Baltimore news

• Police Officers Hit, Bitten During Incident In Southwest Baltimore - WBAL Radio

  11-02-2020 23:53 via wbal.com
  Police Officers Hit, Bitten During Incident In Southwest Baltimore  WBAL Radio
  
  Read more

• Maryland Is Not A Sanctuary State, And Some Local Sheriffs Want To Keep It That Way

  11-02-2020 23:40
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The debate over whether Maryland should be a sanctuary state has a very visceral reaction for Marylanders on either side of the issue.
  There are currently ten sanctuary states in the United States.
  As two bills are brought forth that would make Maryland a sanctuary state, family members said their loved ones died at the hands of an undocumented immigrant.
  “The man who took my son was an illegal, he had known to be an illegal since 2012, this happened in 20
  
  Read more

• Defense Attorneys Demand List Of Baltimore City Police Officers With ‘Integrity’ Issues; Mosby’s Office Defends Transparency

  11-02-2020 23:32
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The public defender’s office is demanding Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s office turn over a list of officers with credibility issues.
  That list has grown to 305 officers. Mosby has described it as “fluid” and said it includes officers with both sustained and unsustained complaints.
  Marilyn Mosby Flags 305 Officers For ‘Integrity’ Issues; GTTF Investigation Has No Time, Money Limits
  Deputy state’s attorney Ja
  
  Read more

• City Public Defenders Asking For List Of ‘Do Not Call’ Officers

  11-02-2020 23:32
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby says she has a list of more than 300 police officers with potential integrity issues, and now, public defenders want that list.
  The so-called “do not call” list of officers could jeopardize prosecution cases if they were called to court.
  Public defenders want a judge to make Mosby release that list to possibly help their clients defense.
  WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren will have more on this story tonight
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Orioles Begin Hopeful Spring Training In Year 2 Of Rebuild - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 23:20 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Orioles Begin Hopeful Spring Training In Year 2 Of Rebuild  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Orioles Begin Hopeful Spring Training In Year 2 Of Rebuild

  11-02-2020 23:20
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A year ago, Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde were in their first spring training together as Baltimore Orioles general manager and manager. After a season of 108 losses, they’re back for Year 2.
  The Orioles have 67 players on their spring roster, and Elias said that he likes the group that the Orioles have.
  “Going over the 40-man roster and looking at the players that are here, we’ve got hopes for all of them, and they’re all talented, and they have
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Ravens commit to defensive identity with secondary investment - Ebony Bird

  11-02-2020 23:18 via ebonybird.com
  
  Baltimore Ravens commit to defensive identity with secondary investment  Ebony Bird
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Has 5 Year Plan In Place To Fix Financial Problems

  11-02-2020 23:13
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has a new five-year plan to fix its long-standing financial problems.
  Starting with the 2020-2021 season, the BSO will bring in high profile international stars for a series of concerts.
  Related Coverage: BSO Reaches 1-Year Agreement, Will Open 2019-2020 Season This Weekend
  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Musicians Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
  BSO Preview Concert Canceled Amid Contract Negotiations
  ‘Substantial Uncertai
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Maryland federal prosecutor resigns from Roger Stone case after DOJ intervention - Baltimore Sun

  11-02-2020 23:09 via baltimoresun.com
  Maryland federal prosecutor resigns from Roger Stone case after DOJ intervention  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Wicked’s Back: 4-Week Run Of Smash Hit Musical Starts Wednesday At Baltimore’s Hippodrome

  11-02-2020 22:51
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The smash-hit Wicked is back in Baltimore, returning to the Hippodrome Theater for the fourth time.
  WJZ’s Amy Kawata got a behind-the-scenes look as crews were setting the stage Tuesday.
  Before the theater comes alive on Wednesday night,  the race is on to make sure the show is ready by curtain call.
  How You Can See ‘Wicked’ For $25 At Baltimore’s Hippodrome
  “It’s kind of organized chaos,” said Steve Quinn, Wicked’s com
  
  Read more

• Seal Pup Rescued in Delaware Recovers at Baltimore Aquarium - http://hamodia.com

  11-02-2020 22:41 via hamodia.com
  
  Seal Pup Rescued in Delaware Recovers at Baltimore Aquarium  http://hamodia.com
  
  Read more

• Maryland Federal Prosecutor, 3 Others Resign As Special Assistant U.S. Attorney As DOJ Backs Away From Roger Stone Sentencing Proposal

  11-02-2020 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP/CBS) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it will take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it will seek for Roger Stone, an announcement that came just hours after President Donald Trump complained that the recommended sentence for his longtime ally and confidant was “very horrible and unfair.”
  The Justice Department said the decision to shorten the sentencing recommendation was made Monday night — before Trump’s tweet &mdash
  
  Read more

• 2 Prosecutors Resign As Special Assistant U.S. Attorney As DOJ Backs Away From Roger Stone Sentencing Proposal

  11-02-2020 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP/CBS) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it will take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it will seek for Roger Stone, an announcement that came just hours after President Donald Trump complained that the recommended sentence for his longtime ally and confidant was “very horrible and unfair.”
  The Justice Department said the decision to shorten the sentencing recommendation was made Monday night — before Trump’s tweet &mdash
  
  Read more

• WATCH: Students Thrown Around As School Bus Overturns In Horrible Crash

  11-02-2020 22:20
  
  THORNVILLE, Ohio (CBS Local) — Newly released video shows the terrifying moments inside of a school bus as it crashed with 25 students on board, injuring eight of them.
  The video, which was released Monday, shows the students catapulted from their seats, hitting the roof and then getting pinned against the right windows as they screamed for help.
  The Northern Local Schools bus had struck a Ford Mustang at an intersection near Thornhill in Perry County, Ohio, on Dec. 19, CBS affiliate WBNS
  
  Read more

• Former Terrapins Star Keith Booth Fired As Dunbar’s Head Basketball Coach

  11-02-2020 22:19
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Maryland Terrapin and Chicago Bulls forward Keith Booth was fired as head basketball coach of his alma mater at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School on Monday.
  Booth said in a statement that the incident in question concerned an “inappropriate interaction” between two Dunbar students who were under his supervision at the time.
  In a statement, Booth said, in part:
  “Unfortunately, I did not become aware of that interaction until several weeks later
  
  Read more

• Former Terrapins Star Keith Booth Fired As Dunbar High School’s Head Basketball Coach

  11-02-2020 22:19
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Maryland Terrapin and Chicago Bulls forward Keith Booth was fired as head basketball coach of his alma mater at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School on Monday.
  Booth said in a statement that the incident in question concerned an “inappropriate interaction” between two Dunbar students who were under his supervision at the time.
  In a statement, Booth said, in part:
  “Unfortunately, I did not become aware of that interaction until several weeks later
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Among The Unhealthiest Cities In The U.S., Study Says - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 22:18 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Baltimore Among The Unhealthiest Cities In The U.S., Study Says  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Among The Unhealthiest Cities In The U.S., Study Says

  11-02-2020 22:18
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore is among some of the unhealthiest cities in the U.S., a new study says.
  Baltimore ranked no. 76 in a list of 174 cities Wallethub ranked for its health.
  Analysts compared the 174 most populated cities across 43 key indicators of good health. They looked at things like cost of medical visits, to fruit and vegetable consumption to the number of fitness clubs and green space.
  Source: WalletHub
  Charm City ranked no. 94 for health care, no. 32 for food, no. 105 for f
  
  Read more

• ATM Stolen From BP Gas Station Near Penn Station

  11-02-2020 22:14
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An ATM was stolen from a gas station near Penn Station early Tuesday morning, police said.
  The theft happened around 4:20 a.m. at the BP gas station at 17 East Mount Street in Mid-Town Belvedere.
  It’s unclear how much money was inside at the time.
  
  Read more

• Man Shot In West Baltimore - WBAL Radio

  11-02-2020 22:11 via wbal.com
  Man Shot In West Baltimore  WBAL Radio
  
  Read more

• Compare Supermarket plans 2 Baltimore locations - Fox Baltimore

  11-02-2020 22:03 via foxbaltimore.com
  Compare Supermarket plans 2 Baltimore locations  Fox Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Howl At The Moon At Power Plant Live Closing, Opening DC Location

  11-02-2020 21:32
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Howl at the Moon is closing its location at the Power Plant Live after 20 years.
  Their last day open in Baltimore will be on Feb. 29. But the good news is they will be opening a location in D.C.’s Penn Quarter in the spring.
  “It’s a bittersweet goodbye, but there will be many more opportunities to Howl with us in the future at a nearby location. Join us in welcoming our new spot in D.C., opening this Spring,” the bar said in a post.
  The dueling pia
  
  Read more

• Arrest made in SE Baltimore double shooting - Fox Baltimore

  11-02-2020 21:31 via foxbaltimore.com
  Arrest made in SE Baltimore double shooting  Fox Baltimore
  
  Read more

• 11-Month Old Makenzie Anderson Beaten To Death In DC, Police Say

  11-02-2020 21:28
  
  WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Police in the nation’s capital are investigating after an 11-month-old girl was beaten to death last week.
  Metropolitan Police said officers were told around 3 p.m. on February 6that an infant was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. The young girl, identified as Makenzie Anderson of northeast DC, died from her injuries.
  She was injured while in the 1600 block of New York Avenue NE at a hotel that’s also being used as a homeless shelter,
  
  Read more

• Lidl is opening a store in Reisterstown in Baltimore County - Baltimore Business Journal

  11-02-2020 21:24 via bizjournals.com
  Lidl is opening a store in Reisterstown in Baltimore County  Baltimore Business Journal
  
  Read more

• Police Investigating Shooting In West Baltimore - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 20:54 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Police Investigating Shooting In West Baltimore  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Baltimore County farm, activists file dueling criminal complaints stemming from ongoing feud over stolen calf - Baltimore Sun

  11-02-2020 20:48 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore County farm, activists file dueling criminal complaints stemming from ongoing feud over stolen calf  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Arctaris Impact Announces Arctaris Baltimore - Yahoo Finance

  11-02-2020 20:43 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Arctaris Impact Announces Arctaris Baltimore  Yahoo Finance
  
  Read more

• Don’t Trust Your Memories If You’re High On Weed, Study Says

  11-02-2020 20:35
  
  (CNN) — You’re on a train chatting with a friend sitting across from you, both of you are high from smoking marijuana. Suddenly you see a fight break out on the platform below. A security guard is in a tussle with a man who is kicking him.
  After the man is subdued and removed from the scene, your companion excitedly tells you what they saw, only to add a detail you don’t recall: There was a police dog on the scene.
  Would your memories then include a dog as part of the fight? Mo
  
  Read more

• Lidl to open third Baltimore County location in Reisterstown - Baltimore Sun

  11-02-2020 20:30 via baltimoresun.com
  Lidl to open third Baltimore County location in Reisterstown  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• 54-Year-Old Gary Watkins Charged In Man’s Murder From February 7 Double Shooting

  11-02-2020 20:27
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have charged a Baltimore man in a homicide from a shooting on February 7.
  Police arrested 54-year-old Gary Watkins, of the 800 block of Wildwood Parkway. He is charged with first-degree murder.
  Credit: Baltimore Police
  Police responded to the 300 block of Mason Court for a report of a shooting, where they found a 23-year-old woman and a man both with gunshot wounds to their bodies.
  Both victims were taken to an area hospital and the man was pronounced dead.
   
  
  Read more

• Summer’s Heat Waves Could Get More Dangerous In The Coming Decades, Study Warns

  11-02-2020 20:20
  
  (CNN) — Searing heat during summer days is one of the many dangerous consequences of human-caused climate change.
  But when the sun goes down and there is little cooling off as day turns to night, the risks to human health multiply.
  Now, a new study projects that without steps to rein in heat-trapping gas pollution, as many as three-quarters of summer days across much of the Northern Hemisphere could feature nearly around-the-clock extreme heat by 2100.
  “After experiencing a hot day,
  
  Read more

• ‘We’ve Arrived’: Orioles Pitchers, Catchers Report For Spring Training

  11-02-2020 19:58
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (WJZ) — The calendar says winter, but it’s spring for the Orioles.
  The team’s pitchers and catchers officially reported for spring training in Florida on Tuesday.
  On Twitter, the Orioles posted a video showing the grinning players walking into training.We've arrived. pic.twitter.com/RmBT2EVGPf
  — Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) February 11, 2020The full team is set to show up on Sunday.
  The season is fast approaching: the Orioles will kick off their regular sea
  
  Read more

• Baltimore boys school to add boarding - Baltimore Sun

  11-02-2020 19:32 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore boys school to add boarding  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Flying Dog Releases Brunch-Themed Beer Pack

  11-02-2020 19:31
  
  FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) — Here’s one way to switch up Sunday brunch, instead of grabbing that basic mimosa, what about a mimosa beer?
  Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick released a “brunch pack” of beer, which includes four flavors: Kujo Cold Brew Coffer Porter, Bloody Mary Ale, Mimosa Beer and Toast-Bob Crunch Pants.
  The Toast-Bob Crunch Pants is a cinnamon-vanilla blonde that mimics a favorite breakfast cereal.
  But you don’t have to head to Frederick to get it. Flying Do
  
  Read more

• Last Of Its Kind, Fishery Faces Reckoning In Chesapeake Bay

  11-02-2020 19:19
  
  REEDVILLE, Va. (AP) — For a guy who left school after 11th grade, George Ball figures he has the best-paying job available on this rural stretch of Chesapeake Bay shoreline.
  He catches a fish called Atlantic menhaden, used to make fish oil pills and farm-raised salmon feed, and earns about $50,000 a season, as much money as some college graduates.
  “There ain’t a whole lot of jobs around here for a person like myself, except for landscaping or something like that,” said Ba
  
  Read more

• Bank robbery suspect arrested on Hanover Street Bridge, Baltimore police say - Baltimore Sun

  11-02-2020 19:19 via baltimoresun.com
  Bank robbery suspect arrested on Hanover Street Bridge, Baltimore police say  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Firefighter Suspended After Trying To Rescue 95-Year-Old Woman From Burning Home

  11-02-2020 19:18
  
  ATLANTA (CBS Local) — An Atlanta firefighter who tried to save the life of an elderly woman is facing suspension because he allegedly broke protocol.
  Atlanta Fire Department crews responded to a house fire on Collier Drive in west Atlanta last June, battling heavy smoke and flames while trying to rescue 95-year-old Sally Skrine.
  “Burglar bars” around Skrine’s home made it difficult to get inside, but Capt. Daniel Thomas Dwyer decided to risk his life and go in.
  Skrine, wh
  
  Read more

• Orrstown Bank Robbed On Washington Blvd In Baltimore, Suspect Apprehended - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 19:17 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Orrstown Bank Robbed On Washington Blvd In Baltimore, Suspect Apprehended  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Orrstown Bank Robbed On Washington Blvd In Baltimore, Suspect Apprehended

  11-02-2020 19:17
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A person was apprehended in Baltimore earlier Tuesday afternoon for a bank robbery.
  Police said the Orrstown Bank on Washington Boulevard was robbed at around 12:30 p.m.
  The suspect was given a dye pack and was tracked, then taken into custody on the Hanover Street Bridge without incident.
  Police have no further information right now, they said.
   
  
  Read more

• Coast Guard Officer Christopher Hasson Accused Of Terror Plot Appeals Sentence

  11-02-2020 19:07
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is appealing his prison sentence of more than 13 years.
  Christopher Hasson’s defense attorneys filed a notice of appeal on Tuesday, less than two weeks after U.S. District Judge George Hazel sentenced the 50-year-old man to 160 months, or a little more than 13 years in prison.
  The notice says Hasson is asking the 4th U.S. Circuit C
  
  Read more

• Bill Banning Balloon Releases Statewide Passes In Maryland Senate

  11-02-2020 19:06
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A bill that would ban balloon releases statewide has passed in the Maryland Senate.
  SB28 would prohibit balloon releases in the state except for those used for scientific or government purposes. People who “knowingly and intentionally” organize or take part in balloon releases would face a penalty of up to $250.
  RELATED COVERAGE:Queen Anne’s County First In Maryland To Ban Helium Balloon Releases
  A New Maryland Bill Would Fine Anyone Who Releases Ba
  
  Read more

• Roundtable reactions: SS Chuck Clark contract extension - Baltimore Beatdown

  11-02-2020 19:00 via baltimorebeatdown.com
  
  Roundtable reactions: SS Chuck Clark contract extension  Baltimore Beatdown
  
  Read more

• Ben’s Chili Bowl Coming To Horseshoe Casino In Baltimore - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 18:56 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Ben’s Chili Bowl Coming To Horseshoe Casino In Baltimore  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Ben’s Chili Bowl Coming To Horseshoe Casino In Baltimore

  11-02-2020 18:56
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is getting a Ben’s Chili Bowl!
  The nearly $1 million remake of its Marketplace will include some offerings from the longtime D.C. landmark.
  Customers enjoy breakfast as Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant. Ben’s opened in the Shaw neighborhood in 1958, winning over the community and becoming one of the few businesses in the area to remain open during the riots of the 1960s. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
  “We couldn’t be more p
  
  Read more

• Ben’s Chili Bowl Coming To Horseshoe Baltimore

  11-02-2020 18:56
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is getting a Ben’s Chili Bowl!
  The nearly $1 million remake of its Marketplace will include some offerings from the longtime D.C. landmark.
  Customers enjoy breakfast as Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant. Ben’s opened in the Shaw neighborhood in 1958, winning over the community and becoming one of the few businesses in the area to remain open during the riots of the 1960s. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
  “We couldn’t be more p
  
  Read more

• Police: 4 Killed In Baltimore In 8 Hours Monday - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 18:51 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Police: 4 Killed In Baltimore In 8 Hours Monday  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Police Officers Shot At While Working - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 18:51 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Baltimore Police Officers Shot At While Working  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Homicide Rate Up To Start 2020 - CBS Baltimore

  11-02-2020 18:51 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Baltimore Homicide Rate Up To Start 2020  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Cumberland Man Allegedly Doused House With Gasoline, Made Arson Threat On Social Media

  11-02-2020 18:44
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a Cumberland man after he reportedly doused the front of a house with gasoline and later made an arson threat on social media.
  Michael Thomas Shipley, Jr., 33, was arrested Monday evening.
  Credit: Office of the State Fire Marshal
  Cumberland Fire Department responded to 227 Springdale Street for a reported attempted arson. A joint investigation found that Shipley, an estranged family member, got to the home and doused the front
  
  Read more

Follow @Baltimore__news on Twitter!