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• Baltimore City Police Increasing Patrol At Inner Harbor After Memorial Day Weekend Fighting

  01-06-2019 23:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Police are increasing presence at the Inner Harbor this weekend.
  The increase in officers comes after fights broke out at the Inner Harbor last Saturday.
  Police video from Memorial Day Weekend showed groups of young people running around the Harbor. Some disrupted traffic while others behavior was disorderly or intimidating.
  “There was a whole bunch of them kids walking and some of them were rowdy,” one witness said. “That’s wha
  
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• Woman Shot In Neck, Man In Leg After Double Shooting In Baltimore - CBS Baltimore

  01-06-2019 23:41 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Woman Shot In Neck, Man In Leg After Double Shooting In Baltimore  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Police are investigating a double shooting that left two people injured on Saturday afternoon. Police were called to the ...
  
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• Woman Shot In Neck, Man In Leg After Double Shooting In Baltimore

  01-06-2019 23:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Police are investigating a double shooting that left two people injured on Saturday afternoon.
  Police were called to the 1800 block of McCulloh Street around 5 p.m. for a report of a double shooting.
  When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound the leg and a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck.
  Both victims were taken to an area hospital where the woman shot in the neck is listed in critical condition.
  
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• Man Stabbed In Neck, Killed In Northwest Baltimore

  01-06-2019 23:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Police are investigating a deadly stabbing in northwest Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.
  Patrol officers responded to the 3900 block of West Rogers Ave. around 4:26 p.m. for a report of a stabbing.
  When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a stab wound to the neck. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he later died.
  Homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stopper
  
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• New Basketball Court Built For Children, Teens With Prince George’s County Police Department League

  01-06-2019 23:17
  PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — There’s a new place to practice jump shots in Prince George’s County.
  Children and teenagers with the Prince George’s County Police Department’s league can dribble and shoot on a new basketball court.
  The court is on the department’s lower lot.
  It was provided by Nancy Lieberman Charities, Sport Court and Under Armour. It’s the fourth court in the nation of its kind.
  
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• It’s Academic | June 1, 2019

  01-06-2019 23:13
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• Anne Arundel County Police Investigating Deadly Single Vehicle Crash

  01-06-2019 22:45
  HARWOOD, Md. (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a fatal car accident that left one person dead on Friday morning.
  Officers responded to Muddy Creek Road near Lansdale Road in Harwood around 11:25 a.m. for a report of a single-vehicle crash.
  The car was reportedly traveling southbound on Muddy Creek Road, approaching Lansdale Road, when it crossed the center and drove into a drainage ditch on the left side of the roadway.
  The car briefly went airborne across a drivewa
  
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• Police Searching For Man Who Inappropriately Touched 4-Year-Old Child In Prince George’s County

  01-06-2019 22:25
  LEWISDALE, Md. (WJZ) — Prince George’s County Police are searching for a man who inappropriately touched a 4-year-old girl in the Lewisdale area last Saturday.
  Police say the suspect approached the 4-year-old victim while she was outside and told her he would give her some chewing gum if she accompanied him to an apartment building laundry room.
  The child agreed and once in the laundry room, the man allegedly touched her buttocks. Another child interrupted the incident and the girl r
  
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• Prince George’s County Police Searching For Missing 14-Year-Old Boy

  01-06-2019 22:10
  PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Prince George’s County Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 14-year-old boy.
  Isiah Bontrager, 14, was last seen on Friday at 10 a.m. in the 14500 block of Colonel Contee Court.
  Isaiah was last seen wearing a black shirt and black pants.
  MISSING: We need your help to locate 14 y/o Isaiah Bontrager. He was last seen on 5/31/19 at 10 am in the 14500 block of Colonel Contee Ct. Isaiah is 5’6” & 100 p
  
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• Report: Gov. Larry Hogan Will Not Run Against President Trump

  01-06-2019 21:30
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will not run against President Donald Trump in the Republican primary, despite months of speculation.
  Hogan told The Washington Post — “I’m not going to be a candidate for president in 2020.”
  For months, Hogan has been taking a more national role in politics and some GOP members were hoping the two-term Republican governor of a historically blue state would take on Trump in the primary.
  He told the Post, “I have
  
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• Baltimore County Police Investigate Early Morning Shooting In Pikesville

  01-06-2019 16:50
  PIKESVILLE, MD (WJZ)– Baltimore County Police responded to a report of a shooting just after 5a.m. this morning on Stirrup Court in Pikesville.
  Investigators say an adult male was found with a gunshot wound to the lower body and has been transported to a local hospital for treatment.
  The condition of the man is not know at this time but he is expected to survive.
  Baltimore County Police Violent Crimes Unit continues to investigate this shooting but have not provided any details of a possib
  
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• Baltimore's Ransomware Mess Is Its Own Fault—Cyber Saturday - Fortune

  01-06-2019 15:08 via fortune.com
  Baltimore's Ransomware Mess Is Its Own Fault—Cyber Saturday  FortuneThe City of Baltimore deserves the blame for a ransomware infection involving the Microsoft Windows EternalBlue exploit, not the NSA.
  
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• Gov. Hogan Offers Support To Virginia Beach After Deadly Shooting

  01-06-2019 05:25
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan is offering his support to Virginia Beach after a deadly shooting on Friday afternoon.
  A shooting at the Virginia Beach municipal building left at least 12 dead and four injured.
  Gov. Hogan said that he is, “shocked and horrified” by the shooting and that Maryland is standing with Virginia Beach.
  Shocked and horrified by this heinous shooting in Virginia Beach. Our prayers are with the loved ones of the victims, all those who were in
  
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• Anne Arundel County Police Shoot Man Armed With A Knife

  01-06-2019 04:55
  ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Officials have confirmed a police-involved shooting in Anne Arundel County on Friday night.
  The shooting occurred on Route 50 eastbound near 424 around exit 16.
  Police involved shooting on Route 50 Eastbound near 424. PIO en route to park and ride on 424 near 50. Do NOT RESPOND TO route 50 you can not park on the highway. Meet PIO at above park and ride. No further information at this time.
  — Anne Arundel Police (@AACOPD) June 1, 2019Officers wer
  
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• Anne Arundel County Officials Report Police Involved Shooting

  01-06-2019 04:55
  ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Officials have confirmed a police-involved shooting in Anne Arundel County on Friday night.
  The shooting occurred on Route 50 eastbound near 424 around exit 16.
  Police involved shooting on Route 50 Eastbound near 424. PIO en route to park and ride on 424 near 50. Do NOT RESPOND TO route 50 you can not park on the highway. Meet PIO at above park and ride. No further information at this time.
  — Anne Arundel Police (@AACOPD) June 1, 2019Officers wer
  
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• Dwight Smith Hits 1st Grand Slam, Orioles Beat Giants 9-6

  01-06-2019 04:30
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Dwight Smith’s first career grand slam capped a six-run outburst in the first inning and the Baltimore Orioles outslugged the San Francisco Giants 9-6 Friday night.
  The teams met at Camden Yards for the first time since 2004.
  Trey Mancini and Renato Núñez also homered for the Orioles, who overcame a five-run, first-inning deficit and improved to 8-21 at home.
  Núñez has homered in seven of his last 11 games and has a team-leading 14 homers
  
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• Fungus Modified With Spider Venom Offers New Hope In Fight Against Malaria

  01-06-2019 03:59
  (CNN) — Researchers have developed a new weapon in the fight against malaria — a fungus genetically engineered using a gene found in the venom of an Australian spider.
  Trials in Burkina Faso — a country with a high prevalence of malaria — found that a fungus, enhanced by the gene of the Australian Blue Mountains funnel web spider, killed large numbers of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
  During the trials, researchers reported a 99% collapse in mosquito populations.
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• Ex-WWE Star Ashley Massaro’s Brain Could Be Donated To Research

  01-06-2019 03:20
  (CNN) — Ex-WWE star and “Survivor” contestant Ashley Massaro might have her brain donated to the study of CTE in professional wrestlers.
  Massaro died Thursday, the WWE said.
  “It was her desire to donate her brain to be studied,” her lawyer Konstantine Kyros said in a statement to CNN, acknowledging this could only happen if Massaro’s family abides by her wishes.
  Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease that can o
  
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• N.S.A. Denies Its Cyberweapon Was Used in Baltimore Attack, Congressman Says - The New York Times

  01-06-2019 03:13 via nytimes.com
  N.S.A. Denies Its Cyberweapon Was Used in Baltimore Attack, Congressman Says  The New York TimesBALTIMORE — A Maryland congressman said on Friday that the National Security Agency had denied that one of its hacking tools, stolen in 2017, was used in a ransomware attack on Baltimore’s government that had disrupted city services for more than three weeks. The statement, made by Representative C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, came in response to an article in The New York Times last
  
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• Principal | I accidentally Plagiarized Ashton Kutcher Speech

  01-06-2019 03:06
  PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia principal accused of plagiarizing Ashton Kutcher in an address to his school’s graduating class says he didn’t mean to use someone else’s work.
  Parkersburg High School Principal Kenny DeMoss has issued a statement saying he should have cited his sources in the May 23 speech, but asserted the ideas were his own.
  “I did not get all my ideas from Ashton. Format yes, thoughts and ideas were from my heart,” he wrote, adding
  
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• Your Guide To The 3 Top Spots In Baltimore’s Canton Neighborhood

  01-06-2019 02:57
  BALTIMORE (Hoodline) — Spending time in Canton? Get to know this Baltimore neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from an oyster bar to a Venezuelan spot.
  Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Canton, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.1. Mama’s On The Half Shell
  PHOTO: HEATHER M./YELP
  Topping the list is bar and breakfast and brunch spot M
  
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• U.S. Holds CBD Hearing As Fans, Sellers Await Legal Clarity

  01-06-2019 02:52
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — CBD products have surged in popularity despite confusion around their legal status. Now U.S. regulators are exploring ways the hemp ingredient might officially be allowed in food, drinks and dietary supplements.
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a hearing Friday to collect information about cannabis compounds such as CBD, which is already available in candy, syrups, oils, drinks, skin patches and dog food.
  No decisions are expected immediately, but t
  
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• Broken Bee? Spelling Experts Say Tougher Words Are Out There

  01-06-2019 02:47
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee suffered a body blow when eight kids ended up co-champions because they were simply too accomplished to stumble over any of the words Scripps threw at them.
  That doesn’t mean it’s irretrievably broken.
  Even some critics who thought the words Thursday night were insultingly easy are optimistic that the bee can recover and produce a single champion next year and for many years to come.
  “As spellers evolve, th
  
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• Ultraprocessed Foods Are Easy, Cheap And Could Be Killing You

  01-06-2019 02:43
  (CNN) — “Ultraprocessed” describes many foods, including pre-prepared dishes found in grocery store freezers, packaged baked goods, dehydrated soups, ice cream, sugary cereals and fizzy beverages.
  Two separate studies published Wednesday in The BMJ link eating the popular factory-made fare with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and an increased risk of early death. While a direct cause-effect relationship has yet to be established, the researchers of bo
  
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• Officials Hold Groundbreaking For New, $40.5 Million Colgate Elementary School

  01-06-2019 02:32
  DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) — It was an exciting day in Dundalk after the first step was taken to build a new Colgate Elementary School.
  The principal of the school, along with Baltimore County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Verletta White and County Executive Johnny Olszewski attended the ceremony for the new $40.5 million building.
  The new school replaces the building that was constructed in 1924. It’s expected to be open to students for the 2020-21 school year.
  
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• Why Frozen Fruit And Veggies May Be Better For You Than Fresh

  01-06-2019 02:19
  (CNN) — You are probably aware that you should try to eat as many fruits and vegetables as you can for good health. But what if your favorite fruits are not in season, or the veggies on your Sunday shopping list will be eaten much later in the week?
  It might be time to favor frozen.
  Going frozen means you can enjoy your favorite berries or peaches during wintertime. It also means less spoilage, allowing you to enjoy produce when it’s close to its nutritional best — that is, whe
  
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• Ravens Travel Guide | What Stadiums Fans Should Visit On The Road This Year

  01-06-2019 02:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Although the hot and stormy weather is no indicator, football season is right around the corner in Baltimore.
  It’s no secret that Ravens fans love to travel to support the team. This year, there are some beautiful stadiums and intriguing road games that you won’t want to miss!
  If you plan on traveling to see the Ravens play this season, WJZ has you covered. We compiled and ranked a list of the best stadiums on the team’s schedule to check out!
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• 76 Horses Roaming Assateague Island, National Park Service Population Census Finds

  01-06-2019 01:56
  WORCESTER, Md. (WJZ) — The National Park Service completed its May 2019 population census of wild horses on Assateague Island.
  The total population of the Maryland herd is currently 76 horses, including 21 stallions and 55 mares.
  There was one birth and one death documented during the census. The one death was as a result of a natural event.
  A 31-year-old sorrel mare N6BM had a broken hind leg as a result of a fight with another horse. A visitor observed the fight and reported the incident
  
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• Court Rules In Favor Of Baltimore's Food Truck Ban - CBS Baltimore

  01-06-2019 01:38 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Court Rules In Favor Of Baltimore's Food Truck Ban  CBS BaltimoreMaryland food truck owners will have to find a spot to park that is at least 300-feet away from restaurants. 28 minutes ago ...
  
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• Mom, 6-Year-Old Daughter Separated At Border Reunite At BWI

  01-06-2019 01:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There was anticipation, anxiety and love at BWI Airport on Friday morning.
  Zoila Rodriguez and her 3-year-old son crossed the border into the United States two months ago. Sponsored by her father, they arrived safely in Maryland, but her 6-year-old daughter and husband who crossed separately were detained.
  Her husband was sent to one facility and her daughter, Kimberly, to another about 500 miles away from her father.
  Kimberly does not speak English and contracted Ch
  
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• Baltimore-area sports news: McDonogh grad Jackson Morrill named captain of Yale lacrosse team - Baltimore Sun

  01-06-2019 01:00 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore-area sports news: McDonogh grad Jackson Morrill named captain of Yale lacrosse team  Baltimore SunMcDonogh grad Jackson Morrill, an All-American attackman who broke the school record for assists and points by a junior, has been named captain at Yale.
  
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• A dismembered body found in Baltimore leads to arrest, more questions - Baltimore Sun

  01-06-2019 00:50 via baltimoresun.com
  A dismembered body found in Baltimore leads to arrest, more questions  Baltimore Sunweeks-long quest to identify a woman who was found covered in garbage inside a Baltimore shopping cart — her hands, feet, lower legs and head all missing.
  
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• Teenager injured, 25-year-old killed in shootings Friday, Baltimore police say - Baltimore Sun

  01-06-2019 00:30 via baltimoresun.com
  Teenager injured, 25-year-old killed in shootings Friday, Baltimore police say  Baltimore SunA teenager was injured and a 25-year-old man was killed in two separate shootings Friday, Baltimore police said. Just before 7 a.m., Western District officers ...
  
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