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• Historic Baltimore church leaders say aggressive drug sellers forced temporary closure of refuge for homeless - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 23:57 via baltimoresun.com
  Historic Baltimore church leaders say aggressive drug sellers forced temporary closure of refuge for homeless  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore Symphony names new board chair to replace Bozzuto, calls timing after labor dispute coincidental - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 23:45 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore Symphony names new board chair to replace Bozzuto, calls timing after labor dispute coincidental  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore teachers like me are being mistreated by the system - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 23:41 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore teachers like me are being mistreated by the system  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Ring Of Honor Ready To Rebound As Wrestling Industry Undergoes Massive Shakeup

  26-09-2019 23:25
  (CBS Baltimore/CBS Local) — The world of professional wrestling continues to undergo an unprecedented shakeup at a dizzying pace. Television networks are being changed. A new promotion with deep pockets and national exposure is ready to challenge the titans of the business. Talents are being signed to record contracts. The geographic borders that once limited access to international promotions are being torn down. And fans have more options than at any other time in history.
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• There Are 300 Tickets Available For Ravens-Browns Sunday Game, Here’s How You Can Buy Them

  26-09-2019 23:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Don’t have tickets for the Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns game yet? Now might be your chance.
  The Cleveland Browns have returned tickets from their allotment for Sunday’s 1 p.m. game at M&T Bank Stadium.
  Approximately 300 tickets will be available to buy at Ticketmaster or by calling the Raven’s ticket office at 410-261-RAVE (7283).
  
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• Water Bill Affordability Legislation Heads To Baltimore City Council

  26-09-2019 23:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Proposed legislation to keep water bills affordable for Baltimore residents is moving to the full city council for debate.
  The Water Accountability and Equity Act introduced in December ensures the cost of water is affordable for all Baltimore City residents by creating an income-based water billing system.
  Groups Protest 10 Percent Water Rate Hike In Baltimore City
  The legislation would also increase transparency in the dispute process for erroneous water bills.
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• Longtime Baltimore high school principal on temporary leave, officials say - WBAL TV Baltimore

  26-09-2019 23:01 via wbaltv.com
  Longtime Baltimore high school principal on temporary leave, officials say  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
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• John McIntyre: Something you ate | VIDEO - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:58 via baltimoresun.com
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• D.C. Man Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter In Connection With A Fatal BW Parkway Crash In June

  26-09-2019 22:58
  GREENBELT, Md. (WJZ) — Darnell E. Bassett, age 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on June 24.
  According to the plea agreement, Bassett’s car collided with a District of Columbia Metropolitan Police cruiser, disabling the cruiser in northeast Washington, D.C.
  Bassett then continued driving at high speeds while going the wrong way on a one-way street.
  Another police vehicle pursued Bassett with i
  
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• Drivers Going Through Tolls At Hatem And Key Bridges Won’t Be Able To Use Cash By Late October

  26-09-2019 22:52
  BALTIMORE, (WJZ) — Drivers won’t need cash at these toll collection stops starting in late October.
  The Maryland Transportation Authority will begin cashless toll collection at the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge and the Francis Scott Key Bridge, located in Maryland on October 16 and October 30, respectively.
  The fees will be collected via E-ZPass, to reduce traffic. Cash will no longer be accepted.
  The existing cash toll plazas will become E-ZPass lanes until the Spring of 2021 when
  
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• Baltimore moves closer to water billing system that would charge poor residents less - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:46 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore moves closer to water billing system that would charge poor residents less  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Gov. Hogan: $200 million is 'final offer’ to resolve HBCU lawsuit - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:44 via baltimoresun.com
  Gov. Hogan: $200 million is 'final offer’ to resolve HBCU lawsuit  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore doesn’t need a billionaire to lower its property tax rate - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:44 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore doesn’t need a billionaire to lower its property tax rate  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Workgroup Releases 11 Recommendations For Combating Baltimore County’s Opioid Epidemic - CBS Baltimore

  26-09-2019 22:42 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Workgroup Releases 11 Recommendations For Combating Baltimore County’s Opioid Epidemic  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Workgroup Releases 11 Recommendations For Combating Baltimore County’s Opioid Epidemic

  26-09-2019 22:42
  BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County is considering nearly a dozen recommendations to address the opioid epidemic as the county grapples with the second-highest opioid-related death rate in Maryland.
  An opioid-related workgroup was given the task of recommending ways to combat the crisis that are evidence-based and community-supported.
  “The task was to reach out to the community, pull together best practices and develop a draft plan which has now been released and continue
  
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• Playground Catches Fire At West Baltimore Elementary School - CBS Baltimore

  26-09-2019 22:35 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Playground Catches Fire At West Baltimore Elementary School  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Playground Catches Fire At West Baltimore Elementary School

  26-09-2019 22:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An investigation is underway into what sparked a fire at a west Baltimore elementary school playground Thursday.
  The fire happened at the playground at North Bend Elementary School on North Bend Road.
  Crime scene tape blocked off part of the equipment while children played on other equipment that was not impacted.
  
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• Jury Selection Process In Capital Gazette Shooting Begins Friday With Pool Of 300 People

  26-09-2019 22:31
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) – A jury pool of 300 people will appear in Anne Arundel County Court Friday to answer questionnaires ahead of next month’s scheduled jury selection in the case against accused Capital Gazette gunman Jarrod Ramos.
  “To find people who haven’t formed an opinion, one way or another, is going to be difficult,” Anne Arundel County defense attorney John H. Robinson said Thursday. “I’ve never, in 30-plus years here, heard of a case where they bro
  
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• Confederate statues languish in city lot | VIDEO - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:26 via baltimoresun.com
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• Confederate statues languish in city lot - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:26 via baltimoresun.com
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• Barbree A.G. Henderson, homemaker-volunteer, dies - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 22:24 via baltimoresun.com
  Barbree A.G. Henderson, homemaker-volunteer, dies  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Maryland Weather | No Rain In Sight For Dry September - CBS Baltimore

  26-09-2019 22:09 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Maryland Weather | No Rain In Sight For Dry September  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Maryland Weather | No Rain In Sight For Dry September

  26-09-2019 22:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s been a dry September, and there doesn’t seem to be any rain in sight.
  This month there has been 0.15″ of rainfall- compared to the average 3.31″, putting Maryland at -3.16″ below average.
  Indeed, most of Maryland is going through a moderate drought, with western and northern Maryland abnormally dry.
  The flash drought could be explained from the unusual late-season heat, as summer has come and gone with fall taking its place- but no fall
  
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• WATCH: Sheriff’s Office Employee Fired After Going On Racist Rant At McDonald’s

  26-09-2019 22:08
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (CBS Local) — An employee of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office was fired Wednesday morning after he was caught on video in a verbal altercation with a customer who was speaking Spanish at a McDonald’s restaurant.
  Cristina Riofrio, a 19-year-old art student who is Ecuadorian, said on Twitter that she was speaking to her friends in Spanish Saturday night at a Savannah McDonald’s when a man began yelling racist statements at them.
  The man can be heard in a ce
  
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• Baltimore Ravens injury updates: Mark Andrews misses another practice - PennLive

  26-09-2019 22:02 via pennlive.com
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• Thomas Hawks Sentenced For Drunken Crash That Killed 3 Children On Indian Head Highway

  26-09-2019 22:00
  PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The man whose car crash resulted in the deaths of three children in Prince George’s County has been sentenced to 22 consecutive years in prison.
  Thomas Hawks, 28, admitted that he was the driver who caused the crash on Indian Head Highway on December 30, 2018, while heavily into intoxicated and impaired.
  RELATED COVERAGE: 3 Children Killed, Multiple Injured In Three-Car Crash On Indian Head Highway
  Man Pleads Guilty To Drunken Crash That
  
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• Police: Officer shot, killed dog in SW Baltimore after it bit officer - WBAL TV Baltimore

  26-09-2019 21:43 via wbaltv.com
  Police: Officer shot, killed dog in SW Baltimore after it bit officer  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
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• Woman Mistakenly Rescues Wild Bobcat Thinking It Was A Domestic Kitten

  26-09-2019 21:42
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CBS Local) — A Tennessee woman who thought she had rescued a sweet little kitten from the side of a road was surprised to find out it was actually a potentially dangerous wild bobcat.
  Jill Hicks said she was driving down Graysville Road in Chattanooga when she spotted the animal dart across the busy street.
  “I pulled over on the side of the road, got out, got it,” she told CBS affiliate WDEF. “It did run a little bit, but not fast and not far. I crouch
  
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• Maryland Opens First Fully Converted Gas-To-Electric Refueling Station In The U.S.

  26-09-2019 21:40
  ANNAPOLIS, MD. (WJZ) — For electric car drivers in Takoma Park, a new refueling station could be handy.
  The nation’s first fully converted gas-to-electric refueling and service station for electric vehicles opened Thursday in Montgomery County.
  Jointly funded by the Maryland Energy Administration and Electric Vehicle Institute, the station has a high-powered, 200 kilowatt, four dispenser system- delivering 50 kws and higher for EV charging.
  Four electric vehicles can charge at once w
  
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• Here’s the Most Popular Halloween Candy In Maryland

  26-09-2019 21:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — You might be surprised to hear what the most popular Halloween candy is in Maryland.
  It’s Milk Duds.
  Courtesy: Hershey’s
  Marylanders among the five states that like them — including the Carolinas, Alabama and Arkansas.
  Pennsylvania’s like Mars bars for Halloween, while in Delaware they are fans of Hershey’s milk chocolate bars. And M&Ms are the most popular in Virginia.
  Courtesy: Bid on Equipment
  Bid on Equipment surveyed more than 2,000
  
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• Leonard Shand Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting Reported Near The Mall At Prince George’s

  26-09-2019 21:30
  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Police in Prince George’s County are investigating the fatal police-involved shooting of an armed suspect Thursday morning near The Mall at Prince George’s.
  The shooting happened in the area of Toledo and Belcrest roads along East-West Highway in Hyattsville.We are on scene of an officer-involved shooting within the City of Hyattsville in the area of Toledo and Belcrest Roads.Media Relations Division staff is on scene.We are gathering information.More d
  
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• Busboys & Poets breaks ground in Columbia, eyes Baltimore next - WBAL TV Baltimore

  26-09-2019 21:30 via wbaltv.com
  Busboys & Poets breaks ground in Columbia, eyes Baltimore next  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore Police Officer Shoots, Kills Dog After It Bit Officer, Police Say - CBS Baltimore

  26-09-2019 21:24 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Baltimore Police Officer Shoots, Kills Dog After It Bit Officer, Police Say  CBS Baltimore
  
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• Baltimore Police Officer Shoots, Kills Dog After It Bit Officer, Police Say

  26-09-2019 21:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A dog was shot and killed by a Baltimore police officer after it bit him, police said Thursday.
  Officers were at the 1800 block of Casadel Ave when a dog bit the officer.
  The dog has died, police said. They did not provide any more information.
  This story is developing. 
  
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• Baltimore police chief says he wants to protect gains in tourism - Baltimore Business Journal

  26-09-2019 21:18 via bizjournals.com
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• Baltimore County internet outage shuts down some government services - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 20:46 via baltimoresun.com
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• It’s Snake Baby Season In Maryland. Here’s Some Fun Facts About Them

  26-09-2019 20:43
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — It’s baby snake season in Maryland, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
  DNR said juvenile snakes often look different than adults.
  All snakes in Maryland a great for pest control in one form or another, DNR reports. They help keep the rodent populations in check and even help by consuming ticks that are found on rodents.DNR also said snake venom is being used to develop blood pressure medications and researchers are even looking at copperhead veno
  
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• John Angelos: Orioles will be in Baltimore ‘as long as Fort McHenry is standing watch over the Inner Harbor’ - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 20:32 via baltimoresun.com
  John Angelos: Orioles will be in Baltimore ‘as long as Fort McHenry is standing watch over the Inner Harbor’  Baltimore Sun
  
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• State Police Investigate Fatal Crash On Route 24 Near Pulaski Highway

  26-09-2019 20:24
  EDGEWOOD, Md. (WJZ) — State police have closed both sides of Route 24 at Route 755 due to a fatal crash near Pulaski Highway.
  The single-vehicle crash occurred near Emmorton and Edgewood roads in Edgewood.
  Two people in the car were ejected. One person was pronounced dead at the scene.The second crash victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
  Harford County Public Schools said some bus routes will be diverted due to the crash.Due to the road closure on rt 24 near Edgewood Rd, bus
  
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• Schools from Baltimore and Howard Counties receive national scholastic honors for excellence - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 20:24 via baltimoresun.com
  Schools from Baltimore and Howard Counties receive national scholastic honors for excellence  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Shepherd Mix Puppy Found On Side Of Route 301 In Queen Anne’s County

  26-09-2019 20:18
  MILLINGTON, MD. (WJZ) — A puppy was found abandoned on the side of a highway in Queen Anne’s County, and animal control is looking to find out where the dog came from.
  Queen Anne’s County Animal Control is seeking information from anyone who may have seen someone leaving a large dog create and a six month old female shepherd mix off the side of Route 301 south near Powers Lane, Millington.0926qacgermanshepherdCredit: Queen Anne's County Police0926qacgermanshepherd2Credit: Queen
  
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• Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator: Film from loss to Chiefs made me puke - PennLive

  26-09-2019 20:14 via pennlive.com
  Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator: Film from loss to Chiefs made me puke  PennLive
  
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• Suspect Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting Reported Near The Mall At Prince George’s

  26-09-2019 20:10
  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Police in Prince George’s County are investigating the fatal police-involved shooting of an armed suspect Thursday morning near The Mall at Prince George’s.
  The shooting happened in the area of Toledo and Belcrest roads along East-West Highway in Hyattsville.We are on scene of an officer-involved shooting within the City of Hyattsville in the area of Toledo and Belcrest Roads.Media Relations Division staff is on scene.We are gathering information.More d
  
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• Baltimore County Website Is Back Up After System Outage - Towson, MD Patch

  26-09-2019 20:09 via patch.com
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• School Reverses ‘Zero Dating Policy’ For Fifth Graders After Causing ‘Alarm’

  26-09-2019 19:51
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (CBS Local) — An elementary school that had banned fifth grade students from dating quickly reversed policy after some parents expressed concern, WDRB reported Thursday.
  Greater Clark County Schools established “a zero dating policy” this week for fifth graders at Riverside Elementary School in Jeffersonville, as explained in a letter to parents and guardians posted Wednesday on Facebook.
  “At this age, children are dating and breaking up within days o
  
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• Building Baltimore’s workout playlist: Runners, what songs motivate you most? - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 19:46 via baltimoresun.com
  Building Baltimore’s workout playlist: Runners, what songs motivate you most?  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Baltimore Beatdown Game Picks: Week 4 - Baltimore Beatdown

  26-09-2019 19:38 via baltimorebeatdown.com
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• Uber Pool Passenger Indicted For Allegedly Killing Driver, Another Passenger While He Says He Was High On PCP

  26-09-2019 19:33
  UPPER MARLBORO, MD. (WJZ) — An Uber pool passenger has been indicted for allegedly killing the driver and another passenger in August.
  42-year-old Aaron Lanier Wilson Jr. is accused of fatally shooting 46-year-old Beaudouin Tchakounte of Frederick and 32-year-old Casey Xavier Robinson of Accokeek.
  Tchakounte was working as an Uber driver at the time of the shooting, Robinson was a passenger in his car.
  Police Arrest Man Who Shot Uber Driver, Passenger In Oxon Hill, Says He Was High On PCP
  
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• Flacco-affiliated firm and Sinclair Broadcasting among investors in bankrupt Baltimore meal kit company - Baltimore Sun

  26-09-2019 19:31 via baltimoresun.com
  Flacco-affiliated firm and Sinclair Broadcasting among investors in bankrupt Baltimore meal kit company  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Wawa Opens New Location In Carroll County

  26-09-2019 19:18
  ELDERSBURG, Md. (WJZ) — Wawa, Inc. opened its second store in Carroll County, located at 1310 Liberty Road.
  The new store, which is the first Wawa in Eldersburg, opened early Thursday morning around 8 a.m.
  Officials said celebrations included a free T-shirt giveaway for the first 100 customers, a hoagie-building competition, “Hoagies for Heroes” and a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:00 a.m.
  Wawa is also offering free coffee to all customers Thursday through next Monday, September
  
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