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• Dawnta Harris Trial: Ofc. Amy Caprio’s Body Camera Footage Released

  26-04-2019 23:49
  BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Body-worn camera footage from the day Baltimore County Police officer Amy Caprio died entered into evidence on Friday during the Dawnta Harris’ trial. The 17-year-old is accused of running the officer over with a stolen Jeep, killing her last May.
  The jury saw the video before during opening statements, but briefly, but it wasn’t any easier to watch.
  On Friday, Caprio’s body-worn camera footage was entered into evidence and released to the me
  
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• Why Paragon Bioservices' $1.2B acquisition deal matters to Baltimore - Technical.ly

  26-04-2019 23:43 via technical.ly
  Why Paragon Bioservices' $1.2B acquisition deal matters to Baltimore  Technical.lyIt's among the largest exits in the region of the last decade, and the company's growth is likely to continue to be felt. Why Paragon Bioservices' $1.2B acquisition ...
  
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• Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorms Warnings Canceled Throughout Md.

  26-04-2019 23:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings were canceled across the state as severe weather moved through the area.
  Severe weather moved through the region and several thunderstorm watches and warnings were issued for several Maryland counties through the afternoon.
  Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester County in MD until 6:00pm. #WJZ #mdwx
  — Tim Williams WJZ (@TimWilliamsWJZ) April 26, 2019A severe thunderstorm warning was
  
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• Former Philadelphia, Baltimore cop sentenced to 9 years in Gun Trace Task Force case - Baltimore Sun

  26-04-2019 23:30 via baltimoresun.com
  Former Philadelphia, Baltimore cop sentenced to 9 years in Gun Trace Task Force case  Baltimore SunA former police officer in Philadelphia and Baltimore was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Friday afternoon for helping a member of the Gun Trace Task ...
  
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• University Of Maryland Medical School Uses New Drone To Transport Donor Organs

  26-04-2019 23:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A pioneering medical breakthrough that will help organ transplant recipients was announced by the University of Maryland Medical School.
  Drone technology was developed by the University’s School of Medicine and Engineering to transport donor organs. The LG-1,000 is the first-ever organ delivery drone and weighs 50 lbs.
  “People asked us three years ago how are you ever going to make this happen,” Joseph Scalea, director of pancreas transplantation at
  
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• HELP FIND | Girl, 12, from West Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  26-04-2019 23:14 via foxbaltimore.com
  HELP FIND | Girl, 12, from West Baltimore  Fox BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WBFF) - Baltimore police are asking for help finding a 12-year-old girl missing from West Baltimore. Erica Griffin was last seen today on McCulloh ...
  
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• Stream The Zurich Classic Of New Orleans

  26-04-2019 23:10
  The Zurich Classic of New Orleans comes to you live from TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana.
  
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• Power Outages, Damage Reported Across Baltimore After Severe Weather Passes Through - CBS Baltimore

  26-04-2019 23:03 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Power Outages, Damage Reported Across Baltimore After Severe Weather Passes Through  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — After a severe storm system moved through the Baltimore region, power outages are being reported in the along with some damage.
  
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• Power Outages, Damage Reported Across Baltimore After Severe Weather Passes Through

  26-04-2019 23:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After a severe storm system moved through the Baltimore region, power outages are being reported in the along with some damage.
  More than 2,400 Baltimore Gas & Electric customers don’t have power right now. Most of the customers without power are in Harford County.
  The storm moved in quickly and the sky turned dark.
  Storm rolling in Havre De Grace. Photo: WJZ Viewer Charlie Settler
  Hail was reported around the region. There are reports of trees down around the r
  
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• University of Maryland Medical Center transplants first drone-delivered organ - Baltimore Sun

  26-04-2019 23:00 via baltimoresun.com
  University of Maryland Medical Center transplants first drone-delivered organ  Baltimore SunThe first-ever organ delivered by drone was transplanted into a patient with kidney failure at the University of Maryland Medical Center, capping more than three ...
  
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• ‘The Red Line’ Premieres This Sunday Night On CBS

  26-04-2019 22:52
  CBS welcomes a brand new drama to the network this Sunday night at 8:00 PM ET/PT with the premiere of The Red Line. The Red Line stars Noah Wyle and takes place in the city of Chicago. A white cop mistakenly shoots and kills a black doctor which leads to life altering events for three different families.
  The Red Line premieres with two one hour episodes this Sunday night at 8:00 PM ET/PT, only on CBS. Check your local listings for more information.
  
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• Maryland Weather: Tornado Warnings Canceled Through The State - CBS Baltimore

  26-04-2019 22:50 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Maryland Weather: Tornado Warnings Canceled Through The State  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Tornado watches and warnings were canceled across the state as severe weather moved through the area. Severe weather moved ...
  
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• Maryland Weather: Tornado Warnings Canceled Through The State

  26-04-2019 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Tornado watches and warnings were canceled across the state as severe weather moved through the area.
  Severe weather moved through the region and several tornado warnings were issued for several Maryland counties through the afternoon.
  Power Outages, Damage Reported Across Baltimore After Severe Weather Passes Through
  Storm over Chesapeake Bay WJZ Viewer: Charlie Settles
  @NWSWakefieldVA It pouring here in Marion Station, MD #MDwx pic.twitter.com/WDCzKII8hj
  — Joshua
  
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• Severe Weather Across The Region Impacting Flights, Including President Trump

  26-04-2019 22:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Severe weather across the northeast region has impacted flights including President Donald Trump.
  President Trump’s flight on Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews but his connecting flight on Marine One going back to the White House has been delayed.
  BWI said it is also experiencing delays.
  The airport said in a tweet that although weather conditions are improving it is continuing to impact flights.
  As of 4:10pm, weather conditions are improving here at BWI Ma
  
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• Under Armour Baltimore Camp Preview - 247Sports

  26-04-2019 22:23 via 247sports.com
  Under Armour Baltimore Camp Preview  247SportsA preview of Sunday's Under Armour All-America camp near Baltimore.
  
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• Baltimore, Just Below the Surface - Baltimore Beat

  26-04-2019 21:50 via baltimorebeat.com
  Baltimore, Just Below the Surface  Baltimore BeatBaltimore is an indescribable city, though you wouldn't know it from all the national reporters who spin hundreds of woeful yarns, attempting to describe it.
  
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• Susan White-Bowden, longtime WMAR-TV personality, dies - Baltimore Sun

  26-04-2019 21:40 via baltimoresun.com
  Susan White-Bowden, longtime WMAR-TV personality, dies  Baltimore SunSusan White-Bowden, a popular Baltimore television reporter who had been a mainstay of WMAR-TV during the late 1960s through the 1980s, and whose ...
  
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• Maryland Weather: Tornado Warnings In Harford County, Tornado Watch Issued For Most Of State

  26-04-2019 21:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A tornado watch is in effect for parts of Maryland through 9 p.m. Friday.
  A tornado warning was issued for Harford counties through 3:45 p.m.
  Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorms Risk Friday Afternoon
  The Maryland counties included in the tornado watch are Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George’s , Queen Anne’s, Somerset, St. Mary’s, Talbot, Washington
  
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• UMMS CEO Robert A. Chrencik Resigns Amid ‘Healthy Holly’ Scandal

  26-04-2019 21:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The University of Maryland Medical System President and CEO Robert A. Chrencik has resigned.
  “Today the Board of Directors and I received and accepted Mr. Chrencik’s resignation from UMMS, effective immediately,” said Ashworth. “This action is an important step in moving the Health System forward during this critical time and we remain focused on delivering exceptional, safe, quality health care across Maryland. We thank Mr. Chrencik for his leader
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns - Vox.com

  26-04-2019 21:00 via vox.com
  Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns  Vox.comThe political corruption scandal roiling Baltimore, which ended with the resignation of Mayor Catherine Pugh Thursday, all began with a children's book.
  
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• Baltimore Limps Along As Mayor Catherine Pugh’s Scandal Keeps On Unfolding

  26-04-2019 20:48
  BALTIMORE (AP) — When Catherine Pugh was inaugurated as mayor, she vowed to help transform Baltimore into “the greatest city in America.” Halfway through her first term, she has thrust her chronically struggling city back into the spotlight, for all the wrong reasons.
  Demands for Pugh’s resignation dramatically intensified as FBI and IRS agents carried off boxloads of documents in raids of her City Hall offices, her homes and other locations on Thursday. A federal grand j
  
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• NWA Wrestling Legend Magnum T.A. Talks Resurrection Of Crockett Cup

  26-04-2019 20:47
  By Chuck Carroll
  (CBS Baltimore/CBS Local) — It’s quite amazing what a person can accomplish in a short time. Just ask Terry “Magnum T.A.” Allen, whose career as a pro wrestler spanned only eight years, but left a mammoth imprint in squared circle lore. Had it not been for a tragic car accident that left him partially paralyzed in 1986, there is no telling the heights he would have reached.
  The Virginia native shined as brightly as any star in the mid-Atlantic region and
  
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• Lyft is expanding its grocery access program to Baltimore - Technical.ly

  26-04-2019 19:51 via technical.ly
  Lyft is expanding its grocery access program to Baltimore  Technical.lyThe ridesharing company looks to provide discounted rides to the grocery store in areas that lack access. Baltimore is one of about a dozen cities joining the ...
  
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• 1 Dead In Overnight Shooting At Vacant Home In Southwest Baltimore

  26-04-2019 19:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man is dead after he was found suffering from gunshot wounds in a backyard of a vacant home in Southwest Baltimore.
  Baltimore police officers responded to the 300 block of Furrow Street around 12:38 a.m. Friday after a Shot Spotter alert for gunfire.
  When they arrived they found an unresponsive man suffering from gunshot wounds in the back yard.
  He was taken to Shock Trauma for treatment but was pronounced dead a short time later.
  Anyone with information is urged to con
  
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• Infants Deaths Lead To Another Rocking Sleeper Recall Involving Dozens Of Popular Brands

  26-04-2019 19:22
  (CBS13/CBS Local) – Nearly 700,000 “Kids II Rocking Sleepers” are being recalled after five infants have died. The infants rolled from their back to stomach.
  The sleeping rockers were sold at a variety of retailers nationwide, including Walmart, Target, and Toys “R” Us and online from March 2012-April 26, 2019. They retailed from $40-$80.
  The Kids II Rocking Sleeper is sold under a variety of names:10081
  Bright Starts Playtime To Bedtime Rocking Sleeper
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• Pioneering Television Reporter In Baltimore Dies - WBAL Radio

  26-04-2019 19:00 via wbal.com
  Pioneering Television Reporter In Baltimore Dies  WBAL RadioA pioneering broadcast journalist in Baltimore has died. For more than 20 years, Susan White-Bowden was a reporter and anchor at WMAR-TV. She was 79.
  
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• Armed Intruder In Custody After Threatening UMBC Staffer, 2 Students With Knife

  26-04-2019 18:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — University of Maryland, Baltimore County Police took an armed intruder into custody Friday morning after the suspect threatened a staff member and two students with a knife. The threat occurred around 7:30 a.m. in the Math-Psychology Building.
  The UMBC staffer called police and officers arrived within minutes and convinced the suspect to surrender.
  The intruder was taken into custody and no one was injured during the incident.
  In a statement, the university thanked the st
  
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• Robot Therapy Dogs Designed To Help Patients Who Can’t Care For Real Pets

  26-04-2019 18:50
  (CBSMiami/CBS Local) — We have all heard of therapy dogs, but what about a robot therapy dog?  “Jennie” is a prototype robot therapy dog designed to help patients who are unable to care for a real pet.
  “Jennie” is a product of the company Tombot.  Tom Stevens started the business after his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and her beloved dog had to be taken away.
  “My mom was devastated, so I started looking at substitutes for live animal c
  
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• Landscape Trailer Bursts Into Flames Killing Contractor Who Was Cutting Grass

  26-04-2019 18:38
  REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — A 57-year-old Owings Mills man died Thursday when his landscape trailer caught fire while he was cutting grass.
  George Louis Kelley of the unit block of Montrose Ave was found dead at the scene, county officials said.
  The landscape contractor died after a spark ignited gasoline vapors of the trailer he was operating in the 300 block of Bonnie Meadow Circle.
  Baltimore County Fire crews responded at 10:12 a.m. where they found the 23-foot trailer on fire.
  Firefighte
  
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• Baltimore Man Killed By Neighbor After Order of Protection Request Was Denied - The Root

  26-04-2019 18:30 via theroot.com
  Baltimore Man Killed By Neighbor After Order of Protection Request Was Denied  The RootOn Monday, community members in Glen Burnie, Md., gathered to remember Tyrique Hudson, who police say was killed by a shotgun blast fired by his neighbor ...
  
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• ‘Whoever Did This To Him, I Hope Your Heart Is As Heavy As Ours’ Family And Friends Mourn Loss Of Kevon Dix

  26-04-2019 17:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Morgan State community, family and friends are mourning the death of Kevon Dix.
  Kevon Dix, who was an active member of the student body and a member of the Morgan State Choir, was fatally shot in the 400 block of Mary Avenue around 10:23 p.m. Wednesday.
  Kevon Dix. Courtesy Family
  The 21-year-old also worked as a toll collector at the Key Bridge for the Maryland Department of Transportation since June 2018.
  “We’re trying to make arrangements and stuff,&rdqu
  
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• Morgan State Community Mourns Loss Of Kevon Dix

  26-04-2019 17:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Morgan State community, family and friends are mourning the death of Kevon Dix.
  Dix, who was an active member of the student body and a member of the Morgan State Choir, was fatally shot 3in 400 block of Mary Avenue around 10:23 p.m. Wednesday.
  Kevon Dix. Courtesy Family
  The 21-year-old also worked as a toll collector at the Key Bridge for the Maryland Department of Transportation since June 2018.
  Morgan State Student Kevon Dix Killed In NE Baltimore Shooting Wednesda
  
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• 'People's Lives Are Being Put At Risk': Environmentalists Take On Baltimore's Trash Incinerator - WBUR

  26-04-2019 17:45 via wbur.org
  'People's Lives Are Being Put At Risk': Environmentalists Take On Baltimore's Trash Incinerator  WBURActivists like Destiny Watford have successfully made their case to the City Council that a large trash incinerator is polluting the air and making residents in ...
  
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• One killed, one injured in overnight shootings, Baltimore police say - Baltimore Sun

  26-04-2019 17:15 via baltimoresun.com
  One killed, one injured in overnight shootings, Baltimore police say  Baltimore SunA man was killed and a woman was hurt in two separate shootings this morning, the Baltimore Police Department says.
  
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• Popular Morgan State University Choir member gunned down in Baltimore - TheGrio

  26-04-2019 16:44 via thegrio.com
  Popular Morgan State University Choir member gunned down in Baltimore  TheGrioHBCU Morgan State University and the Northeast Baltimore community are mourning the fatal shooting of a student Wednesday night, the Baltimore Sun is ...
  
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• SafeWise ranks Baltimore third most dangerous big city in America - WBAL TV Baltimore

  26-04-2019 16:43 via wbaltv.com
  SafeWise ranks Baltimore third most dangerous big city in America  WBAL TV BaltimorePerhaps to what some might consider little surprise, Baltimore has made another dubious list of most dangerous cities in the country. SafeWise, an organization ...
  
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• Maryland Weather: Severe Thunderstorms Risk Friday Afternoon

  26-04-2019 16:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There’s a chance of severe weather Friday afternoon as rain moves through the Baltimore region.
  Rain is expected on and off throughout the day Friday until the afternoon when there’s a possibility of severe thunderstorms, WJZ’s Marty Bass said.
  #mdwx Rain, and more rain as we move through this day. But the headline is tis,…IT'S FRIDAY! pic.twitter.com/EoBZQKSezY
  — Marty Bass WJZ (@MartyBassWJZ) April 26, 2019An area of low pressure is blowin
  
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• Teens Can Work Out For Free At Planet Fitness This Summer

  26-04-2019 15:51
  (CBS Denver/CBS Local) – Planet Fitness is giving high school students aged 15-18 the opportunity to work out for free all summer — and the chance to win a college scholarship! Teens can pick one of more than 1,700 locations across the country and work out as much as they want from Wednesday, May 15 through Sunday, Sept. 1.
  (credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
  Interested teens must sign up in person at the location they want to use. Teens under 18 must bring a parent or guardian to
  
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• Shooter Found Guilty In Confrontation Over Fatal Drug Robbery, Faces 75 Years

  26-04-2019 15:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Robert Garris was found guilty Thursday of the second-degree murder of Lamontrey Tynes back in August 2017.
  Garris was also convicted of using a handgun in the commission of a crime and for being a prohibited person in possession of a handgun.
  Police said around 5 p.m. on August 5, 2019 detectives responded to the intersection of South Carey and Sargeant streets for a reported shooting. Once there, an officer at the scene said he heard the gunshots while driving on his pa
  
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• Baltimore Orioles: A Look At The Delmarva Shorebirds Torrid Start - FanSided

  26-04-2019 15:19 via birdswatcher.com
  Baltimore Orioles: A Look At The Delmarva Shorebirds Torrid Start  FanSidedThe Delmarva Shorebirds are 15-2 and in first place in their division. Many Baltimore Orioles prospects have played a part in that start.
  
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• North Korea Handed U.S. $2 Million Bill For Otto Warmbier’s Medical Expenses

  26-04-2019 14:30
  North Korean officials handed a $2 million bill for medical expenses for now-deceased Otto Warmbier in 2017.
  
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• Tydings Bridge Reopens After Overturned Tractor Trailer Cleared

  26-04-2019 14:04
  CECIL Co., Md. (WJZ) — Major delays were in effect after a tractor trailer overturned at the Tydings Bridge.
  All northbound lanes were closed and only two right southbound lanes were kept open for traffic to pass through. All lanes have since been reopened.
  Additional photos from the I-95 incident. All photo credit to Susquehanna Hose Company. pic.twitter.com/h81WypmQjF
  — Susquehanna Hose Co. (@SusquehannaHose) April 26, 2019Northbound traffic was detoured at MD 155 (Exit 89) as crew
  
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• Overturned Tractor Trailer Closes Most Lanes On Tydings Memorial Bridge

  26-04-2019 14:04
  CECIL Co., Md. (WJZ) — Major delays are in effect after a tractor trailer overturned at the Tydings Memorial Bridge.
  All northbound lanes were closed and only two right southbound lanes were kept open for traffic to pass through.
  Additional photos from the I-95 incident. All photo credit to Susquehanna Hose Company. pic.twitter.com/h81WypmQjF
  — Susquehanna Hose Co. (@SusquehannaHose) April 26, 2019Northbound traffic was detoured at MD 155 (Exit 89) as crews worked to upright the vehi
  
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• Amazon To Bring 1-Day Delivery To Prime Members

  26-04-2019 13:25
  NEW YORK (AP) – Two-day delivery is going out of style.
  Amazon, which hooked shoppers on getting just about anything delivered in two days, announced Thursday that it will soon promise one-day delivery for its Prime members on most items.
  The company hopes that cutting delivery times in half will make its $119-a-year Prime membership more worthwhile, since every other online store offers free deliveries in two days. Amazon also can’t compete with Walmart and Target, where ordering o
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Snake Era Evolved Into Butterflies And Pastels In Her New Song ‘Me!’

  26-04-2019 12:58
  (CNN) — Gone are the days of edgy, scale-and-fangs Taylor Swift.
  And she made sure we knew it by beginning her latest music video with the explosion of the snake that marked her last album, “Reputation,” into a flurry of butterflies.
  Swift’s latest single and video, “Me!” featuring Panic! at Disco’s Brendon Urie, became available after midnight early Friday.
  If the message of her last album is “the old Taylor is dead,” her song and video are
  
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• Gold Star widow “shocked” by new tax bill on sons’ survivor benefits

  26-04-2019 12:31
  The new tax law was especially costly for our nation's Gold Star families, who saw the taxes owed on their survivor benefits skyrocket.
  
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• How Babe Ruth became Babe Ruth in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  26-04-2019 09:00 via baltimoresun.com
  How Babe Ruth became Babe Ruth in Baltimore  Baltimore SunA century ago in old Oriole Park, Babe Ruth hit four home runs during an exhibition game, changing the path of his career and the game of baseball.
  
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• Baltimore Residents React To Raid Of Mayor's Offices - NPR

  26-04-2019 09:00 via npr.org
  Baltimore Residents React To Raid Of Mayor's Offices  NPRAfter the FBI and IRS raided the home and office of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Thursday, residents say they are frustrated and angry about this and the ...
  
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• Baltimore Ravens' 2019 draft: Analysis for every pick - AFC North- ESPN - ESPN

  26-04-2019 05:30 via espn.com
  Baltimore Ravens' 2019 draft: Analysis for every pick - AFC North- ESPN  ESPNFirst-year GM Eric DeCosta spurned the franchise's awful track record in drafting wide receivers, picking the draft's most explosive playmaker.
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Not ‘Lucid’ Enough To Make Decision About Resignation, Attorney Says

  26-04-2019 05:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh continued to stay out of the spotlight Thursday, as federal agents raided her homes and several businesses.
  Pugh was home at the time the FBI and IRS began their raid around 7 a.m.  After the feds left, Pugh met with her legal team.
  An earlier report said she may have been trying to get out of town, but attorney Steve Silverman spoke to WJZ outside her home Thursday and said the mayor is physically ill and emotionally saddened. He said
  
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