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• Traffic Stop Leads To Two Arrests, Two Recovered Handguns In Prince George’s County

  05-02-2019 23:46
  CHEVERLY, Md. (WJZ) — Police made two arrests and recovered two loaded handguns Monday afternoon in Prince George’s County during a traffic stop.
  Police stopped a car for speeding around 5:30 p.m on westbound Route 50 at Maryland Route 410.
  An officer asked Deandre Matthew Thomas, 21, of Brandywine, to exit the passenger seat of the car.
  Thomas exited and was escorted to an unmarked police car.
  He then pushed the officer, jumped a jersey wall and ran through traffic.
  Thomas was
  
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• New UMDPD Chief Boosted Visibility On Downtown Campus Before Monday’s Shooting

  05-02-2019 23:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Their duty is to protect patients and staff, and Monday, recently bolstered police patrols at the University of Maryland Medical Center could have made all the difference.
  UMDPD faces a challenge to protect an open campus in downtown Baltimore and they are operating under some new changes, under a new police chief.
  The day after lockdown, the yellow vests and squad cars of the University of Maryland Police are back on the beat.
  They are tasked with keeping its medical cen
  
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• Kentucky teen's attorneys send letter to Archdiocese of Baltimore - WBAL TV Baltimore

  05-02-2019 23:35 via wbaltv.com
  Kentucky teen's attorneys send letter to Archdiocese of Baltimore  WBAL TV BaltimoreLawyers for the Kentucky teenager at the center of a viral video confrontation at the March For Life sent a document-preservation letter to the Archdiocese of ...
  
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• Warm today, snow possible this weekend - Baltimore Sun

  05-02-2019 23:22 via baltimoresun.com
  Warm today, snow possible this weekend  Baltimore SunThe temperature around Baltimore reached 70 degrees but snow is possible Sunday night into Monday. (Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun video)
  
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• Teachers To Protest At BaCo. School Board Meeting - CBS Baltimore

  05-02-2019 23:17 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Teachers To Protest At BaCo. School Board Meeting  CBS BaltimoreBaltimore County teachers are expected to protest the elimination of pay raises at a school board meeting Tuesday night.
  
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• Baltimore ‘Heart Ball’ Set To Raise Awareness For Heart Disease

  05-02-2019 23:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Born with a congenital heart defect, Tony Foreman has always focused on his health.
  “Don’t try to be excessive with anything, and I try to avoid all the processed food, and you can tell your body feels better the more you consumer natural clean food,” Foreman said.
  Founder and co-owner of Foreman Wolf, Baltimore’s premier restaurant company, Foreman is also the chair of the American Heart Association’s Heart Ball.
  After his own experience wit
  
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• Food Truck Owner Appeals To Higher Court To Affirm ‘300-Foot Rule’

  05-02-2019 22:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In 2017, Joey Vanoni, a food truck owner, went to circuit court to challenge a city law that regulates where food trucks could do business.
  The law, known as the 300-foot rule, forced Vanoni and other food truck owners to stay a football field’s length away from restaurants.
  “It absolutely impacted me,” Vanoni said. “I was prohibited from operating in swaths of the city.”
  But in 2017, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Karen C. Friedman
  
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• HBO Releases Trailer For ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ Documentary

  05-02-2019 22:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — HBO released the trailer for a new four-part documentary, “The Case Against Adnan Syed” on Tuesday.
  The high-profile case of a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit “Serial” podcast has brought spectators from across the world following his nearly 20-year-old case that landed the teenager from Baltimore County behind bars for life.Adnan Syed was convicted in the 2000 killing of Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a shallow grave in
  
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• Hagerstown Woman To Attend State Of The Union As Senator Van Hollen’s Guest

  05-02-2019 22:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On any other Tuesday, Lila Johnson would be cleaning a building just down the road but on this particular Tuesday, she took the day off to come to the State of the Union as the guest of Senator Chris Van Hollen to promote legislation that would secure back-pay for government contractors impacted by the shutdown.
  For more than two decades, contract work was how Johnson earned her paycheck.
  She drives more two hours from her Hagerstown home to D.C., where she clea
  
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• Maryland casinos earned nearly $137 million in January - Baltimore Business Journal

  05-02-2019 22:28 via bizjournals.com
  Maryland casinos earned nearly $137 million in January  Baltimore Business JournalTotal revenue from the state's six casinos grew by 7.2 percent compared with January 2018 revenues, Maryland Lottery and Gaming announced Tuesday.
  
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• Is ‘Mary Poppins’ Racist? Professor Says Chimney Scene Promotes Blackface

  05-02-2019 22:25
  (CBS Local) — A professor’s implication that the original “Mary Poppins” film was racist is not sitting well with many fans of the classic family film.
  In a New York Times op-ed called “‘Mary Poppins,’ and a Nanny’s Shameful Flirting With Blackface,” Daniel Pollack-Pelzner slammed the iconic scene where Poppins joins Bert on a rooftop for the song “Step In Time.” He accuses Julie Andrews of “blacking up” her face with
  
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• You won't be prosecuted for marijuana possession in Baltimore anymore - Mashable

  05-02-2019 22:18 via mashable.com
  You won't be prosecuted for marijuana possession in Baltimore anymore  MashableBaltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced she will no longer prosecute pot possession cases regardless of the quantity or the offender's criminal ...
  
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• Watch the trailer for HBO's 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' documentary - Baltimore Sun

  05-02-2019 22:15 via baltimoresun.com
  Watch the trailer for HBO's 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' documentary  Baltimore SunHBO on Tuesday released a trailer for its new four-part documentary, “The Case Against Adnan Syed.”
  
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• HBO unveils trailer for 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' documentary - Baltimore Sun

  05-02-2019 22:15 via baltimoresun.com
  HBO unveils trailer for 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' documentary  Baltimore SunHBO on Tuesday released a trailer for its new four-part documentary, “The Case Against Adnan Syed.”
  
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• Alcohol May Have Been A Factor In I-95 Crash, Police Say

  05-02-2019 22:14
  JOPPA, Md. (WJZ) — The victim of a deadly crash in Harford County has been identified.
  Chopper 13 was over the scene just before 5 p.m. Monday night on southbound I-95 in Joppatowne.
  Police said the 42-year-old driver of a Toyota, Brian Connors, rear-ended a Jeep, causing both vehicles to flip over.
  Conners died at the scene.
  The driver of the Jeep is being treated at Shock Trauma.
  Police say alcohol may have impaired Connors’ driving ability.
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• Ray Lewis: Patriots May Be In Super Bowl Again Next Season

  05-02-2019 22:08
  By Norm Elrod
  (CBS Boston/CBS Local) — Super Bowl LIII ended up a low-scoring affair, despite the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams’ proven ability to put up points. In the end, the Rams mustered a single field goal, while their punter put in a full day’s work. The Patriots’ two field goals and a touchdown were enough to secure their sixth Super Bowl title of the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era. Brady looked average for most of the day, with Sony Michel and Julian Ed
  
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• ‘I Want Him Dead’ | Shock Trauma Suspect Shot Ex After Relationship Ended

  05-02-2019 22:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The man suspected in the shooting of a University of Maryland Medical School employee near Shock Trauma shot his ex-boyfriend after their relationship ended, according to the charging documents.
  Jamar Haughton, 26, of Baltimore, had his bail hearing earlier Tuesday morning. Haughton is being held without bail.
  UMD Medical School Employee Critical After Shot In Face, Buttocks
  “I wanted to kill him. I want him dead. I shot him in the eye and if he doesn’t die I
  
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• Baltimore Orioles: Most Dominant Opening Day Starts At Camden Yards - FanSided

  05-02-2019 22:00 via birdswatcher.com
  Baltimore Orioles: Most Dominant Opening Day Starts At Camden Yards  FanSidedWhich Baltimore Orioles starting pitchers have put up the top performances for a home opener at Camden Yards? Will game one ever be topped?
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting Baltimore Man Nine Times On Church Steps - CBS Baltimore

  05-02-2019 21:45 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting Baltimore Man Nine Times On Church Steps  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Larry Harriston was found guilty of first-degree murder, handgun use in a crime of violence and prohibited possession of a handgun.
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting Baltimore Man Nine Times On Church Steps

  05-02-2019 21:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Larry Harriston was found guilty of first-degree murder, handgun use in a crime of violence and prohibited possession of a handgun.
  Officers responded at around 12:56 p.m. on March 16, 2018 to the 2800 block of Hillen Road in reference to a shooting.
  When they arrived, they found the victim, Charles Tate, lying on the sidewalk suffering from nine gunshot wounds.
  He was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
  Detectives found .9mm shell casings at the sce
  
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• Unleashed ‘Aggressive’ Dog Bites Woman In Patterson Park

  05-02-2019 21:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An unleashed dog bit a dog walker Monday morning while she was walking a group of dogs in Patterson Park.
  Liz Ryan posted to a neighborhood Facebook group Monday, warning other residents of an “aggressive loose dog’ in the park.
  She said the large white, brown, black mixed breed dog charged at her and the dogs she was walking.
  The dog bit her when she got in between the dogs she was walking and the charging dog.
  “[It] clamped down on my hand when i stepp
  
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• Baltimore County Teachers To Protest Elimination Of Pay Raises At Board Meeting

  05-02-2019 21:22
  BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County teachers are expected to protest the elimination of pay raises at a school board meeting Tuesday night.
  Our media partner the Baltimore Sun reports they are joining a chorus of politicians and board members who say teachers should get a pay incrase.
  A revised budget proposal presented two weeks ago has been widely criticized, including by interim school superintendent Verletta White who put the proposal together.
  White would like to see her in
  
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• Salisbury Man Arrested For Dealing Drugs After Non-Fatal Overdoses In OCMD

  05-02-2019 21:01
  OCEAN CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A 43-year-old Salisbury man was arrested for dealing drugs after two non-fatal overdoses were reported in Ocean City, Maryland.
  According to Ocean City police, Steavon T. Williams Sr. was identified as a suspected drug dealer after narcotics detectives investigated two overdoses on Jan. 14.
  Detectives searched Williams on Jan. 19 and found large amounts of crack cocaine and substance that appeared to be heroin. It turned out to be powdered sugar.
  Williams was c
  
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• Renting in Baltimore: What will $1200 get you? - Hoodline

  05-02-2019 21:01 via hoodline.com
  Renting in Baltimore: What will $1200 get you?  HoodlineHere's what $1200 gets you on an apartment rental in Baltimore.
  
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• Dolly Parton, Young Thug And Ricky Martin Among 61st Annual GRAMMY Award Performers

  05-02-2019 20:49
  The list of performers for the 61st annual GRAMMY Awards got a bit longer earlier today after it was announced that legendary artist Dolly Parton will perform at the event for the first time since 2001. Parton will perform new music from her hit album Dumplin’. The awards will also feature a special tribute to the 11-time GRAMMY winner featuring her classic hits sung by Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, and Katy Perry.
  Additionally, current GRAMMY nominees J Balvin and Y
  
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• 2019 Motor Trend International Auto Show-Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  05-02-2019 20:35 via foxbaltimore.com
  2019 Motor Trend International Auto Show-Baltimore  Fox BaltimoreContest: 2019 MOTOR TREND INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW-BALTIMORE. Station: Sinclair Communications, LLC dba WBFF. Station Address: WBFF, 2000 ...
  
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• Man Found Dead Inside Car Outside Royal Farms

  05-02-2019 20:27
  FERNDALE, Md. (WJZ) — Police are investigating outside a Royal Farms in Anne Arundel County where a man was found dead inside a car.
  Anne Arundel County Police tell WJZ the man was found slumped over the wheel.
  They cannot say if the man had a medical emergency of if it was an overdose.The man’s body is being sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
  His identify has not been released.
  An eyewitness sent WJZ a picture showing the Royal Farms was cornered off w
  
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• Principals Respond To Racist Snapchat Against Annapolis High School Basketball Team

  05-02-2019 20:24
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A student at Broadneck High School was caught posting a snapshot with a “hate-filled caption that was racist in nature,” in response to their boys basketball team losing by one point to Annapolis High School Monday night.
  The school’s principal, Jim Todd, said he became aware of the post late Monday night and contacted the parents of the student.
  He said the student was not in class Tuesday morning.
  “We will carry out the discipline process as
  
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• District Responds To Racist Snapchat Against Annapolis High School Basketball Team

  05-02-2019 20:24
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A student at Broadneck High School was caught posting a snapshot with a “hate-filled caption that was racist in nature,” in response to their boys basketball team losing by one point to Annapolis High School Monday night.
  The school’s principal, Jim Todd, said he became aware of the post late Monday night and contacted the parents of the student.
  He said the student was not in class Tuesday morning.
  “We will carry out the discipline process as
  
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• Black Engineers convention will return to Baltimore after 14 years - Baltimore Business Journal

  05-02-2019 20:19 via bizjournals.com
  Black Engineers convention will return to Baltimore after 14 years  Baltimore Business JournalThe conference is expected to attract more than 10800 attendees, resulting in an estimated 4600 hotel room bookings and an economic impact of more than $3 ...
  
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• ‘I Want Him Dead’ | Shock Trauma Suspect Shot Victim After Relationship Ended

  05-02-2019 20:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The man suspected in the shooting of a University of Maryland Medical School employee near Shock Trauma shot his ex-boyfriend after their relationship ended, according to the charging documents.
  Jamar Haughton, 26, of Baltimore, had his bail hearing earlier Tuesday morning. Haughton is being held without bail.
  UMD Medical School Employee Critical After Shot In Face, Buttocks
  “I wanted to kill him. I want him dead. I shot him in the eye and if he doesn’t die I
  
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• Baker Takes Back Apology For ‘Build The Wall’ Valentine’s Day Cookies, Gets Orders From Across Country

  05-02-2019 19:40
  EDMONDS, Wash. (CBS Local) — A baker in Washington state who created the “Build the Wall” Valentine’s Day cookie is not only taking back his initial apology, he’s selling them by the dozen.
  Ken Bellingham, who’s owned the Edmonds Bakery in Edmonds for 26 years, says the cookie was a treat for his daughter-in-law and he initially had no plans to sell the cookie. “The cookie just got put out there and somebody thought that I was selling them,” Bellin
  
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• Dispute between Baltimore City and food truck owners goes to Annapolis - WBAL TV Baltimore

  05-02-2019 19:31 via wbaltv.com
  Dispute between Baltimore City and food truck owners goes to Annapolis  WBAL TV BaltimoreThe ongoing legal dispute between Baltimore City and food trucks rolled into the state's highest court Tuesday. At issue is a city ordinance mandating that food ...
  
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• Maryland Senator Proposes Panel To Create Solar Blueprint - CBS Baltimore

  05-02-2019 19:28 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Maryland Senator Proposes Panel To Create Solar Blueprint  CBS BaltimoreANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Legislation in Maryland would create a panel to draft a blueprint for where solar projects could be built while protecting forests and ...
  
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• Maryland Senator Proposes Panel To Create Solar Blueprint

  05-02-2019 19:28
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Legislation in Maryland would create a panel to draft a blueprint for where solar projects could be built while protecting forests and agricultural land.
  Sen. Paul Pinsky said Tuesday the state needs a plan to fulfill a commitment to clean energy while protecting important natural resources.
  The state commission would develop a plan to give guidance to state agencies and counties.
  The panel would include government officials, farmers, representatives from solar power
  
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• 'I want him dead': Suspect shot man at Baltimore hospital after 'intimate relationship' ended, police say - Baltimore Sun

  05-02-2019 19:25 via baltimoresun.com
  'I want him dead': Suspect shot man at Baltimore hospital after 'intimate relationship' ended, police say  Baltimore SunA 26-year-old Baltimore man arrested in the shooting of a University of Maryland School of Medicine employee outside a hospital ambulance bay on Monday ...
  
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• Convicted Felon Charged After Assaulting Girlfriend With Gun - CBS Baltimore

  05-02-2019 18:36 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Convicted Felon Charged After Assaulting Girlfriend With Gun  CBS BaltimoreWOODLAWN, Md. (WJZ) — A 31-year-old man was caught and arrested by Woodlawn patrol officers Sunday evening after he threatened his girlfriend with a ...
  
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• Convicted Felon Charged After Assaulting Girlfriend With Gun

  05-02-2019 18:36
  WOODLAWN, Md. (WJZ) — A 31-year-old man was caught and arrested by Woodlawn patrol officers Sunday evening after he threatened his girlfriend with a firearm.
  Officers were called to the 7200 block of Oak Haven Circle around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night after the woman stopped at an apartment there, left the man, De’shon Christopher Rodgers in her car and secretly called police.Rodgers repeatedly threatened the woman, 20, with a gun during an argument as she was driving.
  Rodgers is prohibit
  
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• Baltimore’s Next Police Commissioner Could Make $275K - CBS Baltimore

  05-02-2019 18:36 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Baltimore’s Next Police Commissioner Could Make $275K  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore's next police commissioner could earn a $275,000 annually. WJZ media partner The Baltimore Sun reported, the city's Board of ...
  
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• Baltimore’s Next Police Commissioner Could Make $275K

  05-02-2019 18:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s next police commissioner could earn a $275,000 annually.
  WJZ media partner The Baltimore Sun reported, the city’s Board of Estimates is expected to vote tomorrow on the proposed salary for Michael Harrison.
  Mayor Catherine Pugh previously said she expected to pay $260,000 a year.
  That’s 25 percent more than what recent commissioners have made.
  The proposed salary would make Harrison one of the best-paid city employees.
  He’s expected to
  
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• Charlotte Russe Files For Bankruptcy; To Close Nearly 100 Stores Including 6 In Maryland

  05-02-2019 18:19
  (CNN/WJZ) — Charlotte Russe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close 94 stores, the company announced Monday — including six here in Maryland.
  The young women’s clothing chain becomes the latest mall-based retailer to file for bankruptcy protection, and joins a list that includes Gymboree, Claire’s, and Mattress Firm.
  In a court filing Monday, Charlotte Russe, which operates 500 stores in malls around the country, said it “suffered from a dramatic decr
  
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• Survey: Fewer People Are Celebrating Valentine’s Day, But Those Who Do Are Spending More

  05-02-2019 18:12
  (CBS Local/WCCO) — Americans are expected to spend a record amount on Valentine’s Day this year, despite the fact that a smaller percentage of people are actually celebrating the holiday.
  That’s according to an annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
  “The vast majority of Valentine’s Day dollars are still spent on significant others, but there’s a big increase this year in consumers spreading the love to c
  
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• Maryland Insurance Administration close to sealing deal on downtown move - Baltimore Business Journal

  05-02-2019 18:10 via bizjournals.com
  Maryland Insurance Administration close to sealing deal on downtown move  Baltimore Business JournalThe Maryland Insurance Administration's exit from downtown Baltimore to offices at the Montgomery Park complex is moving forward. A lease for the agency to ...
  
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• In Baltimore, money still follows the segregation map - Baltimore Brew

  05-02-2019 17:50 via baltimorebrew.com
  In Baltimore, money still follows the segregation map  Baltimore BrewA new analysis of investment patterns in Baltimore shows the degree to which decades-old housing policy that divided the city by race has locked in a landscape ...
  
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• Boy Accidentally Shoots Pregnant Mom In Face After Finding Gun Under Mattress

  05-02-2019 17:48
  SEATTLE, Wash. (CBS Local) — A pregnant woman was accidentally shot in the face by her 3-year-old son Saturday after the boy found a gun hidden under a mattress.
  The 27-year-old woman, who was eight months pregnant, was laying on the bed watching TV with her boyfriend in their Seattle apartment when she was shot, authorities say.
  The boyfriend, who is the father of the child, told deputies he had moved the gun from a higher location and placed it between the mattress and box spring Friday
  
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• Baltimore news: Empty Bowls fundraiser coming up on March 3 - Lancaster Eagle Gazette

  05-02-2019 17:42 via lancastereaglegazette.com
  Baltimore news: Empty Bowls fundraiser coming up on March 3  Lancaster Eagle GazetteThe 2019 Empty Bowls event will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. March 3 at Christ UMC in the Family Life Center.
  
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• Rep. Elijah Cummings Said Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ‘Should Leave’

  05-02-2019 17:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings is calling for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign.
  Northam, a Democrat elected in 2017, is under fire over a racist photo printed under his name in a 1984 yearbook.
  “Members of Virginia’s African American community deserve better from the head of their Commonwealth. I join those who say Governor Northam should leave. In this day and age, we cannot afford to have someone who wore blackface or represents the KKK be Gove
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes First Public Appearance Since Surgery

  05-02-2019 17:23
  (CNN) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made what is believed to be her first public appearance since her December cancer surgery when she attended a performance of “Notorious RBG in Song” on Monday, the Supreme Court spokesperson told CNN.
  The Washington outing was to support her daughter-in-law, soprano Patrice Michaels, who released an album of songs chronicling Ginsburg’s life. Ginsburg’s son, James, produced the album.
  The concert was performed by Michaels and othe
  
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• Baltimore Orioles: What a reunion with Adam Jones might look like - FanSided

  05-02-2019 17:14 via birdswatcher.com
  Baltimore Orioles: What a reunion with Adam Jones might look like  FanSidedThe Baltimore Orioles likely won't make any more significant offseason moves, but we're thinking about what a reunion with Adam Jones would look like.
  
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• On the Market: Find a tech job to love in Baltimore - Technical.ly

  05-02-2019 16:46 via technical.ly
  On the Market: Find a tech job to love in Baltimore  Technical.lyThis month, help Johns Hopkins Medicine's Technology Innovation Center team bring tech-based solutions to the clinic, and more dev roles. On the Market: Find ...
  
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