of Maryland’s student-athletes came together Monday morning to announce how they would honor the life of Terps football player Jordan McNair, who died this summer following a practice.
  “Since Jordan’s passing we have as a football program been grieving and mourning in our own way together,” interim head coach Matt Canada said. “Our football players have spent a lot of time trying to decide the best way to honor Jordan and h
  
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• Judge, Lawyers To Meet About ‘Capital Gazette’ Shooting Case Monday

  20-08-2018 15:02
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A circuit court judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys for Jarrod W. Ramos, the man charged in the killing of five Capital Gazette employees are set to meet in an Anne Arundel courthouse Monday.
  Ramos was charged with five counts of first-degree murder after he allegedly barreled into the Annapolis newsrooms and gunned down five employees and injured others.
  Ramos faces a total of 23 criminal charges in connection with the incident, to which he pleaded not gui
  
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• Colorado Family Struggled With Debt Before Husband Arrested In Family’s Killing

  20-08-2018 14:44
  (CNN) — Chris and Shanann Watts detailed their life on social media. They shared photos of beach vacations to San Diego and screengrabs of lovey-dovey text messages. They gushed about their daughters and posted photos of the little girls’ gap-toothed grins and funny dances.
  “Happy Husband Appreciation Day! I couldn’t imagine a better man for us,” Shanann Watts wrote next to their photo in April.
  “You spoil us with love an(d) attention! You put up with 3 impati
  
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• Water Main Break Leaves 60 Without Water In Baltimore

  20-08-2018 14:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An 8-inch water main broke Monday morning in the 3000 block of Louisiana Avenue.
  Sixty customers are without water service and two hydrants are also not functioning.
  Baltimore City reports that an eight-inch diameter water main has broken at 3006 Louisiana Avenue 21227. Sixty customers and two hydrants are out of service.
  — Baltimore County (@BaltCoGov) August 20, 2018This story is developing.
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• Weather Blog: 5 Perfect Days Of Summer Coming

  20-08-2018 14:22
  Hi Everyone!
  Just keep your fingers crossed. If you can cross your toes cross them too. Why? Because once we get by a mostly cloudy today, and some rain and t-storms tomorrow, we are looking at FIVE almost perfect days.
  Just when we were all beginning to give up on Summer this happens! As our former legendary anchor Jerry Turner would have exclaimed, “Excelsior!!!” Finally a run of sun with temps at, or comfortably below normal, which is now 85ۥ.
  Now let’s really put this
  
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• Pope On Sex Abuse: We Showed No Care For The Little Ones

  20-08-2018 13:58
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued a letter to Catholics around the world condemning the “crime” of priestly sexual abuse and cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church.
  Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in any effort to root out abuse and cover-up. He blasted the self-referential clerical culture that has bee
  
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• Ex-Sports Doctor Nassar Moved To Another Prison Facility

  20-08-2018 13:53
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar has been transferred to another federal prison facility.
  The Federal Bureau of Prisons website on Sunday shows the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor is at the Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. He had been imprisoned in Tucson, Arizona.
  Nassar’s attorneys said last month he was assaulted within hours of being placed in the general population at the Arizona federal
  
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• Ben Carson Falls From Grace In Baltimore

  20-08-2018 12:54
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The portrait used to hang in the hallway, welcoming children and parents to the Archbishop Borders School in Baltimore: A smiling Dr. Ben Carson in surgical scrubs, rubbing together the careful, steady hands that helped him become the nation’s most famous black doctor.
  “The person who has the most to do with your success is you,” it reads.
  That was before Carson’s presidential bid, before he withdrew from the race and endorsed Donald Trump, before h
  
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• MD Drivers Finally Heed Work Zone Speed Cameras: AAA

  20-08-2018 04:04
  TOWSON, MD – Speed cameras are posted in work zones in the Baltimore metro area and across Maryland to make drivers think twice before speeding in road construction areas. And the cameras have worked with reduced numbers of crashes and fines paid, AAA Mid-Atlantic says. Ticket revenue from the cameras has plummeted 44.5 percent in recent years.
  Mobile enforcement vehicles armed with speed cameras are rotating work zones in the Baltimore metro area, as well as other counties, incl
  
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• Texas Man Sentenced For Trying To Blow Up Confederate Statue

  20-08-2018 02:51
  HOUSTON (AP) — A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for attempting to blow up a Confederate statue last summer at a Houston park.
  A federal judge on Friday also imposed a $10,000 fine against Andrew Schneck, who pleaded guilty in March to attempting to maliciously damage property receiving federal financial assistance.
  Schneck was caught last August near a statue of Richard Dowling, a lieutenant in the Confederate army whose unit defeated a Union invasion f
  
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• MTV VMAs Working To Craft Tribute For Aretha Franklin

  20-08-2018 02:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards plans on honoring the legacy of Aretha Franklin — they’re just not sure how they will do it.
  How Aretha Franklin Energized Two Social Movements With One Hit Song
  The VMAs will air live Monday. Show executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic tells The Associated Press on Friday that his team is “working on a lot of different options.”
  Franklin, who was 76, died Thursday at her home in Detroit from pancreatic cancer.
  Aretha Franklin
  
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• Maryland Private School Investigating Alleged Sexual Abuse

  20-08-2018 01:58
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Washington Post is reporting a private school in Maryland has launched an investigation into allegations that a culture of sexual abuse existed in the 1970s with administrators’ knowledge.
  The newspaper reports two Baltimore lawyers are leading the investigation into allegations at the Key School in Annapolis, Maryland. The school teaches prekindergarten through 12th grade.
  Matthew Nespole, the current head of the school, says a February review of allegation
  
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• Weather Blog: Dry Sunday

  20-08-2018 01:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Sunday marked a dry start to the work week, but we won’t stay that way for long as storms return to the forecast.
  The Baltimore area will get relief from the intense heat to start off the week.
  We’ll have a sunny stretch later in the week, but there are storms we have to get through first.
  WJZ’s Meg McNamara has the temperatures we can expect as we head back to work.
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• Free Eye Exams, Glasses Provided To Kids Before School Starts

  20-08-2018 01:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A local non-profit organization is helping low-income families by offering free eye exams for children ahead of the school year.
  Vision to Learn is visiting eight Baltimore County Public Library branches to give those in need full access to vision care.
  “Effort is to provide low-income families vision care that they, unfortunately, would not be able to get or know is available to them,” said Vision to Learn Regional Director Wade Brown.
  On average, the mo
  
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• UMD Players, Parents Defend Football Program: ‘These Accusations Are False’

  20-08-2018 00:51
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — For the first time, University of Maryland football players are talking about the rumors and investigations surrounding their team. Some of them are defending head coach DJ Durkin but still confirming some of the allegations made in an explosive ESPN article 10 days ago.
  After more than a week of swirling rumors, UMD football players are going on the record.
  [Reporter: Have you ever seen or experienced a coach verbally belittling a player?”]
  “Yeah
  
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• 2 Killed In Crashes 12 Hours Apart In Baltimore County

  20-08-2018 00:04
  BALTIMORE CO., Md. (WJZ) — Police are investigating two fatal collisions that occurred nearly 12 hours apart in Baltimore County this weekend.
  The first crash happened Friday just before 9:30 p.m. on Liberty Road near Florida Road.
  A preliminary investigation indicates that a motorcyclist, identified as 48-year-old Rudy Anthony Coles, was traveling east on Liberty Road where a 2018 Toyota Corolla heading west tried to turn left into an Exxon gas station in front of the motorcycle.
  The
  
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