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• Baltimore brothers recount serving their city with National Guard during times of unrest - WBAL TV Baltimore

  15-02-2019 23:53
  Baltimore brothers recount serving their city with National Guard during times of unrest  WBAL TV BaltimoreDuring times of conflict, two Baltimore brothers served Maryland and the nation.
  
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• Baltimore Pharmacist Arrested For Murder For Hire, Other Crimes, While On Release For Federal Drug Charges

  15-02-2019 23:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A licensed pharmacist who had previously pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution conspiracy allegedly ordered a hit on the person he believed had cooperated with law enforcement, leading to his arrest.
  A criminal complaint charged 50-year-old David Robinson with murder for hire, retaliating against a witness, and commission of a crime while on release.
  Robinson owned and operated the Frankford Family Pharmacy and pleaded guilty Oct. 10, 2018, to a federal drug conspir
  
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• ‘Vehicles For Change’ Helps Ex-Cons Transition From Prison To The Workforce

  15-02-2019 23:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — This nonprofit is helping people transition from prison to society, giving them the skills they need to re-enter the workforce.
  Vehicles for Change is a job training program with a 100 percent success rate, they say. They’ve been open since 2015, and all 95 graduates have been placed.
  Exclusive Motor Cars in Randallstown is partnering with the nonprofit to give people a second chance.
  “You don’t know what’s in store for you once you’re releas
  
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• Maryland Army veteran sues 3M over earplugs - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 23:45
  Maryland Army veteran sues 3M over earplugs  Baltimore SunThe Baltimore-based Law Offices of Peter Angelos have joined a host of firms across the country beginning to file lawsuits against the St. Paul, Minn-based 3M ...
  
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• Baltimore Program Helps Ex-Cons Transition Into The Workforce - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 23:45
  Baltimore Program Helps Ex-Cons Transition Into The Workforce  CBS BaltimoreA nonprofit is helping people transition from prison to society, giving them the skills they need to re-enter the workforce, by teaching mechanical skills.
  
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• Warm winter day brings out Baltimore's dirt bikers - Fox Baltimore

  15-02-2019 23:40
  Warm winter day brings out Baltimore's dirt bikers  Fox BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WBFF) - It's been a warm Friday in February, and in Baltimore City, that means one thing: dirt bikes. Dozens of dirt bike riders were seen around ...
  
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• Baltimore Oriole Chris Davis talks about last season and the upcoming one - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 23:23
  Baltimore Oriole Chris Davis talks about last season and the upcoming one  Baltimore SunBaltimore Orioles' Chris Davis talks about his disappointing season last year. He thinks the team needed some change and looks forward to a new season.
  
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• Stream The Genesis Open

  15-02-2019 23:10
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• Longtime Orioles Radio Announcer Joe Angel Announces Retirement

  15-02-2019 23:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Longtime Orioles play-by-play announcer Joe Angel announced in a tweet Thursday that he will retire from broadcasting.
  You may have heard..after 42 years..the game has ended. I wind up “IN THE WINNN COLUMN” Thank you Baltimore for the privilege, memories and Lovely Totals. I will miss you.
  I am now retired…and an #orioles fan forever. Hoping my greatest Oriole memory is yet to come. Luv u all
  — Joe Angel (@WaveItByeBye) February 14, 2019Angel
  
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• VIOLENT GANG | Baltimore's "#1 trigger puller" gets life in jail - Fox Baltimore

  15-02-2019 23:02
  VIOLENT GANG | Baltimore's "#1 trigger puller" gets life in jail  Fox BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WBFF) - A 23-year-old Baltimore man has been sentenced to life in jail for leading "one of the most violent gangs" in Baltimore and personally ...
  
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• ‘Winters Without A Lot Of Snow, Much More Rainfall’ | How Baltimore Will Experience Future Climate Change - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 22:39
  ‘Winters Without A Lot Of Snow, Much More Rainfall’ | How Baltimore Will Experience Future Climate Change  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Climate change often sounds like something down the road, so a Maryland scientist went and put it on a map. There's still ice and snow in ...
  
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• ‘Winters Without A Lot Of Snow, Much More Rainfall’ | How Baltimore Will Experience Future Climate Change

  15-02-2019 22:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Climate change often sounds like something down the road, so a Maryland scientist went and put it on a map.
  There’s still ice and snow in far western Maryland but at the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science, a study is focused on warmer places.
  “Those kind of climates are coming to us,” said bio-geographer Matt Fitzpatrick.
  Fitzpatrick has spent the past decade mapping what a 5-degree increase in global temperatures will mean l
  
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• Catholic Girl’s School In Baltimore Holds Active Shooter Training

  15-02-2019 22:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Students at a Baltimore girl’s school got a potentially life-saving lesson Friday when they learned how to react to an active shooter.
  They say, be it a fire or an active shooter, they want their students to know how to protect themselves, and if they have to, how to save their own lives.
  Inside a historic Catholic girl’s school in the heart of Baltimore, students trained to prepare for a situation no student should have to face but so many have.
  “W
  
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• How Baltimore Will Experience Future Climate Change - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 22:38
  How Baltimore Will Experience Future Climate Change  CBS BaltimoreIf the greenhouse gasses warming the atmosphere and melting the world's ice continue at their present rate, Fitzpatrick believes the climate in Mississippi will be ...
  
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• Five-Year-Old Girl Saves Up Allowance Money, Donates It To Meals On Wheels

  15-02-2019 22:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland received a special gift Friday from a very young donor.
  Five-year-old Tysie has been saving up her allowance money after she heard her teacher talk about the charity in her kindergarten class, and on Friday she brought in her charity jar- containing $41.67.
  “I just melted because it was not the type of phone call we receive every day, that says my five-year-old would like to come in and make this donation to you, there
  
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• Elderly Woman Killed After Catching On Fire Cooking Dinner - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 22:20
  Elderly Woman Killed After Catching On Fire Cooking Dinner  CBS BaltimoreAn 83-year-old woman was killed Thursday after an apartment fire in Anne Arundel County broke out just after 12:30 p.m. ...
  
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• Rhode Island Withdraws From Maryland Memorial Cross Case

  15-02-2019 22:11
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s attorney general is withdrawing the state from a case heading to the U.S. Supreme Court over a cross memorial on public land in Maryland.
  The Providence Journal reports that Attorney General Peter Neronha, who took office Jan. 1, says he made his decision because the case requires a “highly detailed” review of the facts that could not be done remotely.
  The case centers on the constitutionality of the 40-foot-tall (12-meter) Peace Cro
  
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• Crews Investigating Reported Serious Crash On MD-140 In Westminster

  15-02-2019 22:11
  WESTMINSTER, Md. (WJZ) — Crews are investigating a reported crash on MD-140 in Westminster Friday afternoon.
  Two people are seriously injured in this crash, officials say.
  ALERT – Carroll County – Serious crash closes MD 140 between Pleasant Valley Rd. and Tyrone Rd. Up to 4 hour closure. Detours in effect. https://t.co/pUcaR3vBT7 #mdotnews #mdtraffic cg
  — MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) February 15, 2019All lanes in the area are currently blocked due to the crash in b
  
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• 83-Year-Old Woman Killed After Catching On Fire Cooking Dinner

  15-02-2019 21:56
  ODENTON, Md. (WJZ) — An 83-year-old woman was killed Thursday after an apartment fire in Anne Arundel County broke out just after 12:30 p.m.
  Firefighters were called to a senior apartment complex on Odenton Road in Odenton, Md.
  When they arrived they said they didn’t see any flames, but they did find a woman who was on the second floor with critical burns.
  Investigators said Betty Lee Farley was cooking on the stove when her clothes caught on fire.
  She tried to put out the flames her
  
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• Baltimore school bus driver praised for rescuing students from fire - WBAL TV Baltimore

  15-02-2019 21:51
  Baltimore school bus driver praised for rescuing students from fire  WBAL TV BaltimoreA Baltimore City school bus driver hailed a hero for pulling 20 Monarch Academy students off a burning bus. While investigators try to figure out what caused that ...
  
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• Baltimore pharmacist awaiting sentencing in drug distribution case charged with murder for hire plot - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 21:40
  Baltimore pharmacist awaiting sentencing in drug distribution case charged with murder for hire plot  Baltimore SunA Baltimore pharmacist who was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in a federal drug distribution case has been hit with new charges that he paid ...
  
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• Montana Barronette, ‘Baltimore’s #1 Trigger Puller’ Gets Two Life Sentences

  15-02-2019 21:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Montana Barronette is sentenced to life in prison on Friday.
  #BREAKING Comments from new Baltimore Police Commissioner designee Harrison on Montana Barronette case. Barronette actually got 2 life sentences served concurrently—responsible for multiple murders@wjz pic.twitter.com/u2F2hbDYDO
  — Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) February 15, 2019He was found guilty in October of committing seven murders and drug charges.
  He was one of the eight people found guilty of ru
  
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• IN THE DARK | West Baltimore residents struggle without streetlights - Fox Baltimore

  15-02-2019 21:09
  IN THE DARK | West Baltimore residents struggle without streetlights  Fox BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WBFF) - People who live in one west Baltimore neighborhood say they're concerned about the street lights that don't work. They say the darkness ...
  
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• Court To Rule On Trial Of Teen In Maryland Locker-Room Rape

  15-02-2019 21:05
  DAMASCUS, Md. (AP) – One of four Maryland teenagers charged as adults with rape in a Damascus High School locker-room attack is set to appear in court.
  The Washington Post reports a judge is expected to rule Friday on whether the case against the 15-year-old will be tried in adult court or sent to juvenile court.
  4 Damascus High Students Indicted On Rape Charges
  Authorities say he and three others restrained four 14-year-olds before an October junior varsity football practice and raped th
  
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• Maryland Weather: Chance For Snow, Sleet This Weekend - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 21:00
  Maryland Weather: Chance For Snow, Sleet This Weekend  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Snow is in the forecast this weekend in Baltimore following warm mid-week temperatures. We had a nice warm way to end our work week, ...
  
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• Maryland Weather: Chance For Snow, Sleet This Weekend

  15-02-2019 21:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Snow is in the forecast this weekend in Baltimore following warm mid-week temperatures.
  We had a nice warm way to end our work week, and unseasonably warm temperatures are here into Friday night, but changes are coming soon.
  A cold front will pass through the area Friday afternoon into the evening. WJZ’s Meteorologist Tim Williams has the rundown on what you should look out for this weekend.
  Friday Night: Expect clouds in the sky and temperatures dropping
  
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• Dr. Paul Englund, Johns Hopkins scientist and teacher, dies - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 20:45
  Dr. Paul Englund, Johns Hopkins scientist and teacher, dies  Baltimore SunDr. Paul Theodore Englund, a Johns Hopkins teacher and scientist who studied African sleeping sickness, died of Parkinson's disease Jan. 12 at age 80.
  
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• Survey Finds Baltimore Officers Feel Restricted By Consent Decree - WBAL Radio

  15-02-2019 20:18
  Survey Finds Baltimore Officers Feel Restricted By Consent Decree  WBAL RadioWBAL Radio 1090 AM - Survey Finds Baltimore Officers Feel Restricted By Consent Decree.
  
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• Survey finds Baltimore police officers feel restricted by consent decree - WBAL TV Baltimore

  15-02-2019 20:15
  Survey finds Baltimore police officers feel restricted by consent decree  WBAL TV BaltimoreA new survey finds three out of four Baltimore police officers feel restricted by the consent decree for reform.
  
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• Baltimore delegate withdraws bill for open primaries, 'ranked choice' voting in city - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 20:15
  Baltimore delegate withdraws bill for open primaries, 'ranked choice' voting in city  Baltimore SunDel. Brooke Lierman said Friday she is withdrawing her bill that would have allowed Baltimore to have several options for new ways to conduct elections, ...
  
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• Suspects Arrested In Jussie Smollett Case

  15-02-2019 20:10
  CHICAGO (CBS) — The two suspects being questioned in the Jussie Smollett case are now under arrest, police said.
  The men were arrested Friday in connection with an alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett.
  Police have not released any charges yet.
  Meantime, two sources with intimate knowledge of the investigation tells CBS 2 Investigator Brad Edwards the attack on Smollett was potentially orchestrated by the actor himself, and involved two other men.
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• AACO Fire Officials Seeking Suspect In Car Arson Friday Morning

  15-02-2019 19:16
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Fire investigators are asking the public for help in identifying an individual seen near the scene of an arson fire Friday morning.
  Fire crews responded at around 5 a.m. for a report of a vehicle on fire in the area of Wisdom Court in Glen Burnie.
  Investigators determined the car was intentionally set on fire Friday morning after reaching the scene to the car in the driveway.
  The fire damaged two other vehicles in the driveway as well as a neigh
  
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• Previously Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To 24 Years For Possession Of Child Pornography

  15-02-2019 19:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Catonsville man was sentenced Friday to 24 years in federal prison after obtaining child pornography using public library computers.
  According to his plea agreement and other documents, 33-year-old Gary Pinkowski Jr. attempted to produce two images of child pornography Oct. 22, 2017 while at a public pool in Baltimore County.
  The documents state that instead of using the locker room designated for adult men, Pinkowski brought a digital camera into a shower stall in
  
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• Longtime Orioles Broadcaster Joe Angel Retires

  15-02-2019 18:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A longtime Orioles broadcaster will no longer be on the call.
  Joe Angel announced he is retiring on Twitter on Thursday.
  Angel tweeted, “You may have heard, after 42 years the game has ended. Thank you Baltimore for the privilege, memories and lovely totals. I will miss you. I am now retired, and an Orioles fan forever. Hoping my greatest Oriole memory is yet to come,”
  You may have heard..after 42 years..the game has ended. I wind up “IN THE WINNN COLUMN
  
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• American Ninja Warrior Returns To Baltimore In April - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 17:53
  American Ninja Warrior Returns To Baltimore In April  CBS BaltimoreAmerican Ninja Warrior is coming back to film in Baltimore for it's 8th season. The show had previously come to Charm City in 2013.
  
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• Police Still Questioning Two Brothers In Connection To Alleged Attack On Jussie Smollett; Charges Could Be Filed Today

  15-02-2019 17:49
  (CHICAGO) — Chicago police for the first time have called two men questioned in connection to the Jussie Smollett case “potential suspects,” but police have yet to file charges in the alleged attack in Streeterville.
  Meantime, sources with intimate knowledge of the investigation tell CBS 2 Investigator Brad Edwards the attack on Smollett was potentially orchestrated by the actor himself and involved two other men.
  Read the full story on CBS2 Chicago’s website.
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• Police Investigating Murder Of Woman Shot In Head And Chest - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 17:39
  Police Investigating Murder Of Woman Shot In Head And Chest  CBS BaltimoreA woman was shot and killed in the 4900 block of Goodnow Road early Friday morning. Police responded to the scene around 3:30 a.m. ...
  
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• All Breast Cancer Patients Should Get Genetic Testing, Surgeons Say

  15-02-2019 17:32
  (CNN) — Barriers to genetic testing need to fall as knowledge of inherited cancer risks grows, surgeons say.
  Genetic testing should be made available for all patients diagnosed with breast cancer, according to guidelines published Thursday by the American Society of Breast Surgeons.
  The professional medical society has more than 3,000 members in the United States and 35 countries throughout the world. Its new recommendations follow a December study that found a similar rate of genetic
  
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• ‘I’m Going To Be Signing A National Emergency,’ Trump Announces In Rose Garden

  15-02-2019 17:12
  (CBS NEWS) — President Trump, dissatisfied with the funding Congress is providing him for barriers at the southern border — will sign the bill to fund the government and declare a national emergency to free up more funds to build his wall.
  “I’m going to be signing a national emergency,” the president announced in his Rose Garden address Friday.
  Read the full story with CBS News.
  
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• Celebrate Black History Month by curling up with these books by Baltimore-area writers - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 17:00
  Celebrate Black History Month by curling up with these books by Baltimore-area writers  Baltimore SunFlip open the covers on the half a dozen books listed here, and pretty soon you'll start hearing voices. But that's O.K. when those voices are as provocative, ...
  
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• List Of Maryland Priests Accused Of Child Sexual Abuse - Baltimore, MD Patch

  15-02-2019 16:49
  List Of Maryland Priests Accused Of Child Sexual Abuse  Baltimore, MD PatchBaltimore, DC Dioceses Name Accused Priests - Baltimore, MD - The Baltimore and DC archdioceses have named priests who are guilty or had credible sexual ...
  
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• Over 40 Percent Of Baltimore Police Officers Don’t Feel Comfortable Making Self-Initiated Arrests, Survey Says

  15-02-2019 16:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Of the 362 respondents in a survey to the Baltimore Police Department, 43 percent said they don’t feel comfortable making proactive requests.
  60 percent of them said they felt they had been adequately trained, with 40 percent saying they did not.
  Baltimore City Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer released a survey he said he had sent out to the police department and Baltimore City leadership to “better understand what officers and members of the dep
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns To Supreme Court

  15-02-2019 16:11
  (CNN) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court Friday to participate in the regular closed-door conference meeting among the nine justices, the court announced.
  This marks the 85-year-old Ginsburg’s first time back at the court since she announced her cancer surgery.
  Ginsburg underwent surgery in December to remove two cancerous nodules from her left lung. There was no evidence of any remaining disease, nor is there evidence of disease elsewhere in the body, the co
  
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• Travel Watch | Destination: Austin From Baltimore - CBS Baltimore

  15-02-2019 16:00
  Travel Watch | Destination: Austin From Baltimore  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (Hoodline) — Looking for a trending new city to explore? Consider Austin, Texas, one of the fastest growing large cities in the country and U.S. ...
  
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• Travel Watch | Destination: Austin From Baltimore

  15-02-2019 16:00
  BALTIMORE (Hoodline) — Looking for a trending new city to explore? Consider Austin, Texas, one of the fastest growing large cities in the country and U.S. News & World Report’s #1 place to live in the U.S. for the past two years running.
  The self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World” is home to many students, artists and musicians, along with a booming tech industry and a classic Texas barbecue and Tex-Mex food scene.
  Despite its growth, Austin seeks to maintai
  
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• Project Baltimore's Investigation Into Grade Changing in a Baltimore City School - Fox Baltimore

  15-02-2019 15:59
  Project Baltimore's Investigation Into Grade Changing in a Baltimore City School  Fox BaltimoreProject Baltimore's Chris Papst joins us to talk about where their investigation into grade changing in a Baltimore City school currently stands.
  
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• Diane Rehm To Testify On Assisted-Death Bill In Maryland

  15-02-2019 15:20
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Retired radio talk show host Diane Rehm is scheduled to testify in favor of a measure in Maryland that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives with the help of a doctor.
  A hearing on the bill is set for Friday.
  Rehm, a former NPR host, has been an outspoken supporter of assisted-death legislation since her husband, John, died in 2014.
  She has said he felt betrayed when he was suffering in hospice care in Maryland and his physician told him he could not help
  
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• Man Sentenced 40 Years After Trying To Cover Up Uncle’s Murder

  15-02-2019 15:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After attempting to cover up his uncle’s murder- and failing- Santos Martin-Stanfield pled guilty to the first-degree murder of Andre Martin in April 2018.
  Martin-Stanfield was sentenced to life with all but 40 years suspended followed by five years of probation.
  On April 5, 2018, police responded to the 3400 block of Hilldale Place for a reported shooting.
  When they arrived, police entered a home and found the body of Andre Martin. He had been shot four times in th
  
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• 29-year-old woman fatally shot Friday in Northeast Baltimore, police say - Baltimore Sun

  15-02-2019 15:15
  29-year-old woman fatally shot Friday in Northeast Baltimore, police say  Baltimore SunA 29-year-old woman was shot and killed in Baltimore's Frankford neighborhood Friday morning, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
  
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• Woman Shot In The Head, Killed In Baltimore

  15-02-2019 15:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A woman was shot and killed in the 4900 block of Goodnow Road early Friday morning. Police responded to the scene around 3:30 a.m.
  Once they arrived, officers found a 29-year-old female who had been shot in the chest and head.
  Medics pronounced her dead at the scene.
  This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information should contact detectives at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7lockup.
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