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• It’s Jackson Vs. Watson In Duel Between Ravens And Texans

  14-11-2019 23:48
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans each have used a dual-threat quarterback and an opportunistic defense to become first-place teams in the AFC.
  Now it’s time to find out who does it better.
  The Ravens (7-2) have won five straight, their longest winning streak since 2006, and own a comfortable lead in the AFC North. Houston (6-3), which stands atop the AFC South, won four of five before a bye last week.
  Sunday’s showdown could ultimately be a factor in pos
  
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• $13K Reward Offered For Information In Case Of Melanie Meleney Who Disappeared From Glen Burnie

  14-11-2019 23:47
  
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — Officials are offering a $13,000 reward for information in the case of a Glen Burnie woman who went missing last year and whose partial remains were later found along the shores of Marley Creek.
  Melanie Meleney had last been seen on October 12, 2018. Eleven days later, a passerby discovered human remains behind Good Sheppard Church in Glen Burnie.
  Those remains were later identified as Meleney’s.Anne Arundel County Police continue to investigate the “su
  
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• Man Arrested After Stolen Vehicle Recovered In Baltimore

  14-11-2019 23:43
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 36-year-old man was arrested Friday after Baltimore Police recovered a stolen vehicle and tags.
  Regional Auto Theft Task Force Units were in the 1900 block of W. Baltimore Street recovering a stolen vehicle when their License Plate Readers alerted them to another stolen vehicle that had just passed by.
  The officers followed the vehicle and requested the assistance of Fox Trot.
  Fox Trot followed the vehicle, a black 2006 Nissan Sentra, to Martin Luther King, Jr. Bou
  
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• William R. Wiley Jr., personnel-purchasing manager - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 23:35 via baltimoresun.com
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• Immigrants, led by Jamaicans, slow Baltimore population loss - Washington Post

  14-11-2019 23:34 via washingtonpost.com
  
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• Largest Nonprofit Organizations in Greater Baltimore - New York Business Journal

  14-11-2019 23:24 via bizjournals.com
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• The Faces And Families Affected By Baltimore's Homicides - CBS Baltimore

  14-11-2019 23:22 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she won’t run for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ seat - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 23:06 via baltimoresun.com
  Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she won’t run for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ seat  Baltimore Sun
  
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• Irish, Middies Meet As Ranked Foes For First Time Since 1978

  14-11-2019 23:01
  
  SOUTH BEND, IN. (AP) — For the first time since 1978, the Midshipmen and Fighting Irish meet as ranked opponents.
  WHAT’S AT STAKE?
  A chance to be warmer over the holidays. Both teams are bowl eligible and the winner could be in the mix for a New Year’s Six bowl berth but must win out. Navy, riding a five-game winning streak, needs to beat the Irish, SMU and Houston, qualify and win the ACC Championship and then beat Army. The Irish, after wins over Virginia Tech and Duke,
  
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• Memo sheds light on why prosecutors say Baltimore police Det. Sean Suiter death probe is still open - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 23:00 via baltimoresun.com
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• Former Eastern Shore police chief charged with misconduct in office - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 22:42 via baltimoresun.com
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• Study Links Air Pollution Nanoparticles To Brain Cancer For First Time

  14-11-2019 22:36
  
  MONTREAL (CBS Local) — Tiny particles produced by motor traffic have been linked to brain cancer for the first time, according to a new study from Canadian researchers.
  The study, published in the journal Epidemiology, found that higher exposures of ultra-fine particles (UFPs), which are produced by fuel burning, particularly in diesel vehicles, significantly increase people’s chances of getting the deadly cancer.
  Specifically, it found that a one-year increase in pollution exposure
  
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• Baltimore can’t afford to lose its prized BSO star - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 22:33 via baltimoresun.com
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• ‘Not A Number’ | Memorials Mark More Than Just Baltimore Homicide Victims; It Puts Their Loved Ones Anguish On Display - CBS Baltimore

  14-11-2019 22:00 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• ‘Not A Number’ | Memorials Mark More Than Just Baltimore Homicide Victims; It Puts Their Loved Ones Anguish On Display

  14-11-2019 22:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The continuing loss of hundreds of Baltimore residents each year to murder brings trauma on a personal and public scale, leaving survivors to honor their loved ones at memorials citywide.
  Overnight, the city reached 300 homicides for the fifth straight year.
  Gregory Riddick, Sr., gets off the Number 54 bus every few weeks to return to the corner of Harford Road and Homestead Street.
  “Well, he’s gone physically. But, spiritually, he’s still here,” R
  
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• 11-Year-Old Aberdeen Boy Missing, May Be With Biological Mother, Police Say

  14-11-2019 21:55
  
  ABERDEEN, Md. (WJZ) — Police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who they say may be in the company of his biological mother, Amber Peters.
  Scott Leon is approximately 4’8″, and weighs 88 lbs.Please contact Det. Gutridge at (410) 272-2122 or [email protected] with any information.
   
  
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• Potomac River Rapist | Giles Warrick Who Allegedly Killed Christine Mirzayan And Raped 8 Others In 1990s Arrested

  14-11-2019 21:47
  
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Twenty-one years after his last crime, the suspected Potomac River Rapist has been captured, local authorities said Thursday afternoon.
  The man in custody is identified as 60-year-old Giles Warrick.
  The Potomac River Rapist murdered 29-year-old Christine Mirzayan and raped eight other women in the 1990s, according to authorities.
  She was a National Academy of Sciences intern who was walking home from a cookout in Georgetown on August 1, 1998, but never made i
  
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• Potomac River Rapist Case, Who Killed Christine Mirzayan And Raped 8 Others In 1990s, Arrested

  14-11-2019 21:47
  
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. (WJZ) — 21 years after his last crime, the Potomac River Rapist has been captured, local authorities said Thursday afternoon.
  The man in custody is identified as 60-year-old Giles Warrick.
  The Potomac River Rapist murdered 29-year-old Christine Mirzayan and raped eight other women in the 1990s, according to authorities.
  She was a National Academy of Sciences intern who was walking home from a cookout in Georgetown on August 1, 1998, but never made it home.
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• Carroll County Sheriff K9 Zsundi Dies After Sudden Illness

  14-11-2019 21:47
  
  WESTMINSTER, Md. (WJZ) — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of an active K9.
  K9 Zsundi passed due to a sudden illness.
  Zsundi was born Feb. 8, 2009. He became a member of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in 2010.
  He was certified in explosive detection, and was teamed with Master Deputy Carr, where they served together at the Carroll County Circuit Court House since Zsundi was trained and certified in 2011.
  In addition to regular patrols of the Cou
  
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• 16-Year-Old Baltimore Girl Missing Since October 30

  14-11-2019 21:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are searching for a missing teenage girl who hasn’t been seen since October.
  16-year-old Jaila Purvis was last seen October 30 in the 4300 block of Pimlico Road as she was leaving home for school.
  Credit: Baltimore Police
  She was last seen wearing a yellow school shirt with a blue bow tie, black slacks and brown shoes.
  Jaila is 5’3″ and weighs 125 lbs.
  Anyone who has seen and or knows of Jaila Purvis’ whereabouts is asked to call detectives
  
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• New Yorker Gets Jail For Silicone Death Of Maryland Woman

  14-11-2019 21:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New Yorker who administered a botched silicone injection that killed a Maryland woman has been sentenced to a year in jail.
  Queens Acting District Attorney John M. Ryan said Thursday that the sentence for Donna Francis was the maximum allowed under an extradition agreement.
  Francis had fled to London rather than face charges in the May 2015 death of Kelly Mayhew. She was eventually brought back and pleaded guilty in October to criminally negligent homicide.
  Mayhew had tra
  
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• 49 Marylanders Have Suffered Lung Injury From Vaping, Health Department Says

  14-11-2019 21:26
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Nearly 50 people in Maryland have now suffered lung injuries due to vaping and e-cigarette use, the state health department said this week.
  As of Tuesday, the Maryland Department of Health has reported 49 cases of lung injury associated with vaping.
  4 Things To Think About If You Want To Quit Vaping
  Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2,172 cases of vaping-related lung injuries and 42 deaths. At least one of those deaths was in Washington, D
  
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• A grassroots solution to inequitable higher education in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 21:01 via baltimoresun.com
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• 5 things the Baltimore Symphony needs to do right now, according to ‘turnaround king’ - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 20:51 via baltimoresun.com
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• Orioles Move Up 2020 Weekday Game Start Times To Make Them More Family-Friendly

  14-11-2019 20:49
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles are making a big change to the start time of their home games next season in an effort to make them more family-friendly.
  The team said Thursday it would start all of its 2020 home games prior to Memorial Day and after Labor Day at 6:35 p.m. on school nights in an effort to allow families with kids to enjoy games on weekdays.
  “The earlier start time for select weekday games is based upon extensive feedback from our fanbase as we continue to exp
  
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• 4 Things To Think About If You Want To Quit Vaping

  14-11-2019 20:45
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Vaping has often been used to help long-time smokers quit their nicotine habit- but what if then you can’t quit vaping?
  E-cigarettes, while having the potential to benefit adult smokers, are not safe for children, young adults, pregnant women or adults who don’t use tobacco products, according to the Center for Disease Control.
  Adult smokers can benefit if used as a complete substitute for regular cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products, the CDC adds.
  How
  
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• Star Ejected By Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Clocked At 3.7 Million Miles Per Hour

  14-11-2019 20:20
  
  (CBS Local)— A runaway star traveling across our galaxy at an astonishing 3.7 million miles per hour is on track to be ejected from our Milky Way galaxy and into intergalactic space.
  Astronomers believe the star, known as S5-HVS1, was part of a binary system, paired with another star, about 5 million years ago — about the time when human ancestors first walked on two feet. That companion star was captured and swallowed up by a black hole while S5-HSV1 was launched away at thousands o
  
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• Star Ejected By Milk Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Clocked At 3.7 Million Miles Per Hour

  14-11-2019 20:20
  
  (CBS Local)— A runaway star traveling across our galaxy at an astonishing 3.7 million miles per hour is on track to be ejected from our Milky Way galaxy and into intergalactic space.
  Astronomers believe the star, known as S5-HVS1, was part of a binary system, paired with another star, about 5 million years ago — about the time when human ancestors first walked on two feet. That companion star was captured and swallowed up by a black hole while S5-HSV1 was launched away at thousands o
  
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• Back To The Future: Motorola Releases Foldable, Touchscreen RAZR

  14-11-2019 20:17
  
  (CNET) — As I fold the Motorola Razr in half for the first time, it becomes clear that the Razr — with its foldable 6.2-inch screen, 16-megapixel double-duty camera and $1,500 price tag — is the best designed, most completely thought-out foldable phone to date. Streamlined. Utterly pocketable. Nostalgic, with a sharp futuristic edge.
  Over the course of the crisp fall day I spent at Motorola’s Chicago headquarters, I began to fall a little bit in love with the wa
  
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• Baltimore is home to ‘the sexiest third-date spot in America,' according to Esquire magazine - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 19:56 via baltimoresun.com
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• Police: Bank Teller Allegedly Invaded Bel Air Home Of Customer Who Made Large Withdrawal

  14-11-2019 19:40
  
  BEL AIR, Md. (WJZ) — Police in Harford County have arrested a 19-year-old bank teller in a home invasion in Bel Air earlier this week.
  Police said Nathan Michael Newell broke into a home in the 1800 block of Still Pond Way in Bel Air Monday night and began assaulting one of the home’s residents, a 78-year-old man, until another resident, a 57-year-old woman, intervened. Newell than ran upstairs while the second resident ran to a neighbor’s home to call police.
  Police said Newel
  
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• Man Arrested For Alleged Bank Robbery In Arnold

  14-11-2019 19:24
  
  ARNOLD, MD. (WJZ) — Police have arrested a man in Anne Arundel County for allegedly robbing a bank on Wednesday.
  Officers responded to a hold-up alarm at the TD Bank in the 1400 block of Ritchie Highway in Arnold at around 2:50 p.m., and when they arrived they learned it was a robbery.
  A man reportedly entered the bank and announced a robbery. The tellers complied and the suspect fled the scene.
  Officers canvassed the area and located the suspect not too far from the scene.
  Andrew Maloney,
  
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• Dan Fouts On Lamar Jackson & Deshaun Watson: ‘Play Is Never Really Over With Either Of These Guys’

  14-11-2019 19:04
  
  Baltimore, MD (WJZ)- Sunday’s matchup between the (7-2) Baltimore Ravens and (6-3) Houston Texans is one of the marquee games of the season featuring a pair of the league’s leading MVP candidates in quarterbacks Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson.
  It’s the first time the quarterbacks are meeting in the pros, but not the first time we have seen them share the same field. Watson’s Clemson Tigers beat Jackson’s Louisville Cardinals 42-36 back in October of 2016 in what w
  
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• The Film Room: The Baltimore Ravens’ Unstoppable Run Offense - Battle Red Blog

  14-11-2019 19:00 via battleredblog.com
  
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• Baltimore’s Modell Lyric hires outside management for the first time in its 125-year history, books Ringo Star - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 18:45 via baltimoresun.com
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• Irish, Midshipmen Both Thankful For Long-Running Series Ahead Of Saturday Game

  14-11-2019 18:38
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The belated congratulations came to Roger Staubach on a February afternoon in 2008 at the Daytona 500.
  A Notre Dame alumnus wondered how Staubach, an owner of a NASCAR team with fellow Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, felt about Navy’s 46-44 triple-overtime victory at Notre Dame the previous autumn.
  The ear-to-ear smile spoke volumes for Staubach, who at the time was the last Navy quarterback to beat the Irish — back in 1963 while win
  
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• JPEGMAFIA concludes 2019 tour in Baltimore - Johns Hopkins News-Letter

  14-11-2019 18:14 via jhunewsletter.com
  
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• Trump DC Hotel Sales Pitch Boasts Of Millions To Be Made From Foreign Governments: CNN Exclusive

  14-11-2019 18:01
  
  (CNN) — In its effort to sell off the lease to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, the Trump Organization has put together a glossy investor brochure complete with pictures showcasing the hotel’s grandiose architecture, its central location and its spa’s Himalayan salt chamber.
  The hotel’s biggest selling point though, according to a copy of the brochure seen by CNN, is the one thing that the Trump family insists it didn’t take advantage of: profiting off f
  
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• Maryland Democrats To Elect New Party Chair To Replace Maya Rockeymoore Cummings On December 7

  14-11-2019 17:56
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — The Maryland Democratic Party will elect a new Chair in December, a month after Maya Rockeymoore Cummings resigned to run for her late husband’s congressional seat.
  The MDP must elect a new Chair within 60 days of the acting Chair assuming responsibility, and the newly elected Chair will fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
  The full meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland is on December 7 at 10 a.m.
  Rockeymoore Cummings announced her
  
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• Police Hunt For Woman After Husband’s Body Found Inside Freezer In Her Bedroom

  14-11-2019 17:52
  
  JOPLIN, Mo. (CBS Local) — Police in Missouri have issued a warrant for the arrest of a woman who allegedly kept her husband’s body in a freezer in her bedroom for nearly a year.
  Barbara J. Watters, 67, has been charged with abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, KSN reported. Bond was set at $100,000 cash.
  Police believe Paul N. Barton, 70, died on Dec. 30, 2018, and was being kept by his wife in a freezer in her bedroom, according to a probable cause affidavit filed
  
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• $1M Powerball Winner In Maryland, Ticket Sold at 7-Eleven In Crofton

  14-11-2019 17:44
  
  CROFTON, Md. (WJZ) — Check your tickets! Someone who bought a ticket at the 7-Eleven in Crofton won $1 million during the Powerball lottery drawing Wednesday.
  The winning numbers to match were 23, 26, 27, 28, 66; and the Power Ball was 11. The Crofton ticket holder matched the first five numbers, but not the Powerball.
  Maryland Lottery officials said the winner should sign the back of the ticket and put it in a safe place until they claim their winnings. They have 182 days to claim their w
  
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• Baltimore was genesis of Navy-Notre Dame rivalry - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 17:26 via baltimoresun.com
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• AAA: More Than 55 Million Travelers Will Hit The Road And Skies This Thanksgiving

  14-11-2019 17:18
  
   TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — More than 55 million travelers are kicking off the holiday season with a trip of 50 or more miles away this Thanksgiving.
  AAA began tracking Thanksgiving travel in 2000, and this year will be the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume- trailing only the record set in 2005.
  An additional 1.6 million people will travel compared to last year, with the majority driving. AAA said the Wednesday afternoon before the holiday will be the worst travel time nationall
  
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• Baltimore Beatdown Game Picks: Week 11 - Baltimore Beatdown

  14-11-2019 17:00 via baltimorebeatdown.com
  
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• Baltimore Rep. Elijah Cummings’ papers, photos, stamp collection to go to his alma mater, Howard University - Baltimore Sun

  14-11-2019 16:50 via baltimoresun.com
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• Howard County Man Charged With Sex Crimes Against A Minor, Including Prostitution

  14-11-2019 16:43
  
  COLUMBIA, MD. (WJZ) — Howard County Police has charged a Columbia man with multiple sex offense after a paid encounter with a 16-year-old boy and are investigating if others may have been victimized.
  Timothy Jamar Ford, 38, of Deep River Canyon, was charged with sexual assault, prostitution, solicitation of a minor and trafficking.
  Credit: Howard County Police
  Police believe Ford approached the boy, who was reportedly panhandling in the area of Daystar Court and Twin Rivers Road on October
  
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• Alicia Keys Announced As Host For The 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards On CBS

  14-11-2019 16:34
  
  Fifteen-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and global superstar Alicia Keys will return as host of The 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Sunday, January 26th, 2020 from 8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT, only on CBS and CBS All Access. The announcement comes just one week before GRAMMY nominees are revealed next Wednesday, November 20th at 8:20 AM, ET. Key categories will be announced live on CBS This Morning.
  Last year’s ceremony marked Keys’ first time hostin
  
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• TR Knight On Portraying Conflicted Characters: ‘Those Are The Most Interesting People To Play’

  14-11-2019 16:11
  
  God Friended Me is back with a new episode this Sunday night featuring TR Knight as the fascinating Gideon. Gideon was formerly in main character Miles Finer’s shoes trying to figure out exactly what his role is in the bigger plan and now he has returned.
  CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith spoke to Knight about guest starring on the show, Gideon as a character and the struggles of learning Instagram.
  DS: How’s it going TR?
  TK: I’m good.
  DS: Thanks for taking a couple of minutes toda
  
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• Baltimore Reaches 300 Murders In 2019; Fifth Year In A Row

  14-11-2019 15:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For the fifth year in a row, at least 300 people have died in Baltimore city.
  According to City Council President and Mayoral Candidate Brandon Scott, Baltimore reached 300 homicides overnight.
  “We are now again, unfortunately, at 300 homicides in Baltimore city,” Scott said Thursday morning. “As a city, we carry that pain and that trauma. It’s easy for us to be desensitized to this, but we have to understand that these are human lives — thei
  
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• Baltimore Reaches 300 Murders In 2019; Fifth Consecutive Year This Homicide No. Was Reached

  14-11-2019 15:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For the first year in a row, at least 300 people have died in Baltimore city.
  According to City Council President and Mayoral Candidate Brandon Scott, Baltimore reached 300 homicides overnight.
  “We are now again, unfortunately, at 300 homicides in Baltimore city,” Scott said Thursday morning. “As a city, we carry that pain and that trauma. It’s easy for us to be desensitized to this, but we have to understand that these are human lives — thei
  
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