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• Trump Says US Is Ending Decades-Old Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia

  20-10-2018 23:45
  (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the US is pulling out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, a decades-old agreement that has drawn the ire of the President.
  “Russia has violated the agreement. They’ve been violating it for many years,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One to leave Nevada following a campaign rally.
  “And I don’t know why President Obama didn’t negotiate or pull out. And
  
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• Trump Says GOP Working On Tax Plan For Middle Class

  20-10-2018 23:35
  (CNN) — Republicans are looking into implementing an additional tax break for middle-income Americans ahead of the midterm elections, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
  Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally in Elko, Nevada, Trump said Republicans Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin are working on developing a “major tax cut for middle-income people” in the coming weeks.
  “If we do that, it will be sometime just prior, I would say
  
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• Saints Scratch Left Guard Peat V. Ravens Ahead Of Sunday’s Game

  20-10-2018 23:26
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton says there is a “very realistic” possibility of injured receiver Ted Ginn Jr. playing again this season.
  Meanwhile, New Orleans has ruled out left guard Andrus Peat and listed right guard Larry Warford as questionable for Sunday’s game at Baltimore.Peat has missed practice this week with a head injury, while Warford has been hampered by back soreness.
  Ginn was placed on injured reserve on Thursday because of a nagging knee inj
  
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• Police Seek Identity Of ‘Confused Woman’ Seen Walking Down Reisterstown Road

  20-10-2018 23:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police are looking to identify what they describe as a confused woman walking down Reisterstown Road on Saturday.
  Police say they saw the woman and observed that she could not remember her name or address.
  She gave an address to a vacant home in Southeast Baltimore.
  Anyone with information regarding the identify of this woman is urged to contact Baltimore Police Department officers at the Northwest District. You can reach the Northwest District at, 410-396-2466
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi Died In Fistfight At Istanbul Consulate, Saudi Arabia Claims

  20-10-2018 22:49
  (CNN) — Saudi Arabia has admitted the death of missing Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, claiming he died in a fistfight involving more than a dozen Saudi officials at the country’s consulate in Istanbul.
  After 18 days in which it insisted it had no involvement in the journalist’s disappearance, Riyadh asserted that Khashoggi died as a result of the altercation after he had come to the consulate to obtain paperwork needed for his forthcoming weddin
  
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• Maryland Teen Charged With Threatening Mass Violence

  20-10-2018 22:17
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say a Maryland teenager has been arrested and charged with threatening mass violence.
  Montgomery County police have identified the teen as Luis Amilcar Cabrera, a former student of Bethesda’s Walter Johnson High School. He’s 18 and was being held without bond.
  A Saturday police statement says Cabrera posted a photo on social media showing him holding an AR-15 rifle with the words:
  “School shooter.” Police say several students have also
  
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• UMD Board Of Regents To Hold Tuesday Meeting To Discuss Football Program Report

  20-10-2018 22:10
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The University of Maryland’s board of regents will hold a special meeting next week to discuss the results of an independent commission’s probe into the culture of the football program.
  New Report On UMD Football Program Looms, Loh Has ‘No Comment’ On Durkin
  It’s the latest independent examination following the June heatstroke death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair. Another recent investigation has determined that traine
  
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• Md. Man Fatally Hit By Car While Changing Tire, Possible DUI Crash

  20-10-2018 22:04
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — State troopers in Maryland are investigating the death of a man in a possible driving-under-the-influence crash in Prince George’s County.
  The dead man has been identified as Samuel Brown, a 51-year-old resident of Clinton, Maryland. He was apparently changing a tire on a Jeep Cherokee at the side of a highway when he was struck by a sports utility vehicle.
  The motorist who police say fatally hit him has been identified as a 29-year-old man from Temple Hills. He
  
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• Mega Millions Jackpot Now The Biggest In History

  20-10-2018 17:58
  BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ)– The Mega Millions Jackpot has now reached a new world record.
  With no jackpot winner in Friday night’s drawing, the jackpot for the next drawing on Tuesday October 23rd carries an estimated annuity value of $1.6 billion.  The estimated cash option is nearly $905 million.
  At $1.6 billion, Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing slips past the $1.586 billion Powerball drawing on January 13th, 2016, to become the largest jackpot in history.
  The previous record Me
  
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• Washington attorney, Columbia astrophysicist are men's, women's winners of the Baltimore Marathon - Baltimore Sun

  20-10-2018 17:00 via baltimoresun.com
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  Washington attorney, Columbia astrophysicist are men's, women's winners of the Baltimore Marathon
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  Jeffrey Redfern was hoping to set a personal record. He ended up with his first marathon title. In only his fifth competitive marathon, Redfern — a 35-year-old Washington attorney for a nonprofit organization — ran the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 30 ...
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• BPD Investigating Series Of KKK Flyers

  20-10-2018 03:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police are investigating another series of flyers encouraging white residents to join the KKK.
  The flyers were found Friday morning in South Baltimore’s Riverside community.
  According to our media partner the Baltimore Sun, the flyers lined the sidewalks on the 1500 block of Belt Street and were found on other nearby streets Friday morning.
  It’s at least the second time this month KKK propaganda was distributed in the South Baltimore neighborhood.
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• BPD Investigating KKK Flyers Found In South Baltimore

  20-10-2018 03:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police are investigating another series of flyers encouraging white residents to join the KKK.
  The flyers were found Friday morning in South Baltimore’s Riverside community.
  According to our media partner the Baltimore Sun, the flyers lined the sidewalks on the 1500 block of Belt Street and were found on other nearby streets Friday morning.
  It’s at least the second time this month KKK propaganda was distributed in the South Baltimore neighborhood.
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• Congressional Democrats: Admin Emails Show Trump Personally Intervened To Keep FBI Headquarters Downtown

  20-10-2018 02:08
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) – Congressional Democrats say administration emails show President Donald Trump intervened personally to keep FBI headquarters in downtown Washington rather than relocate it to the suburbs as had been planned.
  The letter from Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says Trump’s direct involvement presents a conflict of interest.
  Trump owns a hotel across the street from FBI headquarters that could face competition if the l
  
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• Police Looking For 4 Suspects After Uber Driver Is Carjacked In Montgomery County

  20-10-2018 02:04
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Police are investigating a carjacking involving an Uber driver Friday night.
  According to Montgomery County police, at around 5:17 p.m., a 25-year-old Uber driver picked up four young men suspects, ages unknown at this time, in the 11300 block of Cushman Road.
  While driving, driver is ordered at gunpoint to stop the car and get out.
  Carjacking cont.: 4 young blk male suspects, 2 armed with handguns. Picked up by Uber driver in the 11300 blk of Cushman Rd
  
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• Dorothy Ruby Slippers Back Home At National Museum Of American History

  20-10-2018 02:04
  WASHINGTON (WJZ) — There’s no place like home, and Dorothy’s ruby slippers are headed back to theirs- a display case at the National Museum of American History.
  The iconic shoes were back on display starting Friday, and they will be joined by the scarecrow’s hat for a few months.
  They have been hanging out in the museum’s conservation lab, getting cleaned up.
  It was an expensive revamp- made possible by thousands of people who donated their own money to make it happ
  
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• Judge Sets Manafort’s Sentencing Date For February

  20-10-2018 01:44
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has a February sentencing date on fraud charges after appearing in a Virginia courtroom in a green jail jumpsuit and a wheelchair for a post-trial hearing.
  A judge on Friday set Feb. 8 for sentencing of Manafort, who was convicted of tax and bank fraud charges.
  As expected, the judge also dismissed 10 remaining counts against Manafort that had deadlocked the jury at his trial earlier this year.
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• Five Dogs Seized After Attack On Rockville Pet Owner And Her Dog

  20-10-2018 01:05
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Five dogs are seized by Animal Services after a report of an animal attack to a pet owner and her dog Friday.
  Montgomery County district one police officers and Animal Services officers responded to an animal attack in progress at around 5 p.m. Thursday in the 12700 block of Robindale Drive in Rockville, Md.
  The responding officers found a 28-year-old woman suffering from a wound to her lower left leg.
  Her dog, Addie, an approximately 7-year-old Foxhound was bleeding
  
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• BPD Investigating Shooting That Occurred During A Robbery

  20-10-2018 00:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man is suffering a gunshot wound to the chin after what police learned was a shooting during a robbery Friday evening.
  Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Pontiac Avenue to investigate a reported shooting at around 5:51 p.m.
  When they arrived they found the man with the gunshot wound to his chin.
  Anyone with information is urged to contact Baltimore Police Department’s Citywide Shooting detectives, at 410-396-2221.
  Those who wish to remain anonymous
  
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• August Was Record For Cars For Port Of Baltimore

  20-10-2018 00:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A record-setting month for vehicles is broken for the Port of Baltimore in August.
  Officials say state-owned marine terminals handled just over 65,000 cars and light trucks that month.
  That number beats the previous record set back in May by more than 4,000.
  Among the nation’s ports, officials say the Port of Baltimore ranks first for handling cars and light trucks.
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